Bob Latchford
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on a match day ? or even during the week ??
Anyone miss walking past here (7 Viewers)
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clint van damme
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oh yeah.
Bob Latchford
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And inside
Brylowes
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That's the last game isn't it.And inside
Sky Blue Pete
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Championship
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Premier league. Top 6 .
Brylowes
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Would SISU have still been a factor ? Because I think a lot would depend on that.
Alan Dugdales Moustache
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Anyone remember how depressing the thackhall street stand looked from the outside before the replacement roof went on and prior to the "infill" just after we won the F.A. Cup. ? I haven't got a picture but if anyone has ......
NortonSkyBlue
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I never used to go up Swan lane but went up king richard street and I swear the moment I saw the coventry city football club sign I felt excited, I would look to see if we were on tv, then see if it was match of the day or star soccer.
I would walk around the back of the west stand and go around to the turnstiles on thackhall street and go in there.
God I used to love that place, my best memories full stop
I would walk around the back of the west stand and go around to the turnstiles on thackhall street and go in there.
God I used to love that place, my best memories full stop
fernandopartridge
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It really looked fantastic that day. You don't seem to get that brightness and vibrancy in the Ricoh and the less said about the pitch the better.And inside
NortonSkyBlue
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Hers the thing I can't fathom, on its last day HR looked the very best it ever did. Full of soul, ghosts and echoes of our past
Skybluefaz
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As a kid, whenever I drove past the place with my dad I'd get massively giddy. It was this mecca hidden away in amongst the tarraced housing.
Bob Latchford
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Inside again . damn I miss H/ROAD.
Speng
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I'm in there , proper atmosphereInside again . damn I miss H/ROAD.
Cov kid 55
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I'm still suffering acute denial. I'll never get over it.
Liquid Gold
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One of the best days of my life that final game.
Cov kid 55
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I was on Cornwall on holiday, the wife and I drove up for the day. Bitter sweet, great result, but tinged with sadness. Quite a lot of optimism, I don't think we realised what we were losing. All I could think about was walking up to Highfield Road from Radford in the 60's, proud of being a Cov kid, and proud of my club. A bit of me died when we left Highfield Road, hope that's not being too dramatic, but it was a massive part of me.
SkyBlueSoul
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I used to love it when we drove along the A444 adjacent to Swan Lane and you could see it poking over the houses, I'd get excited even on non-match days! Sometimes my dad would do a detour and drive along Thackall Street as a treat. It just had this aura about it, tucked away in the heart of the city, that the Ricoh will never match sadly
no_loyalty
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Premier league and we would have already done a Leicester way before them
Brylowes
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It was packed, the sun was shining and everyone was wearing their colours.:emoji_innocent:
no_loyalty
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I do miss going to the stoke-ex club before games with the old man.
Real shame that he no longer wants to come to matches
Real shame that he no longer wants to come to matches
Kingokings204
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Great memories thanks Bob.
I remember going in with 5 minutes left when they opened the gates to let people out. Me and my dad went in instead to watch.
I remember going in with 5 minutes left when they opened the gates to let people out. Me and my dad went in instead to watch.
Bob Latchford
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I'm liking that for your stoke ex memories , not your dad no longer going .
Otis
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Nope. Don't miss it at all, not for a single second.
I am and always have been though a 'move on' kind of guy.
Same with everything. I had a job for 20 years and they then closed the place down and we all got made redundant.
People were walking around in a daze, shocked and some in floods of tears. I just shook a few hands, got in my car and looked towards a new adventure. Didn't miss any of it.
Have never missed HR at all. I constantly changed seats and stands and stood on the Kop and then the West End.
The ground was constantly changing, the main stand and then the Kop and then the west stand and then the M&B stand. Went from standing to all seating in open, to roofes being added. It was constantly changing and evolving.
Had it stayed exactly the same for say 25-30 years I might have felt more affinity with it, but I am the type who just accepts stuff, doesn't look back and moves along.
I like the Ricoh a lot, but if we were to leave there and go somewhere else I don't think I would particularly miss it at all.
HR for the most part was just as soulless as the Ricoh. Some of the views were very poor and we didn't exactly pull up any trees there for many, many years.
Again, if I had been part of the Sky Blue Revolution then maybe I would have felt a bit different, but my first experience of Highfield Road was 3 relegation battle seasons in the late 60's.
I drive past now and don't feel anything at all and just see it as houses with no nostalgic feel at all.
Guess it must just be me.
I am and always have been though a 'move on' kind of guy.
Same with everything. I had a job for 20 years and they then closed the place down and we all got made redundant.
People were walking around in a daze, shocked and some in floods of tears. I just shook a few hands, got in my car and looked towards a new adventure. Didn't miss any of it.
Have never missed HR at all. I constantly changed seats and stands and stood on the Kop and then the West End.
The ground was constantly changing, the main stand and then the Kop and then the west stand and then the M&B stand. Went from standing to all seating in open, to roofes being added. It was constantly changing and evolving.
Had it stayed exactly the same for say 25-30 years I might have felt more affinity with it, but I am the type who just accepts stuff, doesn't look back and moves along.
I like the Ricoh a lot, but if we were to leave there and go somewhere else I don't think I would particularly miss it at all.
HR for the most part was just as soulless as the Ricoh. Some of the views were very poor and we didn't exactly pull up any trees there for many, many years.
Again, if I had been part of the Sky Blue Revolution then maybe I would have felt a bit different, but my first experience of Highfield Road was 3 relegation battle seasons in the late 60's.
I drive past now and don't feel anything at all and just see it as houses with no nostalgic feel at all.
Guess it must just be me.
Skyblue_LDN
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Indeed, was in cov for a few days over Christmas, my brothers a flat at the wimpy new builds, nearly cried when I saw that giant green coventry plumbing and heating supplies place, loved highfield road
Cov kid 55
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I'm a 'move on' kind of guy, if it's moving on to something better- and whereas the Ricoh might be brighter and smarter, I think it's a prime example of a modern, soulless football stadium. I guess I am lucky in that I did go to Highfield Road for the cup run in '63, and the division 3/2 championship seasons, and games like the championship decider against Wolves in '67 had a profound affect on a young kid. I do appreciate, however, that it's easy to see things from the past through rose coloured spectacles. But as I said in an earlier thread, I'll never get over leaving Highfield Road.
ohitsaidwalker king power
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Check pulse..
Otis
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Yeah, can understand why people miss it, just not me.
As we were on a downturn before we left the place that is what sticks with me the most.
Had we left the place at the top of our game and on the back of recent success I might well have felt differently.
Irish Sky Blue
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A real sea of sky blue.Inside again . damn I miss H/ROAD.
scottccfc
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Ccfc should try to instigate something like this for wembley
Skyblueweeman
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One of my only regrets in life was going and getting hammered at a Kasabian gig in Brighton the night before and therefore not setting my alarm to catch the train to Coventry for this match.
My mum went instead of me to her first ever match. Not a bad one to go and see for her.
For me...constant regret :-(
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The Reverend Skyblue
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Why have people stopped wearing the colour skyblue.
Go to the Ricoh and it's just a sea of grey. Everyone should wear skyblue for the final at least. I always wear something skyblue when I go to games but it has died out
Go to the Ricoh and it's just a sea of grey. Everyone should wear skyblue for the final at least. I always wear something skyblue when I go to games but it has died out