Coventry City FC

[Fox92]

According to Sky "as many as 5 EFL clubs in the Midlands have offered to ground share".

 

[Leicesterpool]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

According to Sky "as many as 5 EFL clubs in the Midlands have offered to ground share".

 

Has to be within six miles of the city apparently. 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, Leicesterpool said:

Has to be within six miles of the city apparently. 

Do you mean sixty? There aren't five clubs within six miles of Coventry, surely.

 

I'd have thought the likes of Villa/Birmingham would been one of the five clubs.

[Manini]

41 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Do you mean sixty? There aren't five clubs within six miles of Coventry, surely.

 

I'd have thought the likes of Villa/Birmingham would been one of the five clubs.

I don’t know if the grounds have to be a certain standard or not, but the closest feasible options I could see would be Solihull Moors or Nuneaton I suppose?

 

oh I’ve just seen you said EFL clubs. Yeah must be Villa or Blues then doesn’t it? Wasall maybe.

Edited 28 March 2019 by Manini

[davieG]

2 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Has to be within six miles of the city apparently. 

On the news it said the EFL were looking at 5 within 50miles

[Wymsey]

Imagine the outrage at LCFC if it is them who are willing to give them a 'home'...

Reckon it'll be Burton or Notts County, though.

[tylesta]

i reckon it will be our ground.

[Nalis]

If they ground share with us, can we get rid of their stench by the following weekend? 

 

All joking aside, its a sad scenario for them, when I made my original comment on page 1 I didnt realise things were so bad.

[yorkie1999]

I heard on my radio (all we hear is) the other night that wasps need cov city to stay at the ricoh to make the stadium viable.

[yorkie1999]

I've also heard that the CSA ( Coventry Space Agency)  got involved in deciding where the next ground was going to be! 

 

https://news.sky.com/video/burger-sent-into-space-crashes-back-to-earth-on-football-pitch-11678047

[Kopfkino]

It wouldn't be us, it'll be someone that would really want the cash. Most likely to be Walsall or St Andrews I'd imagine. 

[rachhere]

6 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

I heard on my radio (all we hear is) the other night that wasps need cov city to stay at the ricoh to make the stadium viable.

Oh see, I quite like the thought of getting rid of Wasps out of the midlands. Probably unpopular persuasion on here, but I have always been a Tigers fan as well, and I hate seeing all the Wasps shirts around Birmingham. 

[Leicesterpool]

21 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Do you mean sixty? There aren't five clubs within six miles of Coventry, surely.

 

I'd have thought the likes of Villa/Birmingham would been one of the five clubs.

No BBC Cov and Warwick were reporting it was only six miles, with the rivarly between Cov and Villa and also Cov and Leicester, I don't think Villa Park or KP stadium will be likely. I think it will end being Cov rugby club at Butts Park. They have been looking at the venue for sometime.

Edited 29 March 2019 by Leicesterpool

[Dan LCFC]

They'd be mental to send them here.

[yorkie1999]

1 hour ago, Dan LCFC said:

They'd be mental to send them here.

Why, we'd never see them and first sign of trouble and they'd be out on their arses. Seems an easy source of revenue to me.

[The Horse's Mouth]

Would ruin the king power brand if they played at our place tbh

[MrsJohnMurphy]

Won't be here, won't  be able to fit our, Tigers and Cov's fixtures on separate weekends

[CosbehFox]

23 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

I heard on my radio (all we hear is) the other night that wasps need cov city to stay at the ricoh to make the stadium viable.

Yeah Wasps finances are a mess too 

[CosbehFox]

15 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

Why, we'd never see them and first sign of trouble and they'd be out on their arses. Seems an easy source of revenue to me.

For starters no direct train link gives the police a headache 

[Dan LCFC]

On 29/03/2019 at 18:30, yorkie1999 said:

Why, we'd never see them and first sign of trouble and they'd be out on their arses. Seems an easy source of revenue to me.

Police would never allow it. As a one off maybe but not every fortnight.

 

As others said too, it's actually pretty poorly linked. I trained it to Coventry once and I'd never do it again. Nuneaton to Coventry train had one carriage  

Edited 1 April 2019 by Dan LCFC

[Dan LCFC]

Won't be us either will it. Did they not specify 'EFL'? Meaning it's out of 71 other clubs.

 

My guesses would be Walsall, Notts County, Burton, god knows the other two, maybe two of the bigger sides like West Brom and Birmingham.

 

Could even be Northampton again and MK Dons actually.

Edited 1 April 2019 by Dan LCFC

[stripeyfox]

I like winding my Cov mate up as much as anyone but it really is a shit state of affairs for them. A club of comparable size and stature to us in the past but who've gone in opposite directions in the last decade or so.

 

I've kind of lost track of the whole sorry affair but why are they now looking to groundshare? Or rather, who is saying they have to?

 

The council? SISU? WTF is going on?

 

[Koke]

Had to look up the last time we played these lot. 

 

3 March 2012 (2-0 home win). Coming up to a decade now. We are due a cup tie against them soon. This used to be a regular fixture when I was younger. 

[Ted Maul]

Sad to see a club in that sort of state, regardless of who they are.

 

Hopefully they can get things sorted and find themselves a new home as the Ricoh really is a horrendous football ground- soulless, on a retail park and miles from the city centre with no pubs nearby. Moving there was a shocking decision.

 

Be good to start playing them again in a proper ground.

[goose2010]

It is a shame and like others have said moving to the Ricoh was a shocking choice, its nearly impossible to get their without driving and driving is a nightmare.

 

It will be either MK or Burton I would have thought.