clint van damme
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So are we taking Tim Fisher at his word now?
Tim said we are moving to rugby (1 Viewer)
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Liquid Gold
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At lest we'll be more fluid than we were today
chiefdave
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Think some people over estimate what is actually involved in brining a ground up to league standard. Look at some of the places we've been to the last few years.
Elvis Pressley
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Wasps rolling into coventry
CanadianCCFC
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Bit different when he’s addressing buisness people and sponsors than when he’s addressing fans.
But no, remain sceptical.
Places that are in the league?
samccov1987
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As bad as it is to be leaving city again Rugby probably is just about tolerable if it means the club continues.
Don’t know the ground at all but guessing temporary stands are required; given these will be uncovered and the lack of facilities compared to the Ricoh what prices are they intending on charging for season tickets? Will they provide subsidised travel?
Of course this could all be another game by Tim but they have form from Northampton. It’s going to take more than a year for wasps to go bust too so this could be two to three years at least.
Don’t know the ground at all but guessing temporary stands are required; given these will be uncovered and the lack of facilities compared to the Ricoh what prices are they intending on charging for season tickets? Will they provide subsidised travel?
Of course this could all be another game by Tim but they have form from Northampton. It’s going to take more than a year for wasps to go bust too so this could be two to three years at least.
Liquid Gold
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Forest Green was just a couple of steps next to a pitch.
CJ_covblaze
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The CV Postcode area borders Derbyshire in it’s North and Gloucestershire in it’s South West.
Elvis Pressley
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They have sourced temporary stands so what does that say
Liquid Gold
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5 a week apparently
6 Generations
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This is the man who said ‘the ship has sailed ‘
‘We will deliver a new stadium within 3 years’
Otis
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Rugby is definitely the best of all the options of a ground share outside the city.
10 mins on the train only.
usskyblue
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Mucca Mad Boys
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I’m hoping this doesn’t mean we can’t stay at the RICOH.
But, if we can’t stay at the RICOH, we need a Plan B and Rugby or Nuneaton would probably be the next best thing after the RICOH.
If Wasps are refusing to talk, we don’t have much of a choice, and I hope Wasps do negoiate. Things could go v badly for them over the next few years...
But, if we can’t stay at the RICOH, we need a Plan B and Rugby or Nuneaton would probably be the next best thing after the RICOH.
If Wasps are refusing to talk, we don’t have much of a choice, and I hope Wasps do negoiate. Things could go v badly for them over the next few years...
Grendel
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I’m sure the trust will back the club if this was the only resolution available
Speedies_Chips
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I'm outraged. This is my 50th year of watching City First game was April 1969. If we move out of The Ricoh, I'm done.
usskyblue
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Sick Boy
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The day the London Rugby club moved into the city was far worse.
The Clifton inn is about 1 min walk from the ground. The landlord must be rubbing his hands together. Town centre is about a mile away (maybe 2).
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JulianDarbyFTW
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I need to hear a second or third person claim to have been in the room when it was said before I begin to believe this. I've been using the internet for too many years to trust anything off the say-so of one person.
Irish Sky Blue
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I haven’t been there for a few years but if it is still the same, there was only one fairly narrow cul de sac up to the ground. I am pretty sure that there were only one set of entrances, beside the social club. That would be a real problem getting a few thousand “home” fans in, never mind the problem of segregation. I think a lot of work would need to be done on the infrastructure. The ground itself is neat and tidy, bigger and better than Nuneaton. There is a large grassed area in front of the ground and Astro turf pitches beside it. I think the railway line runs alongside the terrace opposite the social club. I am not sure if there would be space for temporary stands etc.
I didn’t go to Northampton but I would go this time. Sisu still the main protagonist in all of this mess but the club itself needs support to survive the current parasites who own us. My fear would be that if gates are reasonable it may suit Sisu to simply leave the club outside of Coventry waiting for Wasps to fail.
I didn’t go to Northampton but I would go this time. Sisu still the main protagonist in all of this mess but the club itself needs support to survive the current parasites who own us. My fear would be that if gates are reasonable it may suit Sisu to simply leave the club outside of Coventry waiting for Wasps to fail.
chiefdave
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Don't think they'll go bust overnight or anything like that but I think the impact of our potentially leaving is being vastly underplayed.
Of course we've been here before when ACL was under council control. We were told over and over again the football clubs contribution was minimal and ACL would be just fine if we left. How many times did we hear the phrase 'washing its face', turned out to be BS.
Think it would be similar. We're talking about a business making significant losses losing a minimum of 23 event days and over 280K customers. Its not just our rent and match day revenues they'll lose, it will be a big hit to the value of things like naming rights. No coincidence they've struggled to sell them while there's doubt about us staying.
As a business surely they'll have to justify to bondholders why they've let that revenue walk away.
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Kneeza
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And mine!
Yes owned by I think Brian Melvin who owns Melbros they are also the chief sponsors. Interestingly they play in sky blue.
shepardo01
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This if true would be heartbraking.
Live in Rugby, played at Butlin Road for VS. Never ever thought I'd be going there to watch City.
Ground is decent for the level they play at (Currently Step 5 of non league - equivalent to Sphinx/Cov Utd)
BUT- access is poor, one very narrow (Butlin Rd) residential road off main road. (Clifton rd) 10 mins off M6 jct 2 but a decent number, (more than 1000) would cause chaos.
2 set of turnstiles only.
Small clubhouse for refreshments.
Only really one place anything temporary stand wise could go. (To right of clubhouse as looking from car park) due to size of space, looking at 500 max! (Main stand holds 500)
Pitch would need re-doing, would be by far the worse surface in football league if not.
Away teams ch room would never fit a league 1 squad in - plus staff/kit/crates etc...
Would be worse than anything in the football league, even with temp stands.
Live in Rugby, played at Butlin Road for VS. Never ever thought I'd be going there to watch City.
Ground is decent for the level they play at (Currently Step 5 of non league - equivalent to Sphinx/Cov Utd)
BUT- access is poor, one very narrow (Butlin Rd) residential road off main road. (Clifton rd) 10 mins off M6 jct 2 but a decent number, (more than 1000) would cause chaos.
2 set of turnstiles only.
Small clubhouse for refreshments.
Only really one place anything temporary stand wise could go. (To right of clubhouse as looking from car park) due to size of space, looking at 500 max! (Main stand holds 500)
Pitch would need re-doing, would be by far the worse surface in football league if not.
Away teams ch room would never fit a league 1 squad in - plus staff/kit/crates etc...
Would be worse than anything in the football league, even with temp stands.
No it isn’t SFF is at Rugby Town JFC in Kilsby Lane.
ccfcway
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Bitter would be more appropriate