Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues due to the traditional colour of their strip, are a football team based in Coventry, England. They currently play in the First Division of the Football League.
When originally founded in 1883 by the employees of a bicycle company, the club was known by the name of that company, Singers. Ten years later, the club turned professional after a very successfully season in which three separate cups were won. In 1898, the club was renamed to Coventry City just prior to a move to new playing fields on the site of their present day stadium on Highfield Road.
Coventry City were elected into the Second Division of the Football League in 1919. They were never a notable team until a golden period in the club's history beginning in the early 1960s, symbolically beginning when a new sky blue coloured strip was introduced. In 1987 they won the F.A. Cup, beating Tottenham 4-3 in the final, after extra time (3-3 at full time). They were relegated from the Premiership in the 2000-01 season.
They are the only team in English football to have played in the Premier League, the old Division One, old Division Two, old Division three, Division three North, Division three South and the old Division Four.History