The Official Petition Thread (5 Viewers)

Grendel · Feb 7, 2014

I notice someone has posted it on the Sunderland Forum

Monners · Feb 7, 2014

Grendel said:
I notice someone has posted it on the Sunderland Forum

Its a fine line between bravery and foolishness! Joking aside, I am sure there will be a few who respond positively

Chez78 · Feb 7, 2014

Richard Keys has 187k followers on twitter, loads of those will be cov fans, getting him to post it and support it will help it gather momentum

Rusty Trombone · Feb 7, 2014

Grendel said:
I notice someone has posted it on the Sunderland Forum

Was it you? The chap is putting in a sterling effort at winding them up.

Monners · Feb 7, 2014

Rusty Trombone said:
Was it you? The chap is putting in a sterling effort at winding them up.

I think it may be him indeed. Oh, I was wrong - they still hate us judging by the first couple of pages

Monkeyface · Feb 7, 2014

Just tweeted some famous coventry people to promote the petition, including Neil Back... and strangely, Willie Thorn has retweeted. Is he a Sky Blue?!

Grendel · Feb 7, 2014

Monners said:
I think it may be him indeed. Oh, I was wrong - they still hate us judging by the first couple of pages

It's not been well received.

Rusty Trombone · Feb 7, 2014

Grendel said:
It's not been well received.

Most have worked you out as a wum, you've certainly livened up their evening though, and they certainly know about the petition.

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Feb 7, 2014

It makes for great reading, I know its childish but I'm tempted to post multiple threads on the Sunderland board about the petition asking them to sign it.

Fluffsta · Feb 7, 2014

I haven't got twitter but has anybody tweeted Brian Mcfadden as he is a Cov fan. He has nearly 300,000 followers.

mds · Feb 8, 2014

Never used twitter but heres a list of a few coventry born actors or actresses writers and producers off imdb, might be worth tweeting, a few big names.
Vince Hill
Emma Fryer
Billie Whitelaw Actress
Sinead Matthews Actress
Chris Jury Actor
Clive Owen Actor
Graeme Hawley Actor
Brendan Price Actor
Hazel O'Connor
Rowena Wallace Actress
Neil McCormick
Louis Hilyer Actor
Pete Waterman
Kevin Warwick Self
Stephen Quinn Actor
Tom Menary Actor
Brian Taylor Actor
Constance Godridge Actress
Jon Gaunt Writer
James Crooke

http://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/custom/famous_coventrians.php
list of over 100 names born in Coventry, worth a tweet?
M Hall Sheffers Graham Alexander Dave Moorcroft Marlon devonish Cal Crutchlow Ian Bell long list on Historic Coventry.

100 famous people from Coventry http://www.itsallaboutcoventry.co.uk/feature-100-famous-coventry-people.shtml

Think i may have to create a twitter account!

quinn1971 · Feb 8, 2014

mds said:
Never used twitter but heres a list of a few coventry born actors or actresses writers and producers off imdb, might be worth tweeting, a few big names.
Vince Hill
Emma Fryer
Billie Whitelaw Actress
Sinead Matthews Actress
Chris Jury Actor
Clive Owen Actor
Graeme Hawley Actor
Brendan Price Actor
Hazel O'Connor
Rowena Wallace Actress
Neil McCormick
Louis Hilyer Actor
Pete Waterman
Kevin Warwick Self
Stephen Quinn Actor
Tom Menary Actor
Brian Taylor Actor
Constance Godridge Actress
Jon Gaunt Writer
James Crooke

http://forum.historiccoventry.co.uk/custom/famous_coventrians.php
list of over 100 names born in Coventry, worth a tweet?
M Hall Sheffers Graham Alexander Dave Moorcroft Marlon devonish Cal Crutchlow Ian Bell long list on Historic Coventry.

100 famous people from Coventry http://www.itsallaboutcoventry.co.uk/feature-100-famous-coventry-people.shtml

Think i may have to create a twitter account!

Can I send you a paper petition?

It is not possible to include a paper petition as part of reaching the threshold of 100 000 signatures to make a petition eligible for debate in the House of Commons. This is because paper petitions do not allow the Government to verify signatures to the same degree as with e-petitions.

The e-petitions system is not intended to replace the current paper based system of public petitions in the House of Commons. For more information about the paper based Parliamentary Petitions, you can visit the UK Parliament website. The Backbench Business Committee, who are responsible for the scheduling of any debates on e-petitions, have made clear that they will continue to consider paper petitions when choosing subjects for debates.

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I got this off the parliament website, might be too late but wouldn't it be worth it seeing if we could start a paper petition, it says it might be considered ? Nothing to lose by asking ? And a lot easier to get signed

MichaelCCFC · Feb 8, 2014

Great stuff everyone! Paper petitions go through a different route. If we can start to get big numbers on the epetition a paper one could be done as an addition but at the moment it would just confuse things so need to keep hammering away on the epetition first - we're at 9,715 which is phenomenal in one week and it's still trending

Grendel · Feb 8, 2014

One Sunderland fan has signed the petition.

quinn1971 · Feb 8, 2014

MichaelCCFC said:
Great stuff everyone! Paper petitions go through a different route. If we can start to get big numbers on the epetition a paper one could be done as an addition but at the moment it would just confuse things so need to keep hammering away on the epetition first - we're at 9,715 which is phenomenal in one week and it's still trending

Just an idea, great effort Michael, should be a lot more though, if all the fans that cared to go to the Crewe game in the jpt signed it and passed it on to two people we wouldn't be far off, it's that easy, just hope enough people care to sign it. Keep it going

mark82 · Feb 8, 2014

Grendel said:
One Sunderland fan has signed the petition.

Not all dickheads then.

mark82 · Feb 8, 2014

When I get 5 minutes I'll drop some of the lower league non league clubs on who have high average attendances comparable with conference teams. (Teams like Maidstone United, FC Utd, Guernsey FC, etc..)

blend · Feb 8, 2014

Good work all. Michael I may be interested for the 15th but cannot confirm yet due to family commitments but if you get a few together keep me posted.

torchomatic · Feb 8, 2014

As for Coventry and the local area, it's got to reach more than fans, both regulars and casual, but people who just live in Cov and Warks.

CCFC said:
I think at the moment, the petition is only reaching the hardcore football/Coventry fans and not the casual fans.

Grendel · Feb 8, 2014

mark82 said:
Not all dickheads then.

Well one isn't. The general consensus seems to be that jimmy hills death will be a day of partying in Sunderland and I am not exaggerating. I am geniunely surprised I thought the majority would not be that hostile.

mark82 · Feb 8, 2014

Grendel said:
Well one isn't. The general consensus seems to be that jimmy hills death will be a day of partying in Sunderland and I am not exaggerating. I am geniunely surprised I thought the majority would not be that hostile.

I remember them flooding here when we got relegated. I don't mind a bit of banter but when people are wishing someone would die because of the result of a football match it's going too far.

Skyblueweeman · Feb 8, 2014

I don't live locally Michael, otherwise I'd be there. Gents, this could add a couple of thousand signatures to the petition...please support Michael with this!

Grendel · Feb 8, 2014

mark82 said:
Not all dickheads then.

3 sunderland signed now our popularity is growing

dadgad · Feb 8, 2014

How many now, are we at 10 k yet?

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Feb 8, 2014

dadgad said:
How many now, are we at 10 k yet?

9,856

Jack Griffin · Feb 8, 2014

Doncaster Rovers http://www.donny-rovers.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=168

Done cu-fcchat.com too, but my post has to be checked by mod first.

http://www.theshedend.com/topic/25324-petition-without-fans-there-is-no-football/ Chelsea Forum

SkyBlue_Bear83 · Feb 8, 2014

It's at 10k now

VisitingPie · Feb 8, 2014

I've signed it and am happy to post on all our forums if you haven't already done so. By the way, I wasn't there today but our commentator was very impressed with your protest (perhaps not the man on the pitch!).

I read Joy Seppala's statement earlier this week. Just incredible. I hope every single council nearby refuses them planning permission.

ccfc92 · Feb 8, 2014

CCFC said:
It's at 10k now

even though that's great, in this day and age, with millions of people on the internet, 10k.....

Really?

VisitingPie · Feb 8, 2014

http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=402&fid=17&sty=2&act=1&mid=2111556044 Nottscountymad

http://prideofnottingham.co.uk/community/topic/1226-notts-county-vs-coventry-city/page-2 Pride of Nottingham

I've also put it on my twitter and facebook for what it's worth!

ccfc92 · Feb 8, 2014

VisitingPie said:
http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=402&fid=17&sty=2&act=1&mid=2111556044 Nottscountymad

http://prideofnottingham.co.uk/community/topic/1226-notts-county-vs-coventry-city/page-2 Pride of Nottingham

I've also put it on my twitter and facebook for what it's worth!

Thankyou very much

Jack Griffin · Feb 8, 2014

http://www.friendsoffulham.com/forum/index.php?topic=36634.0 a Fulham forum
http://www.theposhforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24521 Peterborough
http://www.ambernectar.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7917 Hull

sbvet · Feb 9, 2014

Great to see it doing better than you expected michael

Flying Fokker · Feb 9, 2014

The video of the Bristol City game brings back memories of the suspense of he night. The delay in kick off was a rare occurrence but given that there were hold-ups on motorways, traffic congestion etc it was to be expected.

Monkeyface · Feb 9, 2014

I've Tweeted the Sunday politics show asking if they would cover it. They've replied asking me to give them an update mid-week, and will try to cover it next week. Hope you don't mind Michael?

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