From mid-January to mid-March, Coventry would lose just three league games in a dozen tries, rising all the way into the promotion playoff spots. They would finish fifth, setting up a semifinal against Sunderland, who ended the league campaign with five straight defeats, without even scoring a goal.

Frank Lampard pushed away a Sunderland fan who tried to take a selfie with him moments after his Coventry team lost in the Championship play-off semi-final. Dan Ballard’s goal in the final