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19th September 2001. Coventry City 4 - 3 Man City. I took my Dad to his first game as I had a spare ticket. Great night!

It is my understanding (and am willing to be corrected) that clubs don't hand back shares every year. If you're not promoted to the Premier League or Relegated from League 2 then you hold your share. Only the clubs that leave the Football League transfer their shares to new members. This is...

The price of acquisition of ACL and the Ricoh drop if we're in League 2. One more relegation will have been planned for...

Could be - I wouldn't be surprised if it was the case. Some of these players will have been around on good contracts for a while. Appearance payments to squad players will be less than to these senior professionals. I do accept that this might not be the case. It seems we're seeing strange...

Grendel, comments like this remind me of picking teams in the playground when I was a child. The 'not even good enough' players were always left out. It's not like that in professional football. Baker, Barton and Christie are all good enough to be in the team, injuries aside they are out of...

In my opinion there's no case to answer on this point as the rental deals offered by ACL were generous enough. The club's move sacrificed about 10,000 fans a game or approximately £2m a year in income. It will be very hard for SISU to show that ACL damaged the club any more than the owners did...

Grendel, there are circumstances where this might be done - in a commercial environment rather than that of CCC and ACL. For that particular transaction CCC will need to explain their rationale in the Judicial Review later this year. Although many companies are 'independent' they can be linked...

patccfc, I do agree with everything you say here. Distressing ACL is SISU's primary motive (poppycock yes!)- why else take the club away and sacrifice 90% of home support and their associated income? If SISU win the judicial review and ACLs funding structure needs to change there is the...

Good shout although I can actually 'buy' this as SISU could get ten years out of a 'temporary stadium'. With their fondness for litigation if the 'Football League' agreed five years they would go to court for another five years. Reading between the lines this says SISU are starting to panic...

We should all have learnt to take anything Fisher says with a pinch of salt... Remember CCFC Ltd as a non-trading subsidiary, and the club as 'debt free'? When it comes to stating facts he is simply not someone to trusted. I'm not sure your parallels with Wimbledon are actually correct...

It's a sign that the opposition have worked out how to play against the system and the players. Our unknown players would have been a surprise to most teams - hence we did so well in the early season when the opposition didn't know what they were up against. We have been found out and with no...

The accounts for Sky Blue Sports and Leisure Ltd will show the figure. The £60-£70m comes from the club and is one of their usual 'facts' - similar to 'debt free' that we all heard a while back. While a lot of money has been 'invested' it is my opinion that supporting losses in a badly run...

Difficult. By moving CCFC to Sixfields SISU told the fans that they don't need them. I'd suggest the closest team in Scotland for a while as things will get much worse for Coventry City before they get better.

And you know this, how? While I understand your point it is a matter of record that SISU are litigious. Having allowed a move for (up to) 5 years there could be a strong case that making it permanent is the next step. If things with the Ricoh and / or new stadium don't go SISU's way they...

And owner's that don't care whether their team is relegated? Which is worse?

SISU knew what they were doing when they alienated 90% of their home support revenues by moving to Northampton. Part of the plan I'm afraid. Another relegation and the price falls on the Ricoh and ACL.

I have my doubts also. We've been outplayed and comprehensively beaten by teams in the bottom 6. We're 5 points above the relegation zone and in abysmal form. There's always a team that drops into trouble. I posted on here some time ago that I think we'll struggle to get another 12 points...

Great point skybluelee but the supporters know that the owners aren't listening... The large protests in the City centre showed that. Why take the time to sign when you know no-one's listening?

Good shout VoR so here's my opinion. Hedge Funds make money two ways. On the up by turning businesses round and selling them and on the down cycle by using a downturn to acquire assets more cheaply. It's my guess that we're in the down cycle with Coventry City. SISU have decided that they...

I disagree with this. The people of Coventry do care about Coventry City. There is a growing realisation that the club's owners don't care about the club's and its supporters / customers. First thing is for the owners to demonstrate they care for the club and the fans. After alienating 90%...