 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - kutsiva kwaRobins sachigaro kwaiva Sir Jack Scamp, nyanzvi yemunharaunda yehukama hwevashandi avo vakanga vambotungamira Rugby Town F.C.. Scamp akaramba ari pachinzvimbo kwemakore maviri asati atsiviwa naPhil Mead. Zvisinei, chinokosha zvikuru, kwaiva kudzoka kwaJimmy Hill kukirabhu semutungamiriri mukuru, uyo akaziviswa pakupera kwemwaka wa1974-75. Pakutanga zvakanga zvisina kujeka kuti basa raHill raizova rei, uye mabasa ake eCoventry City akabatanidzwa nebasa rake rekuenderera mberi kweterevhizheni uye basa rekupa mazano, asi kusvika kwake kwakagamuchirwa nekusava netariro kupfuura paakatanga kujoina kirabhu muna 1961. Mwaka wa1975-76 wakaona chimiro chakafanana neiyo yapfuura, asi vatsigiri vakakatyamadzwa apo nyeredzi midfielder Dennis Mortimer, uyo aive nekirabhu kubvira aine makore gumi nemashanu, akatengeswa kune vanokwikwidza Aston Villa ne 175,000. Vatsigiri, avo vakanga vafunga kuti Mortimer aizova mutambi uyo boka racho rakavakwa, vakatsamwiswa nekusava nechinangwa kuCoventry, uye kutengeswa kwakaratidza kuva kukosha kwakashata sezvo Mortimer akaenderera mberi kuva nebasa rakanaka uye kaputeni ku Villa, achiguma nekukunda mu 1982 European Cup Final.. 