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And so we then come back to the notion of Cov Sphinx coming over and playing at the Ricoh. They are higher up the pyramid. It would be Sphinx though and not a new phoenix club and we would all have to accept that.

I wonder what Nuneaton fans would think of this? :thinking about:

They are. Wouldn't put it past our owners at all in at least trying to move us elsewhere.

Exactly. Who exactly is hurting the club the most? Owners that take the club away from its fans is the answer. We have a big game against Wolves if we were doing well and we'd get 20,000 easy at the Ricoh. This season it can only be 7,600 max. Which genius came up with that? :thinking about:

I don't quite agree. I think it will feel in some ways like it is not still our club, but it still will be our club. I think that feeling would wane over the years though and if we were at Northampton 4 years down the line I can well see any embers of loyalty dying away. For me I will tune...

I just don't like this idea of us all but taking over another club that is in a completely different town. Isn't that what Sisu are doing at the moment, taking Coventry City to a different venue away from its home? :thinking about:

But that wouldn't make any statement to Sisu and CCFC would it? 3,000 at the Ricoh for a game to watch whoever would make a clear statement to the owners.

Isn't that kind of like the whole point? If the stadium is free and available it would give them chance to play on a big stage and for disenfranchised City fans the chance to watch some football.

Can't see them playing elsewhere, can you? ;)

I've always been in favour, as long as CCFC no longer exist. If CCFC now play at Northampton for for 3 years plus, it will almost be like them not existing anymore anyway in many ways. See no problem with starting a phoenix club and then if new owners of the City come in, merging the two into...

Traffic would be totally gridlocked. Cannot see this getting past the application stage.

Or 'Home from home.' Double meaning then. Both 'home' and away from this so called 'new home.'

Not a bad idea at all.

A deal will have to be struck between Sisu and ACL.

Good positive thread all round. Nice to see something positive for a change. I'm up for it. If it could gather momentum and thousands turned up it would be quite embarrassing for Sisu and would I'm sure get as much press as the game itself.

Yep. They've all been a bit of a wash out.

Well my idea was to have the City on our radios listening to the game at the same time. You could even have Sphinx kicking off early, at say 2 p.m. Not saying we should support someone else instead of City, just that if we are going up the Rioch anyway and the stadium is empty, it would be...

Good point. You're not prepared to travel so will travel to show that you won't travel. :whistle:;)

Would be great all round. We would get to watch some footie, Sphinx would have their coffers filled and have a chance for their players to play on a big stage for a season and it would keep the Ricoh in the spotlight and the stay away fans united.

Would be even better if ACL let say Cov Sphinx play there for nothing for a season and we got bigger crowds than the attendance at Sixfields. That would be very embarrassing for the club. Not saying it's feasible, but that would certainly get the publicity and coverage.