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CovRes

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  • Sep 21, 2025
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exhallskyblue said:
CBS is much steeper, due to the exhibition hall and the stand touching it (where the lounges are). That stands holds far less so the other three have much more capacity.
King power is similar to st Mary’s
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I think it was Rudoni that said something about walking out as an opposition player at the CBS and seeing a huge bank of Cov fans in front of you was a bit intimidating.
 
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Sheffield Sky Blue

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,227
pusbccfc said:
Yeah exactly, not sure they are so heavily compared.

The KP feels a lot smaller. I always say the same when visiting St Mary's.
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The steeper stands are a real asset. Far better sightlines, more imposing, it feels larger. But it doesn't have the slightly frightening over-steepened feeling that you get at Reading.
It's a shame that the stand on the hotel side is so poor - it that was similar to the opposite stand, it would be a really impressive ground.
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,228
exhallskyblue said:
CBS is much steeper, due to the exhibition hall and the stand touching it (where the lounges are). That stands holds far less so the other three have much more capacity.
King power is similar to st Mary’s
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If the west stand was the same size as the other 3, the CBS would hold well over 40k

That’s why it looks much more impressive than the King Power
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,229
Sheffield Sky Blue said:
The steeper stands are a real asset. Far better sightlines, more imposing, it feels larger. But it doesn't have the slightly frightening over-steepened feeling that you get at Reading.
It's a shame that the stand on the hotel side is so poor - it that was similar to the opposite stand, it would be a really impressive ground.
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KP looks like it was built for a budget of about a £100 quid .Don't know if the West stand can ever be developed .
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,230
Sheffield Sky Blue said:
The steeper stands are a real asset. Far better sightlines, more imposing, it feels larger. But it doesn't have the slightly frightening over-steepened feeling that you get at Reading.
It's a shame that the stand on the hotel side is so poor - it that was similar to the opposite stand, it would be a really impressive ground.
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I like that stand, it adds a unique element to the stadium. The big issue is not being able to fill the top tier.

I've said it for years, the CBS is the best of those stadiums of around 32,000 when you factor in the amenities, sightlines, acoustics and the sheer height.
 
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AOM

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,231
pusbccfc said:
I like that stand, it adds a unique element to the stadium. The big issue is not being able to fill the top tier.

I've said it for years, the CBS is the best of those stadiums of around 32,000 when you factor in the amenities, sightlines, acoustics and the sheer height.
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Not a fan of the club and the atmosphere was always really poor whenever we played there, but I thought MK Dons ground was quite good in terms of a bowl stadium design
 
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bigfatronssba

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  • Sep 22, 2025
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AOM said:
Not a fan of the club and the atmosphere was always really poor whenever we played there, but I thought MK Dons ground was quite good in terms of a bowl stadium design
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A very nice ground, but I actually found it a bit sad as it’ll never be fully utilised.

Even without knowing the history, you can just sense that something has gone wrong for that ground to exist
 
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CovRes

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,233
bigfatronssba said:
A very nice ground, but I actually found it a bit sad as it’ll never be fully utilised.

Even without knowing the history, you can just sense that something has gone wrong for that ground to exist
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If they had simply put money into a regular non-league team and grown naturally, then the club might have been in a better position than it is now.
 
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TomRad85

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  • Sep 22, 2025
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AOM said:
Not a fan of the club and the atmosphere was always really poor whenever we played there, but I thought MK Dons ground was quite good in terms of a bowl stadium design
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Its the tiers, i love a good tier. If we were ever to expand i'd like something like the extra tier that was stuck on one of the stands at Cardiff. I'm not deluded like a Birmingham fan who thinks we'd need 60k, but an extra tier on one of the stands to take it up to 40ish... inject it.
 
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AOM

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  • Sep 22, 2025
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bigfatronssba said:
A very nice ground, but I actually found it a bit sad as it’ll never be fully utilised.

Even without knowing the history, you can just sense that something has gone wrong for that ground to exist
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Yeah, there didn't seem to be any interest from the home end at all and I think we might have even bought more fans.
The 0-0 game when Hiwula missed the penalty is one of the most depressing away days I've been to.

The ground feels like it could have a lot of potential and it felt like a bit of a more modernised CBS, but it was just a soulless experience.
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Sep 22, 2025
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CovRes said:
If they had simply put money into a regular non-league team and grown naturally, then the club might have been in a better position than it is now.
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MK Franchise .
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,237
TomRad85 said:
Its the tiers, i love a good tier. If we were ever to expand i'd like something like the extra tier that was stuck on one of the stands at Cardiff. I'm not deluded like a Birmingham fan who thinks we'd need 60k, but an extra tier on one of the stands to take it up to 40ish... inject it.
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Tiers aren't great for atmosphere generally.

A full CBS would be better than Stadium MK.

Otherwise, I agree that it's a great stadium.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,238
AOM said:
Not a fan of the club and the atmosphere was always really poor whenever we played there, but I thought MK Dons ground was quite good in terms of a bowl stadium design
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Made worse by the laws around drinking overlooking the the pitch.

The temporary netting they have erected looks dreadful and spoils that initial view of the stadium bowl when entering through the turnstiles.

It's a very good stadium and a more unique design. The two tiers around the ground make it very difficult to make an atmosphere.
 
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Levship20

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,239
pusbccfc said:
Tiers aren't great for atmosphere generally.

A full CBS would be better than Stadium MK.

Otherwise, I agree that it's a great stadium.
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Will we have a full CBS this Saturday? And our bellies full of £3.60 pints
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,240
Levship20 said:
Will we have a full CBS this Saturday? And our bellies full of £3.60 pints
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Will not be far off!
 

Hobo

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  • Sep 22, 2025
  • #1,241
Skyblue Bangkok said:
KP looks like it was built for a budget of about a £100 quid .Don't know if the West stand can ever be developed .
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Well £100 is about what they paid for the KP after they shafted the builders
 
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itsabuzzard

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  • Sep 23, 2025
  • #1,242
Skyblue Bangkok said:
Hilarious when David Cameron said he liked Eaton Rifles , he obviously was clueless about what the song was about.
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Remove the mote from thine own eye.
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,243

Looks good. Simple but important.
 
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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,244
pusbccfc said:

Looks good. Simple but important.
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Woke lefties will take the fuckers down
 
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Skyblue Bangkok

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,245
Sky Blue Pete said:
Woke lefties will take the fuckers down
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Why ? Or are you being tongue in cheek.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,246
pusbccfc said:

Looks good. Simple but important.
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But will there be any on the actual flagpoles on the roundabout?
 

pusbccfc

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,247
chiefdave said:
But will there be any on the actual flagpoles on the roundabout?
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Still pains me that we were never allowed to keep the Olympic rings. A real sense of pride being an Olympic city.
 
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CrawleySkyBlue

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  • Sep 24, 2025
  • #1,248
Confirming that there have been no new filings on Companies House in Covcityco Ltd, meaning that there has been no new equity injected into the club since the £15m that was injected in May-25.

This, on its own, does not really tell us much, aside from helping to reconfirm what we know already... that at least some debt was used to fund the acquisition of the Arena (hence the fixed charge between FRS Estates Ltd (seller) and Coventry Arena Propco Ltd (proprietor of the headlease on the Arena). However, it probably does help to confirm that the amount of debt taken on to fund the acquisition is on the higher side (unless the club's existing funds are higher than we all expect).

The exact amount of debt taken on to fund the acquisition, no idea. We need more info in future sets of accounts to piece it all together.
 
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GC1976

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  • Oct 5, 2025
  • #1,249
Coventry Telegraph still linking the city to WASPS via its website. Just dirty Coventry Telegraph…. call yourself a local newspaper. Thankfully we’ve moved on as a club and city just don’t understand why a defunct business is still linked with the stadium. If you were actually invested in the Club you would be archiving that Wasps link and replacing it with something like CCFC in the community information .
 
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clint van damme

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  • Oct 5, 2025
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GC1976 said:
Coventry Telegraph still linking the city to WASPS via its website. Just dirty Coventry Telegraph…. call yourself a local newspaper. Thankfully we’ve moved on as a club and city just don’t understand why a defunct business is still linked with the stadium.
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10 reasons why ICoventry still has a wasps link, you won't believe number 5.........
 
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pusbccfc

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,251
Doug has already begun replacing Frasers on the seats.
 
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duffer

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,252
pusbccfc said:
Doug has already begun replacing Frasers on the seats.
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Grimetime

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,253
pusbccfc said:
Doug has already begun replacing Frasers on the seats.
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He should get a few white seats and do the shadow on the letters like we used to have at Highfield Road, it always looked so much nicer to me.

 
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Mercian In Anglia

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,254
duffer said:
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Chansari vibes...
 
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Sky Blue Goblin

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  • Oct 7, 2025
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Sky Blues with fancy writing looking at the S
 
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duffer

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  • Oct 7, 2025
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Mercian In Anglia said:
Chansari vibes...
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In fairness, Doug has got that second tier up pretty quickly, and in plenty of time for our imminent promotion. I can forgive him a bit of personalisation.
 
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ceetee

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,257
pusbccfc said:
Doug has already begun replacing Frasers on the seats.
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I got a nice new dark blue seat when they put Frasers in
 
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TomRad85

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,258
Sky Blue Goblin said:
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Sky Blues with fancy writing looking at the S
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I think it'll say 'Skiing Holiday' as a nod to where the Sheaf money has gone.
 
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AOM

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,259
Still really love the idea someone came up with of using the original Highfield Road 'Coventry City Football Club' sign in the CBS
 
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duffer

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  • Oct 7, 2025
  • #1,260
Sky Blue Goblin said:
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Sky Blues with fancy writing looking at the S
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I hope they're not like me when I'm writing Birthday cards, and suddenly realise I've ran out of room at the end...

SKYBLues
 
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