City To Be Given Freedom Of The City

Coventry City Council have called an AGM to discuss awarding Honorary Freedom of the City to CCFC.

The meeting, on the 23rd June, will need a minimum of two thirds of the Councillors (although it would be a brave one to vote against it) to approve the honour which is the highest the council can confer. It would be an acknowledgment of the whole club - players, management, staff, King Doug the First and the supporters.

George Duggins, leader of the council said: “Coventry is immensely proud of our football club, and the Sky Blues' return to the Premier League is a moment of huge significance for our city. This is an extraordinary achievement which deserves an extraordinary honour. That is why I am asking councillors to come together to award Coventry City Football Club the Honorary Freedom of the City – the highest honour this council can bestow.

“This achievement belongs not only to the team and everyone at the club, but to the generations of supporters and communities who have always stood behind them. Awarding the Honorary Freedom of the City is our way, on behalf of the whole city, of saying thank you and recognising everything the club has given to Coventry.”