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  1. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    Planning officers report to committee - not sure if it has been posted up on here http://planning.coventry.gov.uk/portal/servlets/AttachmentShowServlet?ImageName=1290623
  2. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    No idea fp, nor do I know if the club asked for that, but a long term lease arrangement would have offered more protection against being displaced
  3. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    So do I to be honest in some ways but it doesn't necessarily mean there is a crossover on the finances and we don't actually know
  4. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    I think the Reid article is (a) a reflection of the panic & frustration at CCFC - the other side are playing hard ball, less willing than ever to bend and that's outside the club and owners comfort zone which when added to financial pressures ratchets up the stakes. CSF/Wasps are saying all the...
  5. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    I think the club is going to have to deal with what is, especially after the planning meeting this Thursday. That means if committed to a Cat 2 then working it in a different way. Yes it should be our Academy base (I have no doubt on that) but at no time have the club actually had a right to be...
  6. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    AEHC provided 12m to build the AHC AHCT leased the property from CCC. AEHC had a charge over the property & lease to secure the 12m it provided. CSF managed the centre's operation and still does. AHCT ceased to operate and the lease was transferred to Coventry & Warwickshire Centre Trust and a...
  7. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    Don't think there has been any clarity on the funding of the pool or the Wasps set so it is not possible to say one way or the other who is funding the Wasps part of it
  8. oldskyblue58

    OPINION: SAVE OUR CITY: Flaws in council support for Wasps move into CCFC academy

    The AHCT is not a PLC never has been PLC means Public Limited Company
  9. oldskyblue58

    Formal Planning Objection from CCFC

    wonder if the club would care to expand further on this from their website "Coventry City FC have also written to Sport England and the FA to keep them fully apprised of our objections, as well as our our plans and intentions regarding the future of the Academy.
  10. oldskyblue58

    Formal Planning Objection from CCFC

    It is about time that CCFC got a response in so I am glad to see that. It sets out in my opinion very good reasons as to why the Academy is important to CCFC and the City of Coventry Some thoughts, and a lot of it is just devils advocate and deliberately contrary so read it that way - The...
  11. oldskyblue58

    Formal Planning Objection from CCFC

    why are you buying the drinks then Nick?;)
  12. oldskyblue58

    Wasps receive approval to build at Higgs centre

    looks that way to me too wingy
  13. oldskyblue58

    An interview with Ray Ranson!

    as regards Mr Ranson's interview, all I can say is its worked out well hasn't it .............. :(
  14. oldskyblue58

    An interview with Ray Ranson!

    that's correct ....... but they did sell the shares to which the option related
  15. oldskyblue58

    An interview with Ray Ranson!

    The club never sold any option. In 2003 the club, not for the only time, was on the brink of going bust. CCFC sold their interest in ACL to AEHC. The sum received paid off certain liabilities. The amount received was, all but £300k equivalent to the gross spend on the Arena project less the...
  16. oldskyblue58

    Formal Planning Objection from CCFC

    What happens if the application suspended or planning process is say delayed to 1st July 2017? CCFC on that date have no right to be there after that. Could CSF, Wasps simply sit tight till then?
  17. oldskyblue58

    Formal Planning Objection from CCFC

    Planning matters include how it fits in with the adopted Development Plan how the proposal fits in terms of design and use with the surroundings the effect on sunlight and daylight on neighbouring properties the loss of privacy to neighbouring properties the effect on parking, traffic and road...
  18. oldskyblue58

    Is this something else the City could have got involved with?

    even if they haven't been invited the club should get in touch with the organisers and put themselves forward
  19. oldskyblue58

    Wasps receive approval to build at Higgs centre

    One thing that to some degree surprises me is the lack of legal action over something that is apparently so vital. That is the usual recourse of the CCFC owners. Perhaps it is just a matter of time?. Perhaps that is the reason no one is talking?. Not sure who or on what grounds SISU or CCFC...
  20. oldskyblue58

    Leon clark

    More to do with levels of income, what they have in the bank and whether owners prepared to put in more than owning the ground The club itself doesn't actually own the ground but has direct access to most, but not all, income streams the ground generates. The ticket income is still the...
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