Spotting fellow Cov fans in the wild (6 Viewers)

[ms639]

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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[baldy]

Hahahaha love this, was hoping that somebody would be the ‘spotted’ on this thread. Amazing.


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[ms639]

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.

Ha. My Mrs has gone the other way and is happy to shout ‘sky blue army’ even when I’m not about. She’s a Sunderland fan


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[Will Silver CCFC57]

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.

 

[South West Sky Blue]

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.

My Dad went to school with him. Said he was never that good a player, just kicked the opposition!

 

[rob9872]

I remember back when I was a safari guide in Botswana and this fella gave me an old green & black shirt. He didn't belive I was a Coventry fan until I rattled off the whole squad (2014). Spent the the next two days talking football with him, which I think he liked but it was a bit dull really.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

Always pip my horn with a thumbs up when driving through Torquay if I see a cov shirt. Bit off more than I could chew one sunny day last year. Pulling up to temporary traffic lights in town . I spotted one and politely pipped. What I didn't realise was a whole stag do behind him with about 15 pissed up city fans all jumping around the car and in the middle of the road.

 

[ricohroar]

Few went to spain (walked past a pub in cov top) chorus of we want sisu out blasted out lol
Safari in Kenya only small group (mini bus) 5 day safari one other guy also a cov fan

 

[DannyThomas_1981]

Checkatrade. 2015-16 era. Crawley Town midweek. December. Ricoh.

Spotting a fellow sufferer took some doing in that barren bitter wilderness.

 

[hamil99]

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 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.

 

[Ccfc_Addy]

I've had a few over the years, usually because I'm wearing a Cov top or scarf on holiday.

Weirdest one was when the wife and I were in Vegas. We were, and I do not say this lightly, utterly fucked because we'd been on a bar crawl and to a guided tour of the Mob Museum where we got to taste-test five different kinds of Moonshine. We were at a bar near the end when an American overheard our conversation and introduced himself as having done a year abroad at Coventry University. I was like no fuckin way man we we we we're from there andsh I'm a Cov supporter ha ha ha ha and he said that he'd been to a few matches while he was studying and still keeps up with how the team is doing. I unfortunately have no memory of the conversation after that but I can't imagine I did any of us proud.

 

[CovInEssex]

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.

Was it Joe Elliot

 

[Travs]

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.

I feel similar......

Sanctuary closed in summer 2004, and i'd pretty much given up going to big raves by summer 2005...... although did a couple of big venues after the Sanctuary........ Cov Skydome, and Nottingham Ice Arena spring to mind.

Bagleys was my favourite place. United Dance on a friday night, come out at 6am and get the first SIlverlink train back to Cov..... although pretty grim getting back to Cov as people were going about their weekend shopping etc.

 

[bigbeatpete]

Totally agree fella. Im Still loving it at 48!

Still smashes it now as well one of the best selectors in the game

lly

 

[Kneeza]

Randoms in Turkey and Torrevieja, also in Mexico and Stoney Cove! haha (deep in the heart of Lesta territory)

Nah. I used to live in the next village

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

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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Seen a bloke wearing a Cov shirt in Aachen during the Euros and for a moment, it seemed like this random German bloke supported us…

… turned out he was from Cov when I got talking to him on the train in Belgium!

 

[HerneBayGaz]

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.

 

[grahamparsons68]

Morrisons, Plymstock in Devon!

 

[alexccfc99]

Had the two tone kit on watching Calvin Harris in Ushuaia Ibiza in the summer and got a 'Sky Blue Army' from across the way

 

[alexccfc99]

Also in my postgrad Uni days in Leeds I was in the pub and we got talking to the table next to us

The subject of football come up and I was asked who I supported, and was greeted with the response 'My brother has just signed for them, Joel Latibeaudiere'

 

[B-Ban-Boogie]

I travel to Italy all the time and stay at the same hotel in a small village called Quattro Castella.
The owner is a Fiorentina fan, and last year i brought him a Cov shirt and small pennant.
The next time i showed up he's sitting in the reception area wearing the shirt..

The pennant sits proudly in his restaurant for all to see.

 

[B-Ban-Boogie]

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!

 

[skybluelee]

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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[Skyblueweeman]

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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What a golfer she was.

Great commentator as well.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

My Dad went to school with him. Said he was never that good a player, just kicked the opposition!

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.

 

[rob9872]

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.

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.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

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.

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.

 

[rob9872]

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.

Was definitely limited, but kept himself super-fit and didn't try too much. I quite liked him as a player at City.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Was definitely limited, but kept himself super-fit and didn't try too much. I quite liked him as a player at City.

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.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

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.

 

[Samueljames1991]

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.

Yeah 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.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

Yeah 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.

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 goes

 

[Terry_dactyl]

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.

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.

I have played football with lads who went onto play pro football…Iyseden Christie being one. While Iyseden was clearly very good - saw him score 10 in one game - I’d say There were others in that team who I’d describe as having better footballing brains and skills. He didn’t, for example play in a game we won 21-0…another lad who was brilliant scored 9.
So I can believe that there may have been players that shone more than Lee Carsley. Especially given the type of player he was.

 

[Shannerz]

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.

Not Olympics, but:


The nearest you'll see crap people come up against the world class in sport is in cricket, where you can have someone like Phil Tufnell has to come out to face the likes of Curtley Ambrose.

 

[KG7]

I played junior football with Peter Whittingham and Joshua Gowling (ex Bournemouth / Kidderminster). Whittingham was classy from about 6 years old. Super skilfull, scored a left foot volley on his first day of training from outside the box playing up a year - still remember it now. Gowling was very good, quick, skilful, strong, one of the better players in the team but didn't stand out to me as someone who was destined for a career in the game.