Loan Report: Coventry win again in big stride towards promotion

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Read the full report from the weekend on our players out on loan.

2026-03-02T11:45+00:00

Carl Rushworth is on a season-long loan with Coventry. 📷 by Dennis Goodwin.

Coventry City's recent return to form has seen them pull clear at the top of the Championship, which is good news for loan goalkeeper Carl Rushworth.

The Sky Blues snatched a last-gasp winner against Stoke in a 2-1 win on Saturday. Jack Rudoni popped up in injury time to make it four wins on the spin and move the Sky Blues eight points clear.

Their main rivals for automatic promotion are Middlesbrough, who take on James Beadle’s Birmingham City on Monday night. The Blues were beaten 3-0 in midweek against Millwall, with Ibrahim Osman playing in the first half.

19’ Searching for the opener

🟡0-0🔴 pic.twitter.com/Hs2sIk38qE
— Harrogate Town AFC (@HarrogateTown) February 27, 2026

Eiran Cashin's Blackburn suffered back-to-back defeats last week against Bristol City and Derby County but they still sit four points clear of the drop zone. Seemingly free of relegation woes, it was still a disappointing weekend for Malick Yalcouye, who started in Swansea’s 3-0 defeat to Ipswich Town.

30 to play, come on Reading! 💙

60' | 🔵0-0🐔 pic.twitter.com/jdvxVd3jzm
— Reading FC (@ReadingFC) February 28, 2026

In League One Kamari Doyle played 80 minutes as Reading claimed a 2-1 win over Bradford City, while in the fourth tier Jacob Slater’s Harrogate made it five unbeaten in their 1-1 draw with Cheltenham Town.

There was a debut on Saturday, for Matthew Hayden came on for the second half of Dagenham & Redbridge's 2-0 defeat to AFC Totton in Conference South.

The three points are coming back to Leipzig with us 🥳

⏱️ FT | 1-2 | #HSVRBL pic.twitter.com/EaHfcMvAPN
— RB Leipzig English (@RBLeipzig_EN) March 1, 2026

Across the English channel, Yoon Doyoung helped Dordrecht to a 1-1 draw against Jong PSV. In Germany, Brajan Gruda’s terrific start to life with RB Leipzig continued as they beat Hamburg 2-1 in the Bundesliga.

La compo’ ✨

Découvrez la composition de départ présentée par @VINCI pour affronter l’@ogcnice 🔥

🔵⚪️ #CertifiéParis #ParisFC | #PFCOGCN pic.twitter.com/7FpKyLRkjR
— Paris FC (@ParisFC) March 1, 2026

Finally, Diego Coppola helped Paris FC keep a clean sheet in their 1-0 win over Nice. The towering Italian has enjoyed progressively improving results after losing 5-0 on his debut and drawing 1-1 before finally getting to taste victory on Saturday.