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Coventry City
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Coventry City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football, following promotion from the EFL Championship. Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. in 1883 following a general meeting…
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- Coventry, England
- Stadium
- The Coventry Building Society Arena
- Founded
- 1883
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English Premier League
| Team | P | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Brighton and Hove Albion | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 Arsenal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
3 Brentford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 Everton | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
5 Hull City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
6 Manchester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
7 Ipswich Town | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
8 Leeds United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 Liverpool | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
10 Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 Chelsea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 Fulham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 Sunderland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
14 Bournemouth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
16 Manchester United | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 Crystal Palace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19Coventry City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 Aston Villa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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Rowleys Green, Coventry · EnglandThe Coventry Building Society Arena
- Capacity
- 32609
- Opened
- 2005
- Architect
- The Miller Partnership
- Cost
- £113 million
- Timezone
- UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
- Location
- Rowleys Green, Coventry
The Coventry Building Society Arena (often shortened to the CBS Arena or just simply Coventry Arena, and formerly known as the Ricoh Arena) is a complex in Coventry, West Midlands, England. It includes a 32,609-seater stadium which is currently home to football team, Championship club Coventry City, along with facilities which include a 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) exhibition hall, a hotel and a casino. The...
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