2017–18 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City
2017–18 season
Chairman	Tim Fisher
Manager	Mark Robins
Stadium	Ricoh Arena
League Two	6th (promoted via play-offs)
FA Cup	Fifth round; vs Brighton & Hove Albion
EFL Cup	First round; vs Blackburn Rovers
EFL Trophy	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Marc McNulty 25; All: Marc McNulty 28
Highest home attendance	28,343 vs Accrington Stanley; (10 February 2018)
Lowest home attendance	6,151 vs Carlisle United; (12 September 2017)
Average home league attendance	9,255
Biggest win	6–1 vs Cheltenham Town; (28 April 2018)
Biggest defeat	6–2 vs Yeovil Town; (2 April 2018)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →
	All statistics correct as of 28 May 2018.

The 2017–18 season was Coventry City's 134th season in their existence and their first in the English fourth tier for 59 years, League Two, following relegation the previous season.^[1] Along with competing in League Two, the club participated in three cup competitions: FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.

The season covers the period between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018.

Coventry's 6th place league finish, despite being the lowest in their history, was their highest in any division since the 1969–70 season.

Review and events[edit]

July[edit]

Nathan Clarke, Kevin Foley, Andy Rose, Rúben Lameiras, Vladimir Gadzhev, Jack Finch, Kyle Spence, Marcus Tudgay and Jacob Whitmore are all released following the end of their contracts.^[2]

Competitions[edit]

Preseason friendlies[edit]

As of 27 June 2017, Coventry City have announced seven pre-season friendlies against Liverpool XI, Nuneaton Town,^[3] Sutton United, Barnsley, Mickleover Sports,^[4] Milton Keynes Dons,^[5] Valenciennes^[6] and Leamington.^[7]

8 July 2017	Sutton United	0–1	Coventry City	London Borough of Sutton
15:00 BST		Report	Moorhouse 86'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 1,076

11 July 2017	Valenciennes	3–2	Coventry City	Murcia, Spain
19:00 CEST	Ambri 6' Hyam 70' (o.g.) Nestor 82'	Report	McNulty 40' (pen.) Ponticelli 65'	Stadium: Pinatar Arena

18 July 2017	Barnsley	3–1	Coventry City	Barnsley
19:45 BST	Mallan 24' Payne 40' Bradshaw 67'	Report	Beavon 54'	Stadium: Oakwell

21 July 2017	Coventry City	2–0	Milton Keynes Dons	Nuneaton
19:00 BST	McNulty 15' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Liberty Way Attendance: 983

25 July 2017	Mickleover Sports	0–1	Coventry City	Mickleover
19:30 BST		Report	Ponticelli 63'	Stadium: Don Amott Arena

29 July 2017	Coventry City	0–0	Liverpool XI	Nuneaton
14:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Liberty Way

30 July 2017	Nuneaton Town	1–2	Coventry City	Nuneaton
17:55 BST	Beswick 76'	Report	Beavon 19' Jones 82'	Stadium: Liberty Way

2 August 2017	Leamington	Cancelled	Coventry City	Leamington
19:45 BST		Report		Stadium: New Windmill Ground

League Two[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
4	Exeter City	46	24	8	14	64	54	+10	80	Qualification for League Two play-offs^[a]
5	Notts County	46	21	14	11	71	48	+23	77
6	Coventry City (O, P)	46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75
7	Lincoln City	46	20	15	11	64	48	+16	75
8	Mansfield Town	46	18	18	10	67	52	+15	72

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ Four teams play for one spot and promotion to EFL League One.

Results summary[edit]


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75	13	4	6	36	24	+12	9	5	9	28	23	+5

Last updated: 5 May 2018.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by matchday[edit]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	D	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	W	D
Position	2	1	4	10	10	8	4	6	6	4	4	5	7	8	8	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	4	7	5	3	8	6	4	8	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	7	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2018. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

On 21 June 2017, the league fixtures were announced.^[8]^[9]

5 August 2017 1	Coventry City	3–0	Notts County	Coventry
15:00 BST	Jones 29', 80', 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 10,350

12 August 2017 2	Grimsby Town	0–2	Coventry City	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST		Report	McNulty 62' Grimmer 76'	Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,767 Referee: Barrett

19 August 2017 3	Coventry City	0–1	Newport County	Coventry
15:00 BST		Report	Cole 53' Reynolds 90' White 90+1'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,745 Referee: Paul Tierney

26 August 2017 4	Yeovil Town	2–0	Coventry City	Yeovil
15:00 BST	Olomola 15' 75' Browne 27' Smith 56' Mugabi 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Martin Coy

2 September 2017 5	Chesterfield	0–0	Coventry City	Chesterfield
15:00 BST	Weir 49' 60' Flores 58' Jules 87'	Report	Grimmer 33'	Stadium: Proact Stadium Attendance: 5,164 Referee: Darren Drysdale

9 September 2017 6	Coventry City	1–0	Port Vale	Coventry
15:00 BST	Jones 24' McDonald 81' Vincenti 84'	Report	Middleton 71'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,951 Referee: Brett Huxtable

12 September 2017 7	Coventry City	2–0	Carlisle United	Coventry
19:45 BST	Nazon 48' Vincenti 56' 80'	Report	Grainger 57' Joyce 72' Hope 84'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,151 Referee: Trevor Kettle

16 September 2017 8	Cambridge United	2–1	Coventry City	Cambridge
15:00 BST	Ibehre 10' Taylor 70' Ikpeazu 76' Maris 82'	Report	Vincenti 33' Kelly 36' Nazon 54' 71'	Stadium: Abbey Stadium Attendance: 5,142 Referee: Mark Heywood

23 September 2017 9	Coventry City	2–0	Exeter City	Coventry
15:00 BST	Brown 58' (o.g.) Doyle 77' Kelly-Evans 90+1'	Report	Tillson 57' Boateng 74'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,340 Referee: Robert Jones

26 September 2017 10	Swindon Town	1–2	Coventry City	Swindon
19:45 BST	Norris 20' 50' Dunne 72' Anderson 90+1'	Report	Doyle 32' 73' McDonald 74' Nazon 76' Kelly-Evans 78'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 6,340 Referee: Charles Breakspear

30 September 2017 11	Coventry City	1–0	Crewe Alexandra	Coventry
15:00 BST	Nazon 9' Jones 87'	Report	Lowery 46'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,664 Referee: Dean Whitestone

7 October 2017 12	Barnet	0–0	Coventry City	Canons Park
12:30 BST		Report	McDonald 90'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: Ben Toner Referee: 4,041

14 October 2017 13	Accrington Stanley	1–0	Coventry City	Accrington
15:00 BST	McConville 14' Richards-Everton 64' Thorniley 89' Donacien 89'	Report	Stevenson 27' Grimmer 90'	Stadium: Wham Stadium Attendance: 2,828 Referee: Seb Stockbridge

17 October 2017 14	Coventry City	0–1	Forest Green Rovers	Coventry
19:45 BST	McDonald 23' Doyle 45+1' Nazon 79' McNulty 90+1'	Report	Marsh-Brown 29' Brown 90+2'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,366 Referee: Simon Hooper

21 October 2017 15	Coventry City	0–0	Colchester United	Coventry
15:00 BST	Nazon 65' Doyle 68'	Report	Inniss 65' Lapslie 75' 76' Walker 77'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,149 Referee: Michael Salisbury

28 October 2017 16	Luton Town	0–3	Coventry City	Luton
15:00 BST	Hylton 6' Lee 41' Rea 90+1' Cuthbert 90+9'	Report	McNulty 17' 90+4' Shipley 90+2' Nazon 90+6'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 9,670 Referee: Robert Jones

11 November 2017 17	Coventry City	0–1	Mansfield Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	McDonald 31' Grimmer 49' Jones 80'	Report	White 42' Rose 65' MacDonald 84' Hemmings 90+4'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,410 Referee: Nick Kinseley

18 November 2017 18	Lincoln City	1–2	Coventry City	Lincoln
15:00 GMT	Long 20' Rhead 28' Dickie 52' Green 66' Palmer 90+7'	Report	Jones 61' Nazon 70' 71'	Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 9,581 Referee: Ross Joyce

21 November 2017 19	Stevenage	1–1	Coventry City	Stevenage
19:45 GMT	Pett 76'	Report	McNulty 22' Shipley 31'	Stadium: Broadhall Way Attendance: 2,544 Referee: Kevin Johnson

25 November 2017 20	Coventry City	1–1	Crawley Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Davies 30' Haynes 60' McNulty 74' McDonald 90+4'	Report	Randall 3' Roberts 42'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,381 Referee: Craig Hicks

9 December 2017 21	Morecambe	2–0	Coventry City	Morecambe
15:00 GMT	McGurk 10' Oliver 36' Lang 69' Fleming 72' Rose 84'	Report		Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: 1,773 Referee: Robert Lewis

16 December 2017 22	Coventry City	2–1	Cheltenham Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Bayliss 2' 42' McNulty 75'	Report	Eisa 34' Pell 60' O'Shaughnessy 79' Storer 89'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,457 Referee: David Webb

22 December 2017 23	Coventry City	3–2	Wycombe Wanderers	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Doyle 14' Bayliss 34' McNulty 41', 55' (pen.) 86' Shipley 83'	Report	Tyson 12' Scarr 45+5' 54' Akinfenwa 46' Jacobson 49' (pen) 90+2' O'Nien 52'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,234 Referee: Tony Harrington

26 December 2017 24	Port Vale	1–0	Coventry City	Burslem
15:00 GMT	Tonge 28' Kay 71' Smith 79' Gunning 90+2' Davis 90+2'	Report	McDonald 36' Davies 50' Doyle 62'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 7,127 Referee: John Brooks

30 December 2017 25	Carlisle United	0–1	Coventry City	Carlisle
15:00 GMT	Grainger 67' Devitt 85'	Report	McNulty 50' Davies 80' Biamou 85'	Stadium: Brunton Park Attendance: 5,807 Referee: Scott Oldham

1 January 2018 26	Coventry City	1–0	Chesterfield	Coventry
15:00 GMT	McNulty 14' Bayliss 61'	Report	Dennis 45+4' Wiseman 61' 80'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,402 Referee: Trevor Kettle

6 January 2018 P	Coventry City	v	Cambridge United	Coventry
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Note: On 14 December, it was announced that the home fixture against Cambridge United was rearranged due to the club's FA Cup involvement.^[10]

13 January 2018 27	Exeter City	1–0	Coventry City	Exeter
15:00 GMT	Harley 7' James 81'	Report	Stokes 45'	Stadium: St James Park Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Ben Toner

20 January 2018 28	Coventry City	3–1	Swindon Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Davies 16' Biamou 17' McNulty 22' (pen.), 81' Doyle 69' Grimmer 77'	Report	Gordon 36' Banks 39'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,643 Referee: Steve Martin

27 January 2018 P	Wycombe Wanderers	v	Coventry City	High Wycombe
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Adams Park
Note: On 8 January, it was announced that the away fixture against Wycombe Wanderers was to be re-arranged due to the club's FA Cup involvement.^[11]

30 January 2018 29	Coventry City	3–1	Cambridge United	Coventry
19:45 GMT	McNulty 10' 81' Shipley 30' McDonald 38' Stokes 87' Doyle 90+2'	Report	Taft 84'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 6,897 Referee: Tom Nield

3 February 2018 30	Forest Green Rovers	2–1	Coventry City	Nailsworth
15:00 GMT	Bray 39' L. Collins 64'	Report	Kelly 38' McNulty 59' (pen.)	Stadium: The New Lawn Attendance: 3,623 Referee: Darren Handley

10 February 2018 31	Coventry City	0–2	Accrington Stanley	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Di. Kelly-Evans 65'	Report	Clark 5', 60' Kee 47' Conneely 84'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 28,343 Referee: Dean Whitestone

13 February 2018 32	Colchester United	2–1	Coventry City	Colchester
19:45 GMT	Ogedi-Uzokwe 27' (pen.) Mandron 88'	Report	Bayliss 56'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 3,319 Referee: John Busby

17 February 2018 P	Coventry City	v	Luton Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Note: Rearranged due to the club's FA Cup involvement.

24 February 2018 33	Mansfield Town	1–1	Coventry City	Mansfield
15:00 GMT	Hemmings 16' King 49' Logan 71' Miller 87'	Report	Willis 15' Doyle 19' Clarke-Harris pen' (71) Shipley 83'	Stadium: Field Mill Attendance: 6,105 Referee: Michael Salisbury

27 February 2018 34	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Coventry City	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT	Cowan-Hall 50' Bloomfield 90'	Report	Reid 80' McNulty 82' (pen.) 83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 4,087 Referee: Brendan Malone

3 March 2018 P	Coventry City	v	Lincoln City	Coventry
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Ricoh Arena Referee: Michael Dean

10 March 2018 35	Coventry City	1–0	Barnet	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Clarke-Harris 75', 76'	Report	Weston 26'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 7,127 Referee: Gavin Ward

13 March 2018 36	Coventry City	2–2	Luton Town	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Vincenti 3' McNulty 45' Kelly 78'	Report	Cuthbert 55' Rea 63' Collins 88'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,863 Referee: Charles Breakspear

17 March 2018 37	Crewe Alexandra	1–2	Coventry City	Crewe
15:00 GMT	Bowery 33' Ray 37' Nolan 75'	Report	Clarke-Harris 5' Bayliss 43'	Stadium: Gresty Road Attendance: 4,666 Referee: Antony Coggins

24 March 2018 38	Coventry City	4–0	Grimsby Town	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Vincenti 38' McNulty 55', 76', 87'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,755 Referee: Ollie Yates

30 March 2018 39	Newport County	1–1	Coventry City	Newport
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Demetriou 40' O'Brien 82'	Report	Haynes 73' Biamou 79'	Stadium: Rodney Parade Attendance: 4,667 Referee: Dean Whitestone

2 April 2018 40	Coventry City	2–6	Yeovil Town	Coventry
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Biamou 47', 68'	Report	Fisher 6', 15' Zoko 11', 55' Surridge 80', 90' Green 62'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,787 Referee: Eddie Ilderton

7 April 2018 41	Notts County	2–1	Coventry City	Nottingham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Noble 50' Ameobi 52' Forte 60' (86)	Report	Biamou 45' McDonald 52' Bayliss 57' Burge 60' Ponticelli 85'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 10,316 Referee: Ross Joyce

14 April 2018 42	Crawley Town	1–2	Coventry City	Crawley
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Young 13' Tajbakhsh 29'	Report	Ponticelli 5', 77' Doyle 64'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 3,294 Referee: Lee Swabey

20 April 2018 43	Coventry City	3–1	Stevenage	Coventry
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	McNulty 2', 6' Doyle 21' Kelly 37'	Report	Revell 20' Amos 25' Wilkinson 40' Martin 84'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 8,859 Referee: Michael Salisbury

24 April 2018 44	Coventry City	2–4	Lincoln City	Coventry
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Bayliss 16' Shipley 39' Clarke-Harris 42'	Report	Rhead 1' Palmer 38', 44', 85' Green 63' Frecklington 67' Wilson 79' Whitehouse 90+1' Allsop 90+1' Williams 90+3'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 13,115 Referee: Mike Jones

28 April 2018 45	Cheltenham Town	1–6	Coventry City	Cheltenham
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Chatzitheodoridis 29' Eisa 58' Pell 61'	Report	Bayliss 12' McNulty 27', 43', 78' Shipley 28' Burge 57' Doyle 58' Biamou 74', 74' Stokes 82'	Stadium: Whaddon Road Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Antony Coggins

5 May 2018 46	Coventry City	0–0	Morecambe	Coventry
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Grimmer 40'	Report		Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 15,874 Referee: Andy Davies

Football League play-offs[edit]

12 May 2018 Semi final (1st leg)	Coventry City	1–1	Notts County	Coventry
19:30 BST	Stokes 26' Doyle 28' Hyam 75' McNulty 87' (pen)	Report	Forte 49' Grant 74' Duffy 86' O'Connor 89'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 17,404 Referee: Gavin Ward

18 May 2018 Semi final (2nd leg)	Notts County	1–4 (2–5 agg.)	Coventry City	Nottingham
19:45 BST	Tootle 16' Alessandra 30' Grant 44' Brisley 45+4'	Report	Biamou 6', 71' Doyle 24' McNulty 37', 45+5' Bayliss 86'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 17,615 Referee: Darren Drysdale

28 May 2018 Final	Coventry City	3–1	Exeter City	London
15:00 BST	Willis 49' Shipley 54' Grimmer 68'	Report	Edwards 89'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 50,196 Referee: David Webb

FA Cup[edit]

On 16 October 2017, Coventry City were drawn at home to Maidenhead United in the first round.^[12] Another home tie for the second round was confirmed with Boreham Wood the visiting side.^[13] A third home tie was drawn for the third round, with Premier League side Stoke City the visitors.^[14]

Maxime Biamou scored the only goal of the game as Coventry beat Milton Keynes Dons away in the fourth round. Coventry took 7,833 supporters to the game, outnumbering the home fans.^[15]

5 November 2017 First round	Coventry City	2–0	Maidenhead United	Coventry
14:00 GMT	Ponticelli 33', 44' Vincenti 45+3'	Report	Barratt 19'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 3,370 Referee: Scott Duncan

3 December 2017 Second round	Coventry City	3–0	Boreham Wood	Coventry
14:00 GMT	Nazon 4' 27' Doyle 22' McNulty 40' Shipley 48'	Report	Champion 25' Stephens 44' Murtagh 90+4'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 2,985 Referee: Darren Handley

6 January 2018 Third round	Coventry City	2–1	Stoke City	Coventry
15:00 GMT	Willis 24' Grimmer 68'	Report	Ireland 26' Allen 35' Adam 54' (pen.)	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 14,199 Referee: Martin Atkinson

27 January 2018 Fourth round	Milton Keynes Dons	0–1	Coventry City	Milton Keynes
15:00 GMT	Ebanks-Landell 72' Tavernier 87'	Report	Biamou 64' Doyle 5' McDonald 65'	Stadium: Stadium mk Attendance: 14,925 Referee: Peter Bankes

17 February 2018 Fifth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	Coventry City	Brighton and Hove
15:00 GMT	Locadia 15' Goldson 34' Ulloa 61'	Report	Clarke-Harris 77'	Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 26,966 Referee: Craig Pawson

EFL Cup[edit]

On 16 June 2017, Coventry City were drawn at home to Blackburn Rovers in the first round.^[16]

8 August 2017 First round	Coventry City	1–3	Blackburn Rovers	Coventry
19:45 BST	Nazon 22'	Report	Evans 16' Smallwood 33' Samuel 56'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 5,372 Referee: Darren England

EFL Trophy[edit]

On 12 July 2017, Coventry City were drawn in Northern Group E against Shrewsbury Town, Walsall and West Bromwich Albion Academy.^[17]

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	L1	Walsall (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Round 2
2	L1	Shrewsbury Town (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6	Round 2
3	L2	Coventry City (E)	3	1	1	0	1	6	6	0	5
4	ACA	West Bromwich Albion Academy (E)	3	0	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 3 October 2017. Source: EFL.com
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

29 August 2017 (2017-08-29) Group stage	Coventry City	2–3	Shrewsbury Town	Coventry
19:45 BST	Andreu 51' 66' McNulty 63' (pen.)	Report	Payne 30' Gnahoua Bolton 69' Godfrey 71' Adams 79' Riley 90+4'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,968

3 October 2017 (2017-10-03) Group stage	Walsall	2–2 (3–4 p)	Coventry City	Walsall
19:45 BST	Ismail 32' (pen.) Bakayoko 42' Edwards 83' Agyei 90+2'	Report	McNulty 54' (pen.) Ponticelli 59'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: 1,517 Referee: Robert Lewis
	Penalties
	Oztumer Leahy Agyei Bakayoko Edwards		McNulty Vincenti Stevenson Shipley Ponticelli

7 November 2017 (2017-11-07) Group stage	Coventry City	2–1	West Bromwich Albion Academy	Coventry
19:45 GMT	Hyam 16' Stevenson 58' Biamou 62' Di. Kelly-Evans 70' De. Kelly-Evans 90+2'	Report	Burke 72'	Stadium: Ricoh Arena Attendance: 1,429 Referee: John Busby

Squad information[edit]

Squad details[edit]

No.	Name	Position	Place of birth	Date of birth (age) *	Club apps *	Club goals *	Signed from	Date signed	Fee	Contract end
Goalkeepers
1	Lee Burge	GK	Hereford	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 24)	71	0	Academy	1 June 2010	Trainee	30 June 2019
13	Liam O'Brien	GK	Ruislip	(1991-11-30)30 November 1991 (aged 25)	0	0	Portsmouth	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
33	Corey Addai	GK	London	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 19)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2019
40	Tom Billson	GK	Shrewsbury	(2000-10-18)18 October 2000 (aged 16)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2017	Trainee	30 June 2019
Defenders
2	Jack Grimmer	RB	Aberdeen	(1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Fulham	5 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
3	Chris Stokes	LB	Frome	(1991-03-08)8 March 1991 (aged 26)	63	3	Forest Green Rovers	21 February 2015	Free	30 June 2019
4	Jordan Willis	CB	Coventry	(1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 22)	127	5	Academy	1 June 2011	Trainee	30 June 2019
5	Rod McDonald	CB	Liverpool	(1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Northampton Town	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2019
12	Tom Davies	CB	Warrington	(1992-04-18)18 April 1992 (aged 25)	0	0	Portsmouth	31 August 2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2019
15	Dominic Hyam	CB	Leuchars	(1995-12-20)20 December 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Reading	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
20	Dion Kelly-Evans	RB	Coventry	(1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 20)	34	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2018
24	Ryan Haynes	LB	Northampton	(1995-09-27)27 September 1995 (aged 21)	72	5	Academy	27 March 2013	Trainee	30 June 2019
34	Chris Camwell	LB	Nuneaton	(1998-10-27)27 October 1998 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2021
36	Reece Ford	DF	Coventry	(1998-10-28)28 October 1998 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2020
39	Jordon Thompson	DF	Coventry	(1999-04-08)8 April 1999 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2021
Midfielders
6	Liam Kelly	CM	Milton Keynes	(1990-02-10)10 February 1990 (aged 27)	0	0	Leyton Orient	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
7	Peter Vincenti	RM	Saint Peter	(1986-07-07)7 July 1986 (aged 30)	0	0	Rochdale	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
8	Michael Doyle	CM	Dublin	(1981-08-08)8 August 1981 (aged 35)	304	25	Portsmouth	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
11	Jodi Jones	RW	Bow	(1997-10-22)22 October 1997 (aged 19)	51	2	Dagenham & Redbridge	10 May 2016	Undisclosed	30 June 2020
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	RW	Crawley	(1997-09-19)19 September 1997 (aged 19)	0	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	3 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
19	Tony Andreu	AM	Cagnes-sur-Mer	(1988-05-22)22 May 1988 (aged 29)	0	0	Norwich City	10 Aug 2017	Free	30 June 2019
22	Devon Kelly-Evans	LM	Coventry	(1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 20)	1	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2018
26	Jordan Shipley	CM	Coventry	(1997-09-26)26 September 1997 (aged 19)	1	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2020
27	Josh Barrett	AM	Oxford	(1998-06-21)21 June 1998 (aged 19)	0	0	Reading	2 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
28	Callum Maycock	CM	Birmingham	(1997-12-23)23 December 1997 (aged 19)	7	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2020
29	Bilal Sayoud	AM	London	(1997-05-05)5 May 1997 (aged 20)	0	0	Nike Academy	24 March 2016	Free	30 June 2018
30	Tom Bayliss	CM	Leicester	(1999-04-06)6 April 1999 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2020
32	Kyel Reid	LM	Deptford	(1987-11-26)26 November 1987 (aged 29)	37	2	Preston North End	28 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
35	Kyle Finn	LM	Warwick	(1998-12-07)7 December 1998 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2020
37	Jak Hickman	MF	Sandwell	(1998-09-11)11 September 1998 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2021
	Zain Westbrooke	CM	Chertsey	(1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Brentford	10 May 2018	Free	30 June 2020
Forwards
9	Maxime Biamou	CF	Créteil	(1990-11-13)13 November 1990 (aged 26)	0	0	Sutton United	1 July 2017	Undisclosed	30 June 2019
10	Marc McNulty	CF	Edinburgh	(1992-09-14)14 September 1992 (aged 24)	0	0	Sheffield United	1 July 2017	Free	30 June 2019
16	Stuart Beavon	CF	Reading	(1984-05-05)5 May 1984 (aged 33)	17	3	Burton Albion	1 January 2017	Free	30 June 2019
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	CF	Leicester	(1994-07-20)20 July 1994 (aged 22)	1	0	Rotherham United	31 January 2018	Loan	30 June 2018
38	Jordan Ponticelli	CF	Coventry	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 18)	0	0	Strachan Football Foundation	26 July 2016	Free	30 June 2022
Left before the end of the season
12	James Pearson	RB	Sheffield	(1993-01-19)19 January 1993 (aged 24)	0	0	Barnet	4 August 2017	Free	Non-contract
14	Kwame Thomas	CF	Nottingham	(1995-09-28)28 September 1995 (aged 21)	14	3	Derby County	1 July 2016	Free	30 June 2018
18	Duckens Nazon	CF	Paris	(1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (aged 23)	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 August 2017	Loan	1 January 2018
23	Reice Charles-Cook	GK	Lewisham	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 23)	61	0	Bury	1 August 2014	Free	30 June 2018
23	Carl Baker	AM	Prescot	(1982-12-26)26 December 1982 (aged 34)	182	28	Unattached	9 March 2018	Free	30 June 2018
25	Jordan Turnbull	CB	Trowbridge	(1994-10-30)30 October 1994 (aged 22)	46	2	Southampton	15 August 2016	Undisclosed	30 June 2019
27	Darragh Leahy	CB	Dublin	(1998-04-15)15 April 1998 (aged 19)	0	0	Academy	1 July 2016	Trainee	30 June 2018
31	Ben Stevenson	AM	Leicester	(1997-03-23)23 March 1997 (aged 20)	36	2	Academy	1 July 2015	Trainee	30 June 2020

* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2017–18 season.

Appearances[edit]

Correct as of match played on 28 May 2018

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	League Two Play-offs	Total
1	Lee Burge	GK	40	4		1	3	48
2	Jack Grimmer	DF	42	5	1	2	3	53
3	Chris Stokes	DF	28+1	2		1	3	35
4	Jordan Willis	DF	35	4		1	2	42
5	Rod McDonald	DF	36+1	2+1	1			41
6	Liam Kelly	MF	30+3	2			3	38
7	Peter Vincenti	MF	18+6	1+1		3		29
8	Michael Doyle	MF	44	4		1	3	52
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	20+19	3+2	1	0+1	3	49
10	Marc McNulty	FW	40+2	5		2	3	52
11	Jodi Jones	MF	19	1	1	1		22
12	Tom Davies	DF	15+6	3			1	25
13	Liam O'Brien	GK	6+1	1	1	2		11
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	11+3	1	1	3	3	22
16	Stuart Beavon	FW	9+5		0+1	2+1		18
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	MF	3	1				4
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	FW	12+5	1			0+3	21
19	Tony Andreu	MF	2+3			1		6
20	Dion Kelly-Evans	DF	1+1	0+1		3		6
22	Devon Kelly-Evans	MF	8+6	0+1	1	1		17
24	Ryan Haynes	DF	18+3	3+1				25
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	25+5	4+1	1	1+1	3	41
27	Josh Barrett	MF	1+5	2				8
28	Callum Maycock	MF	0+1	0+1		2+1		5
29	Bilal Sayoud	MF				0+1		1
30	Tom Bayliss	MF	23	4+1		0+1	3	32
32	Kyel Reid	MF	2+11				0+1	14
33	Corey Addai	GK
34	Chris Camwell	DF			1	1		2
35	Kyle Finn	MF			0+1			1
36	Reece Ford	DF
37	Jak Hickman	MF
38	Jordan Ponticelli	FW	4+15	1+1	0+1	0+1	0+3	26
39	Jordon Thompson	DF				0+1		1
40	Tom Bilson	GK
	Zain Westbrooke	MF
Left before the end of the season
12	James Pearson	DF				1		1
14	Kwame Thomas	FW				1		1
18	Duckens Nazon	FW	11+10	1+1	1			24
23	Reice Charles-Cook	GK
23	Carl Baker	MF
25	Jordan Turnbull	DF
27	Darragh Leahy	DF
31	Ben Stevenson	MF	2+3	1+2	1	3		12

Goalscorers[edit]

Correct as of match played on 28 May 2018

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	League Two Play-offs	Total
10	Marc McNulty	FW	23	1	0	2	2	28
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	5	1	0	1	2	9
18	Duckens Nazon	FW	6	1	1	0	0	8
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	4	1	0	0	1	6
30	Tom Bayliss	MF	5	0	0	0	1	6
38	Jordan Ponticelli	FW	3	2	0	1	0	6
11	Jodi Jones	MF	5	0	0	0	0	5
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	FW	3	1	0	0	0	4
2	Jack Grimmer	DF	1	1	0	0	1	3
7	Peter Vincenti	MF	3	0	0	0	0	3
8	Michael Doyle	MF	3	0	0	0	0	3
4	Jordan Willis	DF	0	1	0	0	1	2
6	Liam Kelly	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
19	Tony Andreu	MF	0	0	0	1	0	1
22	Devon Kelly-Evans	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
31	Ben Stevenson	MF	0	0	0	1	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals			64	9	1	6	8	88

Assists[edit]

Correct as of match played on 28 May 2018

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Trophy	League Two Play-offs	Total
10	Marc McNulty	FW	5	1	1	3	10
11	Jodi Jones	MF	4	1	1	0	6
9	Maxime Biamou	FW	5	0	0	0	5
2	Jack Grimmer	DF	2	2	0	0	4
18	Jonson Clarke-Harris	FW	4	0	0	0	4
18	Duckens Nazon	FW	3	1	0	0	4
26	Jordan Shipley	MF	4	0	0	0	4
4	Jordan Willis	DF	2	0	0	1	3
6	Liam Kelly	MF	2	0	0	1	3
8	Michael Doyle	MF	2	0	0	1	3
30	Tom Bayliss	MF	2	1	0	0	3
7	Peter Vincenti	MF	2	0	0	0	2
32	Kyel Reid	MF	2	0	0	0	2
3	Chris Stokes	DF	1	0	0	0	1
12	Tom Davies	DF	0	1	0	0	1
15	Dominic Hyam	DF	0	0	0	1	1
17	Jordan Maguire-Drew	MF	1	0	0	0	1
28	Callum Maycock	MF	0	0	1	0	1
31	Ben Stevenson	MF	0	0	1	0	1
Totals			41	7	4	7	59

Yellow cards[edit]

Correct as of match played on 28 May 2018

No.	Player	Pos.	League Two	FA Cup	EFL Cup	EFL Trophy	League Two Play-offs	Total
8	Michael Doyle	MF	10	2	0	0	2	14
5	Rod McDonald	DF	8	1	0	0	0	9
10	Marc McNulty	FW	5	0	0	0	1	6
18	Duckens Nazon	FW	5	1	0	0	0	6
2	Jack Grimmer	DF	5	0	0	0	0	5
3	Chris Stokes	DF	3	0	0	0	1	4
7	Peter Vincenti	MF	3	1	0	0	0	4
12	Tom Davies	DF	4	0	0	0	0	4
30	Tom Bayliss	MF	4	0	0	0	0	4
1	Lee Burge	GK	3	0	0	0	0	3
6	Liam Kelly	MF	3	0	0	0	0	3
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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75	13	4	6	36	24	+12	9	5	9	28	23	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75	13	4	6	36	24	+12	9	5	9	28	23	+5

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	22	9	15	64	47	+17	75	13	4	6	36	24	+12	9	5	9	28	23	+5