Blog post about CCFC from a Luton fan (11 Viewers)

[Grendel]

Rochdale have had 2 relegations in the last 55 years. So what does it show Grendel?

That shows that being a Rochdale fan is a truly miserable experience and you should be glad you don't support them as they have never been outside the bottom two divisions. That is in contrast to our club who over half a century have had far better times than not.

 

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[Astute]

Do a league table of number of relegations in the last 60 years and that will show you why this is.

And how many promotions did they get in this time?

We have had nothing to celebrate other than escaping relegation several times for nearly 30 years. I take a lot of stick for being a Coventry City supporter. But there is one thing for sure. I am still proud to be a Coventry City supporter.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

And how many promotions did they get in this time?

We have had nothing to celebrate other than escaping relegation several times for nearly 30 years. I take a lot of stick for being a Coventry City supporter. But there is one thing for sure. I am still proud to be a Coventry City supporter.

Same. It's my club and would never support another club. However, finishing closer to the bottom than top every year I do question why I'm spending my money for very little return.

 

[covcity4life]

grendel you must be thick if you dont understand the thread, or just a troll(and thats coming from me!)

also should add imo a promotion completley erases a relegation, if we get back up to championship then the relegation under thorn will not effect me in anyway from then onwards, no pain whatsoever

the general buzz around ccfc right now is proof that fans have missed out on a team capable of finishing top 6. im just glad i am finnaly getting to see it! and i am 33 so not a young un!

 

[skybluetony176]

grendel you must be thick if you dont understand the thread, or just a troll(and thats coming from me!)

also should add imo a promotion completley erases a relegation, if we get back up to championship then the relegation under thorn will not effect me in anyway from then onwards, no pain whatsoever

the general buzz around ccfc right now is proof that fans have missed out on a team capable of finishing top 6. im just glad i am finnaly getting to see it! and i am 33 so not a young un!

Not a young un! You're still shitting green at 33

 

[covcity4life]

ahaha lol .

 

[Sick Boy]

Personally I feel immense pride that a relatively small club like ccfc rose through the divisions and held our own in the top flight for so long. If others prefer to be negative about it then it is their choice. I loved out time in the top flight and wouldn't change it for anything.

I would much rather have our history than most of the other clubs in the FL. I don't see the appeal in trading it for years spent battling it out in the lower leagues and finishing 6th and crashing out of the play offs.

I still think there will be a lot of disappointment on this forum if we make the play offa this year and it slowly dawns on some that they don't equate promotion.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

That shows that being a Rochdale fan is a truly miserable experience and you should be glad you don't support them as they have never been outside the bottom two divisions. That is in contrast to our club who over half a century have had far better times than not.

But for Rochdale, realistically, League 2 is there Championship and League 1 the Premier League. They have very little hope of the Championship and no realistic chance of the Premier League.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Personally I feel immense pride that a relatively small club like ccfc rose through the divisions and held our own in the top flight for so long. If others prefer to be negative about it then it is their choice. I loved out time in the top flight and wouldn't change it for anything.

I would much rather have our history than most of the other clubs in the FL. I don't see the appeal in trading it for years spent battling it out in the lower leagues and finishing 6th and crashing out of the play offs.

I still think there will be a lot of disappointment on this forum if we make the play offa this year and it slowly dawns on some that they don't equate promotion.

I agree Sick Boy. However, when you drop down the divisions you expect to be competitive. We haven't. In the last 15 years (no we were Premier League shut up comments) we are the only team to not have a 'good' season out of 91 other clubs. It's embarrassing, I was even reading the Leicester board a while back and even they can't believe anyone still turns up.

 

[Grendel]

I agree Sick Boy. However, when you drop down the divisions you expect to be competitive. We haven't. In the last 15 years (no we were Premier League shut up comments) we are the only team to not have a 'good' season out of 91 other clubs. It's embarrassing, I was even reading the Leicester board a while back and even they can't believe anyone still turns up.

Sorry but if we'd stayed a top flight team abd avoided relegation by one point every season Id rather have that than the "excitement" of winning league one.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Why do you keep talking about 1st division when I or no one else mentioned it in our last posts? For the last 15 years we have been in the Championship and League 1 like I said in my last post

 

[skybluesam66]

my old man followed us all the way from division 3 and back down again
despite the top flight, it is the glory days of the old 3rd and 2nd division that he talks about so fondly

 

[Grendel]

Why do you keep talking about 1st division when I or no one else mentioned it in our last posts? For the last 15 years we have been in the Championship and League 1 like I said in my last post

The point is if we had done so we'd still be worse than Rochdale and Morecombe to name but two

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Sorry but if we'd stayed a top flight team abd avoided relegation by one point every season Id rather have that than the "excitement" of winning league one.

But we didn't avoid religion in fact we had another one.
We haven't seen a team with fighting spirit up until now.
So now we need the excitement of winning the league to get back were we belong.
PUSB

 

[Sick Boy]

But we didn't avoid religion in fact we had another one.
We haven't seen a team with fighting spirit up until now.
So now we need the excitement of winning the league to get back were we belong.
PUSB

We certainly had some fight in us to overturn 2 points deductions.

 

[Astute]

The point is if we had done so we'd still be worse than Rochdale and Morecombe to name but two

How about naming a decent sized football club for once. Even though all the smaller clubs have had something to get excited about years since we last did.

Oh I forgot there isn't one.

 

[Huckerby]

I couldn't give a shit about the underlying arguments regarding this....but never the less, it is quite simply a stunning fact......statistically freakish even.....bizarre.


The odds on "achieving" such a feat must be huge.


EDIT: Anyone on here remember a rather scathing & bitchy article written in the national press while we were still in the top flight......IIRC it was entitled "What is the point of Coventry city".......I think it was published after our last day escape at WHL in 1997


....at the time it made my blood boil, but close on 20 years later, I wish I could find it & read it again.

Might find this interesting
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTB...ord+in+your+stocking:+Taking+a...-a0111225284

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[Sick Boy]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to the last 15 years rather than complaining about being in the too flight?

 

[st john]

assuming all things being equal (and i know they are not)
but assuming that 1 in every 4 years a team finishes in the top6

44 years of not doing that (based on a 24 team division) odds are 314270/1

And statistically the longer it goes on, the more likely we will finish in the top 6 (obviously). I'm going for this season.
I remember Jimmy Greaves smirking on TV (obviously before 1987) about what is the difference between the pope and Coventry city, the pope's been to Wembley. That joke was often re-quoted, but 1987 killed it stone dead.
Everything ends if you wait long enough.

 

[Astute]

Wouldn't it be more accurate to refer to the last 15 years rather than complaining about being in the too flight?

How could not having a top 6 finish be more accurate when you leave out lots of years?

Are you a politician? They love massaging the figures.

 

[chiefdave]

Whatever the view people take of our long stay in the top division you can't argue that we've had nothing to cheer about since. As STP's post shows every other team has had success one way or another since then. Its not really asking to much to have a decent season occasionally.

 

[Gazolba]

No top 6 finish but we have had our moments. Sometimes we focus too much on league position. Success is fleeting and soon forgotten. So long as we play decent, entertaining football, have one or two players who can show glimpses of greatness and occasionally beat clubs we are not expected to beat, we'll soldier on and hope and pray the good times are just around the corner.

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Since relegation from the Premier League:

12 times lost more games than we've won

3 times won more games than we've lost

How do you increase attendances? Winning more games than you lose, most of the time. How do you lose support? Losing more games than you win year on year.

 

[stupot07]

Since relegation from the Premier League:

12 times lost more games than we've won

3 times won more games than we've lost

How do you increase attendances? Winning more games than you lose, most of the time. How do you lose support? Losing more games than you win year on year.

And how do you consistently win more games than you lose year on year when you're consistently one of the financially poorest clubs in the league.


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[ccfc92]

And how do you consistently win more games than you lose year on year when you're consistently one of the financially poorest clubs in the league.


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You move the club 35 miles away.




Sorry, couldn't resist

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Might find this interesting
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/FOOTB...ord+in+your+stocking:+Taking+a...-a0111225284

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Ha Ha....great....

...glad to see he got my letter

 

[Sick Boy]

How could not having a top 6 finish be more accurate when you leave out lots of years?

Are you a politician? They love massaging the figures.

No but some love complaining about nothing. I'm immensely proud of our history and wouldn't swap it for a div.1 play off semi final

 

[Sick Boy]

And how do you consistently win more games than you lose year on year when you're consistently one of the financially poorest clubs in the league.


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...but....but....We keep being told revenues make little difference, a bit like the claims of many that a manager makes little difference when the people's choice was relegating us.