We are terribly supported for a club that our fans seem to deem 'Should be back in the Premier League where we belong'. It was £11 (equivalent) for a ticket last night, we're fighting for our lives in the third tier and we muster 8,000. This will be greeted by cries of 'What do you expect with SISU in charge', 'We've had nothing to cheer about for so long', does it really matter? They're your football club and like you would support your family through the highs and the lows, as is real support, the same should be said for your football club. Yes the standard isn't good and yes its a really depressing time to be a Coventry fan but it doesn't mean you desert them until we get Man United at home in the FA Cup. I understand not everyone can afford £22 every week but £11?! Absolutely shocking turn out, especially as Bradford brought more fans than your average League One side.
Portsmouth had 16,355 at their last home game against Oxford - they're in League 2 with nothing to play for and a population of over 100,000 less than Coventry
Recently non-league Luton managed 8,600 in their home loss to Morecambe.
Teams of an apparent similar size:
Sheff United - 18,688 - they're in the playoffs you say? When they lost 1-2 at home to Gillingham in November last season to be placed 23rd in League 1 - attendance 16,560.
Southampton in league 1 lose to Brighton - attendance - 21,932
Yes we got 27k v gillingham but we all know 50% of those people were there for the bandwagon / they were mates of Coventry City fans and tickets were a tenner so they thought why not?
I'd be surprised to see us in the Championship in the next 5 years and i think we can forget the Premier League for decades. YES SISU are horrific owners and I, like everyone else, cannot wait to see the back of them but the whole point of being a 'supporter' is through thick and thin and at the moment we are where our non-loyal fanbase deserve to be.
Credit to all the Season Ticker holders and regular attenders, this isn't in anyway shape or form a moan at you, just a statement about the sad realisation of where we truly are.
You mention Sheffield United - Backed by wealthy investors who are genuinely serious about a promotion challenge and thrown money on the product that the fanbase pay for = The Team.
Very selective. They've always got decent crowds, not just since they've been backed by wealthy investors. Norwich, Southampton, Leeds...all that have dropped as low as we have but the crowds never did. I think you can only blame the owners and shit football for so long.
If you could somehow quantify it I think the ratio of attendances to club size (or at least how big some think we are) we would have one of the lowest in the football league.
GaryMabbuttsLeftKnee;87929 Recently non-league Luton managed 8 said:Luton are League 2. They might be playing you next season. Or even be a league above.
I look at the situation like this......your son/daughter/SISU. is a heroin addict. Do you....a) Refuse to buy their heroin and get them into rehab asap and get them to go "Cold Turkey"...or b) give into them and pay for the heroin and sit back and watch them kill themselves?
We are terribly supported for a club that our fans seem to deem 'Should be back in the Premier League where we belong'. It was £11 (equivalent) for a ticket last night, we're fighting for our lives in the third tier and we muster 8,000. This will be greeted by cries of 'What do you expect with SISU in charge', 'We've had nothing to cheer about for so long', does it really matter? They're your football club and like you would support your family through the highs and the lows, as is real support, the same should be said for your football club. Yes the standard isn't good and yes its a really depressing time to be a Coventry fan but it doesn't mean you desert them until we get Man United at home in the FA Cup. I understand not everyone can afford £22 every week but £11?! Absolutely shocking turn out, especially as Bradford brought more fans than your average League One side.
Portsmouth had 16,355 at their last home game against Oxford - they're in League 2 with nothing to play for and a population of over 100,000 less than Coventry
Recently non-league Luton managed 8,600 in their home loss to Morecambe.
Teams of an apparent similar size:
Sheff United - 18,688 - they're in the playoffs you say? When they lost 1-2 at home to Gillingham in November last season to be placed 23rd in League 1 - attendance 16,560.
Southampton in league 1 lose to Brighton - attendance - 21,932
Yes we got 27k v gillingham but we all know 50% of those people were there for the bandwagon / they were mates of Coventry City fans and tickets were a tenner so they thought why not?
I'd be surprised to see us in the Championship in the next 5 years and i think we can forget the Premier League for decades. YES SISU are horrific owners and I, like everyone else, cannot wait to see the back of them but the whole point of being a 'supporter' is through thick and thin and at the moment we are where our non-loyal fanbase deserve to be.
Credit to all the Season Ticker holders and regular attenders, this isn't in anyway shape or form a moan at you, just a statement about the sad realisation of where we truly are.
Let any of these teams and any other team have the dismal record of ours of the past 15 years and see where they would be with their attendances.
No success at all for 30 years, no promotions, no top 6 finishes and the last 10 seasons are finishing positions have been, 8th, 17th, 21st, 17th, 19th, 18th, 23rd (relegated), 15th, 18th, 17th.
I do think we should have bigger attendances than we are getting now, but add the diabolical record above to the fact that we have owners no-one wants here, and you can see why some fans are no longer going.
You will always get those who will go come hell or high water, but everyone has the own personal circumstances and I can see how 20 years of shite and dreariness and depression has worn people down.
Put these other teams into our scenario, with all those years of barren emptiness and then tell us all what their attendances are.
I know it's been a lot of years since I first started going but I can't ever remember signing a contract guaranteeing success; cup runs, promotions, etc.
Anyway, it's simple really, isn't it? You go or you don't go.
I'm a season ticket holder and if city played anywhere near that Portsmouth play then I would gladly accept the football on offer. For Gods sake football is a simple game and we can't muster anything like a cohesive footballing unit. Yes the fans have a right to moan but footballers and the like have a duty to play with each other which is not happening at City gamesWe are terribly supported for a club that our fans seem to deem 'Should be back in the Premier League where we belong'. It was £11 (equivalent) for a ticket last night, we're fighting for our lives in the third tier and we muster 8,000. This will be greeted by cries of 'What do you expect with SISU in charge', 'We've had nothing to cheer about for so long', does it really matter? They're your football club and like you would support your family through the highs and the lows, as is real support, the same should be said for your football club. Yes the standard isn't good and yes its a really depressing time to be a Coventry fan but it doesn't mean you desert them until we get Man United at home in the FA Cup. I understand not everyone can afford £22 every week but £11?! Absolutely shocking turn out, especially as Bradford brought more fans than your average League One side.
Portsmouth had 16,355 at their last home game against Oxford - they're in League 2 with nothing to play for and a population of over 100,000 less than Coventry
Recently non-league Luton managed 8,600 in their home loss to Morecambe.
Teams of an apparent similar size:
Sheff United - 18,688 - they're in the playoffs you say? When they lost 1-2 at home to Gillingham in November last season to be placed 23rd in League 1 - attendance 16,560.
Southampton in league 1 lose to Brighton - attendance - 21,932
Yes we got 27k v gillingham but we all know 50% of those people were there for the bandwagon / they were mates of Coventry City fans and tickets were a tenner so they thought why not?
I'd be surprised to see us in the Championship in the next 5 years and i think we can forget the Premier League for decades. YES SISU are horrific owners and I, like everyone else, cannot wait to see the back of them but the whole point of being a 'supporter' is through thick and thin and at the moment we are where our non-loyal fanbase deserve to be.
Credit to all the Season Ticker holders and regular attenders, this isn't in anyway shape or form a moan at you, just a statement about the sad realisation of where we truly are.
@ CCFC.....If you go to a restaurant and paid £22 for a juicy sorloin or fillet steak, you would enjoy it?....yes? Now, would you go to the same restaurant and pay £22 for a bit of sh**ty Stewing steak, and not moan and never go there again? If your answer is "You would go again" you're a f**king liar.
Yea but we're not talking about steaks, we're talking about football.
@ CCFC.....If you go to a restaurant and paid £22 for a juicy sorloin or fillet steak, you would enjoy it?....yes? Now, would you go to the same restaurant and pay £22 for a bit of sh**ty Stewing steak, and not moan and never go there again? If your answer is "You would go again" you're a f**king liar.
We are terribly supported for a club that our fans seem to deem 'Should be back in the Premier League where we belong'. It was £11 (equivalent) for a ticket last night, we're fighting for our lives in the third tier and we muster 8,000. This will be greeted by cries of 'What do you expect with SISU in charge', 'We've had nothing to cheer about for so long', does it really matter? They're your football club and like you would support your family through the highs and the lows, as is real support, the same should be said for your football club. Yes the standard isn't good and yes its a really depressing time to be a Coventry fan but it doesn't mean you desert them until we get Man United at home in the FA Cup. I understand not everyone can afford £22 every week but £11?! Absolutely shocking turn out, especially as Bradford brought more fans than your average League One side.
Portsmouth had 16,355 at their last home game against Oxford - they're in League 2 with nothing to play for and a population of over 100,000 less than Coventry
Recently non-league Luton managed 8,600 in their home loss to Morecambe.
Teams of an apparent similar size:
Sheff United - 18,688 - they're in the playoffs you say? When they lost 1-2 at home to Gillingham in November last season to be placed 23rd in League 1 - attendance 16,560.
Southampton in league 1 lose to Brighton - attendance - 21,932
Yes we got 27k v gillingham but we all know 50% of those people were there for the bandwagon / they were mates of Coventry City fans and tickets were a tenner so they thought why not?
I'd be surprised to see us in the Championship in the next 5 years and i think we can forget the Premier League for decades. YES SISU are horrific owners and I, like everyone else, cannot wait to see the back of them but the whole point of being a 'supporter' is through thick and thin and at the moment we are where our non-loyal fanbase deserve to be.
Credit to all the Season Ticker holders and regular attenders, this isn't in anyway shape or form a moan at you, just a statement about the sad realisation of where we truly are.
@ Torchy...What's ridiculous about it?.....How about WTF should I pay for a product that is s**t quality. You along with others are like the Emporer with no clothes. You know there is nothing there, but go along with it anyway.
@ CCFC.....If you go to a restaurant and paid £22 for a juicy sorloin or fillet steak, you would enjoy it?....yes? Now, would you go to the same restaurant and pay £22 for a bit of sh**ty Stewing steak, and not moan and never go there again? If your answer is "You would go again" you're a f**king liar.
Fair play, when making a ridiculous comparison, you chose a different one to the norm.
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