‘All I heard all night was: We are Premier League’
MATTHEW LEWIS/GETTY IMAGES Supporters throng the Coventry streets for yesterday’s victory parade Coventry owner hails Lampard on day of wild celebrations A top-flight return after 25 years’ absence has Coventry in wonderland, but owner Doug King is staying focused ‘Frank has been in areas that make you grow as a motivator, as a leader, as a coach’ 5 May 2026 - The Guardian Ben Fisher Doug King is discussing the night Coventry clinched promotion to the Premier League after 25 years away. He had a tear in his eye when the moment arrived at Blackburn and, after eventually exiting the Ewood Park boardroom, the champagne flowing, the straight-talking owner worth hundreds of millions hunkered down at a Travelodge adjacent to a service station on the M65. “It was ... noisy,” he says, taking a second to land on the best adjective, “because all I could hear pretty much all night was: ‘We are Premier League.’” It has led King to feel like a party planner of late. The biggest one yet was ye...