COVENTRY City have been awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City after achieving promotion back to the Premier League.
Coventry City Council granted the honour to the Sky Blues at an extraordinary general meeting held on Tuesday, June 23.
The honour was granted in recognition of the club’s promotion and ‘outstanding contribution to the life of the city’.
Coventry ended their 25-year exile from the Premier League after storming to the Championship title under boss Frank Lampard.
The club celebrated their promotion in style with an open-top bus parade and subsequent music festival in the city.
Leader of Coventry City Council, Coun George Duggins, nominated the club for the honour.
And the honour covers the club in its entirety to recognise players, management, staff, owner, supporters and communities who stood behind the team.
Coun Duggins said: “Coventry is immensely proud of its football club, and the return to the Premier League is a moment of huge significance for our city.
“This is an extraordinary achievement which deserves an extraordinary honour.
“Awarding the Honorary Freedom of the City is our way, on behalf of the whole city, of saying thank you and recognising everything the club has given to Coventry.
“This achievement belongs not only to the team and everyone at the club, but to the generations of supporters and communities who have always stood behind them.”
The Honorary Freedom of the City is the most prestigious civic honour the Council can award.
The award is given to people or organisations who have ‘rendered eminent services to the city’.
Staff of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust most recently received the award in 2022 for service during the COVID-19 pandemic.
