Woodlands (8 Viewers)

[6 Generations]

Chaos. Not a clue where people would leave their unicorns

The unicorns could just hover over ‘Neverland’ under the supervision of Tinkerbell, Pegasus the flying Horse

And any other currently unemployed mythical creatures.

 

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[Magwitch]

Once a fortnight for a couple of hours wouldn't be an issue. There would obviously be paring schemes in place. I don't get what the problem is.

Where do you live ?

 

[Harryshipman1998]

Pretty easy to instruct some people to make enquiries when you have no serious intention of doing anything. A new ground has been mooted for 6 years including a consultative group to ask fans what colour the curtains should be and generic sketches to boot.

Stop the bullshit and either commit hard cash to a site or admit this isn’t a serious attempt.

The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.

 

[Houchens Head]

The unicorns could just hover over ‘Neverland’ under the supervision of Tinkerbell, Pegasus the flying Horse

And any other currently unemployed mythical creatures.

Don't bring Michael bloody Jackson into the mix! It's difficult enough as it is!

 

[Harryshipman1998]

Would make more sense for wasps to build a stadium and training academy at Woodlands and sell the Ricoh to SISU.

It really would crowd wise. What would SISU pay though, considering they are taking legal action that it was sold undervalued?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.

I agree. Everything they do is calculated. Sometimes the calculations don't factor in unknown variables, but even then you can see where they were going with their thought process. Busting ACL worked and but for Wasps jumping in it might well have bagged the stadium. This reeks of the same bullshit as before.

 

[Liquid Gold]

Where do you live ?

Why, do you want to come round?

I wouldn't mind an arena being built nearby if that's what you're trying to get at.

 

[hill83]

Imagine what it will be like on a theoretical champions league night?

I won’t believe it until Tim is belting out the champions league theme tune perched on top of lady Godiva in a slightly too small toga and heels.

 

[win9nut]

I agree. Can't quite imagine SISU having a feel for supporters' needs, mind you!

Where's Sandra Garlick when you need her!

 

[BigadamL]

ok, now for the council to say put a bid in for the land and provisionally accept and sign when the legal dispute is dropped.


sorry just slapped myself in the face for being o stupid that something so simple might happen

 

[sw88]

Players will love it; nando’s Is supposed to be going to fatty island soon!!

 

[Nick]

I won’t believe it until Tim is belting out the champions league theme tune perched on top of lady Godiva in a slightly too small toga and heels.

Pass the tissues

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

The Ricoh is bad enough to get to this is even worse, why would you want a football ground 4 to 5 miles from the city centre.

 

[sw88]

The Ricoh is bad enough to get to this is even worse, why would you want a football ground 4 to 5 miles from the city centre.

Surely it’s better than 40?

 

[quinn1971]

6 years gone and we’ve just gone round in a circle, possibly ground sharing again and looking at land for a new ground, never going to happen

 

[Captain Dart]

Woodlands school buildings are not listed either, where that bollocks has come from god only knows. It's being parroted by somebody on Twitter as fact regardless.

The List Search Results for Cv4 | Historic England

Here I've suprimposed the Ricoh (less jaguar hall /most of hotel / casino etc.) over part of woodlands site without even touching existing school buildings.

 

[ccfcway]

6 years gone and we’ve just gone round in a circle, possibly ground sharing again and looking at land for a new ground, never going to happen

about time some pics of the stadium were now shown

 

[ccfcway]

Here I've suprimposed the Ricoh (less jaguar hall /most of hotel / casino etc.) over part of woodlands site without even touching existing school buildings.
View attachment 11879

useful. just checking, is that to scale ?

No parking nerby and we would need to put restrictions on nearby parking and residential areas.

Train station is a positive for away fans. Simply cant see it happenin

 

[duffer]

Woodlands school buildings are not listed either, where that bollocks has come from god only knows. It's being parroted by somebody on Twitter as fact regardless.

The List Search Results for Cv4 | Historic England

They are listed FP, definitely. The architecture was unique to the period and is one of the last standing examples. Woodlands is a CV5 postcode btw.

What hasn't been noticed by anyone is that other than the buildings it's actually classed as green belt, or certainly was 15 years ago.

None of this is insurmountable, that's how Powerleague got built.

This isn't good for me personally, I live pretty much next door and I was just contemplating putting my house on the market. However I've always said I want the club to stay in the City and if this is the only way it happens then I guess I'll have to suck it up.

In truth though I suspect strongly that it's just more SISU BS - I guess we'll soon see.

 

[Captain Dart]

But surely the idea of a ccfc owned stadium is to secure income by having it in use more than just match days ?

I've said before, this is less about income than having a property asset.
Any project like this would be paid for by associated development too, whether that is by flipping Ryton for houses (obvs. seriously considered) or having shops/commercial/residential on the new site.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

I parked in a residential street and walked to the ground

So did I but it is a good walk. There is nothing really around the stadium itself. Not much infrastructure there at all in fact. Just one country road going past the stadium.

 

[ccfcway]

Not much infrastructure there at all in fact. Just one country road going past the stadium.

take me home, highfield road........

 

[ccfcway]

I've said before, this is less about income than having a property asset.
Any project like this would be paid for by associated development too, whether that is by flipping Ryton for houses (obvs. seriously considered) or having shops/commercial/residential on the new site.

where would that be on the woodlands site ?

 

[Captain Dart]

useful. just checking, is that to scale ?

No parking nerby and we would need to put restrictions on nearby parking and residential areas.

Train station is a positive for away fans. Simply cant see it happenin

I screen dumped both parts from google maps at same scale and copied one in a layer over the other.
Sorry didn't grab maps scale at same time, slight oversight. :angelic:

where would that be on the woodlands site ?

Search me?

 

[quinn1971]

about time some pics of the stadium were now shown

On the day we have to tell the football league where we’ll be playing it’s announced “ wer’e looking at woodlands “ it’s almost as if they’ve done it just to keep the EFL happy

 

[duffer]

Between Allesley green, Upper Eastern Green and Pickford Green?
That would almost certainly lead to a new road being built from opposite Masseys Social club to the A45.

That would be too easy, from what I've seen the plan for 6000 odd houses basically links the A45 to the new housing estate without any obvious improvements for through traffic.

That could change of course, especially if there was a new stadium too, but you'd have to improve or create a mile or two of brand new road. to link direct from the A45. Would be costly, I'd think.

 

[covmark]

take me home, highfield road........

That's poor. Although, at least we haven't had to put up with your tiresome 3 weeks "joke"

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[mark82]

Remember it well. We got moved to portacabins. One day, science teacher “mr hoy” saw someone through a window trying to steal a bike from the bike sheds. He opened the door and asked us to run after them. Cue 25 kids running towards a guy trying to cut a chain and steal a bike.

Imagine that these days

Haha, Mr Hoy. Used to have buttons ping off his shirt mid-lesson.

 

[ccfcway]

On the day we have to tell the football league where we’ll be playing it’s announced “ wer’e looking at woodlands “ it’s almost as if they’ve done it just to keep the EFL happy

maybe. Time for the council to say "go ahead, please pay a deposit of xxx for the land"

 

[ccfcway]

That's poor. Although, at least we haven't had to put up with your tiresome 3 weeks "joke"

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good post. Not sure the need for a dig, but oh well. Very grendul esque

 

[mark82]

The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.

Just to correct, the drawings looked awful.

 

[covmark]

good post.

Point out where I have moaned.

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[ccfcway]

Haha, Mr Hoy. Used to have buttons ping off his shirt mid-lesson.

I wonder if he is still about ?, he never did look in the peak of fitness

 

[covmark]

Point out where I have moaned.

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Good edit.

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[Super Graham Withey]

Building a ground at Woodlands? Utter rubbish. Something for the local press and this board to get excited about but anyone who believes that SISU will build a stadium anywhere is seriously deluded. Treating the supporters as fools-again.