Talented Footballers from Coventry (2 Viewers)

[Hullinho87]

At least one on this growing list has scored for England.

 

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[Johhny Blue]

Great stuff, but how does that mean he was born in Coventry?

Well I was at school with him in Cov (King Henry viii)

Henry VIII was born in Cov? And I thought bringbackrattled was old!

 

[KG7]

There is a clear Cov connection though. Where did he play his junior football before he joined Villa? Nuneaton and Bedworth have their own junior leagues, but the better players and teams usually end up playing in the Cov junior leagues so would be interesting to know. Also, what about Bigirimana? Yes, born in Africa but grew up in Cov with family who as far as I know sill live here, so does he count as a Cov lad?

He played in Nuneaton for Chetwynd.


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[Nick]

He played in Nuneaton for Chetwynd.


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Better then weddington Thistle I guess

 

[KG7]

Better then weddington Thistle I guess

Considerably! Did you play in those leagues Nick?


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[Brighton Sky Blue]

Ian Muir Cov lad and now back living in Cov is a legend to a generation of Tranmere Rovers fans, and still, hold Tranmere record goal scoring and played the starring role in the greatest period of the club's history and also the finest centre-forward not to have played in the top tier of English football.

Nice cheeky copy paste

 

[itsabuzzard]

Not for me he's not, he moved to Cov with his family. That's just how I see it though. Still can't see Whittingham as from Cov either. What is 'from Coventry' in your opinion?

I'd say "from" and "born in" are synonymous.

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[Skybluefaz]

I'd say "from" and "born in" are synonymous.

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That's my approach.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

When I played the Nuneaton teams played in the coventry league as did Leamington hibs, the Nuneaton teams were never that good, the sides from Birmingham had better players and seemed much stronger whenever we played them.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Iyesden Christie played professionally too

Played against him for Folly Lane he destroyed the centre half’s he would have been about fourteen and scored three from memory

 

[clint van damme]

Pete Shearer and Gareth Evans from my school year.
Played against/ got skinned by both.

 

[GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee]

I'd say "from" and "born in" are synonymous.

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I would tend to disagree. One of my best friends was born in Spain to English parents. Was there for the first two or three weeks of his life before being flown home. By your remit he’s Spanish or more precisely ‘from Spain’


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[Liquid Gold]

If you meet someone on holiday and they ask you where you're from do you tell them where you live or where you were born and grew up. I'd say Bristol as it saves a life story, if it got to football I'd say I support city cos that's where I was born and grew up.

 

[rob9872]

If we can start a new list of Talentless footballers from Cov, I'd like to nominate myself!

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Played against him for Folly Lane he destroyed the centre half’s he would have been about fourteen and scored three from memory

I used to play in the same team as him. Saw him score 10 in a game once.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

I used to play in the same team as him. Saw him score 10 in a game once.

I’m not surprised he was like a bull and could score goals

 

[Terry_dactyl]

I’m not surprised he was like a bull and could score goals

Yep. Think we had a couple of players who had better footballing brains but like you say, physically he battered teams.
David Byng was another of a similar ilk...not as good though. Think he played for Torquay. I’ve assumed he is the son of that bloke who tried to link us with the Chinese investment?

 

[Adge]

Pete Shearer and Gareth Evans from my school year.
Played against/ got skinned by both.

Cardinal Wiseman?

 

[clint van damme]

Cardinal Wiseman?

Shearer was Wiseman, ended up at Blues, Evans was Woodlands, ended up at Hibs.

 

[Adge]

Yes I thought Shearer was Wiseman. Few years older than me.:emoji_thumbsup:

 

[SkyBlueThinking]

Charlie McCann plucked from our academy by Man United earlier in the year
Manchester United complete move for Coventry City starlet Charlie McCann

 

[oscillatewildly]

Mate of mine Steve Norris, won the European golden boot award while playing for chesterfield, absolute legend there.

His parents ran the off license on Stonehouse estate in the '70's. He went to Whitley Abbey, like me altho there was (is) about 3 yrs age difference (me the younger)
I remember getting the bus back to my grand parents after a home game against Chelsea in 1978. Unbeknown to me, Norris and a mate (Maybe you, rumpo?) were upstairs giving it 'wankers' and all sorts to a mini bus of chelsea fans who were following the bus as it made it's way to Toll Bar End.
We all got off at the same stop and the mini bus pulled up in the lay by outside the Marina chippy. Half a dozen chelsea immediately debussed and legged Norris and mate over the road, down a cul de sac until the pair escaped by scrambling over some garages!
I think it's safe to say they weren't interested in the 12 year old wearing a city scarf but that didn't stop me from trotting up the road to a safe enough distance before I then turned around to yell "WANKERS"!!

 

[steve82]

Mate of mine Steve Norris, won the European golden boot award while playing for chesterfield, absolute legend there.

Now that’s a name I recall as a young lad going to watch VS Rugby, returned to the club for maybe 10 games and and scored just as many goals securing league safety with a last day double to beat Cheltenham 2-0 in the then Beazer Homes southern league premier division which Cheltenham finished 2nd and Burton Albion 3rd in 94/95

Natural finisher was Steve Norris.


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[Nick]

What's he up to nowadays?

Has he got any boots for Saturday?

 

[Pusb1]

Another player

Jordan Graham.. currently on loan at Oxford from Wolves

Got a few bad injuries but played a few times at Wolves and was on loan at Fulham last year.

Recall him putting out a nice tweet about his "home town" when we went up last year