‘I’ve been fortunate enough to experience how it feels when you’re top of the league for a long time,’ he says. ‘But it was clearly new for some of the players and for a period of time, we handled it well. Alongside Coventry supporter Rob O’Malley, Lampard is promoting the Every Minute Matters campaign, driven by Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation, and supported by the EFL. The 47-year-old has now managed 263 games and in his first job, at Derby, the team lost only one of their last 12 games to reach the play-offs. This is still a great group but you can see the stress of losing a game and that’s normal, when you get used to winning games.

Source: Daily Mail February 15, 2026 22:33 UTC