The trio – who are taking the music world by storm after their album We’ll Live and Die in These Towns reached No. 1 – will be cheering on Coventry City from the Tesco stand.

The visit by Andy Hopkins, Liam Watts and Tom Clarke to the Ricoh Arena was filmed by BBC2 as part of a programme to be screened next year which will show the band’s roots in Coventry as well as a forthcoming gig in Ibiza. Life-long Sky Blues fan Andy said: “I have had a season ticket for years along with the rest of my family.

“We’re really busy at the moment – we have only had two days off since last October – but we always try to make time to cheer on the team.

“We’re trying to put Coventry on the map and the football club has been doing that for the city ever since we won the FA Cup.

“Wherever we go we always check the results. I really like to watch Michael Mifsud because he is lightning quick and I’m looking forward to seeing the new players that have been brought in by Iain Dowie this close season – particularly Robbie Simpson from Cambridge.

“We all meet up for a drink in a local pub before we walk down to the Ricoh and I can’t wait for the season to start.”

The Enemy met their manager, Coventry-born John Dawkins from Grand Union Management, under the CCFC crest by the Telent stand.

John, whose family live in Ash Green and has supported the Sky Blues for the last 20 years, said: “The last Coventry band

to really get the rest of the country to sit up and take notice were The Specials.

“It’s great that the Ricoh and the football club are trying to integrate with music to a younger community. We’re all trying to build bridges and create something special.”

Liz Cooper, Marketing Director at the Ricoh Arena, said it was fantastic the band were regular visitors to the venue.

“The Enemy have become one of the most talked about bands in the country after appearing on the front cover of NME and the massive success of their first album,” she said.

“The band have a real sense of pride in their home city – and the success of the Ricoh has generated that feeling among many other people who live and work in the city.

“We are not simply the home of Coventry City because we are also a great venue for live music and the latest performer to

applaud the state-of-the-art Ricoh was Rod Stewart.

“The Enemy now have a fantastic local and national fan base and it would be great if they were playing to thousands at the Ricoh in the not-too-distant future.”

Ken Sharp, Marketing Director at Coventry City, added: “It was great to meet the lads and I hope the Sky Blues have as much success this season as The Enemy!”

PICTURE CAPTION: The Enemy’s Liam Watts (second left), Tom Clarke and Andy Hopkins (second right) with their Sky

Blues season tickets and Liz Cooper and Charles Rayner (Ricoh Arena) and Ken Sharp (right, Coventry City) at the Ricoh Arena.