Coventry

[Nick 0]

Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov!

It''s a real mess over there

[morty 0]

[quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov!

It''s a real mess over there[/quote]They have been in decline for some time now, an early catalyst seemed to be buying a flashy new stadium, and never filling it.

[TIL 1010 4,952]

Coventry have been in a mess for years and Robins leaving must put their ex managers in double figures in recent times.

[nutty nigel 7,746]

Not many of us old boys will have much sympathy with Coventry Nick.  They shafted us in ''85. With a big helping hand from our next opponents!

 

[Bill 1,788]

I think it was more our next opponents who did the shafting, as if I remember right they played against Coventry on Sunday and lost 4-0.

 

They had already won the title and were playing a European game on the Weds.

 

In modern parlance they simply didn''t turn up

 

so blantant that it led to a change in the rules

 

 

[ricardo 7,618]

[quote user="City1st"]

I think it was more our next opponents who did the shafting, as if I remember right they played against Coventry on Sunday and lost 4-0.

 

They had already won the title and were playing a European game on the Weds.

 

In modern parlance they simply didn''t turn up

 

so blantant that it led to a change in the rules

 

 

[/quote]4-1 to be pedantic

[stoke canary 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

Not many of us old boys will have much sympathy with Coventry Nick.  They shafted us in ''85. With a big helping hand from our next opponents!

 

[/quote]    Went to this game and sat with the Everton fans,the fans sitting next to me appologised for the teams display.Also went to the Stoke v Coventry game which Stoke just needed a point for us to stay up and they missed a penalty late in the game!!!!  Pherhaps it was my fault we went down that season,having said that i did see them win at Wembley.............

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,920]

[quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov! It''s a real mess over there[/quote]

it''s not as big a mess as it was when Robins took over?, thery were just outside the bottom 4 then and he''s left them a couple of points outside the playoffs, so ge''s clearly instilled so mething in the team for the new man to move on with?

now Portsmouth............that IS a mess!

[dpit 1]

Painful memories. Our season ended and I kind of assumed that we were safe as there was no way Coventry were going to win that number of games. Then the growing horror as they won each game, topped off with bloody Everton playing their last game in their Bermudas.

God we''ve been relegated in some pretty traumatic circumstances (even by relegation standards) - Fulham.....and what was that game we lost at home and about 3 other sides won to bring about the only possible relegation scenario for us?

[nutty nigel 7,746]

That was Leicester and Jim Melrose Dippity!

 

Apparently Stuart Pearce, who was playing for Coventry at the time, said the Everton players were showing signs of their title celebration night the night before!

 

 

[dpit 1]

That''s the one. My brain has done a good job of dulling the memory but am I right in saying that they scored at the death? I remember the River End being fully of tranny wielding men (no not blokes holding on to other blokes in women''s clothes) and the collective disbelief as the nightmare scenario unfurled (what were the other matches that did for us?)

[crabbycanary 2]

Pete - please delete this thread asap!

I am having flashbacks! Leicester as Nutty said, Jim Melrose, lost 3-2 at home. I stood with a Watford fan, and that  is the only time I have cried at a City game (apart from Wembley 85). Coventry, I was washing my car and had the radio on. Fulham, sat at home with a Leeds fan, who politely  kept very quiet, as I ranted on. Leeds away, I was at a mates wedding, a glorious occasion, that I sulked through out the evening!

Let''s start a thread about promotions/cup wins, quickly!

[nutty nigel 7,746]

Leicester fielded a lot of youngsters and they went 2-0 up before we got back. Fash scored the equaliser. Then they got the winner with about 10 mins to go. A draw was no good though. We had to win. And Leicester still finished below us. I was next to a tranny in the riverend that day dippity. Was it you[:^)]

 

 

[dpit 1]

Might have been. But my bloody lucky green and yellow skimpy knickers had no effect whatsoever. Might have dig them out again for the Everton match.

[shefcanary 2,622]

As for Coventry same for Florist - have you guys seen this:

 

Nottingham Forest sack academy director Nick Marshall, reports BBC Radio Nottingham.

The Championship club are also understood to have parted company with finance director John Pelling, media and communications manager Fraser Nicholson and operations manager Brandon Furse. Last month chief executive Mark Arthur, head of recruitment Keith Burt and club ambassador Frank Clark also left.

Forest have made no comment yet about the latest departures.

 

Christ - get a rich benefactor and all hell breaks loose.  Interesting to see next moves there as well. 

[stoke canary 0]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

Leicester fielded a lot of youngsters and they went 2-0 up before we got back. Fash scored the equaliser. Then they got the winner with about 10 mins to go. A draw was no good though. We had to win. And Leicester still finished below us. I was next to a tranny in the riverend that day dippity. Was it you[:^)]

 

 

[/quote]   Was Tony Powell on the pitch ????

[ncfcstar 303]

[quote user="morty"][quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov!

It''s a real mess over there[/quote]They have been in decline for some time now, an early catalyst seemed to be buying a flashy new stadium, and never filling it.[/quote]Ah but is the land leased for a peppercorn rent?

[nutty nigel 7,746]

Now now Stoke[:)]

 

That reminds me of a conversation between a City fan and a binner on the old Rivals site at the time of the centenary. This binner posted "Tony Powell''s been found living as a woman in America " To which the Norwich fan replied "And Alan Brazil''s been found living as an ugly fat tw@t in my radio"

 

Probably one of my favourite ever exchanges[:)]

 

 

[Tangible Fixed Assets anyone? 0]

[quote user="ncfcstar"][quote user="morty"][quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov! It''s a real mess over there[/quote]

They have been in decline for some time now, an early catalyst seemed to be buying a flashy new stadium, and never filling it.
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Ah but is the land leased for a peppercorn rent?
[/quote]

Coventry rent their ground.

Just as a side point that complex also has exhibition facilities and a casino. 

[ncfcstar 303]

[quote user="Tangible Fixed Assets anyone"]

[quote user="ncfcstar"][quote user="morty"][quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov! It''s a real mess over there[/quote]They have been in decline for some time now, an early catalyst seemed to be buying a flashy new stadium, and never filling it.[/quote]Ah but is the land leased for a peppercorn rent?[/quote]

Coventry rent their ground.

Just as a side point that complex also has exhibition facilities and a casino. 

[/quote]I know.

[TIL 1010 4,952]

As they say ncfcstar....some fell on stoney ground or whoooooooooosh. [;)]

[stoke canary 0]

Reported on Midlands news tonight that Coventry not paid rent for 12 months and that they only want to play at the Ricoh for the next 3 seasons has they are going to build a new ground !!! Be lucky to be still playing in 3yrs how they are going!!!

[ellis206 0]

Sympathy for the fans that do go but as a whole I don''t have much sympathy for the club, the fans stopped turning up when they were needed the most, their lack of support is a good benefactor of why they are where they are now

[Bill 1,788]

"rich benefactor"  ?

 

I think it is the word benefactor that misleads, as our impoverished neighbours may soon come to realise.

 

I saw soon, as most still regard Evans as some kind of ''hinvestor'' who os just biding his time before he launches his strike upon the automatic promotion places.

 

Unfortunately I cannot be visualise the horse Boxer fron animal farm when it see that poor old donkey on the binners badge. Both poor old Boxer and the poor old binners seem to heading for the same fate.

 

As to Forest we can only wait to see who the new manager will be - the current chap has been there a few days so it can''t be long now.

 

 

[Zak Van Burger 0]

[quote user="ncfcstar"][quote user="morty"][quote user="Nick"]Bad news from Coventry with the Robins situation. Seems he''s been offered 3x the amount he had at Cov!

It''s a real mess over there[/quote]They have been in decline for some time now, an early catalyst seemed to be buying a flashy new stadium, and never filling it.[/quote]Ah but is the land leased for a peppercorn rent?[/quote]No the rent for the Ricoh is approx £110,000 pcm circa £1.2m pa which compared to the average annual cost of a football club to rent their stadium of £178,000 is a bit on the high side. Swansea are on a peppercorn rent, so little in fact that by the time the loss making management company have taken their cut there hasn''t been a penny left to pay the Landlord ie Swansea Council since they moved in.  Some very good offers for businesses wanting to start-up in Wales at the moment, a friend of mine recently relocated his business from Worcester area across the border got a large up front payment and years rent and rate free off the council on the grounds he employed local Welsh people.Absolved from all the overheads of having to provide and staff a stadium in which to play is it any wonder Swansea have flourished recently?

[lappinitup 629]

[quote user="Zak Burger"]No the rent for the Ricoh is approx £110,000 pcm circa £1.2m pa which compared to the average annual cost of a football club to rent their stadium of £178,000 is a bit on the high side.[/quote]Bit of an understatement there Zak. [:)]Coventry City Council have recently loaned ACL (the company who own the stadium) £14m to bail them out. ACL is jointly owned by the Higgs Charity and wait for it, Coventry City Council. Late last year, ACL offered to reduce their rent to £400,000pa but demanded the £1.2m rent arrears be paid in full. Coventry City Football club (owned by hedge fund managers SISU) rejected it.  A report from todays Coventry Telegraph says......"RENT deal talks between Ricoh Arena stadium bosses and Coventry City

Football Club owners Sisu have "collapsed", the Telegraph can reveal.

A statement issued by Arena Coventry Limited today also alleges the

Sky Blues have told Ricoh bosses they intend to build a new stadium.

The ACL statement says: "Make no mistake, now is the time for Sisu to pay up or sell up and get out of Coventry."

Stirring stuff.....unless you''re a Coventry supporter. I wonder how the people of  Coventry who have no interest in football will be feeling when their Council tax bills land on their doorstep.

Perhaps the people who want to see Norwich City taken over by a "rich benefactor" and moved to a new and bigger stadium will see what a disaster this could become. Better the devil you know.

[Bill 1,788]

But Mr Laps this is all baloney as anyone will know.

 

Stadium construction and running cost nothing - albeit you have to have some well thought out plan whereby the stadium is used to grow peppercorns whilst the games are played at a nearby airport and the local uni can teach students at a lnearny showground whilst they fund their studies by running a park and ride scheme from the City Hall to the university campus, where live games are relayed to fans in who can watch in the student halls as the sudents are busy cultivating the peppercorns and driving buses, or something .................

 

I''m amazed no club has taken this up as it would save them a fortune, reduce the council tax and fund the students all at no cost - in fact from what we have been told they''ll all be in profit !

 

 

[lappinitup 629]

An interesting read for those who still think we need a new stadium......

 

http://talkingbaws.com/2012/09/24/from-highfield-to-lowfield-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-coventry-city/

[morty 0]

[quote user="lappinitup"]

An interesting read for those who still think we need a new stadium......

 

http://talkingbaws.com/2012/09/24/from-highfield-to-lowfield-where-did-it-all-go-wrong-for-coventry-city/

[/quote]Interesting read. In hindsight you can see where the mistakes were made.