Coventry City continued their remarkable comeback under Frank Lampard to seal a Championship play-off spot on the final day of the season – and broke club records in the process.
The Sky Blues’ monumental 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough saw the club break an attendance record at the CBS Arena.
A total of 31,452 fans celebrated their side’s rise from the ashes of a relegation battle to continue their push for Premier League promotion on Saturday.
A double from 23-year-old midfielder Jack Rudoni earned a crucial three points that saw Coventry finish fifth and book a place in the post-season play-offs, while consigning Boro to tenth and four points off the top-six.
The huge attendance at the formerly-named Ricoh Arena is a reflection of the club’s resurgence under English football legend Lampard.
The Chelsea icon took over in mid-November when Coventry were sitting 17th and just two points above the bottom-three.
He also took over from the third longest-serving manager in English football, Mark Robins, who was beloved by supporters and had taken the club from League Two to the Championship.
He was also one day away from taking the club to the top flight when they were beaten in the 2023 play-off final by Luton.
Coventry fans were outraged by his sacking, but their rise since Lampard’s appointment has made that a distant memory.
That’s football.
Saturday’s final day triumph was not the first time Coventry fans have set new attendance records at the CBS Arena.
On April 6 the Sky Blues beat Leeds United – crowned champions on the final day on goal difference over Burnley, who both finished on 100 points – in front of 30,232 supporters.
Rudoni scored twice to seal a vital three points that took Coventry into the top-six on the final dayGetty Coventry fans have broken the club’s home attendance record three times since Lampard took over as managerX Coventry were 17th when Lampard took charge in NovemberThat marked, at the time, the biggest ever crowd for a Coventry match in the league at the stadium.
That record was then broken again less than two weeks later on April 18 as they beat West Brom 2-0 with a home crowd of 31,167.
That was still less than the overall record Coventry attendance at the Arena, which stood at 31,407 from their FA Cup quarter-final against Chelsea in 2009.
But Saturday’s final day play-off celebration eclipsed even that to set their new home attendance record at 31,452.
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