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johnniericoh

johnniericoh

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I am a bit worried for next season that even with the superb brand of AT footbal we will never really command regular ground straining attendances. Lets not kid ourselves even at Highfield Road some premier league gates were as low as 11,000 - 13,000 for eg Wimbledon, Fulham, Bolton etc. Considering our Coventry population (300,000 plus) our take up of season tickets, at best 10,000, is abysmal when compared to Norwich, Derby, Leicester, Forest etc. Why is this ??

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CovScott88

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I think it's alot to do with the fact we have done nothing for the past 10 seasons and the football being poor to watch. People have just become disallusioned with the club, though hopefully that will change a bit with AT now in charge.
I don't think people are realistically expecting promotion, we just want to see the club have some ambition and be competitive. To be looking at how many points off the top 6 we are and not how many points we are above the bottom 3.
 
rob9872

rob9872

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All four of the teams you mentioned, despite sufferring some equally hard times, have also had some success during ou long drought. Football is more popular now with the middle classes than it ever was, so if we can generate a period of sustained success and entertainment, crowds will flock. A new stadium surge saw us attracting 20k+ every week which all new grounds get and that was when we needed to capitalise. Unfortunately now we need to entice them back with a reason other than abject failure.
 
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Stoppercurtis

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CovScott has it right for me. I know lots of people who have just got fed-up of having the micky taken because they are City supporters. Although many have stopped going most I believe still look for the result and do not support anyone else. So if AT can maintain the attractive football of recent weeks and we stay in the top half people will come back. It got so bad recently that my nephew who supported the City for 30 years has stopped going. To many false dawns I'm affraid.

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covey1987

covey1987

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This is something that has really baffled me with Coventry. what have Leicester done in the past ten years? relegated to Div 1 and still pulled bigger crowds than we did. Till Sven and the foriegn money came in they were way down the league and looking like relegation contenders but still pulled more through the gates than we did. Like wise Derby (apart from one awful trip to premiership) they have been as sh*te as us this year but i bet their average gate was over 22,000. Forest have in the last few seasons been building and knocking on the doors of the play off's regularly so i can sort of understand where their fan base comes from but even in the post Clough relegation period more would turn up to watch them than the Sky Blues. I really dont know what the answer is but i have always found the many Cov fans very fickle some of whom are my friends & family.
Perhaps what we have seen from AT's Sky Blues may be the footballing revolution we need to change the mind set of the whole city towards our beloved club. That and a load of cash!! PUSB
 
dojer

dojer

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Leicester were in the Premier League in the past 10 years and the season that they won promotion from League 1 would have drawn crowds as well as their play off run last year but have had equally grim times to us in the intervening period. I think the main thing is that there is a strong identification with the city and club for Leicester, Nottingham Forest and Derby which there isn't for Coventry. The most important factor of all is the lack of any push towards promotion in the past 10 years, had we even made the play-offs in the past 5 years there would be a belief that promotion is doable. Aside from that there has been the quality of football but also a severe lack of quality players who've played for Coventry over the past 10 years especially attacking players.
 
Covstu

Covstu

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I dont necessarily think it is about the last 10 years either, We have always been a team who have not achieved much (apart from that day) so we do not have history and therefore do not have that 'ancestral' following i.e my grandad, dad, brothers watched city so i will type of approach that other teams have.
 
coundonskyblue

coundonskyblue

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For me this is the reason:

Team Year of last top 6 finish Seasons since last top six finish
Cardiff City 2011 0
Norwich City 2011 0
Swansea City 2011 0
QPR 2011 0
Forest 2011 0
Reading 2011 0
Leeds United 2010 1
Leicester City 2010 1
Millwall 2010 1
Burnley 2009 2
Preston 2009 2
Scunthorpe 2009 2
Sheff United 2009 2
Bristol City 2008 3
Crystal Palace 2008 3
Doncaster Rovers2008 3
Hull City 2008 3
Watford 2008 3
Derby County 2007 4
Barnsley 2006 5
Ipswich Town 2005 6
Portsmouth 2003 8
Middlesbrough 1998 13
Coventry City 1970 41
 
rob9872

rob9872

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Be some time before anyone takes that from us lol :)

Do you have all 92 as a comparison anywhere please mate?
 
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Macca

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Never been any different in my lifetime. A city of immigrants from around the world and the UK. People brought their football allegiences with them and passed them down the generations
 
coundonskyblue

coundonskyblue

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rob9872 said:
Be some time before anyone takes that from us lol :)

Do you have all 92 as a comparison anywhere please mate?
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Here you go, for 2011 it only shows teams guaranteed a top 6 spot.

Team Year of last top 6 finish Seasons since last top six finish
Accrington Stanley 2011 0
Arsenal 2011 0
Bournemouth 2011 0
Brighton & Hove Albion 2011 0
Bury 2011 0
Cardiff City 2011 0
Chelsea 2011 0
Chesterfield 2011 0
Huddersfield Town 2011 0
Manchester City 2011 0
Manchester United 2011 0
Milton Keynes Dons 2011 0
Norwich City 2011 0
Nottingham Forest 2011 0
Peterborough United 2011 0
Queens Park Rangers 2011 0
Reading 2011 0
Shrewsbury Town 2011 0
Southampton 2011 0
Swansea City 2011 0
Wycombe Wanderers 2011 0
Aldershot Town 2010 1
Aston Villa 2010 1
Blackpool 2010 1
Charlton Athletic 2010 1
Dagenham & Redbridge 2010 1
Leeds United 2010 1
Leicester City 2010 1
Millwall 2010 1
Morecambe 2010 1
Newcastle United 2010 1
Notts County 2010 1
Oxford United 2010 1
Rochdale 2010 1
Rotherham United 2010 1
Stevenage 2010 1
Swindon Town 2010 1
Tottenham Hotspur 2010 1
West Bromwich Albion 2010 1
Birmingham City 2009 2
Brentford 2009 2
Burnley 2009 2
Everton 2009 2
Exeter City 2009 2
Gillingham 2009 2
Liverpool 2009 2
Preston North End 2009 2
Scunthorpe United 2009 2
Sheffield United 2009 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2009 2
Bristol City 2008 3
Burton Albion 2008 3
Carlisle United 2008 3
Crystal Palace 2008 3
Doncaster Rovers 2008 3
Hereford United 2008 3
Hull City 2008 3
Southend United 2008 3
Stockport County 2008 3
Stoke City 2008 3
Watford 2008 3
Bristol Rovers 2007 4
Derby County 2007 4
Hartlepool United 2007 4
Lincoln City 2007 4
Oldham Athletic 2007 4
Walsall 2007 4
Yeovil Town 2007 4
Barnsley 2006 5
Blackburn Rovers 2006 5
Cheltenham Town 2006 5
Colchester United 2006 5
Leyton Orient 2006 5
Northampton Town 2006 5
Barnet 2005 6
Bolton Wanderers 2005 6
Ipswich Town 2005 6
Macclesfield Town 2005 6
Sheffield Wednesday 2005 6
Sunderland 2005 6
Tranmere Rovers 2005 6
West Ham United 2005 6
Wigan Athletic 2005 6
Plymouth Argyle 2004 7
Torquay United 2004 7
Crewe Alexandra 2003 8
Portsmouth 2003 8
Fulham 2001 10
Bradford City 1999 12
Middlesbrough 1998 13
Port Vale 1994 17
Coventry City 1970 41
 
rob9872

rob9872

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loooooooooooool wp that man! Thank you. Incredible that there is nobody even close. Slightly embarrassing too, but also explains a lot!
 
Disorganised1

Disorganised1

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Also when we have a good run and the crowd turns up for a good game City generally disapoint, and so they go away again.
 
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Godiva

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41 year ... hmmmm.

According to the Hitchhikers Guide the answer is 42.
Surely next season ....
 
Disorganised1

Disorganised1

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Do it again with relegations......
 
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Stoppercurtis

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You obviously have been around as long as me? George Curtis the best Centre Half we ever had. His nickname was Stopper Curtis.

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