Guest Bilo Posted 12 January 2015 Posted 12 January 2015 A small club named 'Coventry United' was created at the time of the move, but only around 100 bother watching them. They are actually doing really well with a back to back promotion likely this year. I read about them but they didn't seem much of a protest club, no real indication of them being linked to Coventry City fans anyway.
Finnaldo Posted 12 January 2015 Posted 12 January 2015 A small club named 'Coventry United' was created at the time of the move, but only around 100 bother watching them. They are actually doing really well with a back to back promotion likely this year. Is that the Midland Football League Division 2 side?
block15ccfc Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 Is that the Midland Football League Division 2 side? Yeah, a league below the newly formed AFC Hinkley.
block15ccfc Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 I read about them but they didn't seem much of a protest club, no real indication of them being linked to Coventry City fans anyway. I think the original plans were set up by Coventry supporters and then the club was actually put together financially due to some business men.
yorkie1999 Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 Att: 7,098[/size] Wowzers Last game was a fiver and they managed about 10000. Feel sorry for them now. If I won the lottery, I'd buy that team, buy the Ricoh and sort them out., and if I was really lucky and got 4 numbers, I'd buy them a new kit as well.
jonthefox Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 Just heard from a cov supporting mate ( who's quite itk down there). He said after sponsors and freebie tickets etc, the actual 'paying' attendance was just over 5500.
block15ccfc Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 Just heard from a cov supporting mate ( who's quite itk down there). He said after sponsors and freebie tickets etc, the actual 'paying' attendance was just over 5500. Was easily less than 6000 in there.
hairy Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 The Ricoh killed that club. The reality is that they often struggled to fill a 24,000 capacity stadium close to the city centre even when they were a Premier League side, to build an out-of-town 32,000 capacity stadium while marooned in the second tier was nothing short of stupid arrogance. The council built the new stadium and not just for football. The club agreed to move there if it were built as their income was restricted by the size of their stadium. The council were then able to develop the city centre infrastructure on the area of the old ground. On the surface the businesses concerned were on a win / win. Unfortunately for them the club saw a downturn of fortune, for whatever reason, and their misery has snowballed from there. It might be worth remembering Leicester council wanted our new stadium to be built in Beaumont Leys. We could have been in a similar situation, I doubt as bad as we have a larger city and fanbase but similar.
Lord Nibblington Posted 13 January 2015 Posted 13 January 2015 Cov tried to copy Leicester, they seen the success the foxes had when they moved into the walkers (king power) and wanted to do the same. The difference was at least Leicester build there stadium within in the city and only a short distant from Filbert Street. Uhm. What now? If by success you mean the moving into a new stadium that was a contributing factor in plunging us into administration (which, by the way, meant that the company who built the Walkers decided to sack off building football stadiums since they didn't get paid - and I think they were lined up to build Coventry's new stadium. Which had planning permission before ours, but, anyho) that admittedly did lead to a glorious season of being in a transfer embargo and a 2nd place in the old Division One, followed by 5 seasons of awful, awful football before our relegation to League One... then sure, great success! As an aside, I do find what's happened to Cov both funny and sad in equal measure. And I sure do miss their annual donation of 3 points and a god awful performance at the KP.
johnny the fox Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/52914-quot-Smaller-quot-clubs-now-bigger-than-Coventry-City what a deluded cant.. my mate a cov fan was so angry monday night..he nailed his season ticket to the main gates in disgust ...but changed his mind tuesday morning, went back and somebody had pinched the nail..
Gary Eatfood Posted 14 January 2015 Posted 14 January 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-30814066 This is the real reason Cov have no fans. They've turned their back on football and are now committed egg chasers instead.
block15ccfc Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/52914-quot-Smaller-quot-clubs-now-bigger-than-Coventry-City what a deluded cant.. my mate a cov fan was so angry monday night..he nailed his season ticket to the main gates in disgust ...but changed his mind tuesday morning, went back and somebody had pinched the nail.. I think that's a great thread. Since our demise there has been many clubs who have overtaken us in the public view if 'who's a bigger club'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-30814066 This is the real reason Cov have no fans. They've turned their back on football and are now committed egg chasers instead. Wasps will soon get crowds of less than 10,000.
Fox92 Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Don't you wish you were still at Highfield Road though? It was just a completely better ground. Why did you move, because of grounds like ourselves?
block15ccfc Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 Don't you wish you were still at Highfield Road though? It was just a completely better ground. Why did you move, because of grounds like ourselves? 100%. Don't get me wrong the Ricoh Arena has given the city of Coventry a lot since being opened 10 years ago, things like being an Olympic city, and hosting acts like Coldplay etc, but from a Coventry City point of view it has been a disaster. The stadium is superb when full, the return game was the best atmosphere I have witnessed at a match, even better than the last game at HR, but when the crowd is as low as it is, it is woeful. Not only that, the stadium is a ball ache to get to from the other side of the city, unlike Highfield Road!
davieG Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 The council built the new stadium and not just for football. The club agreed to move there if it were built as their income was restricted by the size of their stadium. The council were then able to develop the city centre infrastructure on the area of the old ground. On the surface the businesses concerned were on a win / win. Unfortunately for them the club saw a downturn of fortune, for whatever reason, and their misery has snowballed from there. It might be worth remembering Leicester council wanted our new stadium to be built in Beaumont Leys. We could have been in a similar situation, I doubt as bad as we have a larger city and fanbase but similar. I don't see how moving to the Ricoh would increase their income stream over Highfield Road as all the 'extras' like catering and exhibition/meeting rooms income went to the council
johnny the fox Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 I think that's a great thread. Since our demise there has been many clubs who have overtaken us in the public view if 'who's a bigger club'. Wasps will soon get crowds of less than 10,000. mate, we are and always have been a bigger club than cov..from the jimmy hill years up to relegation cov were playing above their station... now reality has returned... get used to it.
block15ccfc Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 mate, we are and always have been a bigger club than cov..from the jimmy hill years up to relegation cov were playing above their station... now reality has returned... get used to it. The Jimmy Hill years to relegation was a long time, not just a few seasons! Never understood what Leicester fans have to backup the fact they think they are a bigger club over history. Not worth arguing about as we'll never get back to the level you are currently at.
Finnaldo Posted 15 January 2015 Posted 15 January 2015 It was hilarious when they got relegated but since then the complete resignation of Cov fans is actually overwhelmingly awful, do they have absolutely no hope, surely they have to believe it will get better, even if that's 3-5 years in the future?
block15ccfc Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 We lost again, against bloody Gillingham, if anyone wants cheering up.
Leicesterpool Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 We lost again, against bloody Gillingham, if anyone wants cheering up. Well it's probably a difficult job for Pressley but I bet for your fans the biggest cheer you'll lot get is to see him gone.
block15ccfc Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 Well it's probably a difficult job for Pressley but I bet for your fans the biggest cheer you'll lot get is to see him gone. Yeah, unfortunately he has lost it. Sisu won't sack him, though, they are too stubborn and gave him a 4 year deal when we returned to the Ricoh.
johnny the fox Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 We lost again, against bloody Gillingham, if anyone wants cheering up. They have got no manager.. since Taylor got sacked, TBF it was a massive boost for them. Taylor makes Pressley look like Mourinho.
Corky Posted 17 January 2015 Posted 17 January 2015 We lost again, against bloody Gillingham, if anyone wants cheering up. Read somewhere that you've picked up 46 points from your last 46 matches. In the third division. Ouch.
The People's Hero Posted 19 January 2015 Posted 19 January 2015 They have got no manager.. since Taylor got sacked, TBF it was a massive boost for them. Taylor makes Pressley look like Mourinho. Christ knows who is going to want the Gills job really though. Not the loveliest of clubs but a shame to see their fall too. Only full time professional club within about 30 miles of here.
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