Sky Blue Kid
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Man City have almost always worn light blue shirts and white shorts. Their nickname has, and always will be to me "The Citizens" Coventry will always be known as the "Sky Blues" Nothing will change that.
But doesn't all sky blue just remind you of Manchester City?
We go back to all sky blue, I think we are going to come across as a cheap imitimation of them unfortunately.
Their rise to prominence seemingly makes them the only Sky Blues to the baying media and press.
The Sky blue and white at least reminds us of our glory years and gives us a sense of identity to that period.
For outsiders, they think Coventry City and many of them are going to relate to 1987!
I'm a stripe man too.I reckon we're probably the only club out of the 92 that can switch between plain and stripes in our home kit. Any others?!
I'm more of a stripe than plain myself. Would take a good plain to win me over!
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I'm a stripe man too.
Might explain while I am currently going out with a zebra.
Man City are the Sky Blues too.Man city are light blue and white. Our second colour is NAVY, however all sky blue is the way our kits should be. The 13/14 (first year in league 1) kit was our perfect kit, other than the relegation kit
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I believe you mean something like the above, I would say the closest we have been in recent years was the 11-12 kit which I thought looked great
So did it spoil 1987 for you then?Hate stripes, makes us look like a Tesco value range.
So did it spoil 1987 for you then?
We won despite the kit, not because of it!
It was still a shit, horrible looking monstrosity, and I'd have rather we'd have won in our actual colours.
Hate stripes, makes us look like a Tesco value range.
No matter what the suggestion, someone will hate it. How about the turning the stripes around and having sky blue hoops? You'll probably say it looks like a Rugby strip.
When I first started watching CCFC (pre-Sky Blues era), we played in blue and white, a bit like Arsenal's strip except blue instead of red. It looked pretty good and was distinctive. Personally, I think it was short-sighted of JH to tie our nickname to a colour, locking us into a colour for the rest of our existence.
Yes!!! Stripes, stripes, stripes!!97 -98 I think.
Huckerby/Dublin era broad almost black and Sky blue stripes for me. Absolutely loved It.
Almost a continental feel to it,
Yes!!! Stripes, stripes, stripes!!
Research has been carried out and it is proven that stripes also give the appearance of a team looking broader.
Best kits for me have been the stripey ones, plus the sky blue and black of the 1970's.
Worst one in recent memory was the all sky blue one that was incredibly wishy washy and looked pale and weedy.
Love that, except for the semi-transparent City logo.The Moldovan kit.
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Nah that would leave them looking stumpy and fat. :facepalm:Maybe we should go to horizontal strips to make our players look broader and scare the opposition.
I love the stripes!! Memories of 87 and all that.
Lets do it then, I can just see 11 Micky Quinns, now that would fill the ground.☺Nah that would leave them looking stumpy and fat. :facepalm:
<snip> we're the sky blues after all.
Yes plain and simple just look classier,Opposite for me. 87 or not I hate stripes. Plain sky blue kits are the best for me.
Was that the one where the away version was red?Yes plain and simple just look classier,
Could be worse could have the one that looked like they had splashed white paint over it in the local creche.92-94
Was that the one where the away version was red?
Then Alan Green said Coventry in the Pink shirts were lucky after smashing Blackburn 5-1 away
But on checking Oakey, Hill brought in the all sky blue kit in 1962. We had all sky blue though only until 1972, so 10 years only. From 1972 to 1994 we had all sorts of combinations and variations, from black shorts to tramlines and big T's and stripes In 1994 we went back to sky blue, but since then it has been all sorts of variations besides just plain sky blue.People seem to forget we were also relegated from the top tier, after 34 years, in the striped shirt.
All sky blue was what Jimmy Hill introduced and he made the club what it is in the modern era. All sky blue is in the club's DNA now.
When I was a kid we were the only Sky Blues and Man City were known as either the light blues or the Citizens.But doesn't all sky blue just remind you of Manchester City?
We go back to all sky blue, I think we are going to come across as a cheap imitimation of them unfortunately.
Their rise to prominence seemingly makes them the only Sky Blues to the baying media and press
I don't think that is correct. They have always been known as the Citizens, but also as the Light Blues and the Sky Blues.When I was a kid we were the only Sky Blues and Man City were known as either the light blues or the Citizens.
It's them who are the imitators.
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