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Growing up, I always thought Albert Johanneson was the first black player (he was very famous playing for Leeds United in the 1960s, including in the Cup Final) – however I have now been re-educated. I’m afraid that’s the best contribution I can make to your pre-war thread NW – something...

My original post didn’t suggest that JLR (or anyone else for that matter) should suddenly jump in and sponsor CCFC as a whole. But if what Wasps are doing at Allard Way means our Academy can no longer be accommodated there, why couldn’t JLR (who seem happy enough to back Wasps) dip their toe in...

If CCFC pay Wasps for access to some of the revenues, that’s still revenue for Wasps isn’t it? I’m not clever enough to know whether or how that could work in practice. But I agree, Wasps are unlikely to give revenues to CCFC.

I agree with you on this Stupot - it’s unimaginable that the Wasps plans and the swimming pool are somehow happening independently, and along with the Higgs clause it just looks like the kind of stitch-up they should all be ashamed of. That’s why I feel differently about this than I do about...

Dead right. Which is why the campaign can only achieve unity if it focuses 100% on the thing we do all agree about - that CCFC should continue to have a Cat 2 academy in Coventry. Insist that all parties work to achieve it. We shouldn't care too much how it happens, as long as it happens...

Couldn't agree more NW. What a powerful partner they would be.

You call for a truce and someone opens up a new front. Fucking sick of it, I just want to go home to Blighty :(

But we can try? And JLR certainly have links to the city.

This tedious battle has left a landscape full of impassable mud and shell holes full of water. The various parties have utterly failed our club, right? There is very little chance of all CCFC fans (never mind the public at large) agreeing on who is most to blame, right? That means trench...

Totally agree, indeed I think I said that. I was only suggesting that tactically, while Wasps are still claiming they are willing and able to accommodate the CCFC Academy, it might be premature and bad tactics to declare all out unconditional war on them, as the OP seemed to suggest. Better to...

It’s vital that the Academy is preserved, and I agree with the OP that we can’t afford splinter groups. But I don’t get the idea that it should be “The Observer’s Campaign”? Surely the focus has to be around the Trust, with both papers (and everybody else) supporting that, and nobody seeking to...

Only just picked up on this thread, I don’t have time to read everything. For what it’s worth, the various commitments Nick listed in the OP are exactly the reason I didn’t oppose the Wasps move in the first place – benefits for the city without damaging CCFC. I still don’t think the sale of...

Woke up with a start from an awful dream this morning. We were playing our home games at St. Andrews, and Sky Blues Talk* had arranged a coach trip to the first match. I turned up at the appointed place, where various dodgy-looking guys were milling about. A Leonardo diCaprio lookalike stepped...

Just when you think it’s impossible for things to get worse. Amongst all the talk of this being the end, I think people are overlooking the most likely scenario. That we keep on bumbling along staggering from one disaster to another, with the owners permanently dug in, and more and more...

This would be exciting news if it wasn’t completely eclipsed by the non-football stuff. Anyway, I’m really liking what we're hearing from Mark Venus.

Nick, I think you’ll find they are called Toby and Tim ;) Anyway I agree that this really must not turn into a war against people (wherever they come from) who are simply watching rugby matches. But even speaking as someone who hasn’t been anti-Wasps up to now, if I decide they are complicit...

I like nearly all of what the Observer are saying, and agree that we need concerted pressure and effort from all sides to foster a solution. It would help if this pitiful rivalry between the two papers didn’t keep surfacing – I mean, it’s now “The Observer’s ‘Save Our City’ campaign” is it...

Can you elaborate?

It's in a fairly prominent panel at the top of the front page, so that's something. The article itself covers much of page 3, but for some reason unlike the website it doesn't mention that the Telegraph are "backing" the campaign. It's not enough IMO, and I hope they get behind it properly as...

Yep, it's as depressing as it's ever been. To be fair, it's not the Wasps application that destoys the Academy, it's the swimming pool to follow. Got to keep pushing as hard as possible for these mind games to stop, and for a mutually-acceptable solution to be found. And stop arguing amongst...