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Coventry City skipper Matt Grimes ‘never doubted’ promotion for the Sky Blues

Matt Grimes described himself as the world’s biggest pessimist after Coventry City sealed promotion at Blackburn Rovers last weekend.
Coventry City celebrate promotion to the Premier League

Matt Grimes described himself as the world’s biggest pessimist after Coventry City sealed promotion at Blackburn Rovers last weekend.

Yet the Sky Blues skipper never wavered in his belief that Frank Lampard’s side would end their 25-year exile from the Premier League.
“Pessimist was probably the wrong word,” laughs the 30-year-old midfielder, who will hoist the Championship trophy aloft this afternoon following a season of near total domination.
“What I should have said was that I don’t believe anything is done until it’s done.
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He continued: “So before we played the Blackburn game, I...

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