Coventry United Football Club Statement (1 Viewer)

Deleted member 5849 · Jul 8, 2013

Brighton Sky Blue said:
All the local non league clubs clamouring for supporters from the carcass already.

Yeah makes me very uncomfortable.

By all means follow your non league team be it them, Bedworth, Rugby Town, Leamington... they all need the cash and the support.

But that statement and their talk of turning into a phoenix club reads like profiteering from our misery.

No thanks, not for me. If I choose another team it'll be my local team, and if CCFC dies I hope out of its ashes rises another and I'll be there.

But I won't support those who are quite so cynical.

Brighton Sky Blue · Jul 8, 2013

Deleted member 5849 said:
Yeah makes me very uncomfortable.

By all means follow your non league team be it them, Bedworth, Rugby Town, Leamington... they all need the cash and the support.

But that statement and their talk of turning into a phoenix club reads like profiteering from our misery.

No thanks, not for me. If I choose another team it'll be my local team, and if CCFC dies I hope out of its ashes rises another and I'll be there.

But I won't support those who are quite so cynical.

They have managed to secure the Higgs centre for training the statement said-jumping in the academy's grave so soon.

skybluehugh · Jul 8, 2013

RFC said:
If this goes ahead I WON'T support it!

There's a surprise, perhaps you wold if SHITSU made a bid for them

theferret · Jul 8, 2013

Deleted member 5849 said:
Yeah makes me very uncomfortable.

By all means follow your non league team be it them, Bedworth, Rugby Town, Leamington... they all need the cash and the support.

But that statement and their talk of turning into a phoenix club reads like profiteering from our misery.

No thanks, not for me. If I choose another team it'll be my local team, and if CCFC dies I hope out of its ashes rises another and I'll be there.

But I won't support those who are quite so cynical.

Have to agree. If I ever choose to follow this type of club it will be a proper phoenix club that is seen as the spiritual continuation of CCFC and one which takes the club's traditional fan base with it.

Nothing against CU or Sphinx - nothing wrong with having strong non-league clubs in the city, but they'll never replace CCFC as they stand, but good luck anyway.

Ashdown1 · Jul 8, 2013

Looks like we could become a proper two team City at last, it might spice things up a bit !!

skybluehugh · Jul 8, 2013

letsallsingtogether said:
Always hated fecking united.................

Wouldn't be right shouting it out now

That I would agree with, but still think if the name could be sorted it may well be our future. CCFC don't have one under SHITSU

ajsccfc · Jul 8, 2013

Such wordplay.

Ashdown1 · Jul 8, 2013

I like the look of all this, great badge and the kit looks promising. This will take off and give fans a genuine alternative to SISU Cobblers FC, I can see 800 desperate folk at sickfields and 800 at 'The Place' !!! Fair play to them !!

skybluepete1987 · Jul 8, 2013

Would certainly consider supporting a Phoenix club, would definitely need a name and colour change though!

Ashdown1 · Jul 8, 2013

I actually like the RED if we are going to start a fresh I wouldn't want to have us playing in Sky Blue !

georgehudson · Jul 9, 2013

nice post 'gray', i'm coventry through & through,
enough of this 'mob',
play up coventrians

Blue Maniac · Jul 9, 2013

CraigSBA said:
CCFC supporters now own and operate a team in Coventry within the football league

Erm... no. Eight levels below the Football League.

hill83 · Jul 9, 2013

So by the time I'm 40 this club might be a couple of leagues below the football league. Sounds brilliant.

Sky Blues · Jul 9, 2013

hill83 said:
So by the time I'm 40 this club might be a couple of leagues below the football league. Sounds brilliant.

Assuming you are 36 or younger, by the time you are 40 Coventry City could be a couple of leagues below the Football League if they play in Northampton in front of about 1000 fans.

mark82 · Jul 9, 2013

Brighton Sky Blue said:
They have managed to secure the Higgs centre for training the statement said-jumping in the academy's grave so soon.

To be fair, a lot of teams (mainly Sunday league) train at the Higgs. They are not jumping in anyone's grave and I'm sure Higgs will always be available to the academy.

hill83 · Jul 9, 2013

Sky Blues said:
Assuming you are 36 or younger, by the time you are 40 Coventry City could be a couple of leagues below the Football League if they play in Northampton in front of about 1000 fans.

I'm 29, and whilst you could be correct, that's less likely than this new team achieving anything in the next 10 years.

mark82 · Jul 9, 2013

Blue Maniac said:
Erm... no. Eight levels below the Football League.

Think they mean the English league system.

mark82 · Jul 9, 2013

hill83 said:
I'm 29, and whilst you could be correct, that's less likely than this new team achieving anything in the next 10 years.

You are probably right.

To be honest, if I truly followed anything it would be a CCFC Phoenix/breakaway started at the correct time. Part of the adventure of such a club would be starting at the very bottom. Imagine when you are 60 and the new club have risen to the premier league being able to tell your grand kids you were there for the first game against Kenilworth Town.

It is a last resort for most but the people dismissing starting at the very bottom are overlooking the fact that a re-born CCFC that is heavily supported could be one of the biggest fairy tale stories in English football. Imagine being the first club ever to go from step 12 to the premier league.

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) · Jul 9, 2013

New Colours (Not Red) and Not United.........and then you might have a chance of harvesting more CCFC fans support. AFC Coventry 1883

Blue Maniac · Jul 9, 2013

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
New Colours (Not Red) and Not United.........and then you might have a chance of harvesting more CCFC fans support. AFC Coventry 1883

Why do people think AFC is Greek for 'new club'?

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) · Jul 9, 2013

I dont? Association Football Club

Blue Maniac said:
Why do people think AFC is Greek for 'new club'?

Blue Maniac · Jul 9, 2013

Skybluerevolution (Pt2) said:
I dont? Association Football Club

I wasn't specifically getting at you, it's just that someone always suggests AFC. Why? What value does this specific acronym have? The Coventry 1883 bit is quite good, it's meaningful to you as CCFC fans, why ruin it with something so meaningless as AFC?

Deleted member 5849 · Jul 9, 2013

Why is everyone rushing to get in first with their CCFC replacement?

Surefire way to miss the chance if everyone rushes in and fights to be there, so we end up with hundreds of the buggers!

Blue Maniac · Jul 9, 2013

Deleted member 5849 said:
Why is everyone rushing to get in first with their CCFC replacement?

Surefire way to miss the chance if everyone rushes in and fights to be there, so we end up with hundreds of the buggers!

You could have a special league just for them.

ajsccfc · Jul 9, 2013

Why don't these people help out the existing and established clubs in the city rather than this whole 'we hate SISU, love us!' ego trip? Fuck Coventry United, it's the Coca-Cola of non-league.

Deleted member 5849 · Jul 9, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Why don't these people help out the existing and established clubs in the city rather than this whole 'we hate SISU, love us!' ego trip? Fuck Coventry United, it's the Coca-Cola of non-league.

Agreed!

Rugby Town and Bedworth Utd have lived hand to mouth for years; Leamington lost their ground and came back, Racing Club Warwick survived only by lucking out with Foster.

They all need help as much as anyone else, and an extra few on their gates would be a HUGE percentage increase on their terms.

And if the club comes back, or if it dies, then we can come together as one, rather than fragmented into small groups, letting others win by doing just that.

saltaire bantam · Jul 9, 2013

No way would you start at the "bottom", it is just not sensible, clubs used to crowds of 20-30 could not cope with your supporters wanting to see your games, and there is no legal mechanism to stop them travelling. All you have to do is look at grounds in the 7 and lower tiers to see quite clearly that you could not possibly play in them. IMO You'd be put in an appropriate league paying compensation to clubs you had leapfrogged.

Jack Griffin · Jul 9, 2013

RFC said:
If this goes ahead I WON'T support it!

Fuck off to Northampton then.

Blue Maniac · Jul 9, 2013

Jack Griffin said:
Fuck off to Northampton then.

Or AFC Coventry or Coventry 1883 or Coventry Rangers or Coventry FC or Coventry AFC or Coventry Blues or Coventry Reds or Coventry Singers or AFC Coventry Phoenix United 1883 or...

ajsccfc · Jul 9, 2013

Come support my team, AFC Not-SISU Coventry Singers Fisherhaters. We're based all the places you like and oppose all the things you hate! Enter bank details here.

Otis · Jul 9, 2013

ajsccfc said:
Come support my team, AFC Not-SISU Coventry Singers Fisherhaters. We're based all the places you like and oppose all the things you hate! Enter bank details here.

Are you my long lost rich Nigerian uncle?

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chipbarm · Jul 9, 2013

One question will this team be ran, as a fans as a fans owned club ?

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