Nigeria, April 18 -- Coventry City's 2025/26 campaign has marked the culmination of decades of struggle and resurgence.

The Sky Blues, pummeled by financial woes, relegations and groundshare woes after their 2001 Premier League drop, steadily climbed back up: winning the EFL Trophy in 2017 despite falling to League Two, gaining successive promotions in 2018 and 2020, and narrowly missing top-flight returns in recent playoff disappointments.

Under Frank Lampard, Coventry surged in 2025/26 with an unbeaten opening 12-game run, aided by key signings like Kaine Kesler-Hayden and Luke Woolfenden (a combined £8m last summer) and a high-press, attack-minded system.

Central to their push was Nigeria midfielder Frank Onyeka, loaned from Br...