Coventry Motor Cycle Football Club

No, that's not a typing error, this really is about Motor Cycle Football - a sport at which the local team excelled in the 1920s A match took place at Highfield Road on 16 June 1928 between Coventry and Austria, and I am fortunate that my late father attended the match, and passed down to me the programme for that day I make no apologies for posting a scan of each page of this programme, since it includes many snippets of Coventry history There's the Brandishes, involved as engineer and right-back, together with a company advert; there's Syd Jackson, a TT rider who went on to be a big star in Speedway, appearing at centre-forward; there's a full-page advert for Grindlay-Peerless motorcycles and their agent in Paynes Lane; another advert for Humber motorcycles and their agent in St Mary's Street Also there is a full page history of the Coventry club I've cleaned up the pages in the hope that they are clear to read - I just wish the original was as clean! Enjoy!

Two years earlier, on their way to winning the Championship of England, Coventry met Wolverhampton (strangely enough, the programme does not show the venue, so whether it took place at Highfield Road, Butts, or somewhere else I do not know - it might even have been the Memorial Park) What the programme does show is the remarkable string of results during the season, which culminated in a goals record of 149 for, 19 against! Oh, and a team photo - with no names There's a webpage (link) about Wolverhampton rider Tommy Deadman (Dedman in the programme) which includes references to and a photo of matches between his club and Coventry

In the late 20s, early 30s, were not most of the matches played at the 'Angel Ground' where there was a stand for spectators and occasionally at the 'Red House Ground'? A variation was to use a huge ball about 6 or 7 foot diameter but I suppose that was a gimmick to entertain the crowd rather than for serious competition?

Facinating MR - thanks for posting Good grief - I wonder how big the goals were! Thankfully the ball in the last photo appears to be a more 'normal' size

Here are a couple of links 1927 Final England v Germany at Highfield Road

I have linked a great video about Ace Motor Club

Can confirm that the match against Wolverhampton was indeed held at The Angel Ground, Great Heath, and resulted in an 8-1 win for the home side. The Midland Daily Telegraph reported that "... the referee, Mr Frank Plastow, handled the game very fairly. His endeavours to smoke a cigarette and blow the whistle at the same time were distinctly amusing".