Are we the worst team to support in England? (1 Viewer)

Joy Division said:

Things are looking fantastic at the moment no?

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For us yes but look at teams like Scarborough, you only have to look at their history to see they've had it bad. Or what about teams like Barnet where the best they can ever realistically hope for is midtable in League 2. At least we know we have a chance of rising higher again.

Spence CCFC said:

For us yes but look at teams like Scarborough, you only have to look at their history to see they've had it bad. Or what about teams like Barnet where the best they can ever realistically hope for is midtable in League 2. At least we know we have a chance of rising higher again.

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Hang on - they are much smaller clubs with much lower expectancy.

Answer this - do you go home sad when we lose and happy when we win?? That is how you measure how enjoyable it is.

We are the worst to support in terms of 'happiness'. We have the lowest win percentage of all, and are underachieving for the size of club. No club near our size is beneath us.

It's both embarrassing and depressing supporting Coventry. Most weekends over the last 40-odd years have been ruined by defeat; and we are a laughing stock.



(But you can't change your club, so we're all stuck with it)

Club honours

• FA Cup
  • Winners: 1986–87
• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners: 1986–87
  • Finalists: 1967–68, 1969–70, 1998–99, 1999–00
• Football League Cup
  • Semi-finalists: 1980–81, 1989–90
• Second Division (now Football League Championship)
  • Champions: 1966–67
• Third Division (now Football League One)
  • Champions: 1963–64

• Third Division (South)
  • Champions: 1935–36
• Fourth Division (now Football League Two)
  • Runners-up: 1958–59
• Birmingham Senior Cup
  • Winners: 1911, 1923, 2007
• Third Division South Cup
  • Winners: 1936
• Southern Professional Floodlit Cup
  • Winners: 1960
• Football League Trophy
  • Northern area finalists: 2012–13

Sweet Jesus ... That FA Cup WIN must really suck, years of top flight football , being able to spend millions on international players etc

Right I'm off to the Liverpool message boards to read about how they are the worst team to support as they haven't won anything this season.

deanocity3 said:

Club honours

• FA Cup
  • Winners: 1986–87
• FA Youth Cup
  • Winners: 1986–87
  • Finalists: 1967–68, 1969–70, 1998–99, 1999–00
• Football League Cup
  • Semi-finalists: 1980–81, 1989–90
• Second Division (now Football League Championship)
  • Champions: 1966–67
• Third Division (now Football League One)
  • Champions: 1963–64

• Third Division (South)
  • Champions: 1935–36
• Fourth Division (now Football League Two)
  • Runners-up: 1958–59
• Birmingham Senior Cup
  • Winners: 1911, 1923, 2007
• Third Division South Cup
  • Winners: 1936
• Southern Professional Floodlit Cup
  • Winners: 1960
• Football League Trophy
  • Northern area finalists: 2012–13

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Ahhhh, the halcyon days of that Birmingham Senior cup win in 2007.

Well you miserable, negative, moaning Minnie's...just get lost & go fight for you Old Trafford tickets instead.

I recommend you all spend time thinking what benefits you actually get from supporting CCFC then come back & post that instead - & see if you can get a longer list!

We are the best team to support. Wouldn't swap em for the world. Come in city.

cv3 said:

We are the best team to support. Wouldn't swap em for the world. Come in city.

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That's more like it!!!

Come on..."Twist & Shout..."

SkyblueBazza said:

Well you miserable, negative, moaning Minnie's...just get lost & go fight for you Old Trafford tickets instead.

I recommend you all spend time thinking what benefits you actually get from supporting CCFC then come back & post that instead - & see if you can get a longer list!

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Thinking it's depressing but going regardless every week makes somebody a Man U fan now?

Nonleagueherewecome said:

Thinking it's depressing but going regardless every week makes somebody a Man U fan now?

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No - read it properly

Try not to worry i heard we playing in Leisure Leagues next year (at least our home ground is sorted)

I guess some people are just happy with mediocrity and faliure.

And some are happy just moaning

SkyblueBazza said:

And some are happy just moaning

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I think you've missed the point with the word 'happy'

I disagree that we the 'worst team to support in England', yes, we haven't had much ups, but, we've been consistent, I bet WBA fans, when they were yo-yoing between D1 and the prem, would've preferred to stay in the prem rather than yo-yo, whereas, CCFC had a 34 year (?) stint in the prem that most FL teams would kill for, we've also had many exhilarating relegation battles and some priceless moments (beating Arsenal 3-0 Boxing Day etc.) so I'd say, we're quite selfish if we're going to feel sorry for ourselves dubbing ourselves 'the worst team to support in England'. Even in the Championship, there were good memories (Wolves 2-1 Westy pen save in the last min, that was my most fond moment as a fan, the sweetest of victories!) which most teams would dream of, your Crawley's, Yeovil's and Brentford's of the world. I have to say, I feel quite privileged to have CCFC as my local team!

... Shame I missed all those premiership moments!

Joy Division said:

I guess some people are just happy with mediocrity and faliure.

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There's quite a big grey area between that and 'nobody has it worse than us'.

Joy Division said:

I think you've missed the point with the word 'happy'

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No...they are moaning about CCFC & lamenting the general lack of success, & how awful it is supporting them...so they must be happy moaning. Otherwise like I suggested they would go glory hunting to Old Trafford & moan about drawing away at places like Everton & the fact they cannot buy a ticket for certain matches.

I think people have every right be a bit annoyed by our general rubbishness. Best they vent their discontentment on a forum like this rather than kicking the cat I suppose.

worst to support in england? yep the stats dont look good but its in the DNA mate ffs, its our club, no choice an all that, i bring my lad and his mate up home and away they know we aint man utd but fuck it but they understand what its about.......wonder where they get that from.

Joy Division said:

I think people have every right be a bit annoyed by our general rubbishness. Best they vent their discontentment on a forum like this rather than kicking the cat I suppose.

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Correct. They have the right to choose. They choose to moan. Bit like S&M really...they enjoy the pain too...makes them happy.

@richh87 said:

No club near our size is beneath us.

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Portsmouth and Preston are below you in the league.

Lets face it we are not stong enough for a top 6 finish. The -10 should not detract from the fact we have not been in the top 6 ALL season. We are mid table at best.

Success = larger growds. More money. (We dont have any success)

Winning runs = bring back the "floating fans" (Winning 2 on the bounce is not a winning run, we have not won 5 in a row since 97/98)

Own worst enemy = JPT (Full house, blow it by losing 3-0, the extra fans just gained lost in an instant.)

Losing the next generation = (By not being successful, children would rather support Man Utd, Chelsea etc. Sad but true, not just Coventry all over the country)

We are in a right mess and i dont even want to think about what team we will have next year. Dont forget the following points:

1) Transfer Embargo
2) Administration
3) Question mark over what ground we will be in
4) Using youth team players in the first team, (Look what happend last time we done this, Southampton away.)
5) Players out of contract
6) Academy no place to train

I could go on but CCFC are not providing the citzens of Coventry a competitive team to be proud of.

SkyblueBazza said:

Correct. They have the right to choose. They choose to moan. Bit like S&M really...they enjoy the pain too...makes them happy.

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Are you referring to

50 shades of skyblue?

Points per game for each league club over their time in the football league.

Doesn't make good reading for us.

1 Crawley Town 1.671052632
2 Milton Keynes Dons 1.582914573
3 Fleetwood Town 1.5625
4 Stevenage 1.516393443
5 Wigan Athletic 1.394495413
6 Yeovil Town 1.385650224
7 Manchester United 1.364262747
8 Wycombe Wanderers 1.342572062
9 Liverpool 1.336340504
10 Morecambe 1.323193916
11 Aldershot Town 1.314814815
12 Cheltenham Town 1.309033281
13 Arsenal 1.307033781
14 Burton Albion 1.286549708
15 Barnet 1.248129676
16 Ipswich Town 1.246938776
17 Dagenham and Redb'ge 1.243346008
18 Leeds United 1.239800167
19 Chelsea 1.236308316
20 Peterborough United 1.235755574
21 Reading 1.214547357
22 Accrington Stanley 1.214285714
23 Tottenham Hotspur 1.206436421
24 Millwall 1.199840975
25 Everton 1.178812416
26 Scunthorpe United 1.178270042
27 Huddersfield Town 1.178247734
28 Manchester City 1.176296633
29 Newcastle United 1.17478181
30 Sheffield United 1.172413793
31 Colchester United 1.170266379
32 Aston Villa 1.170031404
33 Brentford 1.166188364
34 Brighton and Hove A 1.165479018
35 Bristol City 1.165124884
36 Queens Park Rangers 1.162154846
37 Oxford United 1.160152526
38 Sunderland 1.153966132
39 Wolverhampton Wndrs 1.153579176
40 Bournemouth 1.152565136
41 Swindon Town 1.152293578
42 Plymouth Argyle 1.151955603
43 Tranmere Rovers 1.150421496
44 Cardiff City 1.145591804
45 Preston North End 1.14261242
46 Norwich City 1.140718563
47 Hull City 1.139635317
48 Southampton 1.139244024
49 Watford 1.138742072
50 Blackburn Rovers 1.136092056
51 West Ham United 1.135833333
52 Shrewsbury Town 1.134429746
53 Bristol Rovers 1.132100396
54 Crystal Palace 1.131847476
55 Nottingham Forest 1.128542736
56 Sheffield Wednesday 1.12759313
57 Chesterfield 1.127237542
58 Swansea City 1.127229172
59 Northampton Town 1.126506024
60 Southend United 1.125714286
61 Burnley 1.124865447
62 West Bromwich Albion 1.123634775
63 Gillingham 1.122032027
64 Fulham 1.121410579
65 Bolton Wanderers 1.120140567
66 Rotherham United 1.119453925
67 Charlton Athletic 1.116991643
68 Birmingham City 1.114215467
69 Derby County 1.113496933
70 Leicester City 1.11045722
71 Oldham Athletic 1.107931118
72 Middlesbrough 1.105737316
73 Blackpool 1.104487761
74 AFC Wimbledon 1.103896104
75 Portsmouth 1.101824122
76 Bury 1.101709776
77 Stoke City 1.10102183
78 Bradford City 1.100440733
79 Carlisle United 1.09751773
80 Notts County 1.091780239
81 Port Vale 1.090148699
82 Walsall 1.087129699
83 Torquay United 1.08055636
84 Barnsley 1.08027884
85 Doncaster Rovers 1.075056433
86 Coventry City 1.074344417
87 York City 1.069367909
88 Rochdale 1.06005291
89 Crewe Alexandra 1.050346776
90 Leyton Orient 1.050191205
91 Hartlepool United 1.035864979
92 Exeter City 1.029615278


Obviously not all that scientific, but it does give a general idea of have shite we've been over the last 90 years.

A lot of that includes time in the top division of course, so it's hard to feel too jealous of a Peterborough.

play_in_skyblue_stripes said:

Bad news here for everyone. It is CLEAR how hard it is being a Coventry City supporter

Try this site out http://stats.football365.co.uk/hist/overall/atwinpct.html
All-Time Statistics
English Leagues from 1888-89 to 2009-10

we are 91st in Winning Percentage Table
Pct
90Carlisle United75 3302 1186 806 1310 4637 4931 3619 45.7%
91Coventry City84 3574 1258 935 1381 4979 5186 3829 45.7%
92York City74 3318 1163 849 1306 4657 4860 3639 45.7%

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If success is measured by win % relative to the population size of a single-club town or city, then we are indisputably the least successful of any club in a city of comparable size and expectation. This season, despite being royally bum-fucked by SISU/ACL/CCC, it still feels like our most successful for years playing-wise, despite being in League 1, simply because we have won more games.