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Carabao Cup · 2026/27

Coventry City Carabao Cup fixtures and results 2026/27

Coventry's League Cup history includes two semi-final campaigns, separate from their famous FA Cup triumph. Find the current Sky Blues matches above and the story of the 1989/90 run below.

UK kick-off times · GMT / BSTUpdated twice daily · Last fixture check: 14 Nov 2026, 18:00 GMT
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Coventry City: cup campaign

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Coventry City 1–3 Aston Villa. Full time. Aston Villa go through. Coventry City are out of this season’s Carabao Cup.

Coventry City fixtures, results and UK TV

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Coventry's two League Cup semi-final campaigns

Coventry City reached the League Cup semi-finals in 1980/81 and again in 1989/90. Those entries sit alongside, rather than form part of, the club's 1986/87 FA Cup win. For a supporter searching for Coventry cup records, the competition name matters as much as the season.

The 1990 run offers a particularly varied route to the last four: a first-leg defeat overturned at home, wins away to top-flight opponents and a convincing replay victory. It is a story best read as a sequence of ties. The eventual semi-final score alone does not explain how often Coventry had already found a way through.

From a Grimsby comeback to a Sunderland replay

Coventry lost 3–1 at Grimsby Town in September 1989, then won the home return 3–0 to advance 4–3 on aggregate. Away wins followed at Queens Park Rangers, by 2–1, and Manchester City, by 1–0. Those results carried the Sky Blues into the later stages without another home fixture in between.

Sunderland held Coventry to a goalless draw in January 1990. Coventry then won the replay 5–0. Nottingham Forest ended the run in the semi-finals: a 2–1 defeat away was followed by a 0–0 home draw, leaving Coventry behind on aggregate. The same drawn scoreline therefore had two different consequences in this campaign. The Sunderland draw led to a replay; the Forest draw completed a two-legged defeat.

Reading the Sky Blues' current cup campaign

The featured card identifies the next listed Coventry tie, or their latest completed cup match when there is no upcoming fixture. The match list keeps the current season separate from the historical results discussed here. That distinction is especially useful if a familiar opponent such as Forest or Sunderland appears in a new draw.

For a particular game, open its detail page before planning your evening. The kick-off and confirmed channel belong to that fixture, while an older report may refer to a previous ground, different cup format or different broadcaster. A 1990 replay is evidence of what happened then; it is not a promise that a present-day drawn tie will be replayed.

Coventry League Cup questions

Did Coventry win the League Cup in 1987?

The 1987 trophy was the FA Cup. Coventry's League Cup history records semi-final appearances in the 1980/81 and 1989/90 seasons, which are separate campaigns.

How did Coventry recover against Grimsby in 1989?

A 3–0 home win overturned the 3–1 away defeat. Adding both legs gave Coventry a 4–3 aggregate victory and a place in the next round.

Guide review

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