{"id":41324,"date":"2026-04-18T04:36:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/frank-lampard-coventry-city-boss-praises-special-and-unique-promotion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:36:29","slug":"frank-lampard-coventry-city-boss-praises-special-and-unique-promotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/frank-lampard-coventry-city-boss-praises-special-and-unique-promotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Lampard: Coventry City boss praises &#8216;special and unique&#8217; promotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Coventry City boss Frank Lampard described his side&#8217;s promotion back to the Premier League after 25 years away as a &#8220;unique&#8221; achievement.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Sky Blues secured a top-two finish in the Championship with three games to spare courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/c8dl565qnpdt#Report\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">a 1-1 draw at struggling Blackburn Rovers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To go and get promotion automatically as a non-parachute [payment] team with three games to go&#8230; these boys have managed to achieve something special and unique,&#8221; Lampard told Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is what it&#8217;s about. Coming here and getting a point at this stage isn&#8217;t easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He added: &#8220;Doing this after 25 years&#8230; wow. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The resilience to come back after losing in the play-offs (last season to Sunderland). We spoke in the summer about what we could do this season and whether we could finish third or fourth to get a home play-off in the second game which we didn&#8217;t do last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s such a good feeling that the boys have managed to get it over the line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former Chelsea and England midfielder, 47, took over at the CBS Arena in November 2024 for his first job outside the top flight since a season at Derby in 2018-19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An emotional Lampard, who also credited the &#8220;incredible&#8221; job his predecessor Mark Robins had done, said he had &#8220;fallen in love&#8221; with the club during his time in the Midlands and ranked leading Coventry back to the top flight alongside his many accolades as a player.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of myself and the staff,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We came into a bit of an unknown 15 or so months ago when we arrived in a people carrier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve fallen in love and this is right up there with what I have achieved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m very proud to be the manager.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c7vqyz3l300o?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coventry City boss Frank Lampard described his side&#8217;s promotion back to the Premier League after 25 years away as a &#8220;unique&#8221; achievement. 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