One direct question which demands an answer: Why was CCFC's offer for the second 50% of ACL rejected (which would have allowed us to have a true financial ground-share with Wasps), in favour of a lower offer from Wasps, an act which defrauded the people of the City of Coventry out of the...
Worrying that Nike refer to it as their "Division 2" shirt!
Maybe it's expected to show up better against yellow and black seats!
DON'T like the idea that it is a generic Nike shirt rather than being unique to us. How can they justify the mark-up from £15.72 to £52 by putting a big "&" sign on...
That is pretty damning, isn't it? I'm not up on property law, so I don't know if a freeholder can just add covenants as they see fit, but I'd like to see their justification
Did they use the same sets as Blackadder II, as well as the same gags?
Can't stand Ricky Gervais at the best of times, but the parody of him is even worse!
Saw Episode 1, but won't be revisiting!
Presumably the Council have no "interest" to protect, as they no longer own any part of the Ricoh. On that basis, I would have thought their application for a restrictive covenant could be regarded as contrary to competition law.
CCFC have now released an official statement.
What I don't get is that they say "It is important that the club continues to work towards securing it's (sic) long-term future".
They have always said that the only way to achieve long-term financial viability is to own their own stadium, but Cov...
Agree Nick ... it's a moral vs legal argument!
Incidentally I don't know what the burden of proof is in a Judicial Review ... is it "beyond reasonable doubt" (which is unusual for a civil matter), or "on the balance of probabilities". Were SISU trying to claim that CCC had acted "illegally"...
WTF is there to be happy about, you daft prick? While there may not have been a legal basis to find in SISU's favour, there is no doubt that the Council have been working to fuck the football club over for years
I deliberately didn't say that Les or the Observer would give a particularly balanced view, just that it wouldn't take the Council's side.
Italia, as for reading the Court judgment, will that be accessible anywhere immediately?
*Follow all the action as spun by Simon Gilbert. For an alternative view which is rather less Council-biased, try the Observer or follow Les Reid on social media
Was thinking this just this morning. Don't know when or why the commonly-used name of Upton Park was changed. Precious in the extreme.
Hopefully they'll remember that their new ground will always be known as the "Taxpayers' Olympic Stadium".