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Greer

Greer

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clint van damme said:
No doubt there are people like that.
But as I've said before, I know loads of people who went during the L1 and L2 days but they'd only go to a few games a season.

Now they're ST holders. So not new fans, just more committed
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Lads I went school with used to come the odd game with us for years even in the early championship days, now they’re season ticket holders and take their kids.
 
AOM

AOM

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clint van damme said:
No doubt there are people like that.
But as I've said before, I know loads of people who went during the L1 and L2 days but they'd only go to a few games a season.

Now they're ST holders. So not new fans, just more committed
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Yeah same, most people I know were in the same boat and have just started showing interest in the last few years again.
Don't really blame them tbf. The match day experiences back then weren't the most enticing, sitting in a half empty stadium and it didn't look like the club were going anywhere until we started climbing again.
 
shmmeee

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AOM said:
Yeah same, most people I know were in the same boat and have just started showing interest in the last few years again.
Don't really blame them tbf. The match day experiences back then weren't the most enticing, sitting in a half empty stadium and it didn't look like the club were going anywhere until we started climbing again.
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Yea but the smugness boost you get now when the oppo fans ask where you were when we were shit is all worth it.
 
SBAndy

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SeaSeeEffCee said:
I hate to break it to people but I reckon about 1/4 of the ground these days probably supported someone else 5 years ago. We didn’t just find 15 people under a rock. I personally know a handful of people who were ‘United’ or ‘Liverpool’ fans who now go most weeks.

It’s just the reality of the situation. We’ve always had a relatively fickle fanbase and there were barely any Cov fans in secondary school when I went in the late 2000s.
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One of my mates growing up was a big Man Utd fan (that never went to games). Just started inviting him to away games in L1 and L2 and he got the bug, now a big Cov fan and was able to convert a couple of others as well. It’s not inherently a bad thing.
 
chiefdave

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clint van damme said:
But as I've said before, I know loads of people who went during the L1 and L2 days but they'd only go to a few games a season.
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I recall Fisher claiming at one point a 6 digit figure of active customers on our database which sounded insane at face value but matched what I'd heard previously from other sources.

Lets be honest, it was not a particularly enjoyable experience sliding down the leagues watching some of the worst players to ever pull on the shirt. Not really a mystery why people drifted away and then returned when things were on the up.
 
Mild-Mannered Janitor

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tskezz said:
How many STs are you able to buy a season with the fund?
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Thats has changed every year, the early years raised over £12k and JSB tickets were £25 and adulty tickets £250 so we could buy up to 100 in those years, reality is, if we get to c£5k this year then clearly lower at PL pricing levels.
The club has also helped by gifting some each year and that number has varied from zero to 30 so again, that impacts in a positive or not so positive position to help.
 
tskezz

tskezz

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Mild-Mannered Janitor said:
Thats has changed every year, the early years raised over £12k and JSB tickets were £25 and adulty tickets £250 so we could buy up to 100 in those years, reality is, if we get to c£5k this year then clearly lower at PL pricing levels.
The club has also helped by gifting some each year and that number has varied from zero to 30 so again, that impacts in a positive or not so positive position to help.
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Thats great.
 
Captain Dart

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Wyken Sky Blue said:
It's nothing new

My dad went to school in Coventry in the 70s and he was saying people his age were wearing Liverpool, Leeds and even Derby shirts!

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Wrong, they were wearing tank tops or jean jackets and baggies. :ROFLMAO:
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tskezz

tskezz

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SBAndy said:
One of my mates growing up was a big Man Utd fan (that never went to games). Just started inviting him to away games in L1 and L2 and he got the bug, now a big Cov fan and was able to convert a couple of others as well. It’s not inherently a bad thing.
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Exact same. Lad I have a ST with now was a Chelsea fan (in the loosest sense) but then started coming away with us on away days in L1 and 2. My parents were cov so I didn't have a choice but I think theres a lot a kids who didn't come from a football supporting family so their idea of football is sky tv or Fifa. Until they get a real taste of what going to the football is.
 
ovduk78

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Wyken Sky Blue said:
It's nothing new

My dad went to school in Coventry in the 70s and he was saying people his age were wearing Liverpool, Leeds and even Derby shirts!

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I grew up in Rugby and went to secondary school from 1974-79 & there was me and another Coventry fan in my class & the majority was Leeds & Liverpool, we even had a couple of Leicester fans. Where we lived, near to where Sainsbury's is, there were more Leicester fans than Coventry fans & there were over 300 Man Utd fans in the Rugby Reds. When I go back to Rugby now I see mostly Coventry shirts 👍
 
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MTK

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I have three Irish nephews. No kids myself and I tried to get them all into supporting City. Finally managed it with the youngest (17). He got into it through wanting to be a different team on FIFA, and from there it went to following the news to becoming a real supporter. Now he knows more stats than me, and it's only on club history I can beat his knowledge. I took him to his first game at the CBS this season (Leicester) and I loved the experience as much as he did. He wears his City shirt and gear all the time at home in Ireland and gets loads of positive comments and interested questions. It's just a small indication of how the regard for our club is growing.
 
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robbiethemole

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ovduk78 said:
I grew up in Rugby and went to secondary school from 1974-79 & there was me and another Coventry fan in my class & the majority was Leeds & Liverpool, we even had a couple of Leicester fans. Where we lived, near to where Sainsbury's is, there were more Leicester fans than Coventry fans & there were over 300 Man Utd fans in the Rugby Reds. When I go back to Rugby now I see mostly Coventry shirts 👍
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What school?? Rugby born and bred but several years before you hahahaha
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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ovduk78 said:
I grew up in Rugby and went to secondary school from 1974-79 & there was me and another Coventry fan in my class & the majority was Leeds & Liverpool, we even had a couple of Leicester fans. Where we lived, near to where Sainsbury's is, there were more Leicester fans than Coventry fans & there were over 300 Man Utd fans in the Rugby Reds. When I go back to Rugby now I see mostly Coventry shirts 👍
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I lived in Rugby between 1973 and 1983 until I was 18, and while most of my classmates were not Cov fans, hardly any of them actually ever went to games, whereas the Cov fans did. There were the odd Leicester fan here and there, but there were definitely more Cov fans. It was Cov fans who fronted up to the likes of Chelsea and West Ham when they stopped off in Rugby on their way back to London, while Leicester fans were nowhere to be seen.

There were also coaches organised to away games from the Saracens Head in the early 80's, with about 4 coaches used when we played at West Brom in the cup in 1982, so there were definitely a fair number of Cov fans in the town back then, even if that wasn't always represented in the classroom.
 
Finham

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Legia Sky Blue said:
I lived in Rugby between 1973 and 1983 until I was 18, and while most of my classmates were not Cov fans, hardly any of them actually ever went to games, whereas the Cov fans did. There were the odd Leicester fan here and there, but there were definitely more Cov fans. It was Cov fans who fronted up to the likes of Chelsea and West Ham when they stopped off in Rugby on their way back to London, while Leicester fans were nowhere to be seen.

There were also coaches organised to away games from the Saracens Head in the early 80's, with about 4 coaches used when we played at West Brom in the cup in 1982, so there were definitely a fair number of Cov fans in the town back then, even if that wasn't always represented in the classroom.
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It was all plastic Liverpool, Man U and probably then Villa in Rugby back then. I knew one City fan my age! A few there I knew even later on switched to Blackburn/Newcastle/Chelsea! None of them ever went to a game but loved ripping the piss out of City. Long Lawford was however a Sky Blue majority. That 500 yards closer to Cov made a difference!

EDIT: Saracens head! Loved that pool room-and the beer garden in summer.
 
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