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Hahahaha love this, was hoping that somebody would be the ‘spotted’ on this thread. Amazing.
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Not joking. That was me and my mate. We were doing the Rotterdam city cruise thing and had just set off and we saw you walking across the bridge. Small world… that’s mad.
Hahahaha love this, was hoping that somebody would be the ‘spotted’ on this thread. Amazing.
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Me and another City fan traded a "Sky Blue Army!" back and forth near the castle in 2022 much to my wife's annoyance. She muttered "You're a 46 year old man" and headed off to Space Mountain with kids.
My Dad went to school with him. Said he was never that good a player, just kicked the opposition!Cant remember exact year but we were on holiday in Wales. Was walking through Cardiff market I had stopped at a stall when I caught up with the family to see Bobby Gould (Wales manager at the time) talking to my youngest I think he was 5 or 6, who was proudly wearing his Cov shirt. Absolute gentleman.
I went to the Sanctuary reunion rave that was put on by Majika and a group of other dj/mc's at the MK Dons/Marshall arena in November.
Layout was great, very reminiscent of the Sanctuary, and the music was pretty much on point.
However, just wasn't the same.... atmosphere was really lacking, i guess the youngsters don't get on it as much, and the older people who were attracted to the reunion are just that..... older.
That said, i spent a couple of hours in the upstairs "technodrome" and it was firing.
I bought a house in zone 6 London / Essex last year, a relatively untapped area of London only on my radar because of the Elizabeth Line. My first time visiting, I sat on the very last tube carriage and as I got off at my potential new stop, a guy came to the door from the opposite end of the carriage wearing a CCFC Pony overcoat.
Anyway, fast forward six months, and I realised Frank Lampard grew up here too.
I went to the sanctuary festival that was put on in some bowl near Bournemouth a few years after the place closed. It was a disaster with torrential rain all weekend, systems failing due to the damp and the toilets were flooded after the first night. It never happened again.
I also did club Empire in MK a few times after Sanctuary closed, but it just wasn't the same.
I stopped raving a few years back as the youngest were more concerned about taking pics for Instagram and making sure their trainers stayed clean all night. Long gone are the days you'd put on your scruffiest foot wear because you knew people would be stomping on your feet all night. The atmosphere has completely changed from, just going out and having a good time, to "look how cool I am and what I did at the weekend" I got sick of it towards the end.
llyStill smashes it now as well one of the best selectors in the game
Nah. I used to live in the next villageRandoms in Turkey and Torrevieja, also in Mexico and Stoney Cove! haha (deep in the heart of Lesta territory)
Nothing better than seeing other Cov fans (outside of Cov).
I live in London and was running this morning. Absolutely shattered and spotted a bloke walking his dog wearing a Cov bobble hat (the bloke not the dog), game him a ‘sky blue army’ shout, to a chorus of ‘PUSB’, gave me a spring in my step for the last couple of KMs
Got me thinking, where’s the weirdest / most far flung place you’ve bumped into another member of the sky blue army?
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I'm sure you are aware. There is a London sky blues supporters club. I live in Kent and always bump into Coventry fans on holiday.Nothing better than seeing other Cov fans (outside of Cov).
I live in London and was running this morning. Absolutely shattered and spotted a bloke walking his dog wearing a Cov bobble hat (the bloke not the dog), game him a ‘sky blue army’ shout, to a chorus of ‘PUSB’, gave me a spring in my step for the last couple of KMs
Got me thinking, where’s the weirdest / most far flung place you’ve bumped into another member of the sky blue army?
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Wiki - 'Davies enjoys all sports and is an avid football fan and a Liverpool F.C. supporter'I was also in the Virgin Lounge at Heathrow last year..
Went for a slash and come back to my seat and Dame Laura Davis is sitting literally next to my table.
She was off to the US OPEN with Sky Sports and i asked her to give a shout to the Sky Blue Army, if she could fit it in somewhere..
Talked a little bit about golf and football and she mentioed she had a soft spot for Coventry..
Weeks later an artical came up about her on the interweb and find out she was born in Cov!
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I was also in the Virgin Lounge at Heathrow last year..
Went for a slash and come back to my seat and Dame Laura Davis is sitting literally next to my table.
She was off to the US OPEN with Sky Sports and i asked her to give a shout to the Sky Blue Army, if she could fit it in somewhere..
Talked a little bit about golf and football and she mentioed she had a soft spot for Coventry..
Weeks later an artical came up about her on the interweb and find out she was born in Cov!
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Probably a thread of its own but my cousin went to school with John Barnes and said “he wasn’t that good”. I think my cousin talks bollocks.My Dad went to school with him. Said he was never that good a player, just kicked the opposition!
Dean Kiely couldnt get into the school football team as a keeper because they had Jason Pearcey in the same class at Myton (Warwick). Both went on to be pros of course with Dean on our books for years before rising back to the top flight and international, Jason at Mansfield and Grimsby.Probably a thread of its own but my cousin went to school with John Barnes and said “he wasn’t that good”. I think my cousin talks bollocks.
The dad of one of my son’s mates reckons he was at school with Lee Carsley. Said that for games lessons him and carsley were always given the option of either being the best players in the shit match or the worst players in the good match.Dean Kiely couldnt get into the school football team as a keeper because they had Jason Pearcey in the same class at Myton (Warwick). Both went on to be pros of course with Dean on our books for years before rising back to the top flight and international, Jason at Mansfield and Grimsby.
Was definitely limited, but kept himself super-fit and didn't try too much. I quite liked him as a player at City.The dad of one of my son’s mates reckons he was at school with Lee Carsley. Said that for games lessons him and carsley were always given the option of either being the best players in the shit match or the worst players in the good match.
The bloke said he couldn’t believe it when he heard Carsley had become a pro footballer.
Interestingly the bloke said at that age Carsley ran around A LOT and was a bugger cos he chased everything down. Just that he had no skill.Was definitely limited, but kept himself super-fit and didn't try too much. I quite liked him as a player at City.
Yeah I played 5 a side with one of my work mates, one of his team plays for Halesowen in the non league.Sounds like you're a bit of a sucker for tall stories, particularly given the John Barnes one! Professional footballers are a completely different level, even ones that are generally considered poor by supporters, and the chances that Carsley was just a workhorse at school seems pretty unlikely to me.
Play walking footy these days (I'm old) with a couple of ex pros. The way they ping a pass and shield the ball is different class. It never goesYeah I played 5 a side with one of my work mates, one of his team plays for Halesowen in the non league.
No one could get anywhere near him and he plays non league I couldn't imagine what a full time pro is like.
People say the same about Olympic athletes I always say they should have an average person competing next to them so you can see the difference.
You might well be right. But like I say, I don’t believe my cousin, it’s ridiculous to think a player like Barnes wouldn’t have stood out…and was just relaying what some bloke said to me for the sake of posting something.Sounds like you're a bit of a sucker for tall stories, particularly given the John Barnes one! Professional footballers are a completely different level, even ones that are generally considered poor by supporters, and the chances that Carsley was just a workhorse at school seems pretty unlikely to me.
Not Olympics, but:People say the same about Olympic athletes I always say they should have an average person competing next to them so you can see the difference.
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