The end of nopm? (12 Viewers)
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letsallsingtogether
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No we are not the only sell out they will get is when wolves come and fill the ground 7000 wolves fans 500 City and they will call that a home game another day we will never live down when the away following was bigger then the home team and against the fuckin Wolves GRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
covhead1
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Flying Fokker
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Tiresome in your analysis. The £5 entry fee helped more than anything. It was another opportunity missed for SISU. The 'plastic' fans have as much right to go to games as we do. Better plastic CCFC rather than Manu or Arsenal.
It will be interesting to see how many plastic fans go up to big games this season. Let's start with 6500 alienated season ticket holders. Full ground already.
skybluepete1987
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I think it's inevitable that if we do begin to climb the table and look like playoff contenders that more will go to Sixfields. However when you look at the form Clarke, Moussa and Daniels are in, regardless of what the club say there will be other League One clubs coming in for them. Even if Sisu reject bids I'm pretty sure all of our players would push for a move, especially considering the way Pressley has treated players who aren't in his plans. Of course we know that Fisher will then justify sales because of NOPM.
So the question is whether the squad will get stronger or weaker over the course of the season, personally I think it will be weaker and our form will blip up and down, midtable mediocrity might be confirmed by the end of January - then crowds will really tail off.
So the question is whether the squad will get stronger or weaker over the course of the season, personally I think it will be weaker and our form will blip up and down, midtable mediocrity might be confirmed by the end of January - then crowds will really tail off.
Ian Coventry
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If the nopm brigade refuse to support the sky blues I think over a long period of time the fanbase will change and they will have more supporters from the outerlying warwickshire districts maybe even northamton/daventry/milton keynes areas .
Forget about the politics "PUSB"
Forget about the politics "PUSB"
Nick
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If it was about a fiver then where were they against burton? Every home jpt game was a fiver
Mr T - Sukka!
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Well well well. History lesson to blow your made up lies out of the water. You really should know what you are on about when making shit up! So to say we have never been well supported ignores all our previous fans and citizens of Coventry who made a tremendous effort to support our club. Average corwds of 20k at division 3, not well supported ever? You are talking out of your arse!
The Booming Thirties
It was not until the arrival of manager Harry Storer in 1931 that fortunes improved and the 1930's were a golden period for the Bantams, as the club was nicknamed.
Despite City being substantially in the red, Storer developed a side which scored 100 goals in four seasons out of five, with the club's greatest ever goalscorer Clarrie Bourton netting 49 goals in 1932 and 40 the following season.
In 1936, they won promotion back to Division Two with average crowds of almost 20,000. The three seasons prior to World War II saw the club come close to promotion to Division One. In 1938 they missed it by one point, and many observers believed that but for the war City would have achieved that target.
The Sky Blue Era
The 1960's was a boom time in Coventry, with car factories keeping pace with the consumer revolution in the nation at large.
It was the arrival of Jimmy Hill as manager in 1961 that sparked the revolution at the club. A new sky blue kit was unveiled, the nickname was changed to the Sky Blues, trains were laid on for fans to travel to away games and pre-match entertainment became commonplace.
Most importantly, on the pitch the team delivered. In 1963, after a feverish FA Cup run, City lost out in the quarter-finals to Manchester United, but the following season were champions of Division 3, boasting average crowds of 26,000.
The Highfield Road stadium was substantially rebuilt in the 1960's with three new stands erected in four years. Hill, with the backing of Chairman Derrick Robins, was the Pied Piper and after three exciting seasons in Division 2 he steered the club to the promised land in 1967.
In that promotion season, 1966-67, the team went 25 games unbeaten, and the campaign reached an exhilarating finale in what was dubbed the 'midlands match of the century', when nearest rivals Wolves were beaten 3-1 in front of a record 51,455 Highfield Road crowd to clinch the Division 2 championship.
On the eve of their baptism in the top flight Jimmy Hill announced that he was leaving the club to pursue a career in television, a blow which many people - inside and outside Coventry - thought would sound the death knell for the club's ambitions.
Read more at http://www.ccfc.co.uk/club/history/#qkBLJJUWKLIwJ5C8.99
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chiefdave
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theoretically next season we could be in the championship and NTFC in non league. while i'm sure NTFC have a solid core fan base there would sure to be more casual fans who would start to attend CCFC. the longer the stay in Northampton the more locals are likely to start going. If we're successful while NTFC aren't it has to have some impact.
shmmeee
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Theoretically, we could be in the Prem while at Sixfields, that would be interesting, if for no other reason than to see how big Fishers stadium plans would be and how we'd fund a Prem team on 7k attendances.
simple_simon
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But even if Fisher was to build a new stadium it would not suit the Premier due to size, doubt very much if the the potential venue would be big enough for championship
skybluericoh
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Could do a Newcastle who hated Mike Ashley, and he's still there! They get a glimpse of success, continue to see players coming in, and all is forgotten? Just a thought
Yes thats true because since SISU really got their feet under the table the signings have been exciting enough to keeps us all turning up regardless of the results.
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ccfcway
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there is not ONE thing that SISU have done since taking us over which even HINTS at the fact we could be in thr premier league in 20 years, never mind 2 years.
whats our best league finish under then ?
simple_simon
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We will ever have a stadium to play in Prem or championship, the new one that will never get built is aimed at Div 1