The Sky Blues have lined up more pre-season friendlies as part of their preparation for the new Premiership campaign –but will spend much of their time on the road.

They will be playing a series of games from 21 July, culminating in a match against Ajax at Highfield Road on 12 August.

So far only one home game has been fixed, up possibly to get the players out of the dreadful away form that dogged them last season.

Hitchin Town will provide Coventry with their first challenge, and this will be followed with a contest at Fairford Town on July 24.

Games have then been arranged at Wolves on 26 July at 7.45pm and Portsmouth on 29 July at 3pm.

The test then takes on a foreign flavour, with games against KK Gent on 5 August and Sparta Rotterdam on 8 August.

Another game could be arranged for 10 August, but no opponent has yet been announced.