Coventry Copsewood F.C.

Coventry Copsewood F.C. are a football club based in Coventry, West Midlands, England. In 2005, they changed their name from Coventry Marconi to their present name. Currently they are members of the Midland League Division One.

Coventry Copsewood
Full nameCoventry Copsewood Football Club
Nickname(s)Copses
Founded1922 (as Peel Connor)
GroundAllard Way
Coventry
Capacity2,000
ChairmanPhil Rooney
ManagerDarren Dickson
LeagueMidland League Division One
2019–20Midland League Division One (season abandoned)

History

Name

The club was formed in 1922 by employees of Peel Connor, and was known as the 'Connor'. They played in the Coventry District League until 1926 when due to an amalgamation with Magnito Ltd, they were renamed Magnet FC. They continued playing under this name until 1934 when they changed again to GEC (Cov) FC. This name stuck for longer, lasting until the 1970s when they became GPT (Coventry) FC, and then changed again in 1999 to Marconi (Coventry) FC, and then when Marconi sold off their land in 2006, it became Coventry Copsewood FC.

On the pitch

During its early years, the team played in the District and Works League, and had large success in the post war years, and then again in the 1970s when they won their league's internal cup four times, the Coventry Evening Telegraph Cup three years running and the Birmingham Junior Cup twice. In 1993 the club applied to join the Midland Football Combination. They finished 5th in each of their first five years in Division Two, but gained promotion due to their facilities. In the 1996–97 season they did the double in Division One, and were promoted to the Premier Division, where they currently play.

In the early part of the 21st century manager Paul Mills led the club to several finishes near the top of the table, and qualification to the later stages of their cup competitions, being runners up in the Telegraph Cup twice, winning the Coventry Charity Cup three times and winning the Tony Allden Cup. Since then, with the departure of Mills, they underwent a rebuilding process and finished mid-table in 2005–06, but slipped to near the bottom of the division in 2006–07. In 2008–09 they reached the final of the Coventry Telegraph Cup, losing to local rivals Nuneaton Griff on penalties at the Ricoh Arena. They also had an improved finish in the Midland Combination, finishing ninth. The reserve side were crowned champions of Coventry Alliance Two for 2008–09. They also have the 3rd highest number of teams entered in the Coventry Minor league with 18 teams ranging from u-7 to u-16.

Ground

The team play their home games at Allard Way, which is often used for local cup finals. Although around the pitch there is one small stand and a small covered shelter behind one goal. The team do have a large (for their level of football) two storey club house which they share with the other sports clubs which together make up the Copsewood Sports and Social Club.

Seasons
Year[1] League Level P W D L F A GD Pts Position FA Cup
2006–07 Midland Football Combination 10 40 8 11 21 39 78 +39 35 20th of 21 DNP
2007–08 Midland Football Combination 10 42 9 11 22 57 84 +27 38 21st of 22 DNP
2008–09 Midland Football Combination 10 40 16 8 16 75 66 +9 56 9th of 21 DNP
2009–10 Midland Football Combination 10 42 22 11 9 81 55 +26 77 5th of 22 DNP
2010–11 Midland Football Combination 10 36 21 4 11 75 49 +26 67 4th of 19 DNP
2011–12 Midland Football Combination 10 32 18 6 8 58 30 +28 60 3rd of 17 DNP
2012–13 Midland Football Combination 10 34 13 10 11 58 55 +3 49 12th of 18 DNP
2013–14 Midland Football Combination 10 34 8 10 16 54 77 -23 33 † 16th of 18 † DNP
2014–15 Midland League Div. One 10 38 17 10 11 83 55 +28 60 †† 8th of 20 †† DNP
2015–16 Midland League Div. One 10 38 15 9 14 75 78 -3 54 11th of 20 DNP
2016–17 Midland League Div. One 10 38 14 5 19 74 90 -16 47 12th of 20 DNP

† Coventry Copsewood deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.
†† Coventry Copsewood deducted 1 point for fielding an ineligible player.[2]

Honours

Sources

References
  1. "Football Club History Database file". fchd.info. 20 August 2016.
  2. "Points Deductions". Midland Football League. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2015.

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