Non AMP
Sky Blues Talk
  • Home
  • Forums
  • Coventry City Football Club
  • Coventry City General Chat
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

Big Clubs League 2 (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter Adge
  • Start date Mar 30, 2024
Forums New posts
  • 1
  • 2
Next
1 of 2 Next Last

Adge

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #1
Not that we need reminding of it (L2) but was having a conversation earlier about this and couldn’t recall a bigger club than us at that level. Maybe Portsmouth and possibly Bolton?
Can’t think of many others.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #2
Wolves went to the 4th division
 

Skyblueweeman

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #3
Didn't Man City go down to L2?
 

no_loyalty

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #4
Evo1883 said:
Wolves went to the 4th division
Click to expand...
I assume he means since the rebranding?
 
Reactions: Evo1883

no_loyalty

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #5
Skyblueweeman said:
Didn't Man City go down to L2?
Click to expand...
League one, I think.
 
Reactions: Martin180 and Skyblueweeman

Adge

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #6
no_loyalty said:
I assume he means since the rebranding?
Click to expand...
Yes-since the formation of the “new” EFL
 
Reactions: HadjiChippo, no_loyalty and Evo1883

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #7

EFL League Two - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You can see all clubs that have competed in L2 here. I think we're the biggest. Bolton maybe second?
 

Incognitocov

Active Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #8
Man City in 3rd tier 98/99. Smaller than us though.
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #9
It's odd but I have nothing but good memories of league 2 because we bounced back at first time of asking and it has such an amazing ending
 
Reactions: skybluepm2, withnail, CV3SkyBlue and 1 other person

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #10
covcity4life said:
It's odd but I have nothing but good memories of league 2 because we bounced back at first time of asking and it has such an amazing ending
Click to expand...

There were some real lows, Morecambe away, FGR home and away, Yeovil at home.
Fortunately it all came good in the end.
 
Reactions: Fergusons_Beard

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #11
Yeah. They just don't bother me that's all.

Same for league one. Although enjoyed that one less cos in Birmingham(altho bianou last min winner Vs Bolton was great memory) and then season ended early.
 

2024/25 League 1 Champs?

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #12
skybluecam said:

EFL League Two - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You can see all clubs that have competed in L2 here. I think we're the biggest. Bolton maybe second?
Click to expand...

Bournemouth, Brentford….
 

fernandopartridge

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #13
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
Bournemouth, Brentford….
Click to expand...
Both small clubs

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
 
Reactions: TwistAndShoutCCFC1987, Terry_dactyl, Jamesimus and 4 others

2024/25 League 1 Champs?

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #14
fernandopartridge said:
Both small clubs

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...

but to be fair, other than our top flight record, why are we not a small club?
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #15
Luton?
 

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #16
I think Fulham too
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #17
2024/25 League 1 Champs? said:
Bournemouth, Brentford….
Click to expand...
Small clubs. Small grounds. No major honours. Our average attendance is over twice the capacity of Bournemouth’s stadium!
 
Reactions: RegTheDonk, Jamesimus and CV3SkyBlue
H

HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #18
covcity4life said:
It's odd but I have nothing but good memories of league 2 because we bounced back at first time of asking and it has such an amazing ending
Click to expand...
I always think the play offs cloud people’s judgement - the 46 game league season was just horrendous in quality and we shouldn’t have had to go through the playoffs

losing 6-2 to Yeovil(who also did the double over us) ,Lincoln 4-2, 1-0 at home to Newport, forest green and Accrington Stanley doing the double over us… not forgetting the horrendous 4 points we dropped to Morecambe.

I have no desire to see us at that level again
 
Reactions: Bernie Rhodes Nose, nightowl1883, CV3SkyBlue and 2 others

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #19
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I always think the play offs cloud people’s judgement - the 46 game league season was just horrendous in quality and we shouldn’t have had to go through the playoffs

losing 6-2 to Yeovil(who also did the double over us) ,Lincoln 4-2, 1-0 at home to Newport, forest green and Accrington Stanley doing the double over us… not forgetting the horrendous 4 points we dropped to Morecambe.

I have no desire to see us at that level again
Click to expand...
I agree, but I think we needed to hit rock bottom, to be able to rise as we have.
 
Reactions: skybluepm2, Bernie Rhodes Nose and covcity4life

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #20
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I always think the play offs cloud people’s judgement - the 46 game league season was just horrendous in quality and we shouldn’t have had to go through the playoffs

losing 6-2 to Yeovil(who also did the double over us) ,Lincoln 4-2, 1-0 at home to Newport, forest green and Accrington Stanley doing the double over us… not forgetting the horrendous 4 points we dropped to Morecambe.

I have no desire to see us at that level again
Click to expand...
Yeah we made it a lot harder than it should have been. There were some grim journeys back home after defeats.
 
Reactions: Terry_dactyl, Bernie Rhodes Nose, CV3SkyBlue and 1 other person

ccfc1234

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #21
Brighton been down there, also Hull. Arguably not bigger clubs though.
 
H

HuckerbyDublinWhelan

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #22
Sick Boy said:
Yeah we made it a lot harder than it should have been. There were some grim journeys back home after defeats.
Click to expand...
I remember drawing 0-0 with chesterfield away before McNulty started scoring … he was straight through and missed an absolute sittter - I just remember thinking what the fuck have we got ourselves into.

Made an absolute horror show of that season. Thank fuck we only stayed 1 season
 
Reactions: Sick Boy, CV3SkyBlue and Sky Blue Pete

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 30, 2024
  • #23
We were lucky to get through that playoff semi as well, some very generous decisions.
 
Reactions: Sick Boy and Sky Blue Pete

rob9872

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #24
skybluecam said:
We were lucky to get through that playoff semi as well, some very generous decisions.
Click to expand...
Definitely. In fact there were times in L1 when in all seriousness I believed Robins had taken us to his limit and despite not getting involved in the taxi on here etc, I expected him to move on. So pleased he proved that wrong and he's continued to have lots of luck along the way, but manager continuity can't be underestimated.
 
Reactions: CV3SkyBlue

bigfatronssba

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #25
 
Reactions: RegTheDonk

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #26
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I always think the play offs cloud people’s judgement - the 46 game league season was just horrendous in quality and we shouldn’t have had to go through the playoffs

losing 6-2 to Yeovil(who also did the double over us) ,Lincoln 4-2, 1-0 at home to Newport, forest green and Accrington Stanley doing the double over us… not forgetting the horrendous 4 points we dropped to Morecambe.

I have no desire to see us at that level again
Click to expand...
Lincoln were decent that season in fairness - They did lose the other semi

I really didn't want them in the final at the time they bullied us at our place
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #27
Well I say that, Big Matt Rhead the unit they had up front at the time bullied us
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #28
skybluecam said:

EFL League Two - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You can see all clubs that have competed in L2 here. I think we're the biggest. Bolton maybe second?
Click to expand...
Debatable that we're bigger than bolton historically .. now and potential wise sure but they've spent 73 years in the top flight , have an all time average similar to ours (skewed by the sisu years ) and have won more silverware

I'd say we are a bigger club potential wise , far bigger but they've already bagged the accolades
 
Reactions: RegTheDonk

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #29
skybluecam said:

EFL League Two - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You can see all clubs that have competed in L2 here. I think we're the biggest. Bolton maybe second?
Click to expand...
What an accolade. It is shameful that we were take there.
 

Flying Fokker

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #30
Just need Sunderland to go down
 
B

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #31
HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:
I always think the play offs cloud people’s judgement - the 46 game league season was just horrendous in quality and we shouldn’t have had to go through the playoffs

losing 6-2 to Yeovil(who also did the double over us) ,Lincoln 4-2, 1-0 at home to Newport, forest green and Accrington Stanley doing the double over us… not forgetting the horrendous 4 points we dropped to Morecambe.

I have no desire to see us at that level again
Click to expand...
Also got doubled by Forest Green in their first season as a league club. People have said we needed to go to Div 4 to rebuild properly-I disagree. Had MR somehow saved the 16/17 season it would have taken one less season to do the same job in all probability.
 
Reactions: HuckerbyDublinWhelan

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #32
General Hummel said:
Yeah, if we’d have got him in say 6 games earlier I’m sure we’d have stayed up or if he joined when slade did we most definitely would have. Slade saddled us with some of the worst loan players and signings that I can remember
Click to expand...
Not to mention he swapped Sordell, our top scorer and one of the only players in that side that actually had anything about him for Stuart Beavon
 
Reactions: wingy and skybluecam
B

Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #33
General Hummel said:
Sorrel was our only hope that season. The only player who showed he had something about him. Do you remember rawson and vernam (shudder)
Click to expand...
I remember Nathan Clarke in that defence who then ended up nearly going down with Grimsby in L2 the following season.
 

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #34
General Hummel said:
Sorrel was our only hope that season. The only player who showed he had something about him. Do you remember rawson and vernam (shudder)
Click to expand...
I could not stand that team, with a couple of exceptions (The academy lads, Chris Stokes and Jodi Jones) I thought they were the most dislikable squad of footballers I have ever watched to the point it actually fucks me off in our history books they got us to Wembley and won us a trophy
 
Reactions: skybluepm2

alexccfc99

Well-Known Member
  • Mar 31, 2024
  • #35
General Hummel said:
Forgot about stokes (good call). Jones was still finding his feet that season. Honourable mention to Jordan Willis as well. Crikey, the memories are flooding back and they ain’t good
Click to expand...
Willis filed under academy lads tbf

Jordan Turnbull probably my most disliked City player of all time

Cocky fucker who did not care and got his family to slag off City fans on Twitter who were rightly concerned with the sides performances
 
  • 1
  • 2
Next
1 of 2 Next Last
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 2 (members: 0, guests: 2)
Share:
Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email
  • Home
  • Forums
  • Coventry City Football Club
  • Coventry City General Chat
  • Default Style
  • Contact us
  • Terms and rules
  • Privacy policy
  • Help
  • Home
Community platform by XenForo® © 2010-2021 XenForo Ltd.
Menu
Log in

Register

  • Home
  • Forums
    • New posts
    • Search forums
  • What's new
    • New posts
    • Latest activity
  • Members
    • Current visitors
  • Donate to the Season Ticket Fund
X

Privacy & Transparency

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • Personalized ads and content
  • Content measurement and audience insights

Do you accept cookies and these technologies?

X

Privacy & Transparency

We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:

  • Personalized ads and content
  • Content measurement and audience insights

Do you accept cookies and these technologies?