torchomatic
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if that! It would be interesting to see how many would be there if us "outsiders" stayed away.
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skyblueinBaku
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Valiant, does that mean I should support Yeovil or Bournemouth?
torchomatic
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If that's the case then I presume you only want owners who come from Coventry and players who were born in Coventry?
And while we're at it I hope you work in Coventry and not outside the City? If so, you shouldn't be allowed to. How far do you take your xenophobia?
And while we're at it I hope you work in Coventry and not outside the City? If so, you shouldn't be allowed to. How far do you take your xenophobia?
stupot07
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I very much doubt it is that high valiant.
CJparker
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Yeah and I should be supporting Palace
lordsummerisle
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True enough, though support Coventry City, wouldn't live in Coventry, it's a shit-hole.
What if you move to Coventry - are you not allowed to support the club?
torchomatic
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My Dad is from Cov and has supported them since '52. He took me I didn't have a choice. Thankfully not everyone from Coventry is as idiotic as you.
Chinny_Hill
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I second this!
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Yep, as the bits an snippets we get through the papers are so clouded and unclear it is hard for fans to form an informed opinion on the situation which is what I have said before
lordsummerisle
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Why are you complaining about people who don't live in Coventry for if you don't live there yourself?
Hypocrite.
torchomatic
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People not from Coventry, do you mean? 
BTW, what are your thoughts about players not born in the city? Hate them too?
BTW, what are your thoughts about players not born in the city? Hate them too?
lordsummerisle
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You keep contradicting yourself, one moment you say you don't live in a shit-hole, the next you say you live in Eastern Green.
CJparker
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This thread is going downhill fast, just stop the mudslinging.
I hate it when people say "the fans own the club" or "the club belongs to the community/city" - neither is technically true, as the club is owned by SISU via its overcomplicated ownership structure. Through our support, the fans have a moral sense of "ownership" which is real enough, and it doesn't matter if you live in Coventry or California. The club is also there for the city as a whole, so if you live in Cov but don't support CCFC, you still have a right to claim them as "your club" - especially if your local taxes are going to the council and therefore you are helping to prop up ACL while CCFC chooses not to pay its rent.
To say that "you should always support your local team", in theory I should have switched alliegence between the following during my life: Muharraq FC (Bahrain), Swansea, Crewe Alex, Port Vale, Macclesfield, Man City, Macclesfield again, Man United, Brentford, Swindon and Crystal Palace.
I hate it when people say "the fans own the club" or "the club belongs to the community/city" - neither is technically true, as the club is owned by SISU via its overcomplicated ownership structure. Through our support, the fans have a moral sense of "ownership" which is real enough, and it doesn't matter if you live in Coventry or California. The club is also there for the city as a whole, so if you live in Cov but don't support CCFC, you still have a right to claim them as "your club" - especially if your local taxes are going to the council and therefore you are helping to prop up ACL while CCFC chooses not to pay its rent.
To say that "you should always support your local team", in theory I should have switched alliegence between the following during my life: Muharraq FC (Bahrain), Swansea, Crewe Alex, Port Vale, Macclesfield, Man City, Macclesfield again, Man United, Brentford, Swindon and Crystal Palace.
torchomatic
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I agree (apart from your usual poor old ACL bit) but once xenophobia came into it then the thread was going to go down the tubes.
Back on topic, I will be interested to see what ACLs response to the £800K is. And off topic, I still await Valiants views on players who were born outside of the city playing for the club. I presume he doesn't like this either?
Back on topic, I will be interested to see what ACLs response to the £800K is. And off topic, I still await Valiants views on players who were born outside of the city playing for the club. I presume he doesn't like this either?
I can't believe people in their sycophantic efforts to support SISU cannot get their heads round the simple business principles involved here. ACL have their own significant commitments to paying off a substantial loan. I don't give a fiddlers f@ck what Doncaster or any other club have agreed, every case is individual. A reduction is required, we all agree but talking about a league average is plain naive. Costs have to be met by both ACL and CCFC an agreement has to be reached to suit both business needs.
ohitsaidwalker king power
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Valiant- I'm rarely drawn into dispute, keyboard warrior is not my thing. To your credit your passion for your club is admirable, but you have somewhat rankled.
I was born in Oxford- My parents moved there prior to my birth from Nuneaton, but soon moved back. My late grandfather, My late father, me and now my son have, are and will forever be sky blue. We do occasionally visit my now local team "the Boro".. why not?
...My tenure as a CCFC season ticket holder is 35 consecutive years. Thick, thin and thinner...never waning.
Do I deserve your wrath? If so which team should I support in your opinion?
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CJparker
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Agree with that except the bit about the rent reduction being needed - I don't see why SISU can't just keep paying the rent as it is now, just as they did for years. Afterall, they accepted it in the first place because they thought that £1.2m rent in the Premier would be easily affordable, as indeed it is. Yes it's high for League One, but whose fault is it that we are in League one not the Premier?? SISU!!
SkyBlue_Bear83
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:facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm::facepalm:
Er... wasn't it originally created as Singers FC, which was a factory, not a city?
PS: I'm working my way forward through this thread so I apologise if this point has been made late on.
Official Away Travel
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It's like the queens speach, shame she is full of bull shit!
ashbyjan
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So to be allowed to support CCFC you must have been born in Cov and be currently resident in Cov. Just to check how many generations back do we have to go back in the family tree to qualify? Maybe those of us brazen enough to go to matches and not be of pure racial credentials should be identified with maybe a sky blue star sewn to our clothing.
coundonskyblue
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This thread is stupid, anyone can support ccfc, there is no prerequisite.
skybluelee
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Don't do it, mate!