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NEWS Bristol City Supporters Trust ‘Disgusted at Football League’ over Coventry move Bristol City Supporters Trust are the latest to join the chorus of disapproval at the failure of The Football League to deal with the building crisis at Coventry City. The Trust are to write to the League expressing their ‘disgust’ at allowing the ‘temporary’ relocation of the Club.
They are also to raise the issue with fans, and try to explain why supporters should think about their attendance at the game in the light of what is happening. Contrary to some reports, they are not planning an actual ballot of fans. Meanwhile, it emerged this afternoon that landlords of the Ricoh Arena are threatening to sue Northampton Town FC should Coventry kick a ball at Sixfields because the Club, through the member entity Coventry City FC Ltd, have a contract to play there as tenants for the next 25 years.
Northampton have issued an expectedly defiant response, though SISU appear to have gone quiet – on this issue, at least for the moment. There is also mounting political pressure on SISU Capital, previous and would be owners of the Club through their Otium Entertainment vehicle, after Coventry North MP Bob Ainsworth called on those – like Tim Fisher – behind the Club’s owners to be investigated to find out whether they deliberately sought to defraud creditors. SISU have responded angrily to the suggestion, claiming that Ainsworth is misusing his Parliamentary privilege, which gives MPs protection so that they can raise issues of concern to them without the threat of legal action. - See more at: http://www.supporters-direct.org/?n...eague-over-coventry-move#sthash.1gj1d1nP.dpuf
They are also to raise the issue with fans, and try to explain why supporters should think about their attendance at the game in the light of what is happening. Contrary to some reports, they are not planning an actual ballot of fans. Meanwhile, it emerged this afternoon that landlords of the Ricoh Arena are threatening to sue Northampton Town FC should Coventry kick a ball at Sixfields because the Club, through the member entity Coventry City FC Ltd, have a contract to play there as tenants for the next 25 years.
Northampton have issued an expectedly defiant response, though SISU appear to have gone quiet – on this issue, at least for the moment. There is also mounting political pressure on SISU Capital, previous and would be owners of the Club through their Otium Entertainment vehicle, after Coventry North MP Bob Ainsworth called on those – like Tim Fisher – behind the Club’s owners to be investigated to find out whether they deliberately sought to defraud creditors. SISU have responded angrily to the suggestion, claiming that Ainsworth is misusing his Parliamentary privilege, which gives MPs protection so that they can raise issues of concern to them without the threat of legal action. - See more at: http://www.supporters-direct.org/?n...eague-over-coventry-move#sthash.1gj1d1nP.dpuf
