Coventry Sphinx F.C.

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Coventry Sphinx
Coventry Sphinx F.C.png
Full nameCoventry Sphinx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Sphinx
Founded1946
GroundSphinx Drive, Coventry
ChairmanDannie Cahill
ManagerShaun Thomas & John Woodward
LeagueUnited Counties League Premier Division South
2020–21Midland League Premier Division (transferred)
Sphinx (light blue and white) in action against Westfields

Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They are currently members of the United Counties League Premier Division South and play at Sphinx Drive.

History[]

The club was established in 1946 as a works team for Armstrong Siddeley under the name Armstrong Siddeley Motors Football Club.[1] In 1960 they were renamed Sphinx Football Club.[1] The club were founder members of the Coventry Alliance and remained in the league until moving up to Division Two of the Midland Combination in 1993.[1][2] They finished fourth in their first season in the league, earning promotion to Division One.[2] The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One in 1994–95,[2] and were promoted to the Premier Division, at which point they adopted their current name.[2]

Coventry Sphinx were Premier Division runners-up in 1995–96 and again in 2001–02, a season which also saw them win the league's Challenge Cup.[3] They went on to finish as runners-up in consecutive seasons in 2004–05 (also winning the Challenge Cup again)[3] and 2005–06 before winning the Premier Division title in 2006–07, earning promotion to the Midland Alliance.[4] In 2009–10 the club won the Midland Alliance League Cup, beating Westfields 3–1 in the final.[5] When the league merged with the Midland Combination in 2014 to form the Midland League in 2014, the club became members of the Premier Division.[4]

At the end of the 2020–21 season Coventry Sphinx were transferred to the Premier Division South of the United Counties League.

Ground[]

The club play at Sphinx Drive, the name of which was adopted in 1995. In the mid-1990s a new stand was built and opened with a friendly match against a Coventry City team.[1] The record attendance of 935 was set for a league match against Hereford in 2016.[6]

Honours[]

  • Midland Alliance
    • League Cup winners 2009–10
  • Midland Combination
    • Premier Division champions 2006–07
    • Challenge Cup winners 2001–02, 2004–05
    • Tony Allden Cup winners 2006–07[3]
  • Coventry Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup
    • Winners 1965–66, 2004–05, 2005–06[3]
  • Coventry Charity Cup
    • Winners 2006–07[3]
  • Birmingham FA Midweek Floodlit Cup
    • Winners 2006–07[3]

Records[]

See also[]

  • Coventry Sphinx F.C. players
  • Coventry Sphinx F.C. managers

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Club History Coventry Sphinx F.C.
  2. ^ a b c d Sphinx at the Football Club History Database
  3. ^ a b c d e f Honours Coventry Sphinx F.C.
  4. ^ a b c d Coventry Sphinx at the Football Club History Database
  5. ^ Sphinx beat Westfields in League Cup final[permanent dead link] BBC Sport, 12 May 2010
  6. ^ a b Attendances up again at Sphinx Drive Coventry Sphinx F.C.

External links[]

Coordinates: 52°24′4.972″N 1°28′19.132″W / 52.40138111°N 1.47198111°W / 52.40138111; -1.47198111

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