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Christine Lampard shared a rare snap of her husband Frank with their two children on Saturday, as he got back to ‘daddy duties’ after Coventry City’s euphoric promotion success.
After taking over the struggling club in November 2024, the former Chelsea star has overseen their extraordinary transformation, culiminating in the moment they sealed promotion to the Premier League with a 1-1 draw against Blackburn on Friday.
While Frank himself was emotional as the final whistle blew, Christine also shared her husband’s delight by reposting a clip of him celebrating with the fans on Instagram.
But on Saturday the family enjoyed a more low-key outing, with Christine sharing a snap of Frank and their daughter Patricia, seven, and son Freddie, five, enjoying a day out at the Royal Albert Hall.
Frank then showed off his cooking skills by preparing dinner for the family, with Christine captioning the post: ‘Super @franklampard the chef #spagbol.’
During his post-match interview, Frank fought back tears as he reflected on Coventry City’s journey back to the Premier League after a 25-year absence.
He told Sky Sports: ‘It’s amazing. The fanbase, what they’ve gone through, the disappointments, the moments.’
His voice then cracked before he added: ‘To get a promotion with a non-parachute club, to see the boys there, it makes me emotional. They’re so great to work with. They deserve every moment of celebrating.
‘I’m proud. I’m proud of myself and the staff. We went into a bit of an unknown. We’ve fallen in love with the players and the fanbase, how they reacted. It’s right up there with what I’ve achieved – and I’ve won Champions Leagues with Chelsea.
‘But here we’re overachieving. Automatic promotion wasn’t in our plan.’
Lampard, who lives in a £10million mansion in London with wife Christine said his players would celebrate before going for the Championship title.
‘When I looked at Coventry I saw a club Mark [Robins] had done fantastic work with and I looked at the squad and thought there were players there we could work with,’ he said.
‘The resilience to come back after losing in the play-offs… We spoke in the summer about what we could do this season and whether we could finish third or fourth to get a home play-off in the second game which we didn’t do last year.
‘It’s such a good feeling that the boys have managed to get it over the line.
‘Everything I’ve ever done has been a bit of a point to prove. I’m lucky I have that ingrained.
‘I had my moments and I think the trick of being a manager is you’ve got to walk out with a calm demeanour as a manager but it’s easier when you trust the players.
‘I’ve got players like Jake Bidwell and Jamie Allen who haven’t played every week but they’ve been the biggest voices in the dressing room.
‘The players can have a couple of beers on the way home but they’ve got to get the job done now.
‘I let them have a bit of a party after the Sheffield Wednesday game on Saturday because it was basically done then but I had the hump with them on Tuesday and Wednesday when they didn’t train well.
‘We want to go and get it done now. If we play how we have done the rest of the season we will be fine. We want to sustain it now.’
