Coventry City are battling for survival in the Championship this season after last season's League One-winning season.

The Sky Blues won the title on the basis of PPG (points per game) after the campaign was curtailed due to COVID-19, and as expected they've been in and around the bottom third of the second tier all season.

Mark Robins made some key additions to the Cov squad in the summer, with the likes of Dutch-Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Hamer arriving for a seven-figure fee, Callum O'Hare joining from Aston Villa on a permanent deal, Tyler Walker signing from Nottingham Forest and the loan market has been used as well.

Sam McCallum, Ben Sheaf and Leo Ostigard all joined on temporary deals and those acquisitions lowered the average age of the squad, which is around 25 right now.

Coventry have a good mix of youth and experience, with the eldest statesman being defender Kyle McFadzean at the age of 34 - but does he make it into the top 10 oldest players to play for the club? Take a look at our gallery to find out!

After a stellar English career at Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth, Hreidarsson arrived at Coventry in January 2012 in his senior years, penning a deal until the end of the season.

The Icelandic defender would make just two appearances for Coventry in the end, the second of which came at the age of 37 years, six months and 20 days in a 2-1 loss to Blackpool at Bloomfield Road.

Hreidarsson played briefly for two clubs in his native country following his Cov departure and since went into coaching, managing IBV in Iceland, both Fylkir's men's and women's team and even returned to England to help assist Sol Campbell at Southend - he's now at Þróttur Vogum as manager.

From a player who spent little time at Cov to one who was a long-serving Sky Blue, Richard Shaw joined the club in 1995 as a 27-year-old from Crystal Palace, and remained until 2006.

The defender would make 317 league appearances for the club, scoring just once, and his final game came at the age of 37 years, seven months and 19 days in a 3-1 victory against Cardiff City - a fitting send-off for the veteran.

Shaw did end up returning as an assistant manager in 2012, but he would depart not long after Mark Robins took charge for the first time in 2013 - Shaw is now an assistant coach for Watford's under-23's.

After serving for the likes of Oldham, Hibernian and Rangers in the 80s and 90s, Goram was getting towards the end of his career and racking up a number of clubs on his CV with little playing time when he rocked up at Highfield Road in 2001.

Goram spent a season at the club and was mainly a back-up, but still made seven league appearances for the club and his last came at the age of 37 years, seven months and 29 days in a 1-0 loss against West Bromwich Albion in December 2001.

Since retiring, Goram has been a goalkeeper coach at several Scottish clubs, including Airdrie, Clyde and Ayr United, and was inducted into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Walsh was mainly known for his time at Leicester City - spending 14 years at Filbert Street between 1986 and 2000 where he racked up 369 league appearances, which is some feat.

But when his time was up there when the Millennium hit, Walsh was shipped out to Norwich City and then the Canaries moved him on to Coventry, where he played just twice.

The second of those games came in August 2002 at the age of 37 years, nine months and 23 days, with Walsh being part of a back-line that conceded five goals against Watford.

It would be the last professional game he played, but despite his bad time at Coventry he remains a cult figure at Leicester.

An unsung hero for many English clubs, De Zeeuw arrived in the country at Barnsley in 1995 and remained in England until 2008, also playing for Wigan twice, Portsmouth and then finally at Coventry, where he rocked up as a 37-year-old.

In his advancing years, De Zeeuw played 17 times in the Championship for the Sky Blues in his one and only season, his last appearance coming at the age of 37 years and 10 months in a thumping 5-0 home loss against West Bromwich Albion.

That's a pretty brutal end to someone's English career - De Zeeuw became an investigative detective following his retirement from football.

A player who won several honours for club and country, Nilsson is one of Sweden's most capped players ever with 116, and the right-back had two separate spells with Cov.

He first joined in 1997 and stayed for two years, and then returned to the club in 2001 as a player-manager, but after just nine playing appearances he temporarily retired to focus on the managerial side.

Nilsson's last game came in early April 2002 at the age of 38 years, four months and 10 days in a 4-0 drubbing away at Preston North End - a game in which a Sky Blues fan ran on the pitch to try and confront Nilsson.

After fan unrest and poor results, Nilsson was sacked just over a week after hanging up his boots, but he would go on to manage a lot more clubs such as Malmo and Copenhagen, and he's currently at Goteborg.

Like Nilsson, McAllister ended up as a player-manager at Coventry, and similarly had two stints at the club - first between 1996 and 2000 and then after spending two years at Liverpool, the Scot returned in 2002.

McAllister selected himself 55 times in the league, scoring 10 goals but in January 2004 he was sacked from the club, his last appearance coming at the age of 38 years, 11 months and 13 days in a 1-1 draw with Sunderland.

McAllister's future managerial career would be very brief - he took over at Leeds United in 2008 but was sacked after less than a year, and since then he's taken on assistant roles at Aston Villa and currently with Steven Gerrard at Rangers.

Wise was a wily old veteran and played until he was nearly 40, and he ended up having some record for Coventry.

The former England international played his last game of football at the age of 39 years, four months and 11 days for Cov in a 3-1 win over Cardiff City in April 2006 - a game in which he scored in the 90th minute.

A scoring record of six in 13 league games was probably a shock to Wise himself and it prompted Coventry to offer him a new contract, but he retired and went into coaching instead with Swindon Town - that career wouldn't go down well though and he hasn't held a managerial role since 2008 after being sacked by Leeds United.

Coming in at the penultimate position is a man who, like Nilsson and McAllister who have been mentioned previously, played for the club and managed them at the same time.

Strachan joined the Sky Blues in the twilight of his career in March 1995, but it wasn't until November of the next year where he would be promoted to be player-manager.

Following the 1996/97 season, Strachan retired and ended up focusing on his managerial career, his last game coming at the age of 40 years, two months and 24 days in a 2-1 Premier League loss to Derby County - the Scot remained at the helm until 2000 before going on to the likes of Southampton, Celtic, Middlesbrough and Scotland.

The oldest ever Coventry player is of course a man synonymous with the Sky Blues in Ogrizovic.

The stopper arrived at Cov in 1984 and remained until 2000, making 507 league appearances for the club and his last one came at the age of 42 years, seven months and 24 days in a 4-1 victory over Sheffield Wednesday in the Premier League.

Ogrizovic's association with the club would go on after his retirement, becoming caretaker manager in both 2002 and 2004 and held the goalkeeping coach position between 2008 and 2019 - a true Sky Blue legend and despite not playing very much for them - won the European Cup twice with Liverpool as well.