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Should have stayed at Highfield Road (1 Viewer)

  • Thread starter The CableGuy
  • Start date Oct 8, 2014
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The CableGuy

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  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #1
The move to CV6 has been a complete cluster-fuck for this football club, from Day One - the stadium wasn't completed on time and our 1st home game vs Norwich was moved to Carrow Road. When we did welcome QPR to the Arena, only 23,000 of us were let in due to safety reasons.

Since then, its been screw-up after screw-up. Not enough car parking. Delayed train station. Ticketing issues. A ground closer to Bedworth then Coventry City Centre. Of course, there have been other issues......I haven't got all night so for now I'll sum those issues up: SISU.

Now, 9 years later, our home is brought by a rugby team.

From London.

You couldn't make this shit up. The Arena is cursed.

We should have stayed at Highfield Road. And I say that as someone who was excited at the move to the Arena.
 
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tomreagna

New Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #2
With hindsight, the sky is also blue.
 

Hobo

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #3
But we did so let's stay in the real world and deal with our situation. Alternatively socialise with Grendel and lament about all our past owners and managers.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #4
The CableGuy said:
The move to CV6 has been a complete cluster-fuck for this football club, from Day One - the stadium wasn't completed on time and our 1st home game vs Norwich was moved to Carrow Road. When we did welcome QPR to the Arena, only 23,000 of us were let in due to safety reasons.

Since then, its been screw-up after screw-up. Not enough car parking. Delayed train station. Ticketing issues. A ground closer to Bedworth then Coventry City Centre. Of course, there have been other issues......I haven't got all night so for now I'll sum those issues up: SISU.

Now, 9 years later, our home is brought by a rugby team.

From London.

You couldn't make this shit up. The Arena is cursed.

We should have stayed at Highfield Road. And I say that as someone who was excited at the move to the Arena.
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Nowt wrong with moving to the Ricoh. It should have only happened though when the club had the money. The big mistake was having the council bail them out.

If the club had waited until the money had been raised, it would have been our stadium from day one.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #5
Ricoh will never hold a special place in me like highfield road did
 
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skybluesam66

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #6
..I haven't got all night so for now I'll sum those issues up: SISU.

now i hate sisu as much as the next man - but to blame them for things before they got here is a bit too much
unless you are saying mcginnity/fletcher etc were all Tim fisher in disguise
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #7
I drive round the ring road looking to see if Highfield Rd has grown back, surely they can't be a problem with building a new stadium within the city now, hopefully in the Stoke, Gosford area 22000 ample capacity stadium.
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #8
Gynnsthetonic said:
I drive round the ring road looking to see if Highfield Rd has grown back, surely they can't be a problem with building a new stadium within the city now, hopefully in the Stoke, Gosford area 22000 ample capacity stadium.
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Where in the Stoke, Gosford area would that be then?
 

Old Warwickshire lad

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  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #9
Any of you whingers want to tell me how far from city centry the Ricoh is ?
I will have first guess, erm 4.2 miles
 

Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Oct 8, 2014
  • #10
Southfield school on Paynes Lane and the coventry tubes building, never happen I know but wishful thinking
 
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