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Wed 15th Jun 2016 9:28pm
Coventry City ground share at Butts Park Arena looks "remote" according to site leaseholder - Telegraph report |
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Midland Red
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Wed 20th Jul 2016 9:44pm
With the impending appointment of Sam Allardyce as England manager ![]() ![]() |
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JohnnieWalker
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Thu 21st Jul 2016 6:53am
Interesting, MR!!
Makes you wonder what Jimmy Hill might have done for the national team! ![]() True Blue Coventry Kid
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Midland Red
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Fri 5th Aug 2016 2:42pm
Saddened today to read this - hope this good man gets his life back in order soon ![]() |
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Derrickarthur
Coventry |
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Sun 18th Sep 2016 1:00pm
I live near the Ricoh Arena and as such have a virtual parking permit. The system is however more complicated than it originally was or needs to be. Prior to the Oldham game on Saturday I noticed quite a few "Traffic Warden" type people photographing cars parked in Arbury Ave, Lythalls Lane & Windmill Road (obviously without permits)
I wonder how many of the prosecutions that will result from this operation are against migrants whose first language is not English?
When the parking permit scheme was first introduced I thought it only came into force if attendances exceeded 15,000 (which would require a Rock Concert or Religious Jamboree)
I have just noticed on the website that "the aims are to make sure there are no parking problems on major event days, where more than 10,000 people are expected at the Arena" but it also states "Please be aware that only residents that live within one of the 7 parking zones, and their visitors, are allowed to park within the parking zones on match and event days. These vehicles will need a virtual permit to show they are allowed to park there"
Have they "Moved the goalposts" so to speak on the rules or have I got it all wrong again???
There were only 8,813 at Saturday's game and street parking didn't seem an issue and probably won't be until the Sky Blues have some success. |
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MisterD-Di
Sutton Coldfield |
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Sun 18th Sep 2016 1:12pm
It would appear that the council routinely ignore the requirement that there should be 10000 attending for the parking regulations to apply. Gates under 10000 are commonplace now, and the 'Tinpot Trophy' game against West Ham's juniors only attracted 2000. The council nominate 'event days' and post them on the road signs, but my experience is that no consideration has ever been given to whether they are actually expecting 10000 or not. |
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dutchman
Spon End |
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Sun 18th Sep 2016 2:42pm
The city council ignoring its own requirements, surely not?
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Midland Red
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 12:10pm
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AD
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 12:33pm
That's OK - with the Telegraph allegations it looks like SISU will have a raft of choices to pick from who are as dodgy as they are!
Saddened to see TM go, but it's clear it wasn't working - the team are just too young and inexperienced to compete and with no emergency transfer window we're pretty much stuck like this until Jan at best, by which point it may well be too late and the owners will refuse to sanction further investment as they believe we may be relegated anyway and it would be a waste of resources.
Ho hum! |
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MisterD-Di
Sutton Coldfield |
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 12:51pm
I listened to Tony Mowbray on the radio after last night's game. It was obvious he was going. He sounded a beaten man and was referring to the club as 'they', not 'we'. He seems to be saying that the club haven't given him any chance of getting promotion, and it can be no surprise that he has walked, knowing how the owners are killing the club. The rumours have been around for a few days that he would go if we didn't beat Wimbledon and so it proved. Worryingly, there are also rumours that he will be replaced with Steve Evans. ![]() ![]() |
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Allesley Park |
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 1:05pm
I have a feeling TM, and a few of the managers before him, would love to say more about the situation but can't due to legal restrictions. I find it amazing that the club missed out on so many targets in the summer. Althoguh they keep banging on about resources/FFP etc. we still get pretty good crowds for this league even with the huge drop off due to poor form this season, NOPM etc so really in terms of finance this club SHOULD be at the very least competitive with most of the others.
If TM has forfeited any pay-off to resign then that is to his credit - we've had plenty of managers hang on until they're sacked just to secure a pay-off in the past. |
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MisterD-Di
Sutton Coldfield |
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 1:23pm
I really do hope Mowbray does blow the whistle on what is going on at the club. He isn't taking a pay-off so we can only hope. There were a few clues in his interview last night where he had a swipe at the owners for not hanging on to anyone half-decent. It is also not surprising that we missed our targets. What player would join this basket-case of a club if they had any other offer on the table?
Sadly, we saw this coming and decided not to 'invest' in going to matches this season. If anyone had told me even 3-4 years ago that would happen, I would have laughed at them. ![]() |
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Thu 29th Sep 2016 8:34pm
I genuinely fear the worst now. All that's left is the name now ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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GregNorth
Watford |
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Mon 3rd Oct 2016 4:56pm
Still no news of a manager. Very interesting though, to look back at the thread which is now some five years old. I have always said that Sisu's only interest in the club has been gaining the Ricoh and the Academy facilities on the cheap, having forced them into administration. I don't believe that anything has changed. I do fear that the MP's involvement could assist them in their task. If they achieve that and significantly increase the asset on the spreadsheet, then you can be sure that they will then sell. That's the limit of their ambition, money not the team.
The club's eleventh hour response seems to imply that only they matter, the Academy facilities need to break even like any business and they were perfectly sensible to seek another tenant. The club only has itself to blame. The club is not the victim it likes to believe it is.
Do they really believe that they will ever have any integrity within the city?
For the sake of our city, let's hope we don't sell our principles down the drain. I suspect that by taking the council to the highest courts open to them, they intend to make the taxpayer suffer too.
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Midland Red
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Thu 13th Oct 2016 10:18am
Meanwhile, back to better times - Tommy Hutchison signs in 1972 ![]() |
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