Sky Blues Fancast: A Coventry City Podcast

The Sky Blue Army travelled in their thousands (under ‘Welcome banners’) along the M69 to face Leicester City for their opening game of the new Championship Season. Coventry City hadn’t won away to their Midlands rivals since 2001 and the last time these two teams faced each other in the league was 2012. The anticipation of the return of this fixture was high amongst the travelling fans. On this e...

It’s a brand new episode of the Sky Blues Fancast! And as we get ready for the start of the brand new season have you ever thought that you could sit with the commentary team in the press box and give being a commentator a go? Lorna Bailey took two of the Sky Blues Fancast team and did just that… Ryan and Anthony headed to the CBS Arena to watch Coventry City vs Stoke City. Before the match they m...

The fixture list is out for the 2023/2024 season and it will all start with the M69 derby on August 6th at midday at the King Power Stadium. Lorna Bailey from the Sky Blues Fancast hopped on a quick call to catch up with Ryan and Lennon to get their reaction to the way the season looks. Everyone is looking forward to the derby game and what’s in store. Of course the team look at the Christmas fixt...

Lorna and team take a behind the scenes snoop with Royston operates the Big Screen at the CBS and Stu who manages the music mix. Do they miss sitting with the fans for games? Did they know about Ben Wilson’s goal celebration slide? The music choices for pre-match, walk out and celebration, how does it get chosen? More from the special Fancast recordings, recorded in front of an including a live au...

The Sky Blues Fancasters reflect on the highs and lows of the season and that trip to Wembley. They take a moment for Coventry City Football Club’s Admin, celebrate City Unseen and the burns to Anthony! This Fancast was recorded in front of, and including a live audience in the BBC CWR studios on Monday 5 June. Lorna Bailey was joined by Tash, Ryan, Anthony and Sam.

The Sky Blues Fancasters meet Tik Toker Finn, Fingaldinz. How did he get into it, what’s his favourite game of the season been? The Fancasters discuss the Viktor Gyökeres and Ben Wilson bromance. This Fancast was recorded in front of, and including a live audience in the BBC CWR studios on Monday 5th June. Lorna Bailey was joined by Tash, Ryan, Anthony and Sam.

The Fancasters get together to reflect on their season.

Under a cloudless sky, thousands of travelling Coventry City fans made the journey to Wembley to back their team on a quest to make it to the riches of the Premier League in the Championship Playoff Final. Saturday May 27th, and to the beat of Lynden's Drum, The Sky Blue army made a huge noise outside and inside of the National Stadium. But it wasn't to be as they endured the heartbreak and the na...

Wow, that 1-0 victory up at the Riverside Stadium against Middlesbrough was special. The 12th man, the Sky Blue Army, up in North Yorkshire played their part and the centre of Coventry was up in arms. Coventry City football club! It’s been a rollercoaster ride, but one that could have a dream ending. The Sky Blues are just 90 minutes away from Premier League football - something they haven’t achie...

While the skies were blue above the CBS Arena for the first leg of the Championship play-offs it was a nil-nil draw and the football on the pitch didn't match the atmosphere and anticipation amongst the Sky Blues fans before kick-off. It was a cagey and nervy 90 minutes between Coventry City and Middlesbrough. On this week's episode of the Sky Blues Fancast, Lorna Bailey and fans Ryan, Sam, Jas an...

WHAT A DAY! What a Season. What a team. What a six years it's been... Sky Blues fans everywhere feeling ALL of the nerves and ALL of the joy as Coventry City make the play-offs finishing fifth in the Championship! Yes, you read it right and yes it happened! After all the chaos off the pitch through the season, Mark Robin's men got the point they needed away on the final day of the season to secure...

What a day at the CBS Arena! A record high crowd for a league fixture watched the Sky Blues take the three points against Birmingham City to keep Coventry City's Play Off dream alive. If they beat Middlesbrough in their final game, then a top-six finish is theirs. This week's episode of the Sky Blues Fancast was recorded straight after the match and the player's walkabout around the pitch. Lorna B...

It's time to enjoy it, Sky Blues fans... it's later than you think! What a time to be alive! In this episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna Bailey is with fans Tash, Sam and Ryan to talk through that incredible moment away at Ewood Park when Goalkeeper Ben Wilson came up for a corner and scored in the 95th minute to get Coventry City a crucial point to keep the team right in the hunt for a play of...

For a few hours, after a 0–3 win against Queens Park Rangers, Coventry City fans saw the club sitting in sixth place in the table (they were replaced later in the evening when Blackburn Rovers drew with Hull City), but that was enough to keep the dream of the play off places alive, which is all a bit much for the Fancasters – who are now just balls of anxiety. Lorna Bailey was joined by Tash and J...

The Easter Break meant a bumper weekend of matches for Coventry City, but sadly not with bumper wins. A draw away at Swansea and a home draw against Watford mean the play offs still aren’t out of the question, just as a rainbow appeared over Jimmy Hill statue, could it be a sign? Lorna Bailey was joined by Fancasters Sam and Charlie beside the Jimmy Hill statue after the Watford game. Alongside th...

Coventry City's nine-game unbeaten run is over. The April fool's day fixture against Stoke City at the CBS came with a large helping of 'reality check' on Legends Day in front of the biggest home crowd of the season. #PUSB   A crushing 4-0 defeat for Mark Robins' team after the international break means that Coventry City are now four points behind the top six.  With Lorna Bailey on this week's ep...

What do you get if you take Coventry City FC, Hummel and football kits? Most of the Sky Blue Army agree - just about perfection. They also hit our wallets hard as they're all so good that we end up buying far too many! The Coventry Cathedral-inspired kits this season have been super popular with the Sky Blue Army.  On this special episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna Bailey gets fans Joe, Katie...

Here on the Sky Blues Fancast we have been saying for weeks now (maybe months...) that IT IS ON! The Sky Blues are three points outside the top six with eight games remaining, unbeaten in nine, five wins in the last eight games, and that push for the Championship play-offs has even got the manager saying that they are daring to dream.  This week's episode of the Sky Blues Fancast looks back on the...

On this week's episode of the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna is joined by Sim and Conor to look back at the point against Hull City at the CBS. The team look at whether that is a dent in their play-off hopes as the draw sees Coventry drop one place to ninth in the table, four points outside the top six and also reflect on the atmosphere and fans at the match as well. Did someone say Flares? Despite creat...

What a trip to Huddersfield it turned out to be for the Sky Blue Army - Viktor Gyokeres got a brace and took his tally for the season to 18 as Coventry City boosted their play-off bid with a 4-0 thumping win.  This week on the Sky Blues Fancast, Lorna is joined by Sam, Ryan and Joe to look back at the goals and the atmosphere at the John Smith's Stadium as well as the experience for fans following...

It was a lunchtime kick off for the 'fake rivalry' derby as Sunderland visited the CBS Arena and their poor record in the city continued.  More than 21,000 fans watch Coventry City scored a goal in each half as they made it three wins on the bounce and on the Sky Blues Fancast we are calling it that the momentum is well and truly back!  On this week's episode Lorna is joined by Ryan, Dan and Tash...

It was Coventry City's second win in five days and another clean sheet for Mark Robins team with goals from Jamie Allen and Viktor Gyokeres giving Coventry all three points at the New York Stadium against Rotherham. This week on the Sky Blues Fancast Lorna is with Sam, Jodi-Leigh and Alex to look back at the match which saw just over 2 thousand travelling fans bring the noise as the Sky Blues foug...

This week on the Sky Blues Fancast it's Sam, Kingston (from the band The Mucks) and Lynden (Singers’ Corner drummer) who joined Lorna straight after the game, by the Jimmy Hill statue to look back on the one-nil win against Millwall.  For the many of the Sky Blues Army whose first love is the football, there was no better place to spend Valentines night! There was a lot of love for Kasey Palmer an...

The Lawnmower is back!  This week on the Sky Blues Fancast it's Sim, Anthony and Jamie who join Lorna to look back on the point earned thanks to Matty Godden's equaliser from the penalty spot after Luton had scored inside the first minute! Can you imagine being Argentinian, Lauti, who travelled halfway across the world to watch the team he plays as on FIFA concede inside 60 seconds?!  The Saturday...

Lorna Bailey is joined by Ryan, Joe and Tash on this week’s Sky Blues Fancast - the BBC CWR podcast, with the fans, for the fans. This week the Fancasters discuss the Doug King song doing the rounds, their karaoke jams, and the 1-0 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns. How did Viktor Gyökeres not score? Should Jamie Allen have the armband? How are the new January arrivals going down at...