Hi,
first post. I read the forum quite a bit but don't go to games, as I watch Rugby on a Saturday.
I watch one of the junior teams listed below.
Copsewood
Dunlop
Standard
Cov Welsh
Cov Saracens
Coventrians
Old Coventrians
Stoke Old Boys
Old Wheatleyans
Pinley
Barker Butts
Broadstreet
Keresley
Trinity Guild
Coventry RFC
Cov University
Hopefully not missed anyone.
Coventry has always had a really strong grass roots Rugby playing community. It's great, go watch a match
on Saturdays, it's free, you get to know your team on a personal level. Have a drink while walking up and
down the touchline depending where the action is on the pitch.
Unfortunately as a city we have been so incompetent that we are deemed part of Worcesters catchment area for
youth development. Think for a minute, how very very wrong that is! If a young lad in Cov, is a good player he has to
go and pay for Worcesters acadamy side. When Wasps come then they will in due course (2016) be get Coventry
as their catchment area. I can't prove this but seems it will happen. We heard rumours about Wasps coming at our club three weeks ago!
With the Wasps coming I really fail to see how it can badly impact Coventry rugby. Everyone plays on a Saturday
and Wasps on a Sunday, there is no conflict in terms of taking supporters from the local game.
I will be happy to go and watch Wasps play on a Sunday as I am pretty sure many people associated with local rugby
will. I have no moral issues with this. Bad luck for Wasps fans down south but we are where we are. I may come
across as very callous, sorry about that, just speaking honestly.
To me the biggest issue is for CCFC. Under FFP rules, you can spend in accordance with your revenue and with
CCFC having failed to acquire the Ricoh, they seem to have hamstrung themselves in this respect. I have no
answers to this or any other issue really, I'm just one man, having a drink
