A SOCCER fan found dead in a Coventry hotel room is believed to have connections with Worcestershire.

West Midlands police are trying to trace the family or friends of the man who died at the weekend at The Ibis Hotel, in Cheylesmore, after he had been to a Premiership football match.

Police spokesman John Clarke said that officers hoped someone in the Worcestershire area would know the man, who signed into the hotel giving his address as Foregate Street, Worcester.

Brian Sharp, the coroner's officer for Coventry, is appealing for help in identifying the man.

"A check of the address showed it was not a residential address and we were unable to find information about the man," said Mr Clarke. "He had given his date of birth as June 5, 1961.

"He wrote his name on the booking as Curtis or John Smith - his writing was difficult to decipher.

"It also appears that he attended the Coventry City v Middlesbrough match, at Highfield Road on Saturday, August 19, sitting in the lower tier of the M&B stand, block nine, row J."

Later in the evening he was seen drinking alone in the bar of the hotel.

He was discovered dead in his room by hotel staff the following day. Police are not treating the death as suspicious.

Documents on the body have led the police to believe the man had connections with Alcoholics Anonymous and had visited Thailand in June.

Other documents indicate to police he could be from Kidderminster or Worcester.

The mystery man had very short, receding, brown hair and thin-framed spectacles. He was 5ft 10in tall, weighing 10-and-a-half stone, and was in his 30s or early 40s. He had a fresh complexion.

He had no scars, marks or tattoos and was not wearing any jewellery.

Nobody at the hotel was available for comment this morning.

Anyone who has information about the man should call the coroner's officer on 02476 539018 or Coventry police on 02476 539010.