MichaelCCFC
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kcic (draft) FAQs - comments welcome!
In a nutshell, what is kcic about?
• kcic is a 100% peaceful but focused and determined campaign which says Coventry City FC belongs at the Ricoh Arena and opposes CCFC games being played at Northampton Town FC
• The kcic view is: the interests of the team and fans should come before politics and profits; acl and Coventry City Council have questions to answer but sisu are primarily responsible for the move to NTFC; we would be better off owning the Ricoh but sisu are not good for CCFC and cannot be trusted; for a successful and sustainable future we need a new fan led ownership model, working alongside co-investors
How was kcic set up?
• An individual fan set up the old Not One Penny More campaign
• As NOPM grew it became unmanageable for one person so he asked the Sky Blue Trust to take it over, which it did in May 2013
• With the announcement of the move to NTFC, NOPM became a tactic within a broader Keep Cov in Cov campaign
• The Trust then decided it wanted to separate off the kcic campaign and made it an independent group
How many members does kcic have?
• kcic operates on an entirely informal basis with no membership system
• Ideas are discussed via social media and e-mail, with people then helping out as and when they can
• What kcic does is down to the hundreds (possibly thousands?) of people who have helped with and become involved in different events and activities
How is kcic funded?
• Some City fans have very generously helped out with the cost of posters and so on
• The biggest contributions have been from people doing things like printing leaflets and producing banners completely free of charge
• A lot of people were asking about having a kcic t-shirt so that’s been set up and we now get commission of £2/£3 on each sale
Where does kcic stand on the acl-sisu dispute?
• kcic is pro team and pro fan and has never bought into being pro/anti acl/sisu
Does kcic think fans are divided because of the acl-sisu dispute?
• If fans were as divided as some people claim, there would have been a lot more than a couple of bits of verbals at games
• The real story is that City fans have acted with great dignity and respect - the atmosphere at away games has been great
• kcic has put a lot of time and effort into listening to City supporters and is confident that its view is that of an overwhelming majority - there are people at the extremes of the situation but they are tiny minorities
Does kcic support a new stadium being built?
• No
• Our home is the Ricoh
• The overwhelming majority of City fans do not want a new stadium – especially as sisu say it would not even be in Coventry - and if one was ever built, would boycott it
Does kcic support a new ‘AFC Coventry/Phoenix’ Club?
• No
• Around Christmas time a lot of people were asking about this so we looked at it but rejected the idea
• We can still support the team at away games and that is what matters
kcic Highlights?
● the ‘Why’ event at Arsenal (which was a testament to the hard work of a lot of unsung heroes) ● the follow-up at Notts County ● keeping the CCFC story in the spotlight last summer, when things had gone very flat after the march ● the NTFC boycott which has by far and away attracted the most interest and support for our plight ● the www.FixFootball.co.uk ePetition for an Independent Inquiry is the biggest by far of the various CCFC petitions ● listening to the views of City fans through polls and surveys ● doing any positive things we can: at one event we raised money for the Alzheimer’s Society; we have contributed to grass roots football in Coventry by sponsoring a non league team’s away kit; kcic t-shirts are now being supplied by a local start-up company called Bluddog whose shop is appropriately just a stone’s throw from the Ricoh
What next for kcic?
• Continue supporting the boycott of NTFC and go to away games - as Danny Kelly said in awarding City supporters the title of Fans of the Year, by boycotting NTFC but going to away games we’ve got a way of supporting the team but not the owners
• Continue the hard slog of pushing the www.FixFootball.co.uk ePetition as the best way of getting an Independent Inquiry into the CCFC fiasco and to call to account all those responsible
• Promote kcic t-shirts as a way of spreading the kcic message and generating some income
• But at the moment, like everyone else, we are awaiting the outcome of the Judicial Review and will decide on the next phase of the campaign then
PUSB!
In a nutshell, what is kcic about?
• kcic is a 100% peaceful but focused and determined campaign which says Coventry City FC belongs at the Ricoh Arena and opposes CCFC games being played at Northampton Town FC
• The kcic view is: the interests of the team and fans should come before politics and profits; acl and Coventry City Council have questions to answer but sisu are primarily responsible for the move to NTFC; we would be better off owning the Ricoh but sisu are not good for CCFC and cannot be trusted; for a successful and sustainable future we need a new fan led ownership model, working alongside co-investors
How was kcic set up?
• An individual fan set up the old Not One Penny More campaign
• As NOPM grew it became unmanageable for one person so he asked the Sky Blue Trust to take it over, which it did in May 2013
• With the announcement of the move to NTFC, NOPM became a tactic within a broader Keep Cov in Cov campaign
• The Trust then decided it wanted to separate off the kcic campaign and made it an independent group
How many members does kcic have?
• kcic operates on an entirely informal basis with no membership system
• Ideas are discussed via social media and e-mail, with people then helping out as and when they can
• What kcic does is down to the hundreds (possibly thousands?) of people who have helped with and become involved in different events and activities
How is kcic funded?
• Some City fans have very generously helped out with the cost of posters and so on
• The biggest contributions have been from people doing things like printing leaflets and producing banners completely free of charge
• A lot of people were asking about having a kcic t-shirt so that’s been set up and we now get commission of £2/£3 on each sale
Where does kcic stand on the acl-sisu dispute?
• kcic is pro team and pro fan and has never bought into being pro/anti acl/sisu
Does kcic think fans are divided because of the acl-sisu dispute?
• If fans were as divided as some people claim, there would have been a lot more than a couple of bits of verbals at games
• The real story is that City fans have acted with great dignity and respect - the atmosphere at away games has been great
• kcic has put a lot of time and effort into listening to City supporters and is confident that its view is that of an overwhelming majority - there are people at the extremes of the situation but they are tiny minorities
Does kcic support a new stadium being built?
• No
• Our home is the Ricoh
• The overwhelming majority of City fans do not want a new stadium – especially as sisu say it would not even be in Coventry - and if one was ever built, would boycott it
Does kcic support a new ‘AFC Coventry/Phoenix’ Club?
• No
• Around Christmas time a lot of people were asking about this so we looked at it but rejected the idea
• We can still support the team at away games and that is what matters
kcic Highlights?
● the ‘Why’ event at Arsenal (which was a testament to the hard work of a lot of unsung heroes) ● the follow-up at Notts County ● keeping the CCFC story in the spotlight last summer, when things had gone very flat after the march ● the NTFC boycott which has by far and away attracted the most interest and support for our plight ● the www.FixFootball.co.uk ePetition for an Independent Inquiry is the biggest by far of the various CCFC petitions ● listening to the views of City fans through polls and surveys ● doing any positive things we can: at one event we raised money for the Alzheimer’s Society; we have contributed to grass roots football in Coventry by sponsoring a non league team’s away kit; kcic t-shirts are now being supplied by a local start-up company called Bluddog whose shop is appropriately just a stone’s throw from the Ricoh
What next for kcic?
• Continue supporting the boycott of NTFC and go to away games - as Danny Kelly said in awarding City supporters the title of Fans of the Year, by boycotting NTFC but going to away games we’ve got a way of supporting the team but not the owners
• Continue the hard slog of pushing the www.FixFootball.co.uk ePetition as the best way of getting an Independent Inquiry into the CCFC fiasco and to call to account all those responsible
• Promote kcic t-shirts as a way of spreading the kcic message and generating some income
• But at the moment, like everyone else, we are awaiting the outcome of the Judicial Review and will decide on the next phase of the campaign then
PUSB!