England FA Cup | 09/04 14:00 | 14 | Handsworth FC v Coventry United | L | 2-0 | |
England FA Cup Qualification | 08/08 13:00 | - | Coventry United v Worcester City | W | 4-1 | |
England County Cup | 11/19 19:45 | - | Halesowen v Coventry United | L | 5-0 | |
England FA Cup Qualification | 08/14 18:47 | - | Coventry United v Coventry Sphinx | L | 0-1 |
Coventry United Football Club is an English association football club based in Coventry in the West Midlands, England, United Kingdom. The team competes in the United Counties League Premier Division South, the 9th tier of English football, and is managed by Ellis Alleyne.
The club was founded in 2013 by chairman Jason Kay along with three co-chairmen, Jason Timms, Marcus Green, Pete Schofield, and Club secretary Graham Wood, following a takeover of Coventry Spartans in reaction to Coventry City moving from the Ricoh Arena to Northampton to play at Sixfields Stadium. Edwin Greaves had been in charge of the club since its foundation until the Spring of 2016 when he was replaced by Terry Anderson.
On the 4th of July 2015, the club announced the takeover of Coventry City Ladies F.C, re-branding the ladies side Coventry United Ladies F.C.; but this arrangement ended in June 2023 when the women's team was rebranded as Rugby Borough W.F.C.
Coventry United Football Club was founded following the takeover of Coventry Spartans. Spartan's manager, Edwin Greaves stayed on as Coventry United's first manager, along with club secretary, Graham Wood. The club's debut league match took place at Kenilworth Town in the Midland Football League Division 3 on Saturday 13 August 2013 with a 2–1 victory. Kenroy Dennisur and Brian Ndlovu scored the goals that day. United finished runners-up to Kenilworth, securing promotion. Coventry United also reached their first Cup final, The Challenge Vase losing 3–1 to Enville Athletic FC. The club's first league title followed the next season. Coventry United dominated MFL Division 2, finishing 15 points ahead of its closest rivals. Progression to Step 6 of the Non-League Pyramid followed. Season 3 saw Coventry United fighting for the Division 1 title with the likes of Bromsgrove Sporting, Lichfield, and Nuneaton Griff.
In March 2016, Edwin Greaves left the club and was replaced on an interim basis by Terry Anderson, along with his assistant, Luke Morton. Under Terry's stewardship, United began a run to win their final 11 matches, conceding just 3 goals along the way. Consequently, they beat their competition to the title. Afterwards, Anderson and Morton's roles were secured on a permanent basis. Following a flurry of promotions, Coventry settled into the MFL Premier Division.
Following stints at The Cage (Alan Higgs Centre) and Sphinx Drive, the summer of 2017 saw United move into their new home, the Butts Park Arena.
The club was bought from the original owners by Coventry-based businessman Joe Haggarty. After 5 seasons in the MFL Premier Division and finishing as Coventry's highest-ranked non-league club for 5 years in a row, the restructuring of the non-league pyramid saw Coventry United placed in the United Counties League Premier Division South. Following the departure of Terry Anderson in November 2021, the Red and Greens hired manager, Russell Dodds, and assistant manager, Darren Acton. They resigned from their roles for personal reasons several weeks later.
In February 2022, Joe Haggarty resigned as chairman and manager of Coventry United Football Club, with Ivor Lawton taking charge of first-team responsibilities. Long-term club supporter Nigel Ward took over the club in March 2022. Nigel's efforts to make up for lost time and money over the summer, along with the hard-working officials and volunteers, put the club in a much stronger position, both on and off the field, than during the closing months of the 2021/22 campaign. With his job to stabilize the club completed, Nigel stepped aside and was replaced as chairman by local businessman, Michael Kavanagh, with John Goodman appointed as Vice Chairman. In the summer of 2022, Carl Nolan took over as Team Manager.