Coventry, City of Culture 2021 (10 Viewers)

[Otis]

Absolutely brilliant news!! A real boost to the area and to the arts and to the downtrodden people of this ancient, historic city.

Must confess I shed a tear of joy.

 

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[Ashdown]

Absolutely fantastic news for Cov , embrace it everyone ! Stop moaning just for a change and rejoice ! Brilliant !

 

[The CableGuy]

Fooking fantastic! :woot:

 

[lifeskyblue]

Absolutely brilliant news!! A real boost to the area and to the arts and to the downtrodden people of this ancient, historic city.

Must confess I shed a tear of joy.

Yes I too shed a tear.
Congratulations to all those who worked on the bid.


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[Otis]

 

[tommydazzle]

Excellent - haven't lived there for years but the city I was brought up in. Hope it makes the most of its motor and bike heritage as most of my friends are just not aware of this. We should be proud of this Motown heritage and bit worried it's going to be all about diversity and yooth (nothing wrong with these of course but it's not what makes the city distinctive)

 

[oscillatewildly]

Oh good. I'm nearly won over. I think some of the prize fund should be allocated towards seeing a decent physio to get that hamstring sorted tho.

 

[robofcov]

Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

 

[Otis]

Excellent - haven't lived there for years but the city I was brought up in. Hope it makes the most of its motor and bike heritage as most of my friends are just not aware of this. We should be proud of this Motown heritage and bit worried it's going to be all about diversity and yooth (nothing wrong with these of course but it's not what makes the city distinctive)

I was very surprised to hear that the average age in Coventry is 33, which is 7 years younger than the national average.

Guessing a lot of that is down to the student population. Would think students will benefit massively from the flood of events that will now be put on.

 

[hill83]

Lovely stuff

 

[lifeskyblue]

Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

Only if our bid was received 15mins late


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[Otis]

Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

Yep.

I quickly looked to the gathering at Sunderland town hall on the live feed on the net, where everyone stood there with glasses of champagne on ice. The result was announced and several people all suddenly pulled out posters of Jimmy Hill and ripped them up, stamped on them and then set them alight.

 

[Otis]

I am absolutely thrilled so many posters seem so happy with this. Was expecting a lot more negativity.

Grendel hasn't appeared yet though with his bah humbug, Coventry is shit spiel.

 

[oscillatewildly]

Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

I hope so!

 

[Otis]

Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

Yep.

It's worth £60m this bid. All we need to do is to get the council to give this £60m to Sisu so they can fook right off.

 

[lifeskyblue]

Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

Not sure but if Coventry in the spotlight and comes across well then you never know if any potential football club buyers just might be interested.



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[shmmeee]

Great stuff. Really looking forward to a bit of culture about the place. Hope this, CCS, Friargate all get off the ground, it could give the city a real boost.

 

[hill83]

It's great news.

 

[Otis]

It's great news.

Such great news it's worth two threads!

 

[martcov]

Great news! Something going the right way in the city!

 

[Otis]

Great news! Something going the right way in the city!

Especially if City AND Cov both get promoted this season too!!!

 

[Captain Dart]

Twitter trends just now..

 

[bringbackrattles]

I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

 

[Otis]

I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

No, 2021 is definitely in three years time, BBR.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Great news. I quite like a bit of culture, but I'm not painting my bits blue for anybody.

 

[idris65]

Will Sunderland be blaming Jimmy Hill for this too ?

 

[hill83]

I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

Did you do your old classic "Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooventry"

 

[oucho]

Well done to all involved, now let's make sure the events themselves are as successful as the bid.

Once again Sunderland are the losers...channeling my inner Nelson Muntz: "Ha-Ha!!!"

 

[bringbackrattles]

No, 2021 is definitely in three years time, BBR.

4 years !

 

[letsallsingtogether]

Great love it just love it.............

Huggs and kisses to everyone

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Tic toc revival night in broad gate, the specials, selector and the enemy to play too

 

[martcov]

Not sure but if Coventry in the spotlight and comes across well then you never know if any potential football club buyers just might be interested.



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Cov City had it’s most exciting times ( arguably;-)) in the sixties when the whole city was doing well. I’ve got to believe that there will be some spin off, even it is the feel good factor of things happening and Coventry being in the limelight. That promotes identity with the city and maybe that spills into identity with the club. Increased crowds. I cannot seeing it being negative for the club.

 

[Otis]

4 years !

We are only three weeks away from 2018, BBR!

 

[oscillatewildly]

Hmmmm. Maybe I've been unduly harsh towards this process/award. It can only be good for the city, can't it? Or will it turn into a Dublin eurovision type scenario and end up bankrupting us?