Highfield Road (Coventry City)

Description: The Highfield Road Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. ... more

Highfield Road (Coventry City) ... until the club moved to the new Ricoh Arena after the 2004-05 season. It was built in 1899 and held its final game on 30th April 2005 when Coventry City beat Derby County 6-2 in the Football League Championship with the last ever goal appropriately being scored by Andrew Whing, a product of the Coventry youth academy. Highfield Road had one of the largest playing surfaces in the English leagues and was also one of the first all-seater stadiums in the UK (the first all-seater in the UK was Pittodrie Stadium).

Newest Review: ... stand although in this instance it was only tiered by a few steps and not a separate stand! The great thing about the ground was the location, with it being just outside of the City centre, many fans were able to walk to the ground, which added to the atmosphere. Many business' have suffered since the move due to loss of revenue. Coventry achieved their highest ever attendance in the ... more

... 1966/67 season where a massive 51,455 fans crammed in to see the Sky Blues beat local rivals Wolves 3 - 1 to gain promotion to the top division. An attendance that's never likely to be beaten. When you think that the capacity of Highfield Road when it 'cl...more

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Highfield Road (Coventry City): I miss you! (769 words)
by - written on 07/10/09 (Very useful, 36 readings)
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My spiritual home! Highfield Road was the home of Coventry City for more than 100 years, during which, the club had it's most successful spells. Highfield Road was home of the Sky Blues during their 34 years in the Premier League until the club moved to the Ricoh Arena (also reviewed) in 2005. Although named Highfield Road, the ground was actually situated on King Richard Street while Thackhall street also ran alongside the North side of the ground. It is off Thackhall street where the Road Highfield can actually be found. The modern Highfield Road consisted of four all seater stands made up of the West Terrace (unofficial standing section)/Family Stand (Family section ... Read the complete review

Under Construction!! (207 words)
by - written on 03/11/00
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The new Dome like retractable pitch stadium which is gonna be Coventry City's new home not that there is much wrong with Highfield Road is under construction. The original idea was bought by Coventry from the former Luton Town chairman David Kohler. David Kohler was selling the plans for his idea for a new Dome stadium with retractable pitch and opening roof to try and raise enough money to build it himself for Luton Town. As it was he didn't get planning permission for the Dome in Luton near J10 of the M1 and has since sold the club and the idea has been scrapped. But Coventry have gone ahead with the building of their new futuristic stadium. With one of the ... Read the complete review

Highfield Road (Coventry City): go on ... you know you want to (191 words)
by - written on 23/10/00 (Useful, 30 readings)
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Although Coventry rarely fill out Highfield Road as it is, and the stadium is hardly the worst in the premiership, it would nice to see the plans for a new ground come to fruition. The one thing that sets aside the Spanish and Italian league from our own is the quaility of the stadia they play in. The proposed stadium, with its 40,000 capacity, and retractable pitch and roof would be a model for other clubs with ambition. The increased capacity would bring in more money when the ground is sold out, and it would no doubt be used if England were to stage the world cup. Also, the retractable roof would allow the stadium ti be used for concerts and such like, brining in ... Read the complete review

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