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Coventry City

FM05 Update

Club
99Reputation
19Last season
—Squad value
33263Capacity

Squad strength

FMDB calculation
20Players
—Average age
—Under 21
99Average ability
124Average potential
—Squad value
£48,420Wage bill per week
6Nationalities
—Home-grown
—Expiring contracts
103CA16
127PA16

These are the FMDB's own figures over all 20 registered members of the primary team, not just the rows listed below; hover a figure for the population it was computed from. The wage bill is the sum of recorded contract wages, not an asserted payroll. This version's export records no game start year, so ages and the contract-expiry window cannot be computed. CA16 and PA16 are the means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials; a coded potential enters PA16 at its band's midpoint and the figure says how many did. Home-grown counts players whose person_trained_status names this club.

Best eleven

FMDB calculation
The FMDB's own selection: the highest recorded current ability per slot of the supplied 4-3-3, each player used once, and only where player_position.competency for that slot is at least 10. Mean ability of the eleven 105, from the 20 strongest squad members.

Club

Full name
Coventry City
Short name
Coventry
Nickname
—
Nation
England
City
—
Current division
English Championship
Continental competition
—
Stadium
Ricoh Arena
Founded
—
Reputation
99
Colours
#FFFFFF #007FFF
Captain
—
Vice-captain
—
Other teams
—

Finances

Partial export
Balance
—
Transfer budget
—
Wage budget
—
Debt
—
Club value
—
Financial status
—
Owner
—
Shirt sponsor
—

Balance is club_finance_detail.cash and Debt its basic_loan_debt, as authored. Every other club_finance row — loans, gifts and FFP totals — is listed by the source family loan_source_type gives it, with the amount's meaning on hover, rather than summed into a figure the source does not state. Club value, a named owner and a shirt sponsor are not established by the export.

Squad

20 people with a club_squad_number row for this team
Columns

Columns

Set-piece takers
No start year CA PA Value Apps (Gls) 2004–05 HG Not in this export
2Andrew WhingDR—England93-62006-06-30£2,500—16 (1)—
5Adrian WilliamsDC—Wales951102006-06-30£2,000—31 (2)—
6Matt HeathDC—England1011302007-06-30£3,500—23 (3)—
6Stephen HughesMC—England1171352008-06-30£4,500—40 (4)—
9Dele AdebolaFC—Nigeria1051152007-06-30£3,000—40 (8)—
10Gary McSheffreyAML—England120-82008-06-30£4,500—40 (14)—
10James ScowcroftFC—England1091382008-06-30£4,000———
12Andy MorrellFC—England1001102006-06-24£2,250—34 (6)—
13Clayton InceGK—Trinidad & Tobago921202007-06-30£1,500—23 (0)—
13Richard BrushGK—England75-52006-06-30£500—0 (0)—
15Claus JørgensenML—Denmark1001152006-06-30£1,600—17 (3)—
17Michael DoyleMC—Republic of Ireland1001182007-06-30£500—44 (2)—
18Neil WoodML—England77-52006-06-30£1,500—13 (0)—
20Richard ShawDC—England1001302006-06-30£2,500—33 (0)—
24Stern JohnFC—Trinidad & Tobago1121332007-06-30£5,000—30 (11)—
25Isaac OsbourneDMC—England95-82006-06-27£70—9 (0)—
27Graham BarrettFC—Republic of Ireland91-62006-06-30£2,500—30 (5)—
27Marcus HallDL—England1051202007-06-30£2,000—10 (0)—
28Robert PageDC—Wales1081202006-06-30£3,500—18 (0)—
37Stuart GiddingsDL—England911402007-06-30£1,000—12 (0)—

Sort by clicking a column header. Hide columns you do not need; the choice is remembered in this browser. Apps (Gls) is the 2004–05 season, the latest player_history season recorded for anyone in this squad; it is named explicitly because no database records the date the game starts on.

Highest potential

FMDB calculation
Player Pos Age CA PA Value
Stuart GiddingsDL—91140—
James ScowcroftFC—109138—
Stephen HughesMC—117135—
Stern JohnFC—112133—
Richard ShawDC—100130—
Matt HeathDC—101130—

The highest recorded player.potential_ability across all 1 of this club's team, one row per person. A negative potential is a coded band rather than a fixed ability and is shown as the code it is, never ranked as a number. Ages are season-start ages where the export records a start year; the list is ranked on potential alone, so it is not an age-filtered wonderkid list.

Facilities

Training only in the export
  • Training facilities13
  • Youth facilities—
  • Youth recruitment—
  • Junior coaching—
  • Corporate facilities—
Training ground
—
Academy
—
Morale
10
Season ticket holders
—
Average attendance
24000
Lowest and highest
12500 / 33000

club_facility carries training facilities only, in every version: youth facilities, youth recruitment, junior coaching and academy category are not in the export. The training ground is the stadium row that club_server names.

Key staff

Chairman
—
Managing Director
—
Director of Football
—
Manager
—
Assistant Manager
—
Head of Youth Development
—

Roles held now from staff_history. "Unknown person" is a spell whose person uid this version does not contain.

League position by season

25 seasons on this page
Coventry City league position by season11020 1980–811984–851988–891992–931996–972000–012004–05English Premier Division, 1980–81: position 16 of 22English Premier Division, 1981–82: position 14 of 22English Premier Division, 1982–83: position 19 of 22English Premier Division, 1983–84: position 19 of 22English Premier Division, 1984–85: position 18 of 22English Premier Division, 1985–86: position 17 of 22English Premier Division, 1986–87: position 10 of 22English Premier Division, 1987–88: position 10 of 21English Premier Division, 1988–89: position 7 of 20English Premier Division, 1989–90: position 12 of 20English Premier Division, 1990–91: position 16 of 20English Premier Division, 1991–92: position 19 of 22English Premier Division, 1992–93: position 15 of 22English Premier Division, 1993–94: position 11 of 22English Premier Division, 1994–95: position 16 of 22English Premier Division, 1995–96: position 16 of 20English Premier Division, 1996–97: position 17 of 20English Premier Division, 1997–98: position 11 of 20English Premier Division, 1998–99: position 15 of 20English Premier Division, 1999–00: position 14 of 20English Premier Division, 2000–01: position 19 of 20English Championship, 2001–02: position 11 of 24English Championship, 2002–03: position 20 of 24English Championship, 2003–04: position 12 of 24English Championship, 2004–05: position 20 of 24
Finishing position as recorded, 1 at the top, from the 25 season rows on this page.

Honours

FMDB calculation
1English FA Cup1987
1English Championship1967
1English League One1964

Competitions won by any of this club's 1 recorded team, counted from comp_history. Every recorded season in this version. It records no cancelled, abandoned or joint-winner flags, so none are excluded. The newer nation_cup_history export covers national-team tournament runs; it does not establish club cup-run coverage.

Transfers

Exported; UI pending
Record signing
—
Record sale
—
Net spend
—
Date Player From or to Fee
————

Modern exports separate completed transfer events, agreed future moves and club fee records. This panel has not integrated them. Unknown fees and incomplete coverage cannot establish full net spend.

Stadium

In the export
Name
Ricoh Arena
Capacity
33263
Seated
33263
Expandable to
33263
Built
2005-08-19
Pitch
— × —
Roof
—
Owner
—

Affiliates

Not in this export
Club Relationship Terms
———

Affiliations from club_link in both directions, with the yearly cost, dates, loan counts and wage share the row records. link_type_id has no lookup table in the catalog, so the relationship is shown as its code rather than given a name. Owned teams are listed separately under Other teams.

Fans

Not in this export
Supporter profile
—
Expectation
—
Season ticket waiting list
—

Supporter values are the researched 1–20 figures in club_supporter_profile; the expectation is the media's predicted finish in club_media_expectation; ticket prices are from club_finance_detail. Supporter-type percentages and a waiting list are not exported.

Across versions

Recorded
Coventry City reputation across versions05K10K CM0102 RFM06 RFM10 RFM13 RFM16 RFM19 RFM22 RFM26 UReputation, CM0102 Release: 12 Reputation, CM0203 Release: 12 Reputation, CM0304 Release: 11 Reputation, CM0304 Update: 11 Reputation, FM05 Release: 101 Reputation, FM05 Update: 99 Reputation, FM06 Release: 99 Reputation, FM07 Release: 97 Reputation, FM07 Update: 97 Reputation, FM08 Release: 97 Reputation, FM09 Release: 96 Reputation, FM09 Update: 96 Reputation, FM10 Release: 95 Reputation, FM10 Update: 95 Reputation, FM11 Release: 95 Reputation, FM11 Update: 95 Reputation, FM12 Release: 99 Reputation, FM12 Update: 99 Reputation, FM13 Release: 97 Reputation, FM13 Update: 96 Reputation, FM14 Release: 85 Reputation, FM14 Update: 85 Reputation, FM15 Release: 85 Reputation, FM15 Update: 85 Reputation, FM16 Release: 87 Reputation, FM16 Update: 87 Reputation, FM17 Release: 97 Reputation, FM17 Update: 97 Reputation, FM18 Release: 94 Reputation, FM18 Update: 4,650 Reputation, FM19 Release: 98 Reputation, FM19 Update: 4,900 Reputation, FM20 Release: 98 Reputation, FM20 Update: 4,950 Reputation, FM21 Release: 99 Reputation, FM21 Update: 4,950 Reputation, FM22 Release: 5,350 Reputation, FM23 Release: 5,500 Reputation, FM24 Release: 5,700 Reputation, FM26 Release: 6,000 Reputation, FM26 Update: 6,000
Recorded reputation in each database where this uid resolves. Missing values remain gaps. Raw export scales may differ between versions.

Current staff

0 spells
Role Person Joined Until Rating FMDB calculation
—————

Playing spells belong to a career and are shown on the person's own page. A further 0 current spells point at a person uid this version does not contain.

Season records

Points as stored, never recomputed
Season Competition Pos Of P W D L GF GA Pts
2004–05English Championship202446131320617352
2003–04English Championship122446171415675465
2002–03English Championship202446121420466250
2001–02English Championship11244620620595366
2000–01English Premier Division19203881020366334
1999–00English Premier Division14203812818475444
1998–99English Premier Division15203811918395142
1997–98English Premier Division112038121610464452
1996–97English Premier Division17203891415385441
1995–96English Premier Division16203881416426038
1994–95English Premier Division162242121416446250
1993–94English Premier Division112242141414434556
1992–93English Premier Division152242131316525752
1991–92English Premier Division192242111120354444
1990–91English Premier Division162038111116424944
1989–90English Premier Division12203814717395949
1988–89English Premier Division72038141311474255
1987–88English Premier Division102140131413465353
1986–87English Premier Division102242171213504563
1985–86English Premier Division172242111021487143
1984–85English Premier Division18224215522476450
1983–84English Premier Division192242131118577750
1982–83English Premier Division19224213920485948
1981–82English Premier Division142242131118566250
1980–81English Premier Division162242131019486836

Club records

More record types
Record type Holder Name as recorded Value
————

record_type is a raw code; the two rows read as most appearances and most goals. Attendance record, biggest win and heaviest defeat belong here too.

Derbies and partnerships

Derby Opponent W Needs data D L First match Needs data Reputation
———————

No partnerships recorded

club_partnership is empty or near-empty in most versions of the source.

Kits

Season and slots

    Showing up to 8 of 0 loaded kit rows. Legacy colour slots are shown. Modern kit-part and style exports now describe the parts, but these drawings have not integrated them.

    Data wishlist for this page

    20 data pointsWhole site
    • export_meta.game_start_year Season-start ages, under-21 count and this season's expiring contracts Now liveAges are taken at 1 July of the exported game start year and the expiry window closes on 30 June of the next; the convention is stated on every figure because no .dat database stores an in-game date. CSV-era versions carry no start year and say so.
    • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability over the squad CA16 and PA16 Now liveFMDB means of the sixteen highest recorded abilities and potentials in the primary squad; a coded potential is counted at its band midpoint (config/potential.php) and the figure says how many were.
    • player over club_squad_number Squad ability, potential, value and recorded wage totals Now liveFigures cover the whole primary-team squad with recorded-value coverage. League-relative ability stars are not implemented.
    • player.current_ability and player_position Best eleven Now liveFMDB selects eligible players for a fixed 4-3-3 from at most 60 candidates. Empty positions stay blank and a team average requires eleven filled slots.
    • person_trained_status, person_days_at_location Training days and home-grown squad status Partial exportThe squad table and the home-grown count show recorded trained-at-club and trained-in-nation relationships where the version exports them. Rule codes are not interpreted and training days are not shown; neither is a ruling on eligibility under a competition rule.
    • player.current_ability, player.potential_ability Squad member ability and potential Now liveThe squad table displays stored figures where recorded; coded potential is not a fixed ability.
    • player_history Squad appearances and goals for a named season Now liveThe page uses the latest season recorded for anyone in the squad, not an inferred last season relative to a game date.
    • player.potential_ability across the club teams Highest potential at the club Now livePlayers are deduplicated across the club teams. This is not an age-based wonderkid list.
    • club_finance, club_finance_source, club_finance_detail, club_director Balance, budgets, debt rows, embargo and directors Partial exportCash balance, basic loan debt, the embargo flag and directors are displayed, and every other finance row is listed by its loan_source_type family with the amount meaning on hover. Club valuation, a named owner, a financial-status label and a shirt sponsor are not established: owner type, financial state and income type are raw codes.
    • club_facility, club_server.training_ground_stadium_uid Youth facilities, recruitment, junior coaching and academy status Needs source dataOnly training_facilities is present in any version; the training ground is shown where club_server names one. A corporate revenue field is not a facilities rating.
    • club identity Club nickname Needs source dataThe current club catalog has no nickname column; a short name is not a nickname.
    • transfer_event, future_transfer, club_transfer_record Transfers and record signing or sale Exported; UI pendingCompleted FM24/FM26 events, agreed future moves and recorded club fee records now have separate tables. They are not integrated into this panel; incomplete or unknown fees cannot support complete net-spend totals.
    • club_link Affiliations and agreement terms Partial exportLinks in both directions are displayed with cost, dates, loan counts and wage share. link_type_id, flags and reasons have no lookup, so the relationship is shown as a code; club_partnership is a player-pair relation.
    • comp_history for every recorded club team Confirmed titles with competition and years Now liveThe honours calculation covers all recorded club teams, with edition and stage checks where available. nation_cup_history describes national-team tournament runs, not club cup coverage.
    • stadium Stadium capacity, build date, pitch dimensions, roof and owner Now liveThese fields are rendered where recorded. Pitch type and heating remain available source fields not shown in this club panel.
    • staff_history, staff_ability, staff_coaching Staff quality by recorded job Now liveFMDB computes role-specific attribute means with coverage thresholds; these are not stored scouting stars or a staff-subtype census.
    • club_supporter_profile, club_media_expectation Supporter loyalty, passion, patience, affluence, temperament, expectations and media prediction Now liveResearched FM23+ supporter values and the predicted league finish are displayed where exported; computed supporter-type percentages are deliberately absent.
    • derby Derby record and history Now liveRecorded results are oriented to this club; dates and reputation remain missing where unrecorded.
    • club across versions Reputation across versions Partial exportRaw reputation history is live. Squad value and average ability across versions are not implemented; reputation-scale integration is also pending.
    • club_kit, club_kit_part, kit_display_type, kit_style Kit seasons, parts and patterns Partial exportThe page shows legacy kit rows and colour slots. Modern exports now identify parts, goalkeeper kits and style lookups; drawings have not integrated them, and numbering differs by era.

    Reviewed 30 September 2026 against the current schema and page implementation. “Now live” means implemented where data is recorded; “Exported; UI pending” means the schema has data this page does not yet use. Tables and coverage vary by version. Missing values stay blank.