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==Ground==
==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 F.C.|Coventry City]] team.<ref name=H/> The record attendance of 935 was set for a league match against [[Hereford F.C.|Hereford]] in 2015.<ref name=CS1/>
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 F.C.|Coventry City]] team.<ref name=H/> The record attendance of 935 was set for a league match against [[Hereford F.C.|Hereford]] in 2016.<ref name=CS1/>


==Honours==
==Honours==

Revision as of 22:16, 25 April 2021

Coventry Sphinx
Full nameCoventry Sphinx Football Club
Nickname(s)The Sphinx
Founded1946
GroundSphinx Drive, Coventry
ChairmanDannie Cahill
ManagerShaun Thomas & John Woodward
LeagueNorthern Premier League Division One Midlands
2023–24Northern Premier League Division One Midlands, 16th of 20
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 Northern Premier League Division One Midlands 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]

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

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.

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