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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2019 21:24:55 GMT
you got a feel for their supporters - the stadium built for them but again they have to go elsewhere. Sisu sound like a bunch of arseholes but you also wonder if Wasps are helping as much as they could. I think they been stung don’t you?🐝 |
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Post by aghast on Apr 11, 2019 22:08:42 GMT
Makes you think we would give our right testicle for a ground like that and thanks to awkward owners they cant make it work! I'd give my right testicle for their old Highfield Road stadium, never mind the Ricoh. Makes you wonder what they were thinking of when they sold a ground like that to property developers and moved into a new one as tenants. Someone was enjoying holidays in the Caribbean after that deal. /slides/coventry-city_highfield-road_03-04_010.JPG) |
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Post by Gasshole on Apr 12, 2019 4:15:17 GMT
Makes you think we would give our right testicle for a ground like that and thanks to awkward owners they cant make it work! I'd give my right testicle for their old Highfield Road stadium, never mind the Ricoh. Makes you wonder what they were thinking of when they sold a ground like that to property developers and moved into a new one as tenants. Someone was enjoying holidays in the Caribbean after that deal. Tidy aye |
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Post by socrates on Apr 12, 2019 6:48:22 GMT
Makes you think we would give our right testicle for a ground like that and thanks to awkward owners they cant make it work! I'd give my right testicle for their old Highfield Road stadium, never mind the Ricoh. Makes you wonder what they were thinking of when they sold a ground like that to property developers and moved into a new one as tenants. Someone was enjoying holidays in the Caribbean after that deal. Yeah I prefer highfield road to the Ricoh , more character, proper looking football ground and surely big enough for a club of Coventry’s size and potential. Strange how things have gone for them, felling sorry for their supporters. |
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Post by Thatslife on Apr 12, 2019 7:34:03 GMT
Sounds like another team we know, sold our ground and stayed on as tennants.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Apr 12, 2019 7:36:56 GMT
Sounds like another team we know, sold our ground and stayed on as tennants. And people complain when we didn't do it twice. |
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Post by chewbacca on Apr 12, 2019 8:25:51 GMT
Almost certainly end up at Northampton again.
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Post by gashead1981 on Apr 12, 2019 8:43:17 GMT
Sounds like another team we know, sold our ground and stayed on as tennants. And people complain when we didn't do it twice. Main difference is though that we would have owned the stadium, just not the land it was built on, but it had a 150 year initial lease on it with a renegotiation clause after 5 years for longer...not exactly the same as Eastville or the Ricoh situation. Highfield Road was a great old stadium and full of character and could have easily been redeveloped. CCFC has been mismanaged ever since it was relegated from the PL. |
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Post by Gas-Ed on Apr 12, 2019 8:45:09 GMT
A shocking situation for a good football club. Football is for the fans. Without fans, football is nothing. I’m guessing they will be back in Northampton next year. I hope they survive this.
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Apr 12, 2019 9:20:38 GMT
And people complain when we didn't do it twice. Main difference is though that we would have owned the stadium, just not the land it was built on, but it had a 150 year initial lease on it with a renegotiation clause after 5 years for longer...not exactly the same as Eastville or the Ricoh situation. Highfield Road was a great old stadium and full of character and could have easily been redeveloped. CCFC has been mismanaged ever since it was relegated from the PL. We wouldn't have had control of matchday revenue (from what I can tell) which is basically the problem Cov had. |
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Post by chewbacca on Apr 12, 2019 9:41:45 GMT
A shocking situation for a good football club. Football is for the fans. Without fans, football is nothing. I’m guessing they will be back in Northampton next year. I hope they survive this. Another failing by the Football League's "fit and proper person" test, absolutely mad that a Hedge Fund can buy a football club. |
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Post by Marshy on Apr 12, 2019 10:44:11 GMT
A shocking situation for a good football club. Football is for the fans. Without fans, football is nothing. I’m guessing they will be back in Northampton next year. I hope they survive this. Another failing by the Football League's "fit and proper person" test, absolutely mad that a Hedge Fund can buy a football club. What happened with Lansdown then, is he a fit and proper person? I thought that he was a tax dodging goat fiddler! |
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Post by axegas on Apr 12, 2019 10:49:53 GMT
A shocking situation for a good football club. Football is for the fans. Without fans, football is nothing. I’m guessing they will be back in Northampton next year. I hope they survive this. And yet will be another club to build a nice new stadium after their exile to Northampton. I almost sort of wish our owners get a similar kick up the arse to actually do something because at this rate we will still be at the Mem in 10 years time. |
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Post by Gas-Ed on Apr 12, 2019 10:57:06 GMT
A shocking situation for a good football club. Football is for the fans. Without fans, football is nothing. I’m guessing they will be back in Northampton next year. I hope they survive this. And yet will be another club to build a nice new stadium after their exile to Northampton. I almost sort of wish our owners get a similar kick up the arse to actually do something because at this rate we will still be at the Mem in 10 years time. It is quite sad when you go to lots of away games as I do and find yourself sitting in a stadium that rovers could only dream of having. Our home is embarrassing, even against the so-called smaller clubs in this division and league 2. |
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Post by chewbacca on Apr 12, 2019 11:01:24 GMT
Another failing by the Football League's "fit and proper person" test, absolutely mad that a Hedge Fund can buy a football club. What happened with Lansdown then, is he a fit and proper person? I thought that he was a tax dodging goat fiddler! Well, Bolton might be taken over by Laurence Bassini who's already had a 3 year ban from football... |
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Post by axegas on Apr 12, 2019 11:02:49 GMT
And yet will be another club to build a nice new stadium after their exile to Northampton. I almost sort of wish our owners get a similar kick up the arse to actually do something because at this rate we will still be at the Mem in 10 years time. It is quite sad when you go to lots of away games as I do and find yourself sitting in a stadium that rovers could only dream of having. Our home is embarrassing, even against the so-called smaller clubs in this division and league 2. I went to Stevenage away a couple of years ago and thought that it was a stadium far superior to the Mem and they've managed to build another stand since then. I appreciate things take time to get off the ground, especially in a city like Bristol, but it's beginning to get more frustrating year on year to see clubs leave stadiums that are in all honesty probably better than the Mem and move to new grounds with great facilities for supporters. |
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Post by chewbacca on Apr 12, 2019 11:26:11 GMT
It is quite sad when you go to lots of away games as I do and find yourself sitting in a stadium that rovers could only dream of having. Our home is embarrassing, even against the so-called smaller clubs in this division and league 2. I went to Stevenage away a couple of years ago and thought that it was a stadium far superior to the Mem and they've managed to build another stand since then. I appreciate things take time to get off the ground, especially in a city like Bristol, but it's beginning to get more frustrating year on year to see clubs leave stadiums that are in all honesty probably better than the Mem and move to new grounds with great facilities for supporters. Ah well, soon we'll have twenty years of the South Stand. Some incredible memories in front of the iconic tent... What's your favourite?
*Life of Riley starts playing on loop*
- Mark Walters' free kick vs Luton Town, November 1999 - Dwayne Plumber's winning penalty vs Everton, September 2000 - Wayne Carlise's safety confirming freekick vs Darlington, April 2003 - Rickie Lambert's volley vs Bristol City, February 2007 - Craig Disley's winning penalty vs Fulham, January 2008 - Matty Taylor's goal vs Forest Green, May 2015 - Billy Bodin's goal vs Dagenham & Redbridge, May 2016 - Chris Lines' goal vs Cardiff, August 2016
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Post by Gas-Ed on Apr 12, 2019 11:42:02 GMT
I went to Stevenage away a couple of years ago and thought that it was a stadium far superior to the Mem and they've managed to build another stand since then. I appreciate things take time to get off the ground, especially in a city like Bristol, but it's beginning to get more frustrating year on year to see clubs leave stadiums that are in all honesty probably better than the Mem and move to new grounds with great facilities for supporters. Ah well, soon we'll have twenty years of the South Stand. Some incredible memories in front of the iconic tent... What's your favourite?
*Life of Riley starts playing on loop*
- Mark Walters' free kick vs Luton Town, November 1999 - Dwayne Plumber's winning penalty vs Everton, September 2000 - Wayne Carlise's safety confirming freekick vs Darlington, April 2003 - Rickie Lambert's volley vs Bristol City, February 2007 - Craig Disley's winning penalty vs Fulham, January 2008 - Matty Taylor's goal vs Forest Green, May 2015 - Billy Bodin's goal vs Dagenham & Redbridge, May 2016 - Chris Lines' goal vs Cardiff, August 2016
Mines probably the fat Leeds fan who tried to celebrate on the pitch when Leeds scored but got about two yards from the front of the stand, slipped and was arrested. |
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Post by Hugo the Elder on Apr 12, 2019 11:49:22 GMT
Mine was when the gutter fell off and the day the PA stopped working.
Happy times.
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Post by chewbacca on Apr 12, 2019 11:54:14 GMT
Ah well, soon we'll have twenty years of the South Stand. Some incredible memories in front of the iconic tent... What's your favourite?
*Life of Riley starts playing on loop*
- Mark Walters' free kick vs Luton Town, November 1999 - Dwayne Plumber's winning penalty vs Everton, September 2000 - Wayne Carlise's safety confirming freekick vs Darlington, April 2003 - Rickie Lambert's volley vs Bristol City, February 2007 - Craig Disley's winning penalty vs Fulham, January 2008 - Matty Taylor's goal vs Forest Green, May 2015 - Billy Bodin's goal vs Dagenham & Redbridge, May 2016 - Chris Lines' goal vs Cardiff, August 2016
Mines probably the fat Leeds fan who tried to celebrate on the pitch when Leeds scored but got about two yards from the front of the stand, slipped and was arrested. *Life of Riley plays on a loop* |
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