Sky Blues fan recreates Highfield Road in his back garden

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A Coventry City fan whose garden is full of memorabilia from the club's old ground has said the team should never have left - on the 10th anniversary of the final game at the stadium.



Paul Sheehy, of Coventry, has items including signs at his home and created a cinema in his garage to watch footage he filmed of the ground's demolition.

He said Highfield Road was "perfect".

Mr Sheehy said: "It suddenly dawned on me it was over and I thought 'they don't need a bigger ground, this place just needs a little bit of tarting up. It's perfect.'.

"And I still think I'm right - (they) should never have left."

The Sky Blues beat Derby County 6-2 in their final game at Highfield Road on 30 April 2005 to avoid relegation from the Championship.

A Mowbray Street is in the area of the old ground - a coincidence, given the club's current manager is Tony Mowbray.

The Sky Blues played home games at Northampton Town from the start of the 2013-14 season over a long-running row over rent, but returned to the Ricoh Arena in September 2014.