Coventry Sporting Football, previously known as Coventry Amateurs Football Club, was an English association football club which participated in the Southern Football League and the

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History

The club was formed in 1936 as the works team of the Coventry Tile Company, playing their home games at Butts Stadium, the former home of

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In 1946 the club's name changed to Coventry Amateurs, and two years later they moved to a new ground at Kirby's Corner. 1974 saw another rename, to Coventry Sporting, as the club turned semi-professional. By this point they were competing in the

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. Sporting reached the First Round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in 1975–76, where they were drawn at home to

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, then top of

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. The game was moved to

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, where Sporting won 2–0. They were again drawn at home in the Second Round, but lost 4–0 to

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, again at Highfield Road. In 1983 Sporting were promoted to the Southern League, but six years later were wound up.

Records

*Best

performance: Second round, 1975–76

References

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