no mischief Torch just questions
Yeah we won it too although technically we should have won it twice. ;-)Did Northampton Town win anything ? same facilities WTF.
SW said there wasn't a "whip round".
SCG voluntary contributions for raffle prizes to raise funds for the continued running of JSB pre match arts and crafts, agreed at last meeting.
Each member donated £5 which was given to PR to purchase items for this purpose.
Aaarrgh! That's not the point! The point is regarding the way the kids are looked after when they are there.
No one is arguing about the whole Northampton thing.
Hey guys,
I read most of the threads on here but don't post a lot (mostly because I don't want to get entangled in some of the arguments that kick off).
Today's news about the Family Excellence Award has really got to me and I think it is a powerful indication of how out of touch the Football League are.
For what it's worth (probably not a lot) I have sent the following to the enquiries@football-league.co.uk address, in case anybody else feels like sending their own thoughts. I doubt I'll get much more than a copy and paste job in reply, but I felt like I had to say something...
Dear Football League,
Your organisation has just award Coventry City with a Family Excellence Award. After ignoring the families of fans in Coventry, moving the club 35 miles out of town and clocking up record-breakingly low attendances.
The story is long, arduous and doesn't need repeating here (though I do seriously wonder how much attention your organisation is actually paying to our plight) but there is real lasting damage being done to the Coventry community. While I appreciate your organisation is not the chief culprit for this, you are if nothing else an enabler and with laughable awards such as this the blood of our community spills onto your hands as much as anyones. I truly don't consider that statement to by hyperbolic.
The support base of Coventry City has now been split into angry, uncooperative factions and I am struggling to see how we will ever be reunited. The factions as I see them are:1. Those who have decided to attend our "home" games at Sixfields
2. Those who have decided to stand on the hill beside Sixfields
3. Those who have decided not to venture anywhere near Sixfields, but listen to games on the radio and read match reports.
4. Those who have decided not to continue following the club at all
There is a significant amount of resentment and ill-will between some members of these factions, the divides between which are deepening the longer this crisis drags on. Importantly, the situation also gives rise to a fifth faction:5. Those who have never seen their local team play AND NEVER WILL
This fifth faction is the only one which is likely to increase its numbers in the years to come, as no children are taken to their first games in Coventry.
A football club embedded in a community, nourishing generation after generation becomes larger than life. legacy stretches backwards beyond individual memory and forwards as far as one dare dream. In a short transient life the importance of institutions greater than oneself cannot be underestimated. They give us purpose, give us catharsis and give us respite. This season the families of Coventry have had to suffer without any of these valuable releases...and the club responsible win an award for it.
This is a terrible and permissive error on the part of your organisation, which paints an untrue picture of a broken football club.
Kind regards,
Karl
Hey guys,
I read most of the threads on here but don't post a lot (mostly because I don't want to get entangled in some of the arguments that kick off).
Today's news about the Family Excellence Award has really got to me and I think it is a powerful indication of how out of touch the Football League are.
For what it's worth (probably not a lot) I have sent the following to the enquiries@football-league.co.uk address, in case anybody else feels like sending their own thoughts. I doubt I'll get much more than a copy and paste job in reply, but I felt like I had to say something...
Dear Football League,
Your organisation has just award Coventry City with a Family Excellence Award. After ignoring the families of fans in Coventry, moving the club 35 miles out of town and clocking up record-breakingly low attendances.
The story is long, arduous and doesn't need repeating here (though I do seriously wonder how much attention your organisation is actually paying to our plight) but there is real lasting damage being done to the Coventry community. While I appreciate your organisation is not the chief culprit for this, you are if nothing else an enabler and with laughable awards such as this the blood of our community spills onto your hands as much as anyones. I truly don't consider that statement to by hyperbolic.
The support base of Coventry City has now been split into angry, uncooperative factions and I am struggling to see how we will ever be reunited. The factions as I see them are:
1. Those who have decided to attend our "home" games at Sixfields
2. Those who have decided to stand on the hill beside Sixfields
3. Those who have decided not to venture anywhere near Sixfields, but listen to games on the radio and read match reports.
4. Those who have decided not to continue following the club at all
There is a significant amount of resentment and ill-will between some members of these factions, the divides between which are deepening the longer this crisis drags on. Importantly, the situation also gives rise to a fifth faction:
5. Those who have never seen their local team play AND NEVER WILL
This fifth faction is the only one which is likely to increase its numbers in the years to come, as no children are taken to their first games in Coventry.
A football club embedded in a community, nourishing generation after generation becomes larger than life. legacy stretches backwards beyond individual memory and forwards as far as one dare dream. In a short transient life the importance of institutions greater than oneself cannot be underestimated. They give us purpose, give us catharsis and give us respite. This season the families of Coventry have had to suffer without any of these valuable releases...and the club responsible win an award for it.
This is a terrible and permissive error on the part of your organisation, which paints an untrue picture of a broken football club.
Kind regards,
Karl
Well this has made the ITV news. Typical that negative news gets coverage but good news doesn't.
If there hadn't been uproar would they have given it a mention? I very much doubt it
Ha really? Pr at its best
Public reaction will be how the media want it to be, won't it?
Apparently they could only select a few of the tweets to read on air.
Really is being made out to be more than it actually is. Embarrassing really! You'd yhink as a club we'd be struggling for positive things to talk about. When one is found, that gets ridiculed and turns into a negative positive!
Wonder if other clubs go through shit like this.....
Well this has made the ITV news. Typical that negative news gets coverage but good news doesn't.
What was our good news? Must have missed it!
What I mean is we only get a mention when something negative happens. In this case, fans fury has made the news negative.
If we'd won this award, let's say at the Ricoh, people wouldn't be talking about it, it wouldn't be in the press, it wouldn't be getting slated, it wouldn't matter.
What I mean is we only get a mention when something negative happens. In this case, fans fury has made the news negative.
If we'd won this award, let's say at the Ricoh, people wouldn't be talking about it, it wouldn't be in the press, it wouldn't be getting slated, it wouldn't matter.
No one is arguing about the whole Northampton thing.
Was it mentioned last year they missed out on this? Don't think so. Would have been had they won? No.
If you were a cynic you would say the original telegraph article was designed to whip up fans fury.
Was it mentioned last year they missed out on this? Don't think so. Would have been had they won? No.
This isn't an award but a consumer satisfaction standard - like stars in a hotel. The CET I'm sure are ok with the response.
It can't be a fair representation can it? These people will keep going regardless? How is their feedback valid?
Football league have made a statement saying it was based on feedback from people attending games.
Because it's just about the actual matchday experience and not the politics isn't it?
But the matchday experience is being "enjoyed" by only 10% of the previous years audience? How can you lose 90% of your "customers" and still win an award. Clearly the 10%'s view has to be dismissed?
Maybe it would be different if the 90% were there not enjoying it?
They aren't there because we are playing in Northampton Nick.
Really? The telegraph will have a big story in the morning.
My point being it wasn't an attendance contest was it? If 90% off fans haven't been how can they judge the experience?
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