i think this the wicked witch's plan. if they do not get the ricoh.In one corner, a minority at the moment you have the supporters who say wherever the team play then the supporters should follow (sixfields or wherever) as the club is bigger than the owners and then in the other corner the majority saying starve them out financially and force them back to the Ricoh. Who is right and who is wrong? Similarities have been mentioned Brighton and Rotherham, and you look at their stories but the nearest similarity i can see is Wimbledon. Below is a frightening thought which on writing at first a bit of tongue in cheek, then suddenly dawned 'this could really happen'
Are we the new Wimbledon Franchise Model of sorts? play in a different area attract a new band of supporters from all areas to add to the loyal bunch that will return, use the local young lads as ball boys and the whole family start coming along share a ground, and with another club have the local council (Northampton) increase the capacity to 12,000 straight away as reported with room to exapand (very similar to new stadium thoughts) and hey presto, you suddenly have two streams of income and then you could then further down the road call yourself a franchise name 'the Bantams'' 'Northampton City' 'Northampton Skyblues' or simply 'Skyblues' the bit about the word Coventry are proud city could be just a note in the record books - the league have insisted the club must be back in Coventry within three years then suddenly five years is mentioned - at the end of that long period the club might say we have a stable great fan base shared costs no need to go back to Coventry, we have nothing to do with Coventry it will cost us to much to build a new stadium,and it will affect the financial fair play rules - league says okay we are impressed on your set up you can stay in Northampton?
People keep repeating this nonsense about a permanent move. Presently, we have about 1000 supporters willing to travel 35 miles to watch their team play its fixtures away from its home on a temporary basis. That might feasibly increase to 3000 or so if the team continue to perform well and surprise us all by making a play-off push (still highly unlikely).
However, the moment it became clear that the long term future lay in Northampton, the vast majority of those people would stop going. The people I know who attended the Britsol City game all believe it is a temporary move and would all desert the club if it deserted the city permanently. Nobody would watch CCFC if it became a Northampton based franchise. Northampton can barely sustain the league football club it already has.
There are 3 possible outcomes. 1. SISU secure the Ricoh at a knock-down price. 2. They surprise us all and follow through on the new stadium plans. 3. The club dies completely. There is no option 4 - the club relocates to Northampton, Telford or Helmel Hempsted - because NOBODY would go and watch it.
enlighten me ? sisu and logical just don't go together, greed, lies , secrecy yes, logic never, not going to happen any time soon.There's lots logical about SISU...
enlighten me ? sisu and logical just don't go together, greed, lies , secrecy yes, logic never, not going to happen any time soon.
What if they got their undeserving hands on the Ricoh and it's lucrative contracts and funnelled all income streams into their own coffers!!
At the risk of repeating myself.
This is merelty a stay of execution...
Oh dear......
And that's logical?
As in the current situation you mean?
There are no similarities betwen our situation and Wimbledon, their move was initiated by businessmen in MK who realised that there was a huge market, by far the largest city in the country without a football league team
I think you will find COVENTRY is the largest city in the country without a football league team
your time is up. It is wakefield
I think you will find COVENTRY is the largest city in the country without a football league team
coventry city ( all area under coventry city council jurisdiction) population census 2011 = 316000
wakefield ( all areas under wakefield district council jurisdiction) population census 2011 = 321000
Football is tribal and territorial for most. Coventry is coventry and not warwickshire.I appreciate it does not matter to some , it is more about the team than where they are based or represent. But i feel if ccfc set up home out side the city boundary, it will lose thousands of fans. We will have the case of man utd and man city. Man city playing within city of manchester, the other outside.
Area names and whats with in and outs is open to discussion. But we have to use official definitions. Wakefield city officially includes all areas listed above and has a population of 321000 listed in the census2011
i did not say i would support wakefield if i lived in pontefract . But i am saying that i would not support ccfc if it is based in bedworth binley woods wolston or burton green.
The question was the largest city without a football team in FL. Wakefield is a city according to the government, with a population of 321000. I dont know how many acres or miles of green fields it has
yes i would . The reason i started supporting this club was because it was within the imaginery line set by the civil servant. The line decides who i follow.
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