Coventry Sphinx Football Club is a

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club based in

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, West Midlands,

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. They are currently members of the and play at Sphinx Drive.

History

The club was established in 1946 as a

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for

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under the name Armstrong Siddeley Motors Football Club.Club History
Coventry Sphinx F.C. In 1960 they were renamed Sphinx Football Club. The club were founder members of the Coventry Alliance and remained in the league until moving up to Division Two of the Midland Combination in 1993. They finished fourth in their first season in the league, earning promotion to Division One. The club went on to finish as runners-up in Division One in 1994–95, and were promoted to the Premier Division, at which point they adopted their current name. Coventry Sphinx were Premier Division runners-up in 1995–96 and again in 2001–02, a season which also saw them win the league's Challenge Cup.Honours
Coventry Sphinx F.C. They went on to finish as runners-up in consecutive seasons in 2004–05 (also winning the Challenge Cup again) and 2005–06 before winning the Premier Division title in 2006–07, earning promotion to the Midland Alliance. In 2009–10 the club won the Midland Alliance League Cup, beating Westfields 3–1 in the final.Sphinx beat Westfields in League Cup final
BBC Sport, 12 May 2010 When the league merged with the Midland Combination in 2014 to form the

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in 2014, the club became members of the Premier Division. At the end of the 2020–21 season Coventry Sphinx were transferred to the Premier Division South of the

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. They were Premier Division South champions in 2022–23, earning promotion to Division One Midlands of the

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Ground

The club play at Sphinx Drive, the name of which was adopted in 1995. In the mid-1990s a new stand was built and opened with a friendly match against a Coventry City team. The record attendance of 935 was set for a league match against

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in 2016.

Honours

*United Counties League **Premier Division South champions 2022–23 *Midland Alliance **League Cup winners 2009–10 *Midland Combination **Premier Division champions 2006–07 **Challenge Cup winners 2001–02, 2004–05 **Tony Allden Cup winners 2006–07 *Coventry Evening Telegraph Challenge Cup **Winners 1965–66, 2004–05, 2005–06 *Coventry Charity Cup **Winners 2006–07 *Birmingham FA Midweek Floodlit Cup **Winners 2006–07

Records

*Best

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...

performance: Third qualifying round, 2009–10 *Best

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, also known as the Isuzu FA Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after The Football Association (the FA) and competed by mainly National League ...

performance: First qualifying round, 2023–24, 2024–25 *Best

FA Vase The Football Association Challenge Vase, also known as the Isuzu FA Vase for sponsorship reasons, is an annual football competition run by and named after The Football Association (The FA), for teams playing in Steps 5 and 6 of the English Nation ...

performance: Quarter-finals, 2007–08 *Record attendance: 935 vs

, Midland League Premier Division, 26 April 2016Attendances up again at Sphinx Drive
Coventry Sphinx F.C.

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