Summary

  • Coventry City owner Doug King takes part in a fans' forum after the dismissal of Sky Blues manager Mark Robins, live on BBC CWR

  • He tells attendees Robins "dismantled the coaching team", and that the manager, not the board, was responsible for getting rid of Adi Viveash as assistant.

  • King tells fans he wants a new manager in place to run the rule over the squad before the next transfer window in January

  • Robins led the Sky Blues from League Two to the Championship, and took the club to an FA Cup semi-final

Live Reporting

Ged Scott, Vanessa Pearce and Tim Page

  1. Good evening and welcome to Coventry

    Doug King (left) and Mark Robins acknowledge the Coventry City fans after last season's final gameBBC Sport

    Good evening from Coventry.

    Following the surprise departure of the much-loved Mark Robins as Coventry City manager on Thursday morning, the fans have had their say. Quite a lot of things to say, in fact.

    Now it's time to hear from the man who made that decision, Doug King.

    The Coventry City owner and chairman has agreed to be part of a Fans' Forum at the stadium.

    This will be broadcast live on BBC CWR and BBC Sounds from 18:00 GMT, hosted by BBC CWR’s Rob Gurney, Clive Eakin and Lorna Bailey.

    They will be joined by representatives from supporter groups, who make up the club’s supporter forum and are also regular contributors to BBC CWR sport programmes.

    City fans have the chance to listen in - and also to submit questions by e-mail or text, sent to 81333 and starting the message with CWR.