• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tourshad scored their equalizer three minutes previous, in the 97th minute. The game was poised at 2-2, and the Coventry City away end was already a scene of sheer pandemonium as they sought one final chance."The game had been a whirlwind, back and forth," Wright tells ESPN."Every FA Cup game is like that.
Through it all, trips to Wembley have provided respite, and on Sunday, they're heading to the famous stadium looking for another lifelong memory when they facein the semifinal of the FA Cup. Manager Mark Robins and his squad are confident they have another famous afternoon in them. "I had amazing years there as a player, and another 19 as a coach. It has been my life, it's a wonderful place," he says. But for all the highs of their Premier League run, the FA Cup win back in 1987, the club went through a tough period. They were relegated to the second tier of English football in 2001 and haven't yet managed to get back to the Premier League.
The club moved there in 2005 after 106 years at Highfield Road, but it's been an unstable experience. Since that 2005 move, they have had three different spells at temporary homes. In 2012, with the club newly relegated to League 1, Sisu Capital had a rent dispute with the stadium's management company. The club moved out and ground-shared with Northampton Town across the 2013-14 season.
When Wasps went bankrupt in 2022, the stadium fell into the hands of administrators and again, Coventry risked being without a home. After a spell of tough negotiations, Coventry City agreed a deal with their new landlords through to 2028. "It was just an amazing occasion," Boddy says."You could feel the supporters had been starved of success, you could hear it in their voices, and they were incredible."
Through all the uncertainty and turbulence, Robins has managed to keep the club moving up through the leagues."He had a good relationship with the previous owner, and managed to get things done the way he wanted them done," Ogrizovic said."It's been an upward trajectory under Mark and a massive part of the praise has to go to him for the way he's reshaped the club. He's managed to sail the ship into calmer waters.
" never gets flustered, he takes things in his stride," Ogrizovic says."As a player, he was nippy and a top striker. And as a manager, he knows what battles he can win and what battles to leave for another day."
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