I dont miss Highfield Road anymore (1 Viewer)

Saddlebrains said:

Never felt rhe CBS was home

Last few seasons it has felt MORE like home, but still lacked something for me, despite the brillaint seasons and atmospheres

But the CCFC branding all.over the concourses, the stadium owners listening to fans in improvements such as cleaning the place, however basic

And also the atmospheres, the memories we're starting to make there, and the journey we've been on there

I think I've finally fell in love with the place

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Careful we may start to agree with you! It is true though that since covid it has felt like a proper home ground, more so since the stadium sale.

Not so sure . CBS is growing on me bar than parking and getting away after the game . HR was something else for a lot of reasons, good and bad . The walk up to HR was brilliant. The pubs from the silver sword, brew and baker Vauxhall,sky blue tavern and strikers bar . Nothing better on match day .

Think the 2 big turning points for me are the Forest come back win and Wasps departing never to be seen again
yesterday was brilliant great atmosphere high quality game it’s why we go to football

Everything about the match day experience is just better and more engaging. A proper fan zone, bars and food stalls all along the east stand with a DJ playing loads of ska/two tone music, more signage in the concourses and outside, a swanky new (and more importantly, permanent!) club shop etc.

Infinitely better than it used to be and really feels like home, chuck in the existing atmosphere which has now spread further around the ground and an anthem playing just before KO and it’s actually a really enjoyable day out!

If I was being greedy, I’d like them to stick a badge in the spot above the shop where the outline of Wasps one is, and some kind of sign saying “Coventry City Football Club” somewhere visible. But despite that, can’t fault it these days!

Saddlebrains said:

Never felt rhe CBS was home

Last few seasons it has felt MORE like home, but still lacked something for me, despite the brillaint seasons and atmospheres

But the CCFC branding all.over the concourses, the stadium owners listening to fans in improvements such as cleaning the place, however basic

And also the atmospheres, the memories we're starting to make there, and the journey we've been on there

I think I've finally fell in love with the place

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Great shout, I’ve completely forgot I used to hate the place.

Highfield Road with a big crowd inside was banging. Great atmosphere and particularly enjoyed the night games.
CBS Arena is totally different but is growing on me now the crowds have increased

Saddlebrains said:

Never felt rhe CBS was home

Last few seasons it has felt MORE like home, but still lacked something for me, despite the brillaint seasons and atmospheres

But the CCFC branding all.over the concourses, the stadium owners listening to fans in improvements such as cleaning the place, however basic

And also the atmospheres, the memories we're starting to make there, and the journey we've been on there

I think I've finally fell in love with the place

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Is your name ollie ?

Saddle's been kidnapped. He's posting positively.

H Rd was special but the CBSA is a far better all round stadium.

Covcraig@bury said:

Not so sure . CBS is growing on me bar than parking and getting away after the game . HR was something else for a lot of reasons, good and bad . The walk up to HR was brilliant. The pubs from the silver sword, brew and baker Vauxhall,sky blue tavern and strikers bar . Nothing better on match day .

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The matchday experience was special.

People forget that HR feel , but I don't.. used to get a knot in my stomach every time we played and that walk upto the stadium from town etc .. just a special place

Today's fans would make HR unbelievably hard to play at for away teams

Not rea

Evo1883 said:

Today's fans in Highfield Road would have made it more intimidating than the arena currently..

Also , the matchday experience was better at HR around the stadium

Although atm we've outgrown highfield Road with how many we get through the do

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Yes if you like a shitty, squeezed seated stadia. HR was better when we had the Kop

Flying Fokker said:

Not rea

Yes if you like a shitty, squeezed seated stadia. HR was better when we had the Kop

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Maybe we are all fatter now

I just wish the CBS was next to the city centre like HR. None of this edge of the city nonsense.

San Francisco said:

I just wish the CBS was next to the city centre like HR. None of this edge of the city nonsense.

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I think this would make a huge difference to how people feel

Often wondered if the CBS had tye same proportion of terracing as HR had what the crowd capacity would be .

Evo1883 said:

People forget that HR feel , but I don't.. used to get a knot in my stomach every time we played and that walk upto the stadium from town etc .. just a special place

Today's fans would make HR unbelievably hard to play at for away teams

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Plus at 14 I could buy a pint and a pie to take to my seat.

Definitely better but still requires improved access and public links

Pint in the Brewer, walk up to the ground with the atmosphere building all around you, close to the pitch in the West End, banging atmosphere particularly at night and at Christmas, turning over Liverpool, Arsenal, Man U, Villa, West Ham in the LC semi - hard to top that. Maybe the CBS in the prem but I'm not sure that the HR vibe will ever leave me

Evo1883 said:

I think this would make a huge difference to how people feel

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I’m happy as I am thanks. The City has no space.

Chris1987 said:

Often wondered if the CBS had tye same proportion of terracing as HR had what the crowd capacity would be .

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crowds of 38, 40 and 42k. Down to 20500 wasn’t it.

Take out Rows A to K? In the North and South stands from O up to the top would be the seated seated area.

Maybe up to 40k capacity then? Anything else may require remodeling the stadium.

Covcraig@bury said:

Not so sure . CBS is growing on me bar than parking and getting away after the game . HR was something else for a lot of reasons, good and bad . The walk up to HR was brilliant. The pubs from the silver sword, brew and baker Vauxhall,sky blue tavern and strikers bar . Nothing better on match day .

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The only one that was decent was the sky blue tavern but only when it was The Mercers , Vauxhall closed early 90s. So tell me if we had stayed at Highfield Road which pubs would you go to?

Saddlebrains said:

Never felt rhe CBS was home

Last few seasons it has felt MORE like home, but still lacked something for me, despite the brillaint seasons and atmospheres

But the CCFC branding all.over the concourses, the stadium owners listening to fans in improvements such as cleaning the place, however basic

And also the atmospheres, the memories we're starting to make there, and the journey we've been on there

I think I've finally fell in love with the place

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It’s hardly surprising when there was only 6-7000 rattling around in the dark days of Sisu that there was no real affinity with the Ricoh/CBS.
We are now averaging 25,000 and everyone is pulling in the same direction-what a difference that makes.
Wonder if people still prefer St Andrews…..

Flying Fokker said:

I’m happy as I am thanks. The City has no space.

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You’ll never beat HR, but we are living in different times now. The whole match day experience has improved significantly this season I will give them that. But getting to the ground is a right pain in the arse

Evo1883 said:

Maybe we are all fatter now

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I can vouch for that

Broken Hearted Sky Blue said:

The only one that was decent was the sky blue tavern but only when it was The Mercers , Vauxhall closed early 90s. So tell me if we had stayed at Highfield Road which pubs would you go to?

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now you’re asking probably everyone from the cov cross down Gosford road. I can’t remember the names but there was one at the top main road from the Vauxhall that was good

San Francisco said:

I just wish the CBS was next to the city centre like HR. None of this edge of the city nonsense.

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One day, the land around the stadium may be developing into housing and a proper rail/tram line will be set up and it will change things.

HR gone but not forgotten for about 40% of our support it’s just part of ccfc history.
It’s not so much the ground I miss but it’s location which was perfect.

Evo1883 said:

People forget that HR feel , but I don't.. used to get a knot in my stomach every time we played and that walk upto the stadium from town etc .. just a special place

Today's fans would make HR unbelievably hard to play at for away teams

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The accoustics are better at the CBS. In fact, the acoustics in the corner are as good as it can get.

There were some good times with decent atmospheres before, but it really started to feel like home from that first game back late comeback win v Forest.

Ever since then it's been great really and a bit of a fortress.

PVA said:

There were some good times with decent atmospheres before, but it really started to feel like home from that first game back late comeback win v Forest.

Ever since then it's been great really and a bit of a fortress.

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McFadz in the last minute ⚽️

Blind-Faith said:

You’ll never beat HR, but we are living in different times now. The whole match day experience has improved significantly this season I will give them that. But getting to the ground is a right pain in the arse

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Yeah I know a few people who still hate the location. They class it as Beduff rather than Coventry. Was also a better pub crawl to Highfield road. Atmosphere wise though I have to admit the CBS is better as at Highfield road only the West End used to get behind them.