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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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NEWS: Work begins on new Coventry Building Society Arena pitch

Work has begun on the pitch at the Coventry Building Society Arena ahead of the 2023/24 season.
www.ccfc.co.uk

Good to see it will be the same as Ryton and finally an elite pitch being laid for us.
 
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Ash

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Can only be good news moving forward, hopefully this will see a reduction in injuries too as last season was silly!
 

Ash

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #3
Couldn’t help but notice in the pictures that the wasps dugout seats have finally gone, could finally get some CCFC ones back in there
 

clint van damme

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #4
AFCCOVENTRY said:

NEWS: Work begins on new Coventry Building Society Arena pitch

Work has begun on the pitch at the Coventry Building Society Arena ahead of the 2023/24 season.
www.ccfc.co.uk

Good to see it will be the same as Ryton and finally an elite pitch being laid for us.
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Can someone forward this post to Boddy, he might be unaware it's happening.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Looks a bit shit really, just sand. We're not playing beach football Dougie sort it out x

Sent from my Pixel 7 using Tapatalk
 
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slowpoke

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #6
Ash said:
Couldn’t help but notice in the pictures that the wasps dugout seats have finally gone, could finally get some CCFC ones back in there
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Wonder if Big Mike tried to sell them back to Wasps
 

Major Tom

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #7
AFCCOVENTRY said:

NEWS: Work begins on new Coventry Building Society Arena pitch

Work has begun on the pitch at the Coventry Building Society Arena ahead of the 2023/24 season.
www.ccfc.co.uk

Good to see it will be the same as Ryton and finally an elite pitch being laid for us.
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Good news, wonder if it's part funded by Fraser group who own the stadium?
I thought the temporary fix pitch held up pretty well until the end of the season... if it did cost £1Mil, in today's financial climate to be ripped up in hours seems crazy... ..thanks Wasps another part of their legacy, we sold our best defender to fund it and its now it's in the bin confined to the history books.
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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slowpoke said:
Wonder if Big Mike tried to sell them back to Wasps
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They’re available on the Sports Direct website clearance section.
 
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Bad Boy

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Ash said:
Couldn’t help but notice in the pictures that the wasps dugout seats have finally gone, could finally get some CCFC ones back in there
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Jeez Ash, how the hell did you notice that, what device are you using to view the pictures?
 

slowpoke

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Great news re: the pitch, let’s be honest it’s been a bloody farce for years, it’s remarkable we have been able to play the type of game we do on it.
And to have identical ones too at Ryton has to be good.
Good old Doug…again.
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #11
Great that the pitch is being relaid, but we seem to have had problems with it from the very opening of the stadium. Don't know if there's some underlying drainage issue due to the type of soil (though a professional pitch should be dug pretty deep to lay good base layers and drainage.) Obviously been even worse recently due to Wasps playing on it and hopefully it'll hold up well this time.

If not then I think the problem would require the entire sublayers to be dug out and redone.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #12
New pitch you say? Gyokeres to Sporting confirmed
 

RegiswasGod

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Although according to the telegraph, the pitch is going out on a season long loan....
 
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Joy Division

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Good to see we are sorting out the horrible concrete track around the pitch too
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Major Tom said:
Good news, wonder if it's part funded by Fraser group who own the stadium?
I thought the temporary fix pitch held up pretty well until the end of the season... if it did cost £1Mil, in today's financial climate to be ripped up in hours seems crazy... ..thanks Wasps another part of their legacy, we sold our best defender to fund it and its now it's in the bin confined to the history books.
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Totally funded by the Sky Blues.
 

Flying Fokker

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #16
It seems early compared to other years. May be wrong of course.
 

cooperskyblue

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #17
A lot earlier than last year.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #18
cooperskyblue said:
A lot earlier than last year.
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Hardly the best benchmark
 
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chiefdave

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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Flying Fokker said:
Totally funded by the Sky Blues.
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Wonder how that works with other events on the pitch. Surely there will be some safeguards in place around what use it gets and who pays if someone else fucks it up
 
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Nick

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #20
chiefdave said:
Wonder how that works with other events on the pitch. Surely there will be some safeguards in place around what use it gets and who pays if someone else fucks it up
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Yeah exactly, would we get a % of the rent for the upkeep?

For example if we buy and maintain the pitch and Frasers rent it out for a local cup final in the rain and it needs work...
 

cooperskyblue

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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fernandopartridge said:
Hardly the best benchmark
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It was a joke obviously. But I've seen other clubs posting similar images of their pitches being renovated.

It's very positive to see it being done and underway and alongside the work at Ryton it feels like we are operating like a proper club at long last.

Excited to see the rest of our business on the pitch next.
 
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AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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RegiswasGod said:
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Although according to the telegraph, the pitch is going out on a season long loan....
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I’m more concerned why you’re getting adverts for neo-Nazi groups in Brazil?
 
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RegiswasGod

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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AFCCOVENTRY said:
I’m more concerned why you’re getting adverts for neo-Nazi groups in Brazil?
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Don't we all? A man's got to have a hobby.... in all seriousness; fuck knows
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #24
RegiswasGod said:
Don't we all? A man's got to have a hobby.... in all seriousness; fuck knows
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Check what your family is upto on your devices…
 

MAFF

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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PUSB-We_are_going_up

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #26
MAFF said:
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Safe standing do we think?
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 14, 2023
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PUSB-We_are_going_up said:
Safe standing do we think?
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Which block? Can’t be any they’ve had on sale… is this the way to get 13 open?
 

lordy_87

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #28
MAFF said:
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Looks like they've removed quite a few seats
 

Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #29
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Check what your family is upto on your devices…
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I'm sure his little boy Adolf has nothing to do with it.
 
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Joy Division

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #30
MAFF said:
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These look like the railings they added for access to the pitch for concerts. I'd imagine these will be removed with the missing seats added back in soon.
 
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RegiswasGod

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #31
AFCCOVENTRY said:
Check what your family is upto on your devices…
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Hahaha, it's just me and my 10 year old son. I'll sit him down for a chat
 

ccfcricoh

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #32
they removed seats and put barriers in for the concert i believe - god knows if it'll stay for the football or not
 

slowpoke

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #33
chiefdave said:
Wonder how that works with other events on the pitch. Surely there will be some safeguards in place around what use it gets and who pays if someone else fucks it up
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Plenty of “events” at Wembley seems to be okay.
 

Nick

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #34
slowpoke said:
Plenty of “events” at Wembley seems to be okay.
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How's that relevant?
 

covcity4life

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  • Jun 14, 2023
  • #35
RegiswasGod said:
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Although according to the telegraph, the pitch is going out on a season long loan....
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Good. The pitch is too green. We need experience!
 
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