Michael McGinnity (11 September 1941 – 9 January 2016) was chairman and life president of

Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal ...

Football Club. He held the position of life president at the club following resigning as chairman in 2006 due to ongoing health problems. He was succeeded by

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MP and later

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, the former footballer turned entrepreneur. McGinnity became chairman in 2002, replacing

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, after eight years as deputy chairman of the club. McGinnity also has an

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. McGinnity purchased a company called Pel in the summer of 1989, creating a new division specialising in plastic seating for football stadia. In January 1990 the Taylor report into the Hillborough disaster recommended all-seater stadia. The success of Pel Stadium Seating was subsequently attributed to having set up in time to benefit from the Taylor report.

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