yawn yawn another meaningless game at the ricoh put on by greedy bastards ACL shame on the fans that cant see they as guilty as sisu FACT!!!!! I'll be at sixfields cheering on the lads i intend not miss a game this season PUSB!!!!!
Hello sir,
This isn't 'another meaningless game'. It is the opening Premier League (South) fixture for the Coventry City Ladies. It was always scheduled to take place at 2pm on Sunday 25th August. Moving the game to the Ricoh Arena will hopefully see a big crowd come along to support the girls and, additionally, go some way towards helping with the increased travel costs that have come from being moved into a league where the nearest opposition (Chesham United) are based a good 80 miles away.
Ultimately CCLFC are a growing club who have made enormous strides in recent years and now have an opportunity to host a game at a 32,500 capacity venue which has previously hosted an FA Cup Final and an Olympic Quarter-Final, both games attracted excellent crowds and hopefully the Coventry public will turn out in good numbers to back their side.
On the pitch the majority of last seasons side have remained with the club. They won the Birmingham County Cup and famously hammered Villa 4:1 at Villa Park towards the end of last season. There has been a change of manager over the summer with former Bristol Academy coach Craig Nicholls coming in and pre-season preparations have gone well with a defeat to English champions Arsenal followed by victories over Leicester (5:3) and MK Dons (10:0). The sides preparations continue this Sunday when they host Sheffield FC at Sphinx Drive, that one is a 2pm kick-off for anyone that fancies seeing a game.
Finally, I'd say this isn't a case of ACL v SISU with this game. CCLFC have always played at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon and would have done so regardless of the venue. It's in no-one's interest for the two sides to be in competition, what everyone wants (I think) is a strong Coventry City, whether that be the men, women, academy or any of the other sides that pull on the Sky Blue shirts, playing in Coventry and competing for the top honours available to them. Whatever your viewpoint, lets just hope everything can be sorted out and the entire club can move forward, in Coventry, and in the years to come all this is put behind us and we can go on and enjoy some better times. In the meantime though, the ladies are up the Ricoh on the 25th, it's a fiver to get in and if you do want to come along I hope you enjoy it, have a good time and come and see a few more games. The website is at
http://www.cclfc.co.uk where you can keep up to date with the latest news and fixtures and the side are on twitter @CoventryCityLFC and if you want to see what the players look like there are photo's from the game on Sunday against MK Dons at the following link;
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wren-media/sets/72157635039493437/
PUSB
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