2014–15 Coventry City F.C. season

The 2014–15 season was Coventry City's 95th season in The Football League and their third consecutive season in League One. In addition to League One, the Sky Blues also entered the Football League Cup, FA Cup and Football League Trophy competitions.

Coventry City

2014–15 season
Chairman	Tim Fisher
Manager	Steven Pressley (until 23 February) Tony Mowbray (from 3 March)
Stadium	Sixfields Stadium (until 21 August) Ricoh Arena (from 21 August)
League One	17th
FA Cup	First round vs Worcester City
League Cup	First round vs Cardiff City
Football League Trophy	Area Semi-Final vs Bristol City
Top goalscorer	League: Frank Nouble, Jim O'Brien, Dominic Samuel 6 All: Frank Nouble 7
Highest home attendance	27,306 vs Gillingham (League One – 5 September 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,382 vs Cardiff City (League Cup – 13 August 2014)
Average home league attendance	9,332[1]
Home colours Away colours
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On 9 November 2014 Coventry were eliminated from the FA Cup in the 1st Round following a shock 2–1 home defeat to Football Conference North side Worcester City, and the second time they had lost to non-league opposition in 25 years following their defeat away to Sutton United in January 1989. This was in the wake of their 1st Round elimination from the Football League Cup in August, having lost 1–2 at home to Football League Championship side Cardiff City.

Review and events

Monthly events

21 August – Coventry City return to the Ricoh Arena following thirteen months playing at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium.

Squad details 14-15

No.	Name	Position	Nationality	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 21)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2010	Trainee	30 June 2017
33	Reice Charles-Cook	GK		Lewisham	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	Bury	18 July 2014	Free	30 July 2015
43	Jake Richards	GK		Coventry	(1996-12-30)30 December 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
Defenders
2	Jordan Willis	CB		Coventry	(1994-08-24)24 August 1994 (aged 19)	32	0	Academy	1 June 2011	Trainee	30 June 2015
3	Danny Pugh	LB		Cheadle Hulme	(1982-10-19)19 October 1982 (aged 31)	0	0	Leeds United	16 July 2014	Free	30 June 2015
4	Andy Webster	CB		Dundee	(1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 32)	41	2	Heart of Midlothian	9 August 2013	Free	30 June 2015
5	Réda Johnson	CB		Marseille	(1988-03-21)21 March 1988 (aged 26)	0	0	Sheffield Wednesday	4 July 2014	Free	30 June 2015
18	Aaron Phillips	RB		Warwick	(1993-11-20)20 November 1993 (aged 20)	11	1	Academy	1 June 2011	Trainee	30 June 2016
21	Aaron Martin	CB		Newport	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 24)	13	0	Yeovil Town	9 January 2015	Free	30 June 2016
22	Matthew Pennington	CB		Warrington	(1994-10-06)6 October 1994 (aged 19)	0	0	Everton	27 November 2014	Loan	4 January 2015
30	Chris Stokes	LB		Frome	(1991-04-08)8 April 1991 (aged 23)	0	0	Forest Green Rovers	21 February 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
26	Ryan Haynes	LB		Northampton	(1995-09-27)27 September 1995 (aged 18)	3	0	Academy	27 March 2013	Trainee	30 June 2017
39	Cian Harries	CB		Solihull	(1997-04-01)1 April 1997 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
39	Dion Kelly-Evans	RB		Coventry	(1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
Midfielders
6	Conor Thomas	CM		Coventry	(1993-10-29)29 October 1993 (aged 20)	81	1	Academy	1 June 2010	Trainee	30 June 2016
7	John Fleck	CM		Glasgow	(1991-08-24)24 August 1991 (aged 22)	78	4	Rangers	4 July 2012	Free	30 June 2015
8	Grant Ward	CM		Lewisham	(1994-12-05)5 December 1994 (aged 19)	0	0	Tottenham Hotspur	13 March 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
10	Danny Swanson	AM		Edinburgh	(1986-12-28)28 December 1986 (aged 27)	0	0	Peterborough United	3 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
11	Jim O'Brien	AM		Alexandria	(1987-09-28)28 September 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	Barnsley	4 July 2014	Free	30 June 2016
15	Sanmi Odelusi	AM		Dagenham	(1993-06-11)11 June 1993 (aged 21)	0	0	Bolton Wanderers	31 January 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
16	Adam Barton	CM		Blackburn	(1991-01-07)7 January 1991 (aged 23)	36	3	Preston North End	6 August 2012	Undisclosed	30 June 2015
23	Blair Turgott	LW/RW		Bromley	(1994-05-22)22 May 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	West Ham United	2 February 2015	Free	30 June 2015
24	Al Bangura	CM		Freetown	(1988-01-24)24 January 1988 (aged 26)	0	0	Forest Green Rovers	20 March 2015	Free	30 June 2015
27	Jack Finch	DM		Fenny Compton	(1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 April 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
28	Ivor Lawton	CM		Coventry	(1995-09-05)5 September 1995 (aged 18)	0	0	Academy	26 November 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
35	Devon Kelly-Evans	LW		Coventry	(1996-09-21)21 September 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 June 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
36	James Maddison	AM		Coventry	(1996-11-23)23 November 1996 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	4 October 2013	Trainee	30 June 2015
37	George Thomas	AM		Leicester	(1997-03-24)24 March 1997 (aged 17)	1	0	Academy	25 October 2013	Free	30 June 2015
38	Kyle Spence	LM		Croydon	(1997-01-14)14 January 1997 (aged 17)	0	0	Academy	1 September 2014	Trainee	30 June 2015
Forwards
9	Nick Proschwitz	CF		Weißenfels	(1986-11-28)28 November 1986 (aged 27)	0	0	Brentford	27 February 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
12	Simeon Jackson	CF		Kingston	(1987-03-28)28 March 1987 (aged 27)	0	0	Millwall	18 August 2014	Free	30 June 2015
14	Dominic Samuel	CF		Southwark	(1994-04-01)1 April 1994 (aged 20)	0	0	Reading	29 January 2015	Loan	30 June 2015
15	Shaun Miller	CF		Alsager	(1987-09-25)25 September 1987 (aged 26)	0	0	Sheffield United	16 July 2014	Free	30 June 2015
19	Frank Nouble	CF		Lewisham	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 22)	0	0	Ipswich Town	1 September 2014	Loan	4 January 2015
20	Marcus Tudgay	CF		Shoreham-by-Sea	(1983-02-03)3 February 1983 (aged 31)	0	0	Nottingham Forest	29 July 2014	Free	30 June 2015
Left before the end of the season
8	Gary Madine	CF		Gateshead	(1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 24)	10	0	Sheffield Wednesday	24 August 1990	Loan	January 2015
9	Josh McQuoid	CF		Southampton	(1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 24)	0	0	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	Loan	January 2015
17	Billy Daniels	CM		Bristol	(1994-07-03)3 July 1994 (aged 19)	22	3	Academy	1 June 2011	Trainee	30 June 2016
23	Ryan Allsop	GK		Birmingham	(1992-06-17)17 June 1992 (aged 22)	0	0	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	Loan	January 2015
24	Jordan Clarke	RB		Coventry	(1991-11-19)19 November 1991 (aged 22)	113	3	Academy	1 June 2008	Trainee	30 June 2015
25	Seb Hines	CB		Wetherby	(1988-05-29)29 May 1988 (aged 26)	0	0	Middlesbrough	1 September 2014	Loan	4 January 2015

* Player age and appearances/goals for the club as of beginning of 2014–15 season.

Matches

Preseason friendlies

Nuneaton Town v Coventry City

19 July 2014 Friendly	Nuneaton Town	A–A	Coventry City	Liberty Way, Nuneaton
15:00

Roma B v Coventry City

21 July 2014 Friendly	Roma B	0–2	Coventry City	Levico Terme Stadium, Levico Terme
18:00 CET		Report	Miller 5' Pugh 74'	Attendance: 80

Chievo Verona v Coventry City

23 July 2014 Friendly	Chievo Verona	3–0	Coventry City	Sanzeno di Montagna Stadium, Trentino
18:00 CET	Biraghi 2' Kupisz 15' Pellissier 33' (pen.)	Report

Kalloni v Coventry City

24 July 2014 Friendly	Kalloni	0–0	Coventry City	Levico Terme Stadium, Levico Terme
18:00 CET	Keita  22' Dalgado  33'	Report	Pugh  22' Daniels  35'

Newport County v Coventry City

29 July 2014 Friendly	Newport County	1–0	Coventry City	Newport International Sports Village, Newport
19:30	Yakubu 22'	Report		Attendance: 828

Watford v Coventry City

30 July 2014 Friendly	Watford	0–1	Coventry City	Meadow Park, Borehamwood
19:30		Report	Tudgay 8'

Bristol Rovers v Coventry City

1 August 2014 Friendly	Bristol Rovers	1–2	Coventry City	Memorial Stadium, Bristol
19:45	Monkhouse 42'	Report	Swanson 66' Phillips 70'	Attendance: 1,821 (120 Sky Blue Army)

Stevenage v Coventry City

2 August 2014 Friendly	Stevenage	2–1	Coventry City	Broadhall Way, Stevenage
15:00	Deacon 56', 62'	Report	Tudgay 72'

League One

Main article: 2014–15 Football League One

The fixtures for the 2014–15 season were announced on 18 June 2014 at 9am.^[2]

Bradford City v Coventry City

9 August 2014 1	Bradford City	3–2	Coventry City	Valley Parade, Bradford
15:00	Hanson 27', 90+1' Sheehan 49' (pen.) Knott  34' Kennedy  40'	report	Johnson 41', 89'  48' Tudgay  70' Fleck  90+5'	Attendance: 14,621 (1,406 away) Referee: Andy D'Urso

Coventry City v Sheffield United

16 August 2014 2	Coventry City	1–0	Sheffield United	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
15:00	O'Brien 78'	report	Basham  34' Harris  65'	Attendance: 2,279 (931 away) Referee: Graham Scott

Coventry City v Barnsley

19 August 2014 3	Coventry City	2–2	Barnsley	Sixfields Stadium, Northampton
19:45	McQuoid 4' Clarke 44' 33'	report	Hourihane 31' 90+3' Lita 45+3' Cranie  74'	Attendance: 2,376 (883 away) Referee: Patrick Miller

Milton Keynes Dons v Coventry City

23 August 2014 4	Milton Keynes Dons	0–0	Coventry City	stadium:mk, Milton Keynes
15:00	Bowditch  39' Alli  90+2'	report	McQuoid  59' Fleck  60'	Attendance: 10,600 (3,601 Sky Blue Army) Referee: Darren Sheldrake

Swindon Town v Coventry City

30 August 2014 5	Swindon Town	1–1	Coventry City	The County Ground, Swindon
15:00	Turnbull  67' Branco 41'  90+2'	report	McQuoid 41' Johnson  61'	Attendance: 7,299 (851 away) Referee: Darren Deadman

Coventry City v Gillingham

5 September 2014 6	Coventry City	1–0	Gillingham	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
20:00	Nouble 10' Clarke  36' Fleck  83' Thomas  87'	report	Martin  36'	Attendance: 27,306 (495 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Coventry City v Yeovil Town

13 September 2014 7	Coventry City	2–1	Yeovil Town	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Johnson 7' Jackson 68'	Report	Foley 51'	Attendance: 11,085 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Scunthorpe United v Coventry City

16 September 2014 8	Scunthorpe United	2–1	Coventry City	Glanford Park, Scunthorpe
19:45	Madden 38' Taylor 62'	Report	Nouble 17' Johnson  24'	Attendance: 2,866 (379 Sky Blue Army) Referee: Mark Haywood

Rochdale v Coventry City

20 September 2014 9	Rochdale	1–0	Coventry City	Spotland Stadium, Rochdale
15:00	Henderson 29' (pen.)	Report		Attendance: 3,583 Referee: Phil Gibbs

Coventry City v Preston North End

27 September 2014 10	Coventry City	0–2	Preston North End	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Swanson  11' Haynes  61' Hines  76' Coulibaly  79'	Report	Clarke 62' Garner 67' (pen.) Wiseman  85'	Attendance: 10,006 (783 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Coventry City v Crawley Town

4 October 2014 11	Coventry City	2–2	Crawley Town	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	McQuoid 14' Jackson 27' Thomas  70' Coulibaly  87'	Report	Edwards 33' McLeod 37' Keane  90+3'	Attendance: 7,708 Referee: Graham Salisbury

Crewe Alexandra v Coventry City

11 October 2014 12	Crewe Alexandra	2–1	Coventry City	Gresty Road, Crewe
15:00	Brandy 26' Cooper 32' Dugdale  35' Grant  48' Ray  57' Inman  78'	Report	Fleck  20' Finch  31'  82' Grant 48' (o.g.)	Attendance: 5,058 Referee: Charles Breakspear

Coventry City v Bristol City

18 October 2014 13	Coventry City	1–3	Bristol City	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Miller 76'	Report	Pack 11' Agard 45+2' Elliott  90+1' Wagstaff 90+2'	Attendance: 11,888 Referee: Scott Duncan

Oldham Athletic v Coventry City

21 October 2014 14	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Coventry City	Boundary Park, Oldham
19:45	Philliskirk 9' Forte 29', 41' Ibehre 78'	Report	Maddison 35' Thomas  89'	Attendance: 3,224 Referee: Nigel Miller

Coventry City v Peterborough United

25 October 2014 15	Coventry City	3–2	Peterborough United	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Johnson  27' Haynes 49' Thomas  51' O'Brien 62' Nouble 64' 65'	Report	Taylor 17' Maddison 28' Payne  74'	Attendance: 8,957 Referee: Roger East

Leyton Orient v Coventry City

1 November 2014 16	Leyton Orient	2–2	Coventry City	Brisbane Road, Leyton
15:00	Cuthbert 54' Simpson 70' Batt  95'	Report	O'Brien 35,91' Fleck  49' Barton  70' Burge  87'	Attendance: 5,464 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Coventry City v Notts County

15 November 2014 17	Coventry City	0–1	Notts County	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Finch  87'	BBC Report	Thompson 72' Noble  87'	Attendance: 8,116 Referee: Michael Bull

Colchester United v Coventry City

22 November 2014 18	Colchester United	0–1	Coventry City	Colchester Community Stadium, Colchester
15:00		Report	Madine 74' Phillips  90+1'	Attendance: 4,433 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Coventry City v Walsall

29 November 2014 19	Coventry City	0–0	Walsall	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Finch  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 8,076 Referee: Richard Clark

Port Vale v Coventry City

13 December 2014 20	Port Vale	0–2	Coventry City	Vale Park, Burslem
15:00		Report	McQuoid  41' Johnson 57' Madine 90+5'  90+6'	Attendance: 5,321 Referee: Mark Heywood

Coventry City v Fleetwood Town

20 December 2014 21	Coventry City	1–1	Fleetwood Town	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Haynes  46' Jackson 80'  87'	Report	Webster 19' (o.g.) Hughes  52'	Attendance: 10,254 Referee: Lee Collins

Doncaster Rovers v Coventry City

26 December 2014 22	Doncaster Rovers	2–0	Coventry City	Keepmoat Stadium, Doncaster
15:00	Butler 2' Forrester  15' 22'	Report	Maddison  13'  76' Barton  42'  74' Pennington  67' Webster  83'	Attendance: 6,916 Referee: Chris Kavanagh

Coventry City v Chesterfield

28 December 2014 23	Coventry City	0–0	Chesterfield	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Jackson  20' Martin  40' Fleck  60'	Report	Gnanduillet  40' Boco  59'	Attendance: 10,166 Referee: Darren Handley

Walsall v Coventry City

3 January 2015 24	Walsall	0–2	Coventry City	Bescot Stadium, Walsall
15:00		Report	O'Brien 6' Thomas  73' Tudgay 87'	Attendance: 5,930 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Coventry City v Swindon Town

12 January 2015 25	Coventry City	0–3	Swindon Town	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45	Webster  35'	Report	Williams 8', 18' (pen.) Thompson  43' Obika 81'	Attendance: 7,098 Referee: Keith Stroud

Gillingham v Coventry City

17 January 2015 26	Gillingham	3–1	Coventry City	Priestfield Stadium, Gillingham, Kent
15:00	Egan  40' Ehmer  73' Marquis 82' McDonald 88' (pen.) McGlashan 90+4'	Report	Madine 35' (pen.) Haynes  87'	Attendance: 5,141 Referee: James Linington

Yeovil Town v Coventry City

24 January 2015 27	Yeovil Town	0–0	Coventry City	Huish Park, Yeovil
15:00	Arthurworrey  20'	Report		Attendance: 4,422 Referee: Andy Haines

Coventry City v Rochdale

31 January 2015 28	Coventry City	2–2	Rochdale	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00	Samuel 24' Odelusi 38' Fleck  81' Nouble  90+2'	Report	Camps 33' Andrew  62' 66' Henderson  70' Dawson  73' Vincenti  87'	Attendance: 7,606 Referee: Andy Woolmer

Preston North End v Coventry City

7 February 2015 29	Preston North End	1–0	Coventry City	Deepdale, Preston
15:00	Davies 21'	Report		Attendance: 13,363 Referee: Mark Brown

Coventry City v Scunthorpe United

10 February 2015 30	Coventry City	1–1	Scunthorpe United	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45	Martin  20' Willis  44' O'Brien  73' Tudgay  81' 90+3'	Report	McSheffrey 21'  58' O'Neil  56'	Attendance: 6,885 Referee: Kevin Johnson

Sheffield United v Coventry City

21 February 2015 31	Sheffield United	2–2	Coventry City	Bramall Lane, Sheffield
15:00	Harris  5' Baxter  19' Doyle 78' Murphy 80' Brayford  86'	Report	O'Brien  14' Samuel  31' 33', 47' Barton  45+2' Haynes  81'	Attendance: 20,314 Referee: Darren Drysdale

Coventry City v Milton Keynes Dons

28 February 2015 (2015-02-28) 32	Coventry City	2–1	Milton Keynes Dons	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT	Stokes 9' Samuel 12' Burge  87' Phillips  90'	Report	Carruthers  37' Powell 56' McFadzean  86'	Attendance: 9,934 Referee: Richard Clark

Barnsley v Coventry City

3 March 2015 (2015-03-03) 33	Barnsley	1–0	Coventry City	Oakwell, Barnsley
19:45 GMT	Waring 57'  58'	Report	Martin  41'	Attendance: 9,567 Referee: Tony Harrington

Coventry City v Port Vale

7 March 2015 (2015-03-07) 34	Coventry City	2–3	Port Vale	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 4'  75' Odelusi 70'	Report	Dickinson  15' Inniss  36' Pope 40' Marshall 45' O'Connor 76'	Attendance: 9,446 Referee: Mike Russell

Coventry City v Bradford City

10 March 2015 (2015-03-10) 35	Coventry City	1–1	Bradford City	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45 GMT	Nouble 45' Pennington  60' Martin  69' Fleck  90'	Report	Yeates 69'  70'	Attendance: 8,566 Referee: Gary Sutton

Chesterfield v Coventry City

14 March 2015 (2015-03-14) 36	Chesterfield	2–3	Coventry City	Proact Stadium, Chesterfield
15:00 GMT	O'Shea 42' Ariyibi 85'	Report	Tudgay 9' Odelusi 65' Nouble 75'	Attendance: 7,205 Referee: Dean Whitestone

Fleetwood Town v Coventry City

17 March 2015 (2015-03-17) 37	Fleetwood Town	0–2	Coventry City	Highbury Stadium, Fleetwood
19:45 GMT	Schumacher  60' Hunter  80' Pond  85'	Report	Stokes  84' Samuel 88' Nouble 90'	Attendance: 3,017 Referee: Peter Bankes

Coventry City v Doncaster Rovers

21 March 2015 (2015-03-21) 38	Coventry City	1–3	Doncaster Rovers	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT	Samuel 5' Nouble  14' O'Brien  38'	Report	Razak  17' Wellens 50' Clarke-Harris 72'  74' Forrester 84'	Attendance: 8,699 Referee: Carl Boyeson

Peterborough United v Coventry City

28 March 2015 39	Peterborough United	0–1	Coventry City	London Road Stadium, Peterborough
15:00 GMT		Report	Turgott 70'	Attendance: 7,325 Referee: Iain Williamson

Coventry City v Leyton Orient

1 April 2015 40	Coventry City	0–1	Leyton Orient	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45 GMT	Nouble  34'	Report	Wright 78'	Attendance: 8,010 Referee: Darren Bond

Notts County v Coventry City

6 April 2015 41	Notts County	0–0	Coventry City	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
15:00 GMT	Smith  45+2' Edwards  86' Hollis  90+3'	Report		Attendance: 6,706 Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Coventry City v Colchester United

11 April 2015 42	Coventry City	1–0	Colchester United	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT	O'Brien 36' Johnson  74'	Report		Attendance: 8,933 Referee: David Webb

Coventry City v Oldham Athletic

14 April 2015 43	Coventry City	1–1	Oldham Athletic	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45 GMT	Pennington  41' Johnson 90+1'	Report	Philliskirk 13' Murphy  81' Kelly  85' Jones  88' Morgan-Smith  90'	Attendance: 7,256 Referee: Andy Madley

Bristol City v Coventry City

18 April 2015 44	Bristol City	0–0	Coventry City	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
15:00 GMT	Pack  17' Bryan  25'	Report	Nouble  15' Willis  63' Pennington  78' O'Brien  80'	Attendance: 12,093 Referee: David Coote

Coventry City v Crewe Alexandra

25 April 2015 45	Coventry City	1–3	Crewe Alexandra	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
15:00 GMT	Proschwitz 85' Johnson  86'	Report	Dalla Valle 23' Colclough 35' Haber 73'	Attendance: 13,983 Referee: Chris Sarginson

Crawley Town v Coventry City

3 May 2015 46	Crawley Town	1–2	Coventry City	Broadfield Stadium, Crawley
12:15 GMT	Pogba 49' Youga  64'	Report	Tudgay 73' Maddison 90' O'Brien  18'	Attendance: 5,744 Referee: Steve Martin

FA Cup

Main article: 2014–15 FA Cup

The draw for the first round of the FA Cup was made on 27 October 2014.^[3]

Coventry City v Worcester City

9 November 2014 First round	Coventry City	1–2	Worcester City	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
14:00	Johnson 81' Burge  39' Tudgay  85' Finch  93'	Report	Geddes 41,55' Thomas  47' Jackman  83' Vaughan  84' Deeney  85'	Attendance: 8,439 Referee: Reece Joyce

League Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Cup

The draw for the first round was made on 17 June 2014 at 10am. Coventry City were drawn at home to Cardiff City.^[4]

Coventry City v Cardiff City

13 August 2014 First Round	Coventry City	1–2	Cardiff City	Sixfields, Northampton
19:45	Miller 83'	report	Burgstaller 4' Haynes 81' (o.g.) Connolly  20'	Attendance: 1,382 Referee: Simon Hooper

Football League Trophy

Main article: 2014–15 Football League Trophy

Wycombe Wanderers v Coventry City

2 September 2014 First Round	Wycombe Wanderers	0–1	Coventry City	Adams Park, High Wycombe
19:45	Rowe  51'	Report	McQuoid 66' Thomas  90+1'	Attendance: 1,685 (520 Sky Blue Army) Referee: Mick Russell

Coventry City v Exeter City

7 October 2014 Second Round	Coventry City	3–1	Exeter City	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45	Phillips  25' 35', 45+1' McQuoid 59'	Report	Watkins 86'	Attendance: 7,273 (486 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

Coventry City v Plymouth Argyle

12 November 2014 Area Quarter-Final	Coventry City	2–0	Plymouth Argyle	Ricoh Arena, Coventry
19:45	Maddison  26' Madine 61' Barton  84' Nouble 85' Webster  90'	BBC Report		Attendance: 7,121 Referee: James Adcock

Bristol City v Coventry City

10 December 2014 Area Semi-Final	Bristol City	2–0	Coventry City	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
19:45	Williams 30' Wilbraham 75'	Report	Johnson  29' O'Brien  58'	Attendance: 5,019 Referee: Steve Martin

League One data

League table

A total of 24 teams contest the division: 17 sides remaining in the division from last season, three relegated from the Championship, and four promoted from League Two.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Oldham Athletic	46	14	15	17	54	67	−13	57
16	Scunthorpe United	46	14	14	18	62	75	−13	56
17	Coventry City	46	13	16	17	49	60	−11	55
18	Port Vale	46	15	9	22	55	65	−10	54
19	Colchester United	46	14	10	22	58	77	−19	52

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	16	17	49	60	−11	55	6	9	8	25	33	−8	7	7	9	24	27	−3

Last updated: 3 May 2015.
Source: CCFC League One Results

Round by round

Round	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	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	W	D	D	L	W
Position	16	14	14	15	15	8	5	8	11	14	15	15	17	20	17	19	20	18	18	14	17	19	17	16	18	18	17	19	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	18	17	17	18	16	16	16	18	17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2015. Source: League One Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Scores overview

Opposition	Home Score	Away Score	Double
Barnsley	2 – 2	0 – 1	No
Bradford City	1 – 1	2 – 3	No
Bristol City	1 – 3	0 – 0	No
Chesterfield	0 – 0	3 – 2	No
Colchester United	1 – 0	1 – 0	Yes
Crawley Town	2 – 2	2 – 1	No
Crewe Alexandra	1 – 3	1 – 2	No
Doncaster Rovers	1 – 3	0 – 2	No
Fleetwood Town	1 – 1	2 – 0	No
Gillingham	1 – 0	1 – 3	No
Leyton Orient	0 – 1	2 – 2	No
MK Dons	2 – 1	0 – 0	No
Notts County	0 – 1	0 – 0	No
Oldham Athletic	1 – 1	1 – 4	No
Peterborough United	3 – 2	1 – 0	Yes
Port Vale	2 – 3	2 – 0	No
Preston North End	0 – 2	0 – 1	No
Rochdale	2 – 2	0 – 1	No
Scunthorpe United	1 – 1	1 – 2	No
Sheffield United	1 – 0	2 – 2	No
Swindon Town	0 – 3	1 – 1	No
Walsall	0 – 0	2 – 0	No
Yeovil Town	2 – 1	0 – 0	No

Season statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 19 April 2015

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League One		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Lee Burge	21	0	17+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jordan Willis	39	0	32+1	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
3 d	DF	ENG	Danny Pugh	7	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
4	DF	SCO	Andy Webster	33	0	25+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
5	DF	BEN	Réda Johnson	21	6	19+0	5	1+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
6	MF	ENG	Conor Thomas	19	0	13+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
7	MF	SCO	John Fleck	47	0	42+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Grant Ward (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur)	10	0	10+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	GER	Nick Proschwitz (on loan from Brentford)	8	1	5+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF	SCO	Danny Swanson (on loan to St Johnstone)	18	0	8+7	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
11	MF	SCO	Jim O'Brien	47	6	42+1	6	1+0	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
12	FW	CAN	Simeon Jackson	30	3	12+16	3	1+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
14	FW	ENG	Dominic Samuel (on loan from Reading)	13	6	12+1	6	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
15	FW	ENG	Shaun Miller (on loan to Crawley Town & York City)	13	2	1+11	1	0+0	0	0+1	1	0+0	0
16	MF	IRL	Adam Barton	29	0	23+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Sanmi Odelusi (on loan from Bolton Wanderers)	13	3	4+9	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
18	DF	ENG	Aaron Phillips	22	2	14+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	2
19	FW	ENG	Frank Nouble (loaned from Ipswich Town)	33	7	28+2	6	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+2	1
20	FW	ENG	Marcus Tudgay	22	3	17+4	3	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	ENG	Aaron Martin (loaned from Yeovil Town)	26	0	25+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	DF	ENG	Matthew Pennington (on loan from Everton)	25	0	24+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
23	MF	ENG	Blair Turgott	3	1	0+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	MF	SLE	Al Bangura	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
26	DF	ENG	Ryan Haynes	31	1	20+6	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
27	MF	ENG	Jack Finch	21	0	8+8	0	1+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
28	MF	ENG	Ivor Lawton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	DF	ENG	Chris Stokes (on loan from Forest Green Rovers)	15	1	15+0	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	GK	ENG	Reice Charles-Cook (loaned to Nuneaton Town)	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	DF	ENG	Dion Kelly-Evans	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
36	MF	ENG	James Maddison	16	1	2+8	1	1+0	0	0+1	0	1+3	0
37	MF	WAL	George Thomas	7	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
38	MF	SCO	Kyle Spence	1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
39	DF	ENG	Devon Kelly-Evans	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
43	GK	ENG	Jake Richards	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players who left before the season ended:
8	MF	ENG	Carl Baker	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
8	FW	ENG	Gary Madine (loaned from Sheffield Wednesday)	13	4	11+0	3	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	1
8	MF	ENG	Luke Williams (loaned from Middlesbrough)	5	0	4+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	NIR	Josh McQuoid (loaned from Bournemouth)	19	5	12+2	3	0+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	2
14	MF	SEN	Mohamed Coulibaly (loaned from Bournemouth)	6	0	1+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
17	MF	ENG	Billy Daniels	4	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Ryan Allsop (loaned from Bournemouth)	27	0	24+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	GK	ENG	Jamie Jones (loaned from Preston North End)	4	0	4+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
24	DF	ENG	Jordan Clarke (loaned to Yeovil Town)	14	1	10+1	1	0+0	0	1+0	0	1+1	0
25	DF	ENG	Seb Hines (loaned from Middlesbrough)	9	0	6+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

• Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Goalscorers

No. Flag Pos Name League One FA Cup League Cup Football League Trophy Total 19 FW Frank Nouble 6 0 0 1 7 5 DF Réda Johnson 5 1 0 0 6 11 MF Jim O'Brien 6 0 0 0 6 14 FW Dominic Samuel 6 0 0 0 6 9 FW Josh McQuoid 3 0 0 2 5 8 FW Gary Madine 3 0 0 1 4 20 FW Marcus Tudgay 4 0 0 0 4 12 FW Simeon Jackson 3 0 0 0 3 17 FW Sanmi Odelusi 3 0 0 0 3 15 FW Shaun Miller 1 0 1 0 2 18 DF Aaron Phillips 0 0 0 2 2 36 MF James Maddison 2 0 0 0 2 9 FW Nick Proschwitz 1 0 0 0 1 23 MF Blair Turgott 1 0 0 0 1 24 DF Jordan Clarke 1 0 0 0 1 26 DF Ryan Haynes 1 0 0 0 1 30 DF Chris Stokes 1 0 0 0 1

Allsop/ Burge Webster Johnson Willis Haynes Fleck O'Brien Barton Jackson/ Samuel Nouble Tudgay/ McQuoid

Assists

No.	Flag	Pos	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
11		MF	Jim O'Brien	8	0	0	1	9
7		MF	John Fleck	4	0	0	0	4
19		FW	Frank Nouble	3	0	0	0	3
3		DF	Danny Pugh	1	0	0	1	2
8		FW	Gary Madine	2	0	0	0	2
12		FW	Simeon Jackson	1	0	0	1	2
26		DF	Ryan Haynes	1	0	1	0	2
2		DF	Jordan Willis	1	0	0	0	1
8		MF	Grant Ward	1	0	0	0	1
8		MF	Luke Williams	1	0	0	0	1
9		FW	Josh McQuoid	1	0	0	0	1
18		DF	Aaron Phillips	1	0	0	0	1
22		DF	Matthew Pennington	1	0	0	0	1
23		GK	Jamie Jones	1	0	0	0	1
30		DF	Chris Stokes	1	0	0	0	1
36		MF	James Maddison	0	1	0	0	1

Yellow cards

No.	Flag	Pos	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
6		MF	Conor Thomas	4	0	0	1	5
7		MF	John Fleck	4	0	0	0	4
5		DF	Réda Johnson	4	0	0	0	4
24		DF	Jordan Clarke	2	0	0	0	2
14		MF	Mohamed Coulibaly	2	0	0	0	2
27		MF	Jack Finch	1	1	0	1	3
25		MF	Seb Hines	2	0	0	0	2
4		DF	Andy Webster	1	0	0	1	2
16		MF	Adam Barton	1	0	0	1	2
18		DF	Aaron Phillips	1	0	0	1	2
9		FW	Josh McQuoid	1	0	0	0	1
23		GK	Ryan Allsop	1	0	0	0	1
10		MF	Danny Swanson	1	0	0	0	1
26		DF	Ryan Haynes	1	0	0	0	1
1		GK	Lee Burge	1	0	0	0	1
20		FW	Marcus Tudgay	0	1	0	0	1
36		MF	James Maddison	0	0	0	1	1

Red cards

No.	Flag	Pos	Name	League One	FA Cup	League Cup	Football League Trophy	Total
5		DF	Réda Johnson	1	0	0	0	1
27		MF	Jack Finch	1	0	0	0	1
1		GK	Lee Burge	0	1	0	0	1
36		MF	James Maddison	1	0	0	0	1
16		MF	Adam Barton	1	0	0	0	1

Captains

No.	Pos.	Name	Starts
5	DF	Réda Johnson	11
4	DF	Andy Webster	7
2	DF	Jordan Willis	2
11	MF	Jim O'Brien	1

Penalties awarded

Date	Success?	Penalty Taker	Opponent	Competition
9 Nov 2014	N	Réda Johnson	Worcester City	FA Cup
3 Jan 2015	N	Marcus Tudgay	Walsall	League One
17 Jan 2015	Y	Gary Madine	Gillingham	League One
24 Jan 2015	N	Gary Madine	Yeovil Town	League One
3 May 2015	N	Nick Proschwitz	Crawley Town	League One

Suspensions served

Date	Matches Missed	Suspended Player	Reason	Missed Opponents
20 September 2014	3	Réda Johnson	vs. Scunthorpe United	Rochdale (A), Preston North End (H), Crawley Town (H)
18 October 2014	1	Jack Finch	vs. Crewe Alexandra	Bristol City (H)
9 November 2014	3	Lee Burge	vs. Worcester City	Plymouth Argyle (H), Notts County (H), Colchester United (A)
14 March 2015	1	James Maddison	vs. Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield (A)
14 March 2015	1	Adam Barton	vs. Doncaster Rovers	Chesterfield (A)

Monthly & weekly awards

Award	Date	Player
Football League Team of the Week	10 August 2014	Réda Johnson[5]
Football League Team of the Week	7 September 2014	Ryan Haynes[6]
Football League Team of the Week	3 November 2014	Jim O'Brien[7]
Football League Team of the Week	13 April 2015	Jim O'Brien[8]

End-of-season awards

Award	Winner
Top Goalscorer	Frank Nouble
Players' Player of the Season	John Fleck[9]
Goal of the Season	Jim O'Brien[10]
Player of the Season	Jim O'Brien[10]
Young Player of the Season	Matthew Pennington[11]
Community Player of the Season	Réda Johnson[12]

International appearances

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Match	Stats	Caps
20 July 2014 [13]		DF	Réda Johnson	Benin 1–0 Malawi
10 September 2014[14]	12	FW	Simeon Jackson	Canada 3 – 1 Jamaica	35 Minutes	40

Overall

Games played	52 (46 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 4 Football League Trophy)
Games won	16 (13 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Games drawn	16 (16 League One, 0 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Games lost	20 (17 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Football League Trophy)
Goals scored	56 (49 League One, 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 6 Football League Trophy)
Goals conceded	67 (60 League One, 2 FA Cup, 2 League Cup, 3 Football League Trophy)
Goal difference	-11
Yellow cards	80 (71 League One, 2 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 7 Football League Trophy)
Red cards	5 (4 League One, 1 FA Cup, 0 League Cup, 0 Football League Trophy)
Worst discipline	Réda Johnson (6 , 1 )
Best result	W 3–1 (H) v Exeter City – Football League Trophy – 7 October 2014
Worst result	L 4–1 (A) v Oldham Athletic – Football League One – 21 October 2014
Most appearances	John Fleck & Jim O'Brien (47)
Top scorer	Frank Nouble (7 )
Points	55 / 138

Transfers

Transfers in

Player	From	Date	Fee	Ref.
Danny Swanson	Peterborough United	3 July 2014	Free	[15]
Jim O'Brien	Barnsley	4 July 2014	Free	[16]
Réda Johnson	Sheffield Wednesday	4 July 2014	Free	[17]
Shaun Miller	Sheffield United	16 July 2014	Free	[18]
Danny Pugh	Leeds United	16 July 2014	Free	[19]
Marcus Tudgay	Nottingham Forest	29 July 2014	Free	[20]
Reice Charles-Cook	Bury	1 August 2014	Free	[21]
Simeon Jackson	Millwall	18 August 2014	Free	[22]
Aaron Martin	Yeovil Town	9 January 2015	Free	[23]
Frank Nouble	Ipswich Town	9 January 2015	Free	[24]
Blair Turgott	West Ham United	2 February 2015	Free	[25]
Al Bangura	Forest Green Rovers	20 March 2015	Free	[26]

Transfers out

Player	To	Date	Fee	Ref.
Joe Murphy	Huddersfield Town	1 July 2014	Free	[27]
Blair Adams	Notts County	1 July 2014	Free	[28]
Cyrus Christie	Derby County	1 July 2014	Undisclosed	[29][30]
Franck Moussa	Charlton Athletic	1 July 2014	Free	[29]
Mark Marshall	Port Vale	1 July 2014	Free	[29]
Alex Gott	Eckerd Tritons	1 July 2014	Free	[31]
Ryan Smith	Nuneaton Town	1 July 2014	Free	[32]
Jordan Smith		1 July 2014	Free	[31]
Ryan Quinn	Nuneaton Town	1 July 2014	Free	[33]
Eli Bako	Ilkeston	1 July 2014	Free	[31]
Jordan Forrester	Ånge IF	1 July 2014	Free	[31]
Courtney Baker-Richardson	Romulus	1 July 2014	Free	[31]
Lewis Rankin	Rugby Town	1 July 2014	Free	[34]
Ben Maund	Worcester City	1 July 2014	Free	[34]
Louis Garner		1 July 2014	Free	[34]
Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	Undisclosed	[35]
Danny Seaborne	Partick Thistle	8 August 2014	Free	[36][37]
Stuart Urquhart	Dunfermline Athletic	18 August 2014	Free	[38]
Carl Baker	Milton Keynes Dons	1 September 2014	Free	[39]
Jordan Clarke	Scunthorpe United	9 January 2015	Undisclosed	[40]
Billy Daniels	Notts County	15 January 2015	Undisclosed	[41]

Loans in

Player	From	Date from	Date to	Ref.
Ryan Allsop	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	20 January 2015	[42]
Mohamed Coulibaly	Bournemouth	4 July 2014	13 November 2014	[42][43]
Josh McQuoid	Bournemouth	4 August 2014	20 January 2015	[44]
Seb Hines	Middlesbrough	1 September 2014	4 January 2015	[45]
Frank Nouble	Ipswich Town	1 September 2014	4 January 2015	[45]
Aaron Martin	Yeovil Town	29 October 2014	5 January 2015	[46]
Gary Madine	Sheffield Wednesday	30 October 2014	30 January 2015	[47][48]
Matthew Pennington	Everton	27 November 2014	30 June 2015	[49][50][51]
Jamie Jones	Preston North End	23 January 2015	23 February 2015	[52]
Dominic Samuel	Reading	29 January 2015	28 April 2015	[53]
Sanmi Odelusi	Bolton Wanderers	31 January 2015	30 June 2015	[54]
Luke Williams	Middlesbrough	2 February 2015	12 March 2015	[55][56]
Chris Stokes	Forest Green Rovers	21 February 2015	30 June 2015	[57][58]
Nick Proschwitz	Brentford	27 February 2015	30 June 2015	[59]
Grant Ward	Tottenham Hotspur	13 March 2015	30 June 2015	[60]

Loans out

Player	To	Date from	Date to	Ref.
Reice Charles-Cook	Nuneaton Town	1 August 2014	1 January 2015	[21]
Jordan Clarke	Yeovil Town	29 October 2014	5 January 2015	[61]
Shaun Miller	Crawley Town	27 November 2014	28 December 2014	[62]
Danny Swanson	St Johnstone	2 February 2015	30 June 2015	[63]
Shaun Miller	York City	26 March 2015	30 June 2015	[64]

Trials

Player	From	Date	Signed	Ref.
Shaun Miller	Sheffield United	July 2014	Yes	[18]
Marcus Tudgay	Nottingham Forest	July 2014	Yes	[65]
Brian McLean	Ross County	July 2014	No	[66]
Nyron Nosworthy	Watford	September 2014	No	[67]
Chris Stokes	Forest Green Rovers	February 2015	Yes	[68]
Al Bangura	Forest Green Rovers	March 2015	Yes	[69]