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That‘s a great idea in theory but space wasn’t in abundance at the west terrace end, either. Moving the pitch 30 yards in that direction would have reduced capacity at the west end and ruined sight lines. Swan Lane is probably wider than traffic necessitates, the best solution in my opinion...

Exits weren’t such a huge problem when the west stand was built. There was a huge exit onto the pitch if needed. It wasn’t until the introduction of ‘hooligan fencing’ in the 70’s that safety would become a real issue. Yes, it took ages to get out, but that isn’t any different to large crowds in...

I think the west stand was decent enough for its time and served the purpose of providing a cost effective increase in capacity quickly within a limited footprint and timescale. With the exception of possibly Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester United, few clubs were having ambitious projects...

Considering the refurb is costing 3.8 million, it’s amazing how basic and lacking in detail the artist impressions are. Conveniently vague springs to mind.

Finham to the city centre is a really short distance, if you look at a map of Cov, potential expansion to the south west side of the city has been clearly suppressed by the Warwickshire boundary for years. With the Kings Hill development near Warwick Uni, Warwick District Council have brokered a...

If you are talking about creating a stadium a couple of hundred yards up the road or on the outskirts, any planning consultation would still involve Coventry City Council even if it came under Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough. If you created a development in Bedworth or Nuneaton proper, it’s not...

Related to this topic, I think the last thing we need is a stadium outside the city boundaries. I would say the Ricoh is borderline acceptable as realistically, how many fans do we have beyond Bedworth and Nuneaton as a percentage of our fanbase? The South and West of the city is the only...

As far as I see it, the longer it goes on, the less likely there is that we will see a return to football. Footballers’ contracts will expire and club funds will be dissolving each day impacting their ability to pay staff or mount any legals. The owners that have been vocal should soften with...

I considered that before I made the post, but there’s nothing to say the moniker isn’t a red herring.

I’m not sure Snowflake is a Coventry supporter. There’s little substance to what he writes, his modus operandi seems based on wind-ups and abuse. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if he actually follows another team and just comes on here for kicks.

David Smith was fairly slow for a winger. Used to find space to cross the ball rather than get past his marker.

This is wrong, furlough is essentially compensation from the government to prevent you from taking on duties. Essentially, your company should not be ‘profiteering’ from a scheme that is being underwritten by someone else.

Looks a bit like Tommy Hutch in this picture.

You could also request to have your redundancy transferred if your skillset is more valuable to the company than other individuals. As an an analogy, employee a) David Speedie is being made redundant essentially to free up expenses. However, the company have not considered that David is a more...

With traffic congestion, it’s highly unlikely planning permission would be obtained for a new stadium around the city centre. A lot of the locations being suggested on here are on land that is owned or on long-term leases to existing landlords and any suggestion of building on Hearsall Common or...

Barry Powell

The Old Speckled Hendry was a slow seller....

If people were so keen to get tix for the fairly insignificant cup game against Birmingham City, there should be no excuse for not making the effort for this one, early kick-off, TV or not.

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I believe the water was tested and the tapping up started as far back as November 10th 2007 when Wasps were invited to play their ‘home’ Heineken cup game against Munster at the Ricoh. I’m no SISU fan, but there is no question in my mind that the the council...

Nothing like a Stella Artois fuelled game of ‘Outgoings Top Trumps’ to lighten the atmosphere.