Coventry City make unprecedented CBS Arena move amid sky high Frank Lampard era optimism.
Frank Lampard is in his first summer transfer window as Coventry City manager hoping to improve a squad that reached the Championship play-offs.
Coventry City have made the unprecedented decision to launch a season ticket waiting list ahead of Frank Lampard’s first full season as manager.
Lampard guided the Sky Blues into the Championship play-offs in 2024/25, collecting 52 points from his 29 games at the wheel, and optimism is sky high that he can take the club onwards and upwards.
Almost 10,000 season tickets were sold in the first three days they went on the market, forcing the club to introduce a new plan as demand outstripped supply. New buyers can now join a waiting list, ready to be contacted if and when seats at the CBS Arena become available.
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Existing season ticket holders have until Thursday, June 19, to secure their place for next term, move to a new seat or upgrade to hospitality. Prices for adult season tickets start at £440 while they are available at £250 for under-18s, £125 for under-14s and £400 for over-65s and supporters aged from 18 to 21.
There is a cap of 24,000 season tickets for 2025/26 in a stadium which has a capacity of 32,609.
EFL rules mean away clubs receive an allocation of at least 2,000 tickets and Coventry made 3,000 available to opposition clubs in 2024/25. Clubs also keep a certain amount of tickets available for non-season ticket holders.
Coventry sold more than 20,000 season tickets last term and they had an average attendance of 27,647 – the highest since 1969/70 at Highfield Road, finishing sixth in the top flight under Noel Cantwell.
The figures have leapt remarkably over the last few years, up from 9,255 in League Two in 2017/18 and 19,541 in 2021/22 the first year after lockdown. They set a CBS Arena league game record with a crowd of 31,167 in for a 2-0 win over West Bromwich Albion in April. A total of 2,996 from West Brom meant there were 28,171 Sky Blues fans in the ground.
“It was amazing, a record crowd and the support has been brilliant at the CBS since I have been here,” said Lampard, who was in the Chelsea team for an FA Cup quarter-final in 2009 for the highest City gate (31,407) at the stadium.
“It’s just getting better and better and bigger and they pushed the players on. There’s a real good connection at the minute between the players and the fans. So many players have songs that the fans sing for them and I think they understand the work ethic and desire, and when you’re together like that it’s a real strength.”
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