Coventry Sphinx F.C.
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| Full name | Coventry Sphinx Football Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | The Sphinx | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Founded | 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Sphinx Drive Coventry |
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| Capacity | tbc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chairman |  Vic Jones |
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| Manager | Paul Charnley |
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| League | Midland Combination Premier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | Midland Combination Premier, 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coventry Sphinx F.C. is a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were established in 1946. Currently they are members of the Midland Football Combination Premier Division.
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[edit] History
Coventry Sphinx FC were formed as a works team, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft FC, in 1946, playing in works leagues. Later they moved to a new ground in the Lower Stoke area of Coventry and changed their name to Sphinx FC.
Sphinx played in the Coventry Alliance with great success before joining the Midland Football Combination in 1993, where they were promoted in their very first season to Division 1, and also reached the Semi-Finals of the Birmingham Saturday Vase. In 1994/95 they were promoted again after a second place finish. To coincide with their arrival in the top flight, the club's name was changed to Coventry Sphinx and the ground re-named Sphinx Drive.
In their first season in the top flight, Sphinx finished as runners up to Bloxwich Town after which Willie Knibbs took over as manager. Knibbs took Sphinx to the Endsleigh Challenge Cup Final in May 1999 where Sphinx lost out to Alveston in a match played at Villa Park. Knibbs reigned as manager for three and a half seasons before leaving for Racing Club Warwick but returned in 2001. Shortly after this, however, he was killed in a car accident returning from a cup game at Meir KA.
Richard Wade and Martin Ascroft took over as joint managers for the 2002/03 season and steered the team to a 7th place finish. Steve Masters replaced Wade in the summer of 2003 but quit after six months due to family and work commitments. Martin Ascroft continued as manager to achieve an impressive 4th place finish. In the last two seasons under the guidance of current manager Paul Charnley, Sphinx have improved their standing even further with two consecutive 2nd place finishes.
[edit] Honours
Midland Combination Premier Division Runners-Up (4 times):
1995-96, 2001-02, 2004-05, 2005-06
Midland Combination Division One Runners-Up (1 time):
1994-95
Midland Combination Willie Knibbs Challenge Cup Champions (1 time):
2004-05
Coventry Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup Champions (2 times):
2004-05, 2005-06
[edit] Sources
- Coventry Sphinx at the Football Club History Database
[edit] External links
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Alveston | Barnt Green Spartak | Bolehall Swifts | Brereton Social | Brocton | Cadbury Athletic | Castle Vale | Coleshill Town | Continental Star | Coventry Copsewood | Coventry Sphinx | Feckenham | Heath Hayes | Highgate United | Massey Ferguson | Meir KA | Nuneaton Griff | Pershore Town | Pilkington XXX | Southam United | Walsall Wood edit |
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