Charity match update (17 Viewers)

[deanocity3]

hucks, whelan, paul hall, dietmar, ian Goodwin, Peter Hormantscuk, claus Jorgensen, terry Gibson, Benno, Benno trying to get more '87 lads.
Kirk stephens is managing cov old boys
More ex CCFC players names to add to those revealed and hinted at above will be unveiled in the days before kick off, including we hope (some might call) ‘ three wise men’, all renowned internationals and all combative and passionate player-managers of their era(who ever they are) I'm going for Stuart pearce and Dennie wise plus one other so we'll have to wait and see. We hope to have enticed them to the celebrations but have not yet confirmed.

 

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[SonOfSnoz]

the highest attendance for a charity/testimonial match at HR/Ricoh is around 25,000 for Dave Busst.
we had a testimonial for Curtis/kearns in 60's but don't think it was that high.

H Rd only had a capacity of 23k back then. But it was a sell out! Cantona's last match.

 

[deanocity3]

H Rd only had a capacity of 23k back then. But it was a sell out! Cantona's last match.

with gazza and les ferdinand

 

[LastGarrison]

hucks, whelan, paul hall, dietmar, ian Goodwin, Peter Hormantscuk, claus Jorgensen, terry Gibson, Benno, Benno trying to get more '87 lads.
Kirk stephens is managing cov old boys
More ex CCFC players names to add to those revealed and hinted at above will be unveiled in the days before kick off, including we hope (some might call) ‘ three wise men’, all renowned internationals and all combative and passionate player-managers of their era(who ever they are) I'm going for Stuart pearce and Dennie wise plus one other so we'll have to wait and see. We hope to have enticed them to the celebrations but have not yet confirmed.

Quinny said on Talksport yesterday that he hadn't been invited. Any reason why?

 

[ant20coventry]

Hedman, shaw, Konjic, Breen, hall, carsley, whealen, hadji, huckerby, Dublin, keane, ...... Now that whould be a brilliant charity team lol

 

[deanocity3]

Quinny said on Talksport yesterday that he hadn't been invited. Any reason why?

doesn't need an invite, I'll have a word with him.
i'm on the case

 

[SkyBlueBlood]

H Rd only had a capacity of 23k back then. But it was a sell out! Cantona's last match.

The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:

25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005

25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967

23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997

15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974

13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966

11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953

10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69

 

[deanocity3]

The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:

25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005

25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967

23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997

15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974

13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966

11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953

10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69

wow thanks for that, i'm on hol, so couldn't check it out

 

[deanocity3]

The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:

25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005

25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967

23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997

15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974

13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966

11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953

10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69

funny when you see ,oggy,bugsy,lloyd and gynn had testimonials any wonder what there's were

 

[ajsccfc]

I wonder how many that Busst game would have drawn if capacity wasn't an issue.

 

[theferret]

The top Coventry City testimonial crowds are:

25,075 Richard Shaw v Celtic 11.4.2005

25,040 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Liverpool 9.5.1967

23,326 Dave Busst v Man United 16.5.1997

15,193 Bill Glazier v England 66 team 26.11.1974

13,576 George Curtis/Mick Kearns v Northampton 10.5.1966

11,143 George Mason v All Star Managers XI 30.4.1953

10,242 Brian Hill v Derby County 28.4.69

I'm pretty sure Micky Gynn had more at his than the 10242 for Brian Hill, but perhaps it just fell short.

 

[deanocity3]

I wonder how many that Busst game would have drawn if capacity wasn't an issue.

yes that was all ticket and was sold out days before the match and no pay on the gate, I remember queuing down swan lane for mine

 

[skybluesam66]

micky gynn

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http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Thank...EY+GYNN+TESTIMONIAL:+Stars+and...-a0132705272

 

[ajsccfc]

Cantona's last game as a professional footballer too. Gazza and Ferdinand in Cov colours, Schmeichel desperately diving as far away from Busst's penalty as he could, what a day.

 

[deanocity3]

I'm pretty sure Micky Gynn had more at his than the 10242 for Brian Hill, but perhaps it just fell short.

was gynn's the last match at HR?

 

[deanocity3]

Cantona's last game as a professional footballer too. Gazza and Ferdinand in Cov colours, Schmeichel desperately diving as far away from Busst's penalty as he could, what a day.

at the end oggy was up front with speedie

 

[Joy Division]

Cantona's last game as a professional footballer too. Gazza and Ferdinand in Cov colours, Schmeichel desperately diving as far away from Busst's penalty as he could, what a day.

Also, remember Oggy came on as a substitute to play up front. That was hilarious

Edit: Dammit, too slow

 

[ajsccfc]

I always thought it was classy on Man Utd's part to send their proper first team out too, they could have just chucked the reserves and a few names out if they felt like it.

 

[deanocity3]

Also, remember Oggy came on as a substitute to play up front. That was hilarious

Edit: Dammit, too slow

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/E...lFilters=&productType=IncludedProducts&page=1
not sure if it works

 

[Joy Division]

I always thought it was classy on Man Utd's part to send their proper first team out too, they could have just chucked the reserves and a few names out if they felt like it.

I think the fact that most of those players who turned out for the friendly were actually there playing for Man Utd when the Busst incident happened. Think many were quite affected and wanted to pay some kind of tribute to him, which was nice.

 

[ajsccfc]

Telegraph have got Paul Hall listed. When he was still a current player at Walsall he turned out for our Masters team when they had it at the Skydome. Scored a mazy dribble that would have had Ricky Villa purring.

 

[covcity4life]

fuk sake gutted im missing this

dublin and huckerby = my best memories of cov

 

[skybluetony176]

fuk sake gutted im missing this

dublin and huckerby = my best memories of cov

snap

 

[covcity4life]

darn the stupid 2pm kick off, should have been 3pm, goes against everything football stands for to kick off at 2 lol

 

[deanocity3]

now we have
bobby gould, Marcus hall, dietmar, terry fleming, ian Goodwin, claus, peter hormanschuk, hucks, noel ,paul hall, benno, terry gibson

 

[deanocity3]

i'm back in cov on sat, hoping to video it.

 

[skybluelee]

Any idea on ticket sales numbers?

 

[Spionkop]

Hope the stadium is bursting. Bought 5 tickets online & now hope the Post Office don't foul up & get them here on time.

 

[ccfc_Tom]

Is something happening before kick off as says doors open 12.30 and kick off at 2?

 

[deanocity3]

3,000 at the mo

 

[ccfcmustang]

Is there any update on whether you can pay on the gate?

 

[Sterling Archer]

3,000 at the mo

I'm a little bit disappointed in this, was hoping we'd at least be up to about 5,000 by now. Hoping for a good walk up crowd Deano?

 

[ajsccfc]

From post #11:

just been announced you can pay on the gate, due to the high numbers expected.

 

[ccfcrob]

I wonder if Tim sherwood will make his debut lol

 

[skybluelee]

I'm a little bit disappointed in this, was hoping we'd at least be up to about 5,000 by now. Hoping for a good walk up crowd Deano?

Well, its still double the amount of fans that will be at Sixfields, but I agree, was hoping for much more than this by now.