200% Coventry City, New Ground, The Charity and The Hedge Fund (1 Viewer)

shmmeee said:

Higgs paid for the academy

Council paid for the stadium

Directors/Investors paid for players

Inter Milan paid for Robbie Keane (allegedly)

And the Co-Op Bank paid the wages

Good old Richardson.

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par1sons said:

More to the point, at what point does charging more than £40 per hour to use one of the 3g pitches benefit deprived children. It's a business at the end of the day using the word 'charity' to potential gain financial advantages. I'm a football coach and no way is charging that amount helping local children, deprived or not. Feel sorry for the alan higgs, bet hes turning in his grave

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shmmeee said:

http://www.cwn.org.uk/skyblues/2001/02/010206-new-academy.htm



Dunno how it became the Higgs Centre, but that's how it started.

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skybluefred said:

Coventry City has revealed plans to build a football academy in the city to groom the stars of the future.
The club has put in a planning application to build nine pitches on land at Allard Way, alongside the River Sowe in Stoke.
Three of the pitches will be used for the first team, and the rest devoted to promoting new talent.
There will also be a gym, an indoor pitch an accommodation block and offices.
The matter will be looked at by Coventry City Council’s planning team, probably in the next six weeks.
Club secretary Graham Hover said the development would give the club better facilities, and it would allow the young players to work alongside the first team for the first time.
He said the aim was to set the Sky Blues up for the future, nurturing top talent and pushing the club forward. Its youth team has reached the last two finals of the FA Youth Cup.

Could this be the answer to the new ground. Sisu build the above and Ryton is redundant.
Do they apply to Rugby BC to build a stadium at Ryton. It's outside CCC's boundary so it would
suit sisu but not the fans.

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