Coventry, City of Culture 2021 (1 Viewer)

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

Absolutely brilliant news!! A real boost to the area and to the arts and to the downtrodden people of this ancient, historic city.

Must confess I shed a tear of joy.

Ashdown · Dec 7, 2017

Absolutely fantastic news for Cov , embrace it everyone ! Stop moaning just for a change and rejoice ! Brilliant !

The CableGuy · Dec 7, 2017

Fooking fantastic! :woot:

lifeskyblue · Dec 7, 2017

Otis said:
Absolutely brilliant news!! A real boost to the area and to the arts and to the downtrodden people of this ancient, historic city.

Must confess I shed a tear of joy.

Yes I too shed a tear.
Congratulations to all those who worked on the bid.

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Otis · Dec 7, 2017

tommydazzle · Dec 7, 2017

Excellent - haven't lived there for years but the city I was brought up in. Hope it makes the most of its motor and bike heritage as most of my friends are just not aware of this. We should be proud of this Motown heritage and bit worried it's going to be all about diversity and yooth (nothing wrong with these of course but it's not what makes the city distinctive)

oscillatewildly · Dec 7, 2017

Oh good. I'm nearly won over. I think some of the prize fund should be allocated towards seeing a decent physio to get that hamstring sorted tho.

robofcov · Dec 7, 2017

Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

Irish Sky Blue · Dec 7, 2017

Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

tommydazzle said:
Excellent - haven't lived there for years but the city I was brought up in. Hope it makes the most of its motor and bike heritage as most of my friends are just not aware of this. We should be proud of this Motown heritage and bit worried it's going to be all about diversity and yooth (nothing wrong with these of course but it's not what makes the city distinctive)

I was very surprised to hear that the average age in Coventry is 33, which is 7 years younger than the national average.

Guessing a lot of that is down to the student population. Would think students will benefit massively from the flood of events that will now be put on.

hill83 · Dec 7, 2017

Lovely stuff

lifeskyblue · Dec 7, 2017

robofcov said:
Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

Only if our bid was received 15mins late

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Otis · Dec 7, 2017

robofcov said:
Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

Yep.

I quickly looked to the gathering at Sunderland town hall on the live feed on the net, where everyone stood there with glasses of champagne on ice. The result was announced and several people all suddenly pulled out posters of Jimmy Hill and ripped them up, stamped on them and then set them alight.

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

I am absolutely thrilled so many posters seem so happy with this. Was expecting a lot more negativity.

Grendel hasn't appeared yet though with his bah humbug, Coventry is shit spiel.

oscillatewildly · Dec 7, 2017

robofcov said:
Does this mean another 40 years of Sunderland moaning about the result ???

I hope so!

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

Irish Sky Blue said:
Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

Yep.

It's worth £60m this bid. All we need to do is to get the council to give this £60m to Sisu so they can fook right off.

lifeskyblue · Dec 7, 2017

Irish Sky Blue said:
Great news for Coventry. It seems it will be a real boost to the City. Can anyone see any benefits for the football club?

Not sure but if Coventry in the spotlight and comes across well then you never know if any potential football club buyers just might be interested.

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shmmeee · Dec 7, 2017

Great stuff. Really looking forward to a bit of culture about the place. Hope this, CCS, Friargate all get off the ground, it could give the city a real boost.

hill83 · Dec 7, 2017

It's great news.

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

hill83 said:
It's great news.

Such great news it's worth two threads!

martcov · Dec 7, 2017

Great news! Something going the right way in the city!

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

martcov said:
Great news! Something going the right way in the city!

Especially if City AND Cov both get promoted this season too!!!

Captain Dart · Dec 7, 2017

Twitter trends just now..

bringbackrattles · Dec 7, 2017

I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

No, 2021 is definitely in three years time, BBR.

Johnnythespider · Dec 7, 2017

Great news. I quite like a bit of culture, but I'm not painting my bits blue for anybody.

idris65 · Dec 7, 2017

Will Sunderland be blaming Jimmy Hill for this too ?

hill83 · Dec 7, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
I let out a "get in there " shout when he said the winner is Coventry. We may knock our city at times but makes you proud when we win something. Didn't know it was 2021 though, thought it was next year.

Did you do your old classic "Coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooventry"

oucho · Dec 7, 2017

Well done to all involved, now let's make sure the events themselves are as successful as the bid.

Once again Sunderland are the losers...channeling my inner Nelson Muntz: "Ha-Ha!!!"

bringbackrattles · Dec 7, 2017

Otis said:
No, 2021 is definitely in three years time, BBR.

4 years !

letsallsingtogether · Dec 7, 2017

Great love it just love it.............

Huggs and kisses to everyone

Sky_Blue_Daz · Dec 7, 2017

Tic toc revival night in broad gate, the specials, selector and the enemy to play too

martcov · Dec 7, 2017

lifeskyblue said:
Not sure but if Coventry in the spotlight and comes across well then you never know if any potential football club buyers just might be interested.

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Cov City had it’s most exciting times ( arguably;-)) in the sixties when the whole city was doing well. I’ve got to believe that there will be some spin off, even it is the feel good factor of things happening and Coventry being in the limelight. That promotes identity with the city and maybe that spills into identity with the club. Increased crowds. I cannot seeing it being negative for the club.

Otis · Dec 7, 2017

bringbackrattles said:
4 years !

We are only three weeks away from 2018, BBR!

oscillatewildly · Dec 7, 2017

Hmmmm. Maybe I've been unduly harsh towards this process/award. It can only be good for the city, can't it? Or will it turn into a Dublin eurovision type scenario and end up bankrupting us?

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