Coventry United (1 Viewer)

[covboy1987]

Never really considered this as an option but a few of us are starting to think that way as the way it is going they will be overtaking us in a few years -

 

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[hill83]

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Never really considered this as an option but a few of us are starting to think that way as the way it is going they will be overtaking us in a few years -

But they wear Red what a shit colour

 

[Covcraig@bury]

And there called United !!! fuck that we are a City and we play in Sky Blue..

 

[Generally Midfield]

Might be totally wrong but someone told me that the Cov Utd owners started out by buying out another club, renamed it Cov Utd and relocated it to Cov. Anyone know if that's true?

 

[Sick Boy]

Never really considered this as an option but a few of us are starting to think that way as the way it is going they will be overtaking us in a few years -

You'd be better off switching to Leicester.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Never really considered this as an option but a few of us are starting to think that way as the way it is going they will be overtaking us in a few years -

You would have to change your username to covunitedboy and drop the 1987 bit

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[Pipehitterz]

Might be totally wrong but someone told me that the Cov Utd owners started out by buying out another club, renamed it Cov Utd and relocated it to Cov. Anyone know if that's true?

westwood heath colts was the team they bought

 

[Calista]

Hill, although we are adrift in an open boat on this ocean of despair, you sometimes make me laugh out loud. It’s like one of the wreck survivors has salvaged a cassette player and is playing the Benny Hill music. Thanks for cheering me up.

 

[Nick]

Hill, although we are adrift in an open boat on this ocean of despair, you sometimes make me laugh out loud. It’s like one of the wreck survivors has salvaged a cassette player and is playing the Benny Hill music. Thanks for cheering me up.

I reckon he should be in charge of the scoreboard at games doing a commentary of the games via Gif.

 

[Generally Midfield]

westwood heath colts was the team they bought

Thanks!

Nick - you need to change the name of the thread!

 

[Gazolba]

I for one thinks its great that we have a couple of non-league clubs (Cov Sphinx and Cov United).
No-one is saying you have to support them over CCFC but if they reached the final of the FA Vase and got to Wembley, wouldn't you cheer them on?

But they wear Red what a shit colour

They play in a red and green strip, which are Coventry's civic colours.

 

[lifeskyblue]

They play in a red and green strip, which are Coventry's civic colours.[/QUOTE]

I've always hoped we would have red and green away strip for that reason


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[dutchman]

AFC Wimbledon started out in much the same way and look where they are now.

 

[Hadji10]

How you can hammer Sisu but support Cov United is beyond me.

Support Sphinx or Copsewood if anything.

 

[Gazolba]

How you can hammer Sisu but support Cov United is beyond me.

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What do Coventry United have in common with SISU? Nothing! SISU are a hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands. Coventry United are a local club formed by Coventry supporters and the home of Coventry Ladies team.

 

[Hadji10]

What do Coventry United have in common with SISU? Nothing! SISU are a hedge fund based in the Cayman Islands. Coventry United are a local club formed by Coventry supporters and the home of Coventry Ladies team.

They could have used their money to fund other local clubs, but they wanted the publicity of a new club off the back of us going to Northampton.

 

[wingy]

I thought they took over Cpv Spartans

 

[skybluetony176]

but they wanted the publicity of a new club off the back of us going to Northampton.

So you're saying it's SISU's fault then

 

[Generally Midfield]

AFC Wimbledon started out in much the same way and look where they are now.

think the point is Utd and AFC Wimbledon are actually very different approaches. AFC Wimbledon started from scratch and is fan led and fan owned. Cov Utd didn't start from scratch - they bought out another team and renamed it - and are owned by four businessmen rather than fan led and owned. Not saying either is right or wrong but they are 2 different approaches.

 

[Generally Midfield]

I thought they took over Cpv Spartans

Someone else has told me Spartans too but someone else on here said Westwood Heath colts.

 

[Covboy84]

It was cov Spartans, I played for them when they got took over carried on for one season

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[Covboy84]

They played at Westwood heath sports centre that might be where they got Westwood from

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[jimmyhillsfanclub]

It was cov Spartans, I played for them when they got took over carried on for one season

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Just out of curiosity, did you leave due to a change of culture within the club?
Did they throw money at it & replace you with "better" or, as I'm guessing you were born in 84, was it about time to hang up yer boots anyhow?

 

[Covboy84]

I actually left due to at the time they had 2 teams and dropped a lot to the 2nd team when they came in and never actually promoting any of the reserves no matter how they played at the time, it seems things have changed. We ended up paying £5 a game when the first team never paid a thing, and they were actually getting paid. I ended up going to play for cov amateurs who were named cov sporting before hand.

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[Covboy84]

Just the sheer distance they made the first team keep away from the 2nd team did it for me. Just didn't feel like 1 club but 2.

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[Generally Midfield]

Thanks Covboy84 for explaining all this. I didn't understand the background at all but it now seems clear CU are Spartans and it's definitely not a fan led/owned club started from scratch.

 

[Covboy84]

No they had the initial set up there, they just came in and took it on and basically in my view paid players to leave their current clubs to play for them

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[M&B Stand]

Thornton & Mackey paid £200+ a game. Someone's bankrolling that.

 

[Covboy84]

I heard one of the players was on £300 a game last season but can't say for sure how true that was as I know some players that were playing regularly and getting a lot of praise were only getting £20 a game still not bad for a hobby as not professional

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