Coventry plus the rest of the Coventry & Warwickshire sub region is easily over half a million population wise going towards a million. Our support is OK on the whole, not really sure why we would expect any more than the current average given historic averages.
I think by 2007/08 the opportunity for a genuine clean slate was gone as the arrangements at the Ricoh were in place with a council seemingly unwilling at that point to revisit them.
Saw a post on the 80s football group on Facebook, Bannister rarely gets a mention when 80s cov players are talked of. I didn't realise he was a product of the youth system, it was incredibly productive late 70s / early 80s. Was he past it by the time he came back?
Then again you could say that about any private investor in football. I've come to the conclusion that football clubs as for profit limited companies is the problem.
Yep, fair play to him. It's all good for cov too, like you say with the Assembly closed there are some good opportunities. I haven't been to the Empire for a gig so look forward to a good session that Sunday
It's pretty irrelevant really. The thing with hedge funds is that they're answerable to their investors to a much greater extent than the football club and fans.
It seems to be the latter but unsure for what purpose. There isn't as much direct criticism of the council but definitely criticism if Robinson et al which seems valid. The Roland Nilsson video is interesting, we were going well in January 2002 yet they inexplicably brought in Jim Smith after...