{"id":30548,"date":"2026-04-17T22:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/frank-lampard-returns-coventry-to-premier-league-soccer-sports\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T22:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T22:56:25","slug":"frank-lampard-returns-coventry-to-premier-league-soccer-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/17\/frank-lampard-returns-coventry-to-premier-league-soccer-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard returns Coventry to Premier League | Soccer | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Manager Frank Lampard guided Coventry City back into the Premier League after Friday&#8217;s 1-1 draw with Blackburn Rovers. The Sky Blues will be playing top-flight football for the first time since 2001 after their dominant run in the Championship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Lampard has transformed Coventry since taking over at the CBS Arena in November 2024, when they were 17th in English football&#8217;s second tier. The former Chelsea and England midfielder arrived as the successor to long-serving Mark Robins at a team that was just two points outside the relegation zone. This will be Lampard&#8217;s fifth role as manager, following spells at Derby County, Everton and two spells at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>He led Coventry to fifth place in his first season, but lost to Sunderland in the Championship play-off semi-final. The 47-year-old will likely view this season&#8217;s automatic promotion as the biggest achievement of his managerial career so far.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Sky Blues currently have 86 points and are on course to win the Championship title. Lampard&#8217;s side are 11 points clear of second-placed Ipswich Town, with Kieran McKenna&#8217;s side having five games in hand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Among those wishing to congratulate him on his promotion was Stoke City manager Robins, who was in charge of Coventry for nearly eight years before Lampard took over.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re coming up. I&#8217;m really happy for them. Frank has done a great job, replacing me in a difficult situation and taking me to a different level. They&#8217;re going to go up now, they&#8217;ve got the stadium, they&#8217;re definitely looking more stable. Not only that, they&#8217;ve got a really good team and a top manager and they&#8217;re doing great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;To be fair, the owner has done a great job over there. Given what he&#8217;s done for the club and City and what plans they have when they finally get up and running, I think they&#8217;ll try to spend money to stay there. It&#8217;s definitely not for him, for the club, and for Frank, it&#8217;s not like you move up and stay there for one season. They&#8217;re going to try to stay there forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;It took a quarter of a century to come back and it was a similar story to Wrexham&#8217;s in some ways as it came from far down the pyramid so it took a long time. I wish them all the best. 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