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higgs

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Fair play to Birmingham city and their supporters for welcoming us to their ground to avoid us being kicked out of the football league. We might be on the ropes as a football but we are not knocked out yet. Hopefully Mark Robins can keep us progressing on the pitch and that we can get our badge up in st Andrews and try make it feel as much like home as possible under these circumstances pusb

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higgs

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rob9872

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Tbh the Ricoh never feels like home. Perhaps we should build a new ground near Solihull and share permanently with them...... tin hat ready :)
 
letsallsingtogether

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pusbccfc said:
Birmingham City are the real club of Birmingham. Working class Birmingham residents unlike the Villa fans who are from Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Stratford and Stafford.

Always been a similar sized club to us as well.
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Villa always been the bigger club by at least 10,000 also the oldest Birmingham club!
 
letsallsingtogether

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rob9872 said:
Tbh the Ricoh never feels like home. Perhaps we should build a new ground near Solihull and share permanently with them...... tin hat ready :)
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Will that new ground ever feel like home?
Sorry but to most of us oldies have felt soulless since we left Highfield Rd I'm sure a lot of youngsters feel that way about the Ricoh.
 
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Cov kid 55

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Voice_of_Reason said:
I am a Highfield Road oldie since 1952 and simply hate the Ricoh. Hope we never go back to the soulless concrete joint !
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I do feel the same way - still in denial about Highfield Road! I would like to start over again, but it may be that playing at the Ricoh is the only viable long term solution.
 
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Bristol sky blue

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Voice_of_Reason said:
I am a Highfield Road oldie since 1952 and simply hate the Ricoh. Hope we never go back to the soulless concrete joint !
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Though I am not as 'senior' as you (!), I completely agree.
The Ricoh is a completely soulless bowl; will never be 'home' in my eyes.
I am re-locating to Devon in the summer: I will go to more games at St Andrews than I would have at the Ricoh.
I feel very sorry for CCFC fans in Coventry, but as someone who lives outside the city, I will go to more games in Brum.
 
Otis

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Well, said it before, but I love the Ricoh and if it is soulless then so too was HR, which was like a library so very often and all I remember was people moaning about the lack of atmosphere there.

I also don't know why people think that if we did get a new stadium that, that wouldn't be just another concrete bowl too
 
ccfcway

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Otis said:
Well, said it before, but I love the Ricoh and if it is soulless then so too was HR, which was like a library so very often and all I remember was people moaning about the lack of atmosphere there.

I also don't know why people think that if we did get a new stadium that, that wouldn't be just another concrete bowl too
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Well for a start, it doesn’t need to be as big as the Ricoh
 
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theferret

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Otis said:
Well, said it before, but I love the Ricoh and if it is soulless then so too was HR, which was like a library so very often and all I remember was people moaning about the lack of atmosphere there.

I also don't know why people think that if we did get a new stadium that, that wouldn't be just another concrete bowl too
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The two cannot be compared really. HR had far more character and charm which I guess is true of most old stadiums. A lot of this was to do with proximity to the pitch, because at the Ricoh the fans are much further from the pitch than they need to be. It was a template stadium and very little thought went into its design. It's notable that some of the more recent stadium developments have made a point reducing the distance from stands to the pitch to the minimum allowed.

It's interesting how fans of other clubs are scathing about the Ricoh but often talk fondly of HR. Yes, on occasion the atmosphere wasn't great there either, but that's true of any ground. In general it was a lot better. I've also heard ex pros say how they didn't like playing at HR. Ian Wright spoke of that game where he was targeted and describes it as one of the most hostile nights in his career, something that will never be said of the Ricoh. Hate the place.
 
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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JulianDarbyFTW said:
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Seeing Jimmy Hill has got me thinking, who owns the J.H statue ?

We should start a pertoin to get it moved into the city centre , Broadgate maybe .

Nottingham have a statue of Brian Clough in the city centre, so why not us.
 
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The Great Eastern

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Seeing Jimmy Hill has got me thinking, who owns the J.H statue ?

We should start a pertoin to get it moved into the city centre , Broadgate maybe .

Nottingham have a statue of Brian Clough in the city centre, so why not us.
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Because that would require the permission of our old friends, Coventry City Council. Do you sense a stumbling block being constructed already ?
 
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Bristol sky blue

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Otis said:
Well, said it before, but I love the Ricoh and if it is soulless then so too was HR, which was like a library so very often and all I remember was people moaning about the lack of atmosphere there.

I also don't know why people think that if we did get a new stadium that, that wouldn't be just another concrete bowl too
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I know what you mean Otis, I haven't got rose-tinted specs (the lack of legroom at Highfield Road was awful in the West Terrace for example).

However, I used to love walking from the station and drinking at pubs progressively closer to the ground.
For me, the matchday experience is not just about the ground itself.

I can remember several occasions when the atmosphere at HR was electric, but also many when it was like a morgue.

I suppose my point is that I wouldn't mind a smaller capacity ground (say 20k max.) but closer to city centre with various pubs close by. Obviously not going to happen with our current owners though...
 
letsallsingtogether

letsallsingtogether

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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Seeing Jimmy Hill has got me thinking, who owns the J.H statue ?

We should start a pertoin to get it moved into the city centre , Broadgate maybe .

Nottingham have a statue of Brian Clough in the city centre, so why not us.
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Just put it on wheels then we can move it like a caravan every time we move grounds.
 
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MalcSB

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Bristol sky blue said:
I know what you mean Otis, I haven't got rose-tinted specs (the lack of legroom at Highfield Road was awful in the West Terrace for example).

However, I used to love walking from the station and drinking at pubs progressively closer to the ground.
For me, the matchday experience is not just about the ground itself.

I can remember several occasions when the atmosphere at HR was electric, but also many when it was like a morgue.

I suppose my point is that I wouldn't mind a smaller capacity ground (say 20k max.) but closer to city centre with various pubs close by. Obviously not going to happen with our current owners though...
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Or the current council.
 
Gazolba

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Otis said:
Well, said it before, but I love the Ricoh and if it is soulless then so too was HR, which was like a library so very often and all I remember was people moaning about the lack of atmosphere there.

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No atmosphere at Highfield Road?
I guess you must have missed the Jimmy Hill years.
 
ccfc1234

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rob9872 said:
Tbh the Ricoh never feels like home. Perhaps we should build a new ground near Solihull and share permanently with them...... tin hat ready :)
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They and us need our own identity we should not share a stadium. I.appreciate what they are doing for us however.
 
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