Coventry City boss Frank Lampard has urged the membership’s supporters to solely worry about their sport after they host relegated Sheffield Wednesday within the Championship on Saturday (12:30 BST).
Should Millwall fail to win at West Bromwich Albion on Friday (20:00 BST) then Coventry will know a win would imply Middlesbrough should beat Portsmouth on the Riverside at 15:00 BST to stop the Sky Blues celebrating computerized promotion this weekend.
“Just worry about us,” Lampard told BBC CWR when requested for a message for the supporters.
“I know they won’t, but we know what we need to do, and thankfully we’re in that position [rather than,] if it was nip and tuck and the last day of the season. We’re not, so just worry about us.
“The message for our fans, for our gamers, and for me to perceive is this sport just isn’t going to be all our manner simply due to their league place, but when we are able to do our factor, then we are able to make the sport really feel like we wish it to.”
Wednesday became the first team in the history of the EFL to be relegated as early as February, and have won only one league game in a season dogged by financial and ownership issues, and Lampard empathised with their situation.
“I felt it in our sport there earlier within the season, after they had been proper in the course of their issues as such, and they’re ongoing. But you possibly can really feel it within the stadium, and their fans had been good on the day.
“I grew up when Sheffield Wednesday were a top team in Division One and the Premier League, so it’s not nice to see the situation they are in, but I think the fans, players and staff have come out of it with credit. And they will be back, because it’s a big club, so I obviously feel for them on that.”
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