Premier League 2026-27 preview No 7: Coventry

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Guardian writers’ predicted position: 18th (NB: this is not necessarily Ben Fisher’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips) Last season’s position: 1st (Championship) Prospects “We are back”, as the banners proudly state. It is 25 years since, after relegation was confirmed, Match of the Day cameras lingered on a message held aloft by a Coventry City supporter named John Mullaney. “We’ll be back,” were the words he inked – in sky blue, of course – on a scrap of wallpaper. When Coventry celebrated returning to the top flight and lifted the Championship trophy in front of a capacity crowd, thousands of supporters held aloft new-look signs with a…

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