FOOTBALL - Coventry City's trip to Blackburn Rovers selected for TV coverage - The Coventry Observer
Online Editions

FOOTBALL - Coventry City's trip to Blackburn Rovers selected for TV coverage

Aaron Sutcliffe 19th Mar, 2026 Updated: 20th Mar, 2026   0

COVENTRY City’s trip to Blackburn Rovers next month has been selected for live television coverage by Sky Sports.

The Sky Blues will now travel to Ewood Park on Friday, April 17.

And the game will kick-off at 8pm.

The match will be shown live on Sky Sports Football.

The game was originally due to kick-off at 3pm on Saturday, April 18.

However, the fixture has now been moved forward a day for broadcast purposes.




Coventry won 2-0 against Blackburn in the reverse fixture back in October.


Support community journalism by making a contribution.

The 's team of journalists provide a trusted source news, sport, entertainment and events going on in your area and issues which matter to you - both via our free weekly print edition and daily updates on our website.

Every contribution, however big or small, you can make will help us continue to do that now and in the future.

Thanks for reading this and the .

Are you on Facebook?

Like or follow our Facebook page - facebook.com/CovObserver to get daily news updates straight to your news feed.