Always Believesham Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Sharing with the rugby not an option? Few thousand smaller but in Coventry at least. The Rugby Ground is 1,000 capacity too small for a member club. I wonder why they haven't thought about a temorary terrace, is Yoevil's temporary? It must meet the Sports Ground Act as it's used for Rugby. I pass it on the way into work every day now and the thought always crosses my mind. As a temoprary measure, it would be cheaper surely; cutting down the expense of travelling to a home game every other week for players/staff. But they would loose 5,000 of their support from last season if they could only scrape the minimum. I can only assume it is because they cant erect another (2nd) stand at the rugby ground Is this the first time we have been back since the infamous headbutting incident? It's also the first time since the infamouse £2million for Dave Cotterill incident following an TV showing... Can we keep Albert for long enough? Moved into the Ricoh the season after they were relegated from the Premier League, then got relegated again. Only ever filled it once for a cup tie with Chelsea. And Take That! ... apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westred1 Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 And Take That! ... apparently Don't forget Muse and The Enemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeRed Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Moved into the Ricoh the season after they were relegated from the Premier League, then got relegated again. Only ever filled it once for a cup tie with Chelsea. Falling attendances, less income, high rental on the stadium, stupid owners, stupid council, etc etc. Seems that anything that could go wrong for the club, did go wrong. Relegated from the PL in 2001......Ricoh opened in 2005 & Cov began the 2005-6 season there. They played in the second tier for 11 seasons before they were relegated again to L1. Originally Coventry were going to finance the stadium and own it but the relegation and financial problems meant that a company ACL was set up (ACL = Coventry council + the Higgs charity) to finance and own the ground with Cov paying rent. The problem was the rent of £1.2M pa was too high for what became a second tier club and further the deal meant that ACL received all the catering, car park, concerts events, etc revenue on top. It was never sustainable at that rent & that has effectively killed the club. Most of their fans now want the Football league to block the move to Northampton and refuse to transfer the golden share to Otium (the new owners) as they are a company set up by SISU (former owners) with the same directors. Fans want nothing to do with them and would rather start again in the non league with a fan ownership club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Just listened to Richard Keys discussing the situation on Talksport. The whole situation does sound shambolic, as he explained that Coventry and Northampton have home games scheduled for the same day on loads of occasions through the season, so the football league are going to have to rejig the fixture lists to accommodate this arrangement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2355211/Coventry-City-agree-groundshare-Northampton-Town-34-miles-away.html Looks like our first away game will have to change date,Friday or Sunday maybe but first away midweek isn't good ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 I thought a 12 mile journey for the Cuckoos to get to Trumpton was impressive - but 34? Is that a record? Narghhh.. that'll be Wimbledon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Narghhh.. that'll be Wimbledon. Brighton at Gillingham probably further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i hate rovers Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2355211/Coventry-City-agree-groundshare-Northampton-Town-34-miles-away.html Looks like our first away game will have to change date,Friday or Sunday maybe but first away midweek isn't good ! blokes in work have a mini bus booked for that....f...ing shite oh well back to the drawing board mk dons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Maybe the tag line should read Change of date for first away game,how can we change it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Looks like our game will be rescheduled then - Northampton are also due to play at home on the same day and they will have preference! tthey said their clashing games will be played on a sunday I think, if it goes ahead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 5, 2013 Report Share Posted July 5, 2013 Relegated from the PL in 2001......Ricoh opened in 2005 & Cov began the 2005-6 season there. They played in the second tier for 11 seasons before they were relegated again to L1. Originally Coventry were going to finance the stadium and own it but the relegation and financial problems meant that a company ACL was set up (ACL = Coventry council + the Higgs charity) to finance and own the ground with Cov paying rent. The problem was the rent of £1.2M pa was too high for what became a second tier club and further the deal meant that ACL received all the catering, car park, concerts events, etc revenue on top. It was never sustainable at that rent & that has effectively killed the club. Most of their fans now want the Football league to block the move to Northampton and refuse to transfer the golden share to Otium (the new owners) as they are a company set up by SISU (former owners) with the same directors. Fans want nothing to do with them and would rather start again in the non league with a fan ownership club. sounds like they were banking on a return to the prem to pay for it, A gamble that failed sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UREDS_91 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Confirmed on City website: http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/20130708-coventrymovehome-901989.aspx Off to Northampton we go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRed Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Looks like our game will be rescheduled then - Northampton are also due to play at home on the same day and they will have preference! i thought Leaguw rules stated if 2 clubs shared a ground, the team in the higher division had preference re clashing fixture dates ....i can see Northants fans loving that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityFarAndWide Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 What will the allocation been at Northampton? Any rough ideas? One of few grounds at my young age I have not been to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 What will the allocation been at Northampton? Any rough ideas? One of few grounds at my young age I have not been to. 'Away fans are located in the attractively named 'Paul Cox Panel & Paint South Stand' at one end of the pitch, where 800 supporters can be accommodated. If demand requires it, then an additional 300 seats can also be made available in the Alwyn Hargrave Stand.' In all honesty though, we will probably be able to take as many as we like as there won't be any 'home' fans there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timothy bird Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Why can't the fa grow some + stop things like this happening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityFarAndWide Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 True True!. Cheers for that, I suppose I should attempt to get myself one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foghornred Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Yes but what bothers me is that it will probably be a mid-week game-'Northampton on a Tuesday Night' I can hear it now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 It will be a small allocation so unlike a lovely jolly at the ricoh make sure you get your tickets early as I have a feeling we will out number the Cov fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalky Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I'd rather attend this fixture at 6fields than the Ricoh bowl even if it is a bit further away - maybe not if it's midweek though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Likely to be the Sunday according to Ali Durden on Twitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderup Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Just had a gander at their forum and they are trying to get signatures on this petition. Feel free to sign and share it. https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/uk-government-stop-the-owners-of-ccfc-moving-the-club-out-of-coventry# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 I feel sorry for the Groundsman, 50+ games on that turf next season!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red panda Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 Is this the first time we have been back since the infamous headbutting incident? I think that's right. While we had some good results at the Ricoh, that match at Northampton earned us three points, kick started our (promotion) season after a dodgy start, persuaded Wigan to pay silly money for Cotterill, and provided famous moments of slapstick (unfortunately at the other end from us). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swampy Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 "You have to feel for the Cov fans. Imagine City playing their home games at Exeter?!! Wouldn't even want to have that thought in my head." Exeter is close on 80 miles from Bristol - Northampton close on 30 miles from Coventry. Geography young man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted July 8, 2013 Report Share Posted July 8, 2013 It's more like us playing in Swindon or Cheltenham. I'm glad we're going there first. It will be strange to them and not really home advantage at all. Plus imagine going there in February when the pitch has had 60 games played on it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS34Red Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Fair play to them, the Ricoh was killing them. Moving there was the biggest mistake ever. Too many seats, No atmosphere, in the middle of no where and gained no money from it at all. Makes perfect business sense to move away for a few years and build a new purpose built stadium 100% owned by the football club. Similar to what Rotherham have done. Had they stayed at the Ricoh then they would always be wasting money on rent plus losing money from the lack of match day income plus non match day income so future success would always be limited. It could have got to the extreme that it sent them out of business eventually. No way could a professional football club survive on just gate receipts (which were ever decreasing) Good move for them I say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Fair play to them, the Ricoh was killing them. Moving there was the biggest mistake ever. Too many seats, No atmosphere, in the middle of no where and gained no money from it at all. Makes perfect business sense to move away for a few years and build a new purpose built stadium 100% owned by the football club. Similar to what Rotherham have done. Had they stayed at the Ricoh then they would always be wasting money on rent plus losing money from the lack of match day income plus non match day income so future success would always be limited. It could have got to the extreme that it sent them out of business eventually. No way could a professional football club survive on just gate receipts (which were ever decreasing) Good move for them I say. Not really, as the vast majority of their fans will not make the move with them. Too far and totally unnecessary My Coventry supporting mate is distraught. He says the club is dead to him now and will be until SISU have no part in the running of the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Wimbledon mk 2, this is the beginning of the end for coventry, but it was their own making the should of never got the council to fund the ground and should of never signed up to the rant agreement gambling on a return to the prem, Makes you thankful we have lansdown as an owner and not some hedgefund or chicken farmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftwingfullback Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 Hasn't the link been taken off the city website now? I saw on the news that they have to put £1,000,000 down as a despots it they return to Coventry, and they have to come out of admin before they can move to Northampton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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