City’s Club Historian Jim Brown’s Latest Journal Blog Is Out Now!
Jim Brown (CCFPA’s founding member and until recently committee Chairman) has produced a long-standing, fairly regular, Journal post about all things Sky Blue for many years. Parts of it have also appeared in a regular column for the Coventry Telegraph.
The posts are a mine of information about the club’s recent and long distant past. As most Sky Blue fans know Jim is also Coventry City FC’s official club historian. The latest journal entry of this new Championship season 2024-25 has just been published online.
His latest posting builds upon work of fellow CCFC historian and fan Steve Coyne who had compiled and updated a table originally published in the original ‘Coventry City- A Complete Record’ major history . Jim was one of the authors of this statto’s bible originally published in 1991 and, in his blog, has further extended the table back to when CCFC originally joined the Football League in 1919.
The table analyses the clubs which CCFC have met most frequently in the 105 years between 1919 and 2024 and ranks them in terms of our familiarity in playing each opponent. Over this time City have played in four tiers of the English League variously named over the years – the Premier League, Division One, Division Two, Division Three North, Division Three South, Division Four, League Two, League One and the Championship (about as varied as you could possibly have experienced)!
Jim gives reasons why these clubs have been our most likely opponents over the years (note no really northern outfits). He lists the top ELEVEN such clubs and you will have to read Jim’s blog to find out which one comes out on top – we have actually played them 113 times. The 11th club in order has played us a ‘paltry’ 82 times since 1919!! In alphabetical order they are – see if you can guess the order correctly! He also reveals those clubs we have only faced home and away just the once. Here are the top eleven opponents listed in alphabetical order!
