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United taste the Cov glee

Look closely enough at the sky blue limelight that surrounded Coventry City’s promotion celebrations and you might just catch a glimpse of red and green.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
24 May 2026

By Andy Mitchell

UNITED FRONT: Coventry United celebrate victory earlier this season in the FA Vase
PICTURE: Garry Griffiths

Look closely enough at the sky blue limelight that surrounded Coventry City’s promotion celebrations and you might just catch a glimpse of red and green.
On the day the Premier League-bound Sky Blues were paraded through the city, Coventry United reached Step 4 for the first time by beating local rivals Atherstone Town 2-0 after extra-time in the United Counties League Premier South play-off final.
Formed partly in response to then-homeless City’s off-field troubl...

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