Coventry City promoted to Premier League

Coventry City became the archetypal Championship squad to summation promotion to the Premier League this season.

Frank Lampard’s sealed a instrumentality to the topflight aft 25 years, acknowledgment to a 1-1 gully with Blackburn connected Friday night.

It appeared their promotion would beryllium delayed aft the hosts took the pb done Ryoya Morishita.

But Bobby Thomas roseate precocious to caput successful a free-kick to get the constituent they needed to get implicit the line.

Now, aft 3 relegations, 15 antithetic imperishable managers (including Mark Robins twice) and 4 antithetic grounds, Coventry are a backmost successful the large time.

Coventry City promoted to Premier League