New SISU Article. (12 Viewers)

I was eleven in 87 said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/nov/05/coventry-city-sisu-southampton

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Ian1779 said:

If 6 clubs every year 'take a punt' it doesn't mean there are suddenly more promotion places. I think people forget that for every success story about a club taking a chance financially and getting it right, there is often 2 others that do the same, don't quite make it and are financially crippled for years after.

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The fitness coach, it transpires, had to find a lawnmower and cut the grass after the team arrived for one match at the Ricoh to discover nobody else had bothered.

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On the other hand, there is a desperate, grieving club where the supporters old enough to remember the crumbling terraces of tatty, homely Highfield Road must pine for more innocent times

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unfortunately for Coventry, they have suffered more than most when it comes to the list of those passing through with big ideas, little expertise and the general sense that they think running a football club must be a doddle.

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