The M69 Derby, formerly the A46 Derby[citation needed], is a football match played between Coventry City and Leicester City. It takes its name from the motorway that connects the two cities, which are only 24 miles (38 km) apart.
M69 Derby
M69 derby at the Ricoh Arena on 23 February 2008, which Coventry won 2–0.
Although neither side is the other club's traditional "arch rival", with Aston Villa considered Coventry's traditional rival and Nottingham Forest as Leicester's, the fixture became increasingly significant between 2001 and 2011 with both clubs' traditional rivals often being in different leagues, and the disillusionment of some Coventry fans with their traditional rivalry with Aston Villa. According to a survey by The Football Pools published in 2008, this fixture is the 26th fiercest rivalry in English football.[2]
However; the rivalry had declined during the 2010’s as Leicester's rise up the leagues and successful period in the top flight, has coincided with Coventry City struggling financially, in-turn resulting into a lower league position in the Football League. Times have changed recently though, as Coventry have risen up the leagues, while Leicester have lost their Premier League status. Following Leicester City’s relegation from the Premier League to the EFL Championship in the 2022-23 season, the M69 derby returned in the 2023–2024 season after an eleven year hiatus. Leicester City won the opening day fixture 2-1 at home, followed by Coventry winning the reverse fixture 3-1.
The derby has on occasion been marred by violence, the most recent in February 2008.[3] Prior to that, another took place in Coventry in October 2004 where police officers were pelted with missiles.[4]
The first fixture between the two clubs was a Second Division game on 27 September 1919 and resulted in a 1–0 win for Leicester. The biggest victory resulted in an 8–1 to Leicester in the League Cup at Highfield Road on 4 December 1964.[1] Coventry have been heavily beaten on two other occasions at Filbert Street, with both matches ending in a 5–1 win for Leicester. The first was in 1924–25, when Arthur Chandler scored a hat-trick, and in 1984–85, when Gary Lineker scored a brace.[1]
While Leicester is undefeated on their current home turf, this ended for Coventry when they lost 1–0 at the Ricoh Arena on 6 August 2011.[5] Coventry were in the Premier League when they last won at Leicester on 7 April 2001, in a 3–1 win.[6]
Coventry wins
Draws
Leicester wins
League
23
22
36
FA Cup
2
1
0
League Cup
0
0
1
Total
25
23
37
Game list (since 1984)edit
M69 derby at the Walkers Stadium on 12 January 2008, which Leicester won 2–0.Coventry's Elliott Ward scores a penalty against Leicester on 23 February 2008.
The most recent game resulted in a 3–1 win for Coventry at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
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The M69 Derby formerly the A46 Derby citation needed is a football match played between Coventry City and Leicester City It takes its name from the motorway that connects the two cities which are only 24 miles 38 km apart M69 DerbyM69 derby at the Ricoh Arena on 23 February 2008 which Coventry won 2 0 LocationCoventry Leicester England TeamsCoventry CityLeicester CityFirst meetingLeicester City 1 0 Coventry City1919 20 Second Division 27 September 1919 1 Latest meetingCoventry City 3 1 Leicester City2023 24 EFL Championship 13 January 2024 Next meetingTBDStadiumsCoventry Building Society Arena Coventry City King Power Stadium Leicester City StatisticsMeetings total88Most winsLeicester City 38 All time seriesLeicester City 38Draw 24Coventry City 26Largest victoryCoventry City 1 8 Leicester City1964 65 Football League Cup 1 December 1964 1 Coventry CityLeicester City Although neither side is the other club s traditional arch rival with Aston Villa considered Coventry s traditional rival and Nottingham Forest as Leicester s the fixture became increasingly significant between 2001 and 2011 with both clubs traditional rivals often being in different leagues and the disillusionment of some Coventry fans with their traditional rivalry with Aston Villa According to a survey by The Football Pools published in 2008 this fixture is the 26th fiercest rivalry in English football 2 However the rivalry had declined during the 2010 s as Leicester s rise up the leagues and successful period in the top flight has coincided with Coventry City struggling financially in turn resulting into a lower league position in the Football League Times have changed recently though as Coventry have risen up the leagues while Leicester have lost their Premier League status Following Leicester City s relegation from the Premier League to the EFL Championship in the 2022 23 season the M69 derby returned in the 2023 2024 season after an eleven year hiatus Leicester City won the opening day fixture 2 1 at home followed by Coventry winning the reverse fixture 3 1 The derby has on occasion been marred by violence the most recent in February 2008 3 Prior to that another took place in Coventry in October 2004 where police officers were pelted with missiles 4 Contents 1 Statistics 2 Game list since 1984 3 See also 4 ReferencesStatistics editThe first fixture between the two clubs was a Second Division game on 27 September 1919 and resulted in a 1 0 win for Leicester The biggest victory resulted in an 8 1 to Leicester in the League Cup at Highfield Road on 4 December 1964 1 Coventry have been heavily beaten on two other occasions at Filbert Street with both matches ending in a 5 1 win for Leicester The first was in 1924 25 when Arthur Chandler scored a hat trick and in 1984 85 when Gary Lineker scored a brace 1 While Leicester is undefeated on their current home turf this ended for Coventry when they lost 1 0 at the Ricoh Arena on 6 August 2011 5 Coventry were in the Premier League when they last won at Leicester on 7 April 2001 in a 3 1 win 6 Coventry wins Draws Leicester wins League 23 22 36 FA Cup 2 1 0 League Cup 0 0 1 Total 25 23 37Game list since 1984 edit nbsp M69 derby at the Walkers Stadium on 12 January 2008 which Leicester won 2 0 nbsp Coventry s Elliott Ward scores a penalty against Leicester on 23 February 2008 The most recent game resulted in a 3 1 win for Coventry at the Coventry Building Society Arena Coventry City win Leicester City win Draw dd Date Competition Stadium Score Leicester scorers Coventry scorers Attendance Ref 13 Jan 2024 Championship Coventry Building Society Arena 3 1 Dewsbury Hall pen Fatawu sent off O Hare 2 van Ewijk 29 914 7 6 Aug 2023 Championship King Power Stadium 2 1 Dewsbury Hall 2 McFadzean 31 763 8 Leicester relegated to Championship 2022 23 Coventry promoted to Championship 2019 20 Coventry promoted to League One 2017 18 Coventry relegated to League Two 2016 17 Leicester promoted to Premier League 2013 14 Coventry relegated to League One 2011 12 3 Mar 2012 Championship King Power Stadium 2 0 Nugent Beckford Konchesky sent off 25 487 6 6 Aug 2011 Championship Ricoh Arena 0 1 Peltier 21 102 5 26 Feb 2011 Championship Walkers Stadium 1 1 Naughton King 25 356 9 11 Sept 2010 Championship Ricoh Arena 1 1 King Platt 20 060 10 21 Mar 2010 Championship Walkers Stadium 2 2 King 2 McPake Deegan 23 093 11 3 Oct 2009 Championship Ricoh Arena 1 1 Waghorn Clingan 22 209 12 Leicester promoted to Championship 2008 09 Leicester relegated to League One 2007 08 23 Feb 2008 Championship Ricoh Arena 2 0 Ward pen Best 23 129 13 12 Jan 2008 Championship Walkers Stadium 2 0 Howard Hayles 23 905 14 17 Feb 2007 Championship Walkers Stadium 3 0 Horsfield 2 Johnson 25 816 15 18 Aug 2006 Championship Ricoh Arena 0 0 20 261 16 17 Apr 2006 Championship Ricoh Arena 1 1 Stearman Kisnorbo sent off John 26 672 17 23 Oct 2005 Championship Walkers Stadium 2 1 de Vries 2 McSheffrey 22 991 18 8 Nov 2004 Championship Walkers Stadium 3 0 Nalis Tiatto Heath 22 479 19 16 Oct 2004 Championship Highfield Road 1 1 Dublin Makin og 18 054 20 Leicester relegated to Championship 2003 04 Leicester promoted to Premier League 2002 03 22 Mar 2003 First Division Highfield Road 1 2 McKinlay Scowcroft Jansen 16 610 21 29 Oct 2002 First Division Walkers Stadium 2 1 Taggart Deane Summerbee sent off Partridge 27 139 22 Leicester relegated to First Division 2001 02 Coventry relegated to First Division 2000 01 7 Apr 2001 Premier League Filbert Street 1 3 Akinbiyi Bellamy Carsley Hartson 19 545 23 10 Dec 2000 Premier League Highfield Road 1 0 Bellamy 17 283 24 27 Nov 1999 Premier League Highfield Road 0 1 Heskey 22 021 25 11 Aug 1999 Premier League Filbert Street 1 0 Izzet pen Burrows sent off 19 196 26 24 Apr 1999 Premier League Filbert Street 1 0 Marshall 20 224 23 Jan 1999 FA Cup Filbert Street 0 3 Whelan Froggatt Telfer Boateng sent off 21 207 28 Nov 1998 Premier League Highfield Road 1 1 Heskey Sinclair sent off Huckerby 19 894 4 Apr 1998 Premier League Filbert Street 1 1 Wilson Whelan 21 137 29 Nov 1997 Premier League Highfield Road 0 2 Fenton Elliott pen 18 309 8 Mar 1997 Premier League Highfield Road 0 0 19 220 21 Dec 1996 Premier League Filbert Street 0 2 Dublin 2 20 038 Leicester promoted to Premier League 1995 96 Leicester relegated to First Division 1994 95 25 Feb 1995 Premier League Highfield Road 4 2 Lowe Roberts Flynn 2 Marsh Ndlovu 20 633 3 Oct 1994 Premier League Filbert Street 2 2 Roberts 2 Dublin Wegerle 19 372 Leicester City promoted to Premier League 1993 94 27 Leicester City relegated to Second Division 1986 87 4 May 1987 First Division Filbert Street 1 1 Ramsey Gynn 14 903 28 6 Dec 1986 First Division Highfield Road 1 0 Regis 12 320 28 8 Mar 1986 First Division Filbert Street 2 1 Smith McAllister Pickering 10 744 28 6 Oct 1985 First Division Highfield Road 3 0 Gibson Bowman Regis 10 959 28 23 Dec 1985 First Division Filbert Street 5 1 Lynex Rennie Lineker 2 Smith Micky Gynn 18 016 28 1 Sept 1984 First 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