Houchens Head
Fairly well known member from Malvern
Gee! I take it that all the bold lettering was for emphasis? :thinking about:
[h=5]Coventry City FC.... I have supported Coventry City since, well as long as I can remember, I have always said I would support them whatever league they are in that has not changed, will I support them at Sixfields, No, Will I support another Coventry, AFC or United or whatever, simple answer NO, they are not Coventry City, it would be like supporting Villa never gonna happen !! I will support Coventry City as much as I can, My only hope is that we come through this, you never know someone will get SHITSU out and takeover the club and put us back to where we belong HOME IN COVENTRY PUSBs[/h]
Mark 82,, what's wrong with the website? That took me all this morning you bar steward!!!
Joking aside, you are of course right. Someone must be into websites?
How should the club should be structured and controlled. ideas please.
"The problem with this club is that it has been living beyond its means," said Ray Trew, one of the new investors.
There was a similar thread kicking around on Friday. I'm all for a new club playing at the Ricoh so long as it had the backing of someone prepared to get it moving quickly up the leagues. That would put the ball firmly back in Sisu's court - more fans at the Ricoh for non-league than CCFC, and less chance of ACL going bust. If Sisu were to sell up then a merger would be the ideal option, otherwise CCFC would just wither and die (or be killed by Sisu of course).
I like the name Coventry 130 - A history of 130 years ending and a new one starting!
There was a similar thread kicking around on Friday. I'm all for a new club playing at the Ricoh so long as it had the backing of someone prepared to get it moving quickly up the leagues. That would put the ball firmly back in Sisu's court - more fans at the Ricoh for non-league than CCFC, and less chance of ACL going bust. If Sisu were to sell up then a merger would be the ideal option, otherwise CCFC would just wither and die (or be killed by Sisu of course).
And this is what is wrong with English football, after over 2 decades of financial mismanagement, spending beyond our means and shit owners which has led us to this point, you want a owner to 'invest' in/'loan' the new club money to push it up the leagues quickly.......
Just my two pen'th worth. Personally I think the formation should be done democratically. I don't know how other clubs that set up (FC United, AFC Wimbledon etc) did it (maybe they had effective trusts?) but people should have a say in little decisions from the ground up, so they feel the club is theirs. Things from the name to the badge and then to the mission statement/charter of the club.
Tbh it's about getting control of the club, success would have to wait a bit.A new Halifax Town was entered 4 promotions below the FL, that's the worst a Coventry could expect if you sold a few 1000 ST's, in reality it would probably be Conference North/South.
Getting into bed with Sphinx or United won't work IMO, it wouldn't ever be "your club" and to be parachuted higher the FL would probably want a takeover to justify it, then you've muddled up the history and the link you hope might be replaced would be permanently broken.
Tbh it's about getting control of the club, success would have to wait a bit.A new Halifax Town was entered 4 promotions below the FL, that's the worst a Coventry could expect if you sold a few 1000 ST's, in reality it would probably be Conference North/South.
Getting into bed with Sphinx or United won't work IMO, it wouldn't ever be "your club" and to be parachuted higher the FL would probably want a takeover to justify it, then you've muddled up the history and the link you hope might be replaced would be permanently broken.
Stupot07, the alternative is a stagnant and divided club under amateur ownership going nowhere. I'm not suggesting Operation Premiership, but Operation League 2 would probably be a good plan...
...I can't see how a new club starting at the bottom of the pyramid would be able to play at the Ricoh though, the costs of maintaining and stewarding the place for matchdays would just be too high and no matter how much initial support there may be, you won't get huge crowds coming to watch low-level non-league football season after season. It may well be big crowds by comparison to the rest of the league but not enough to make playing at the Ricoh a realistic proposition. The Butts Arena might be a more realistic proposition.
The idea is that this would be something to hopefully force Sisu to give up ever owning the Ricoh and either sell up or let CCFC fold. Playing at the Ricoh has to be part of the deal to ensure that fans immediately start supporting the new club and it would send the correct forceful message to Sisu - you may have won the battle but you've lost the fans, the stadium and you will lose the war.
City fans crave success as much as they crave football within the city of Coventry. 30000 attended a lower-league cup game for goodness sake - a sniff of success and we flock to buy tickets. Surely a few seasons of promotions and getting that winning feeling back, even 7 or 8 leagues lower than we want to be, would bring in a few thousand fans per week at the very least. There is no stadium in the city capable of holding that many apart from the Ricoh. Just having the main stand open surely wouldn't cost that much to police/steward, and it's in ACL's best interests to ensure that everything is done to keep football at the Ricoh for the long-term. If CCFC eventually becomes available for sale at a reasonable price and ends up back at the Ricoh then a merger can take place then, with the highest-place team keeping the league position over the other.
I was initially against the idea of a new club but as the SISU-Circus carries on at pace I am beginning to think that it may be the only realistic option.
I can't see how a new club starting at the bottom of the pyramid would be able to play at the Ricoh though, the costs of maintaining and stewarding the place for matchdays would just be too high and no matter how much initial support there may be, you won't get huge crowds coming to watch low-level non-league football season after season. It may well be big crowds by comparison to the rest of the league but not enough to make playing at the Ricoh a realistic proposition. The Butts Arena might be a more realistic proposition.
Like Chester City, FC Halifax Town replaced themselves Halifax Town FC in the footballing pyramid
1883 will we a brand new team, so won't get special treatment. AFC Wimbledon were put in the 9th tier.
2000 people a week at £10 per ticket = £460k
Less rent £100k P.a (ACLs latest offer to sisu for league 2)
leaves £360 k net revenue
not many teams below conference premier would have that sort of revenue before sponsorship and other revenues (if any)
we could afford the ricoh (it is whether we would want to)
No, Halifax Town AFC were liquidated with large debts whilst in the Conference Premier, they ceased to exist. FC Halifax Town was formed as an entirely new club.
It started in the NPL 1 division, only 4 promotions from the FL (NPL 1- NPL Prem - Conference N - Conference Prem) and they were not happy about that!
At worst it'll be 1 step below Conference North/South IMO but more likely higher, if the smaller leagues can't cope with Halifax (1200-1500 fans) how can they with a Coventry?
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