Sky Blues Fancast: A Coventry City Podcast

Lorna Bailey and the Sky Blues Fancasters get together to look back at a very salty match against Leeds away which saw Coventry City come from behind to take a point much to the annoyance of the Leeds fans and players. Handshake, anyone?

Joining Lorna it’s BBC CWR’s Clive Eakin, Sky Blue Claire, Joe and from Singers' Corner it’s Lynden.

It was Bobby Thomas who got the equaliser from a lovely ball in from Sakamoto. You’ll hear the post-match thoughts of the manager, Mark Robins as well as from the goal scorer himself.

Plus the team look ahead to a packed Christmas Schedule and try to work out how many points they can realistically hope to get from the matches away at Sunderland and Middlesborough and the fixtures at the Coventry Building Society Arena against Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea.

Coventry City through the eyes of the Sky Blue army.

On this week’s episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna Bailey, Clive Eakin, Anthony and Sam look back at the 3-0 win on the road in London at the weekend against Millwall at The Den.

3-0 Win! And we scored from a corner! What is going on?! Not only that but Tatsuhiro Sakamoto bags his first goal for Coventry City on his 14th appearance for the club. Matty Godden and Ben Sheaf the other two scorers.

It’s Coventry’s first win since early October and the limbs in the away end were testament to how much it meant to the fans and the players! The Fancast team also look again at Jake Bidwell and you’ll hear from both him and manager Mark Robins in this episode. Next up for the Sky Blues it’s a quick turn around as they face Plymouth Argyle at home on Tuesday night but there’s also a real run of games now before Christmas so how do the team feel they are going to do? Plus hear from Hallie Reeve’s Uncle Adam as the club support the family after her death and the Sky Blue Army come together to remember a little girl who captured a city’s hearts on the 17th minute of the match against Argyle.

It's the International Break so on this week's episode of the Sky Blues Fancast the team take a look at the season so far and what they feel needs to happen as they head into a run of nine games before the New Year.

Lorna is with BBC CWR's Clive Eakin, Matt and Anthony and they look ahead to the next five matches and Clive has a very positive idea of what's going to happen!

On last week's episode - Josh Eccles described himself as a cake as a clue to work out who was hidden in a Santa suit - well Anthony has taken up the challenge to create a cake themed starting eleven.... ummm it's interesting!

Matt's daughter has had a shirt she designed in a competition made into a one off piece of Coventry City memorabilia - the Sky Blue Army have got together to make that happen. And owning #PUSB this week has been Tom Grennan bumping into Viktor Gyokeres in a Swedish Spa and grabbing a photo!

Plus the team take a look at the fake rivalry with Sunderland, how it came about.

On this week’s episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna and the team take a look back at the match at CBS Arena which ended the run of defeats, saw several changes made by Mark Robins, and a return to Coventry of the Mosquito.

With Lorna this week it’s BBC CWR’s Clive Eakin, Anthony and Sam who get together to talk all things Sky Blue. Plenty to discuss including Jake Bidwell’s outstanding return to the starting eleven and Brad Collins debut in goal. Also this week two great Stats minds meet in on the Fancast with The Great Coventry Stat-Off – it’s like The Great British Bake-off but without a tent, cakes and Paul Hollywood. Actually, it’s nothing like the GBBO but it is fun!

You’ll hear from the manager Mark Robins and also from Goalkeeper Brad Collins.

Anthony talks about meeting his hero – former goal scoring legend Michael Mifsud who was at the game.

Plus, in a bonus game on this week’s episode 2 Coventry City players join in with a game of Secret Santa as the city’s Christmas lights get switched on… can you guess who they are? Who could possibly give a clue like… my second name is a cake!

The Sky Blues Fancast is back and after yet another failed attempt to win at Deepdale. Lorna Bailey got together with BBC CWR’s Rob Gurney and Fancasters Sam, Anthony and Katie to look back at the 3-2 defeat against Preston North End.

After Haji Wright put Mark Robins’ men ahead the travelling fans (2982 of them) thought that maybe on the 22nd attempt to win a game at the stadium maybe it was finally on. But, NO! Just minutes later Coventry City were behind and despite changes at Half Time and an improved second half performance the Sky Blues couldn’t turn it around. Hadji Wright got a brace but it wasn’t enough.

On this episode the Fancast Team talk about Ben Wilson’s confidence, Mark Robins, what’s not working and what is, the atmosphere at Deepdale and they look ahead to a Saturday fixture that kicks off at 3pm – it’s a miracle! Next up it’s Stoke City at the Coventry Building Society Arena – predictions please. Oh and there’s also some talk about Michael Mifsud who will be at that game… Hear also from Haji Wright and Mark Robins.

Coventry City welcomed West Brom to the Coventry Building Society Arena on a Monday night under the lights for the club’s Rainbow Laces fixture. On this week’s episode of The Sky Blues Fancast Lorna Bailey unpicks the loss with Anthony, Alex and Lewis from Coventry City’s official LGBTQ+ Supporters Club, Proud Sky Blues.

Together they chat about the 2-0 home defeat which saw the unbeaten record at the CBS gone and the third straight defeat for Mark Robins team.

Are they panicking yet about the league position, the lack of goals, and do they trust in the process? They talk about the fans and the player’s confidence as they travel away next to Deepdale where they haven’t won!

On this episode you’ll also hear from the Manager, Mark Robins as well as defender Kyle McFadzean.

In this episode the team look back at the hour long Q&A hosted by BBC CWR with Mark Robins and Doug King that was streamed live on Facebook and on the radio and saw fans asking the questions they wanted to of the boss and the gaffer. There’s a lot of chat about Callum O’Hare after questions were asked about the Solihull Messi at the forum. The Fancasters unpick the hour and also reflect on the fact that Doug King is a Fancast Fan! They also look at who would be on their fantasy player forum.

This week on the Sky Blues Fancast – there’s a mini appearance of Delia Smith post the last home match before the international break.

Lorna Bailey met up with fans Anthony, Mark and Patrick at the Jimmy Hill Statue to discuss the match which saw Mark Robins start Ellis Simms and Haji Wright up front together for the first time with Godden on the bench.

It was a fast paced match with the Sky Blues having the majority of the attempts on goal and the majority of the possession as well. The Fancast look at Eccles performance, discover how a Frenchman (Patrick) ended up in a love affair with Coventry City and you’ll hear from defender Liam Kitching who made his full debut in the match.

Manager Mark Robins also gives his post-match thoughts. Talk of the fans on social media this week involved a lot of chat about the team building bowling trip video and there’s also discussion of how not only the team are gelling but also the fans – it was LOUD at the CBS on Saturday.

Finally! An away win and Simms scores for Coventry City – a brace and a goal from Cov Kid, Josh Eccles leave the travelling Sky Blue Army delighted and the rest of us too!

On this week’s episode of the Sky Blues Fancast, Lorna is joined by Stuart Court from the matchday team behind the music at the CBS on matchdays and Fancast regular Sam to unpick what those goals and that win meant for the team and the fans.

You’ll hear from the Manager Mark Robins and from Ellis Simms as well as getting BBC CWR’s Martin Winch’s thoughts on the game.

The team also look ahead to the two home fixtures again Blackburn Rovers and Norwich City on Wednesday night and Saturday ahead of the next International Break.

Stu also gives a bit of an insight into how he’s trying to showcase local bands at half time on matchdays and how he feels about the noise of the Sky Blue Army pre match now he’s introduced We Live and Die in These Town’s before kick-off.