Recent content by BinleyBlue

I saw him play for Shrews v Tranmere last season: slower than Bothroyd, clumsier than Kevin Kyle, lazier than final season McSheffrey. Not the answer!

Yes, that seems to be the attitude of the Club too. They only want supporters who accept the rubbish customer service they are given, without complaint. What other business would deliberately move itself 35 miles from its customers and expect them to trot along happily? In any well-run customer...

OK, suspending the obvious disbelief for a minute, what "investment" might a stadium bring? Yes, construction costs with some temporary building etc jobs, erecting a stadium almost within sight of a bigger one. But when it is finished, what jobs? CCFC playing and off-field staff, previously at...

If you read the Trust wording again, it is clear. They wrote to seven Councils surrounding Coventry: Warwick Warwickshire Rugby Nuneaton and Bedworth North Warwickshire Hinckley and Bosworth Solihull PLUS Coventry Seven have replied, N & B have not yet

An interesting comparison is Southampton. They left the Dell in 2001. Their capacity there was 15,200. Like us, having left their traditional ground, they dropped to League 1 but with enlightened, ambitious owners got back to the Premier League. They are currently averaging 29,669 at St Mary's.

So the Club's Chief Executive thinks Coventry City will never need a ground with a capacity greater than 22,000. Presumably, therefore, he has no ambition for the Club to return to the Premier League, a level at which we played for 34 successive seasons. This season, 19 out of 20 PL Clubs have...

Remember that the Trust Board are all volunteers, who put their own time into this with no payment, no expenses. Do you seriously expect them to risk being sued? And look at the impact the news of taking the article down has had. Not exactly gone quiet has it.

These valuations are no more than opinions based on assumptions. A true value can only be established when a willing seller and a willing buyer agree a price, by negotiation, through an auction or after a tendering process. Until that happens, valuations mean very little and can vary...

From: Ian Calvert <[email protected]> Subject: Private and Confidential - For addressee only - Private and Confidential – Further to all the comments and media attention, discussions have taken place to bring sides together and as a result, a meeting has been scheduled for Thursday...