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Former Sky Blues winger Wallace confident of Ricoh Arena return next season
Sky Blues legendary winger Ian Wallace strongly believes Coventry City will be back playing at the Ricoh Arena during the new season.
The winger has backed the #bringCityhome campaign telling BBC Coventry and Warwickshire that there's an '80 per cent chance' the club will return to the city.
"I didn't go to any games last year as I am a Coventry City fan at heart and I'm not going down to Northampton for home games, simple," Wallace revealed.
A long-running dispute between the club’s owners Sisu and Ricoh Arena operators ACL has seen the club leave Coventry to play 'home' matches 35 miles away at Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium.
However, Glaswegian Wallacewsays he has heard 'a whisper' that a welcome return to the city could be on the cards.
He said: "I believe there is a big chance they will be playing at the Ricoh Arena this season - 80 per cent they will be back at the Ricoh.
"I've heard a little whisper, it's not 100 per cent but hopefully fingers crossed I'll be at a lot of home games next year."
Adored by the fans in his late 1970s' pomp, the inside forward struck up a formidable partnership with Mick Ferguson, scoring 40 between them in the 1977-78 season.
The Scot ended up scoring an outstanding 58 goals in his 130 first-team appearances for the Sky Blues and won international recognition with Scotland as he established himself as a Coventry legend.
Wallace said: "The last time I saw Coventry was when they played Crewe in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Northern semi-final and what an atmosphere it was - it just shows you if Coventry City get back to the Ricoh the fans will come back for sure.
"And it would be a massive boost for the City alone, apart from the football club, to get people who want to support the football team."
The former winger still has a strong affinity with the club where he spent four glorious seasons between 1976 and 1980.
"Coventry City helped put me on the map and I got my first Scotland caps out of that. Coventry is a great club, it's a family club, it's very sad to see the current situation.
"There could be a revival there - they have a good manager just now. He's a young manager who knows his stuff, he doing the right things and it will be a lot easier if they sold 14,000/15,000 season tickets back at the Ricoh, which I believe they will be soon."
Sky Blues legendary winger Ian Wallace strongly believes Coventry City will be back playing at the Ricoh Arena during the new season.
The winger has backed the #bringCityhome campaign telling BBC Coventry and Warwickshire that there's an '80 per cent chance' the club will return to the city.
"I didn't go to any games last year as I am a Coventry City fan at heart and I'm not going down to Northampton for home games, simple," Wallace revealed.
A long-running dispute between the club’s owners Sisu and Ricoh Arena operators ACL has seen the club leave Coventry to play 'home' matches 35 miles away at Northampton Town's Sixfields stadium.
However, Glaswegian Wallacewsays he has heard 'a whisper' that a welcome return to the city could be on the cards.
He said: "I believe there is a big chance they will be playing at the Ricoh Arena this season - 80 per cent they will be back at the Ricoh.
"I've heard a little whisper, it's not 100 per cent but hopefully fingers crossed I'll be at a lot of home games next year."
Adored by the fans in his late 1970s' pomp, the inside forward struck up a formidable partnership with Mick Ferguson, scoring 40 between them in the 1977-78 season.
The Scot ended up scoring an outstanding 58 goals in his 130 first-team appearances for the Sky Blues and won international recognition with Scotland as he established himself as a Coventry legend.
Wallace said: "The last time I saw Coventry was when they played Crewe in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy Northern semi-final and what an atmosphere it was - it just shows you if Coventry City get back to the Ricoh the fans will come back for sure.
"And it would be a massive boost for the City alone, apart from the football club, to get people who want to support the football team."
The former winger still has a strong affinity with the club where he spent four glorious seasons between 1976 and 1980.
"Coventry City helped put me on the map and I got my first Scotland caps out of that. Coventry is a great club, it's a family club, it's very sad to see the current situation.
"There could be a revival there - they have a good manager just now. He's a young manager who knows his stuff, he doing the right things and it will be a lot easier if they sold 14,000/15,000 season tickets back at the Ricoh, which I believe they will be soon."