Which era / type of matches are you referring to though. As with any stadium, it could rock or be like a library. And when it rocked it was a special place.If you say “HR for me any day” - why? Because if it’s for atmosphere, you’re talking shit. Unless you’re a fan of morgues.
If you say “HR for me any day” - why? Because if it’s for atmosphere, you’re talking shit. Unless you’re a fan of morgues.
Which era / type of matches are you referring to though. As with any stadium, it could rock or be like a library. And when it rocked it was a special place.
HR is surely the nostalgia for me, walking across the park, and the steps into the ground, always seemed packed, and seriously close to the action, away fans were right near you, and arguably i saw some of the best football ive ever seen (more often than not it wasnt from us) but to see owen, beckham etc as a teen was great.If you say “HR for me any day” - why? Because if it’s for atmosphere, you’re talking shit. Unless you’re a fan of morgues.
So your experience of HR was between the ages of 3 and 12, and mostly after relegation. You missed so much, which is your fault for being youngTbf i watched City at HR for maybe 8 or 9 years before we moved. The final game against Derby was my 12th birthday. Vague PL memories, but mostly football league. The place was never full, even in the later Premiership days. But I’m sure there’ll be times before I was even alive that it may have been “rocking”.
I will say one thing though, in the last couple of years there’s been several occasions that I’ve left the game with my ears ringing from the noise. I never, EVER, had that sensation at HR. Ever.
It's been running for several years,.it's just very infrequent and only 2 carriages.Is the train running yet that was always promised from Coventry to the ground and also from Nuneaton to the ground?
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We also stood in the WT because it was the only way to see the game properly.Not every game at HR was rocking , but when the bigger teams came every man and their dog turned up . The atmosphere was very very good . The west end ( standing) was something else. Then when the Kop was redeveloped ( roof ) it started to get more left side right side . The west terrace was the strong hold full of fans that took pride in standing there for their territory. This was our castle and it will not be taken . The violence inside and outside was the norm but we all stand together.
it was a totally different time .
I’ve moved on and the CBS is becoming something like HR was in its prime . The younger SBA who never attended HR have nothing to compare it to , we move on and for me the CBS could / will be a fortress for all .not violent just a place to express our support for everything CCFC .
The stadium committee needs to use its collective brainpower to find a workable solution. When they opened up block 10 for a while it’s was good.In the early days of the stadium, I'm pretty sure there was frequent talk of the 'Ricoh Roar', mainly referring to the home end (North Stand). The atmosphere only became terrible when the team became terrible.
Now it feels like the 'home end' is actually the entire east side, and it's awesome at times.
Still a bit frustrated about the apparent impossibility of extending the home crowd into the South Stand on a permanent basis.
Atmosphere was good at Brum with small numbers and growing away, then we brought it home with us.
Some of the years prior to that were the same for me. The best bit was the walk to and from the stadium!
Exactly this, as someone born in 98 for a lot of us Gen Z kids, we never got to experience HR and only here all the stories about it from our parents, grandparents etc so the arena is always what I think of when I think about cov, started going to watch city in the first year it opened in '05 so all my core memories are from the arena, end of micky adams, dowie, coleman eras etc.im thinking that the kids born in 2000/2001 are now fully late teens/early twenties, wanting to go to the ground and filling seats, and have never experienced HR, so the arena is their home, and have no past experience of anything other.
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