Samo
Well-Known Member
For what it's worth. It made me feel better to write it anyway!
I would say this though; one letter is easy to ignore, thousands are less so.
Dear Cllr Jayne Innes and Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP,
I am a lifelong supporter of Coventry City Football Club and a member of the Labour Party. I am writing to you to implore you to intervene in the current situation regarding CCFC in any way possible to help avert the seemingly inevitable demise of a much loved community asset; our football club.
I will not bore you by going over well trodden ground in what has been a long and bitter saga from which nobody involved has emerged with any credit. But I would ask you to consider that SISU will not be the owners of CCFC forever but the damage sustained by the club at this time may well be long lasting if not terminal. I fully understand that Coventry City Council's attitude to SISU may not be the warmest and I am no fan of our current owners myself. However, CCFC need help and they need it now. I would implore everyone who has any involvement or influence in these matters to see the bigger picture; SISU are not the club and with the right help and support the club can still be here long after SISU have departed.
I am starting to hear rumblings of Coventry becoming a 'City of Rugby' and this saddens me greatly. I have nothing against the sport of Rugby of course but football has always been the sport of ordinary working people and as members of the Labour Party with our socialist roots, shouldn't we all be doing everything in our power to ensure the survival and prosperity of the football club that bears our city's name?
I understand that this involves business matters into which you cannot and should not interfere and I do not ask for that. I am asking that you do everything within your power and influence to ensure that there is a favourable outcome for our football club and that it's Academy's future can be assured along with a stable and financially viable home for the club, whether that be at a new stadium or at the Ricoh Arena. I believe that there was a commitment made by Coventry City Council that the sale of ACL to Wasps would not be approved unless certain tests were satisfied. One of those tests was; 'the security and future of Coventry City Football Club'. All I am asking is that this commitment should be fully, actively and robustly pursued.
Please do not underestimate the passion CCFC supporters have for their club and the pain and anger that we have experienced in recent years. Not every supporter turns up week in week out, especially when things are not going well but I can assure you that this club has a special place in the hearts of tens of thousands of Coventrians. The club needs your help and we need your help, so please... persuade, cajole, mediate, facilitate and do anything your position will allow to help us secure the future of our beloved football club before it is too late.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
I would say this though; one letter is easy to ignore, thousands are less so.
Dear Cllr Jayne Innes and Mr Geoffrey Robinson MP,
I am a lifelong supporter of Coventry City Football Club and a member of the Labour Party. I am writing to you to implore you to intervene in the current situation regarding CCFC in any way possible to help avert the seemingly inevitable demise of a much loved community asset; our football club.
I will not bore you by going over well trodden ground in what has been a long and bitter saga from which nobody involved has emerged with any credit. But I would ask you to consider that SISU will not be the owners of CCFC forever but the damage sustained by the club at this time may well be long lasting if not terminal. I fully understand that Coventry City Council's attitude to SISU may not be the warmest and I am no fan of our current owners myself. However, CCFC need help and they need it now. I would implore everyone who has any involvement or influence in these matters to see the bigger picture; SISU are not the club and with the right help and support the club can still be here long after SISU have departed.
I am starting to hear rumblings of Coventry becoming a 'City of Rugby' and this saddens me greatly. I have nothing against the sport of Rugby of course but football has always been the sport of ordinary working people and as members of the Labour Party with our socialist roots, shouldn't we all be doing everything in our power to ensure the survival and prosperity of the football club that bears our city's name?
I understand that this involves business matters into which you cannot and should not interfere and I do not ask for that. I am asking that you do everything within your power and influence to ensure that there is a favourable outcome for our football club and that it's Academy's future can be assured along with a stable and financially viable home for the club, whether that be at a new stadium or at the Ricoh Arena. I believe that there was a commitment made by Coventry City Council that the sale of ACL to Wasps would not be approved unless certain tests were satisfied. One of those tests was; 'the security and future of Coventry City Football Club'. All I am asking is that this commitment should be fully, actively and robustly pursued.
Please do not underestimate the passion CCFC supporters have for their club and the pain and anger that we have experienced in recent years. Not every supporter turns up week in week out, especially when things are not going well but I can assure you that this club has a special place in the hearts of tens of thousands of Coventrians. The club needs your help and we need your help, so please... persuade, cajole, mediate, facilitate and do anything your position will allow to help us secure the future of our beloved football club before it is too late.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
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