Fox92 Posted 28 March 2019 Posted 28 March 2019 According to Sky "as many as 5 EFL clubs in the Midlands have offered to ground share".
Leicesterpool Posted 28 March 2019 Posted 28 March 2019 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 Posted 28 March 2019 Posted 28 March 2019 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.
Guest Manini Posted 28 March 2019 Posted 28 March 2019 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.
davieG Posted 28 March 2019 Author Posted 28 March 2019 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 Posted 28 March 2019 Posted 28 March 2019 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.
Nalis Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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
Guest Kopfkino Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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.
yorkie1999 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 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 Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 Would ruin the king power brand if they played at our place tbh
MrsJohnMurphy Posted 29 March 2019 Posted 29 March 2019 Won't be here, won't be able to fit our, Tigers and Cov's fixtures on separate weekends
CosbehFox Posted 30 March 2019 Posted 30 March 2019 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 Posted 30 March 2019 Posted 30 March 2019 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 Posted 1 April 2019 Posted 1 April 2019 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
Dan Posted 1 April 2019 Posted 1 April 2019 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.
stripeyfox Posted 1 April 2019 Posted 1 April 2019 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 Posted 2 April 2019 Posted 2 April 2019 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 Posted 2 April 2019 Posted 2 April 2019 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 Posted 2 April 2019 Posted 2 April 2019 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.
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