TheParsonsHose
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Get Jesus on board and the scoreboard fans would be happy....I see this is starting to take shape now.
AFC Coventry (2 Viewers)
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LastGarrison
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So if there was no Sky Blues you just wouldn't support anyone? Not even the amateur side borne out of the decimation of the professional side?
Remember this is a hypothetical question. If Cov are still around I don't think you'll find many jumping ship to an amateur side.
Otis
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Think you will find that at the moment we are very much an amateur side.
ajsccfc
Well-Known Member
By virtue of Coventry City having ceased to exist, basically. It'd be a nice tribute act and for some a continuation, but not for me. I love what AFC Wimbledon are about for instance, but Wimbledon FC are long gone in my eyes.
BurbageSkyBlues
New Member
So, looking at the mixture of replies, it begs another question.......
What, or perhaps who, does a club represent........is it the players, the people that form it, or is it the fans?
For me, AFC Wimbledon demonstrates that it is the fans that are the club, by starting afresh. Getting behind an alternative & existing club, suggests it represents the city.
Hence a division already exists - not all ccfc supporters come from the city. And as we are not a 'county capital' (eg derby, Nottingham, fester) we have no right to expect their automatic support, should the club go out of existence.
We may be this century's version of Burnley......35 years out of the top flight......and I was at their last game at Turf Moor in the(then) Division 1....... City won 3-1, a David Cross hat trick, if I recall !
What, or perhaps who, does a club represent........is it the players, the people that form it, or is it the fans?
For me, AFC Wimbledon demonstrates that it is the fans that are the club, by starting afresh. Getting behind an alternative & existing club, suggests it represents the city.
Hence a division already exists - not all ccfc supporters come from the city. And as we are not a 'county capital' (eg derby, Nottingham, fester) we have no right to expect their automatic support, should the club go out of existence.
We may be this century's version of Burnley......35 years out of the top flight......and I was at their last game at Turf Moor in the(then) Division 1....... City won 3-1, a David Cross hat trick, if I recall !
Otis
Well-Known Member
It is the fans that make the club for sure.
A new club for me would be the Sky Blues. I'm sure all the Wimbledon fans still the same songs. All they have done in reality is change grounds. Nuneaton Borough will always be Nuneaton Borough despite their changing their name to town.
If we played in the same kit and it was the same fans and it was in Coventry then it would be Coventry City FC.
A new club for me would be the Sky Blues. I'm sure all the Wimbledon fans still the same songs. All they have done in reality is change grounds. Nuneaton Borough will always be Nuneaton Borough despite their changing their name to town.
If we played in the same kit and it was the same fans and it was in Coventry then it would be Coventry City FC.
stupot07
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I suppose the point is, you only support Nuneaton boro because your actually from or live in nuneaton. People support coventry come from all over - Coventry, nuneaton, Bedworth, leamington, Stratford, Warwick, and people who come to work or Uni here start following the city because they are decent league club. I can't see that happening with AFC coventry - those from Coventry will follow the rest may not bother and choose to follow the boro, Bedworth, leamington, etc.
Cov 4 Prem
New Member
If the fans are behind the creation of AFC Coventry, and all back up the idea of doing it - then why would they divert fan base? The only way it would happen is if there were enough fans to be able to go through with it, and the amount of fans that could generate the club would be enough to support the club, in my opinion anyway.
I think this thought is a bit drastic yet any who.
I'm not from Coventry, I follow them because my dads from there and they've been a part ofmy life for 17 years, another football team is another football team, I've always liked Brighton though, and other than that it's Barcelona, so if CCFC ceased to be then my interest in football is significantly reduced
BackRoomRummermill
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Cant beleive this post......... have you given up already !!1
Otis
Well-Known Member
Nope. Point of the post was not really about a AFC Coventry at all, but rather, just how far City fans would go to in supporting this club and to what lengths. Hypothetical and almost certainly never to happen. Just wanted to gauge if City fans would stick with the club at the lowest level.
My experiment was a success.
My experiment was a success.
Johnnythespider
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I'll be there as long as long as we're called Barnstonworth sky blues, to be honest i'm not at all scared about this club having to start again, i almost feel it's needed, in order to rebuild something better than we've had to endure for the past however many years.
AFCCOVENTRY
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I thought this thread was about me when i saw the header! :claping hands:
classicfooty
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never turn my back on CCFC
i would never turn my back on coventry city fc no matter what useless shithead or corrupt bunch of wankers are in charge, they wont be around for ever.
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i would never turn my back on coventry city fc no matter what useless shithead or corrupt bunch of wankers are in charge, they wont be around for ever.
www.classicfootyprogrammes.com
TheTruthMissPiggy
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I'm in the same boat as Sky Blue M, I live down in the south west now and only support Coventry as they were my closest team when growing up.
If in the unfortunate event of CCFC ceasing to exist I'd look at a local team down this way, maybe Bath City who are knocking between confernece level (although soon to be relegated already by the lokks of things).
I imagine alot of fans don't hold any allegiance to Coventry as a city (bar visiting the Cathederal and a Mosque on school visits) and would probably just give up on football if this happened.
Good on anyone who assists in getting something set up if something terrible happens :claping hands:
If in the unfortunate event of CCFC ceasing to exist I'd look at a local team down this way, maybe Bath City who are knocking between confernece level (although soon to be relegated already by the lokks of things).
I imagine alot of fans don't hold any allegiance to Coventry as a city (bar visiting the Cathederal and a Mosque on school visits) and would probably just give up on football if this happened.
Good on anyone who assists in getting something set up if something terrible happens :claping hands: