Samo
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Its improved immensely but as I always used to say... it might be a shithole but its our shithole.
I live here. I was born here. I love Coventry, but I have said many disparaging remarks about the city too. It used to be an awful, oppressive place at times and ugly too.
The 70's were especially grim. Many, many of us have slagged the place off. True Coventry kids.
I wasn’t talking purely about football. Just because he put Coventry on the music map doesn’t mean he liked the place, he was the first Special to leave Cov after John Bradbury and made some pretty disparaging comments about the place.
I live here. I was born here. I love Coventry, but I have said many disparaging remarks about the city too. It used to be an awful, oppressive place at times and ugly too.
The 70's were especially grim. Many, many of us have slagged the place off. True Coventry kids.
It’s weird, I was 16 in 1970 so enjoyed a good part of my youth in the 70’s and had a great time. I didn’t give a shit it if it was ugly, never noticed. Too busy having fun down the town with mates, or dating girls. Didn’t seem grim at all.I live here. I was born here. I love Coventry, but I have said many disparaging remarks about the city too. It used to be an awful, oppressive place at times and ugly too.
The 70's were especially grim. Many, many of us have slagged the place off. True Coventry kids.
See the club say they can’t wear the two tone kit but are planning a tribute.
I’ll take a win so we play Enjoy Yourself at the end, what do we reckon it could be? I’m guessing scoreboard tribute video.
See the club say they can’t wear the two tone kit but are planning a tribute.
I’ll take a win so we play Enjoy Yourself at the end, what do we reckon it could be? I’m guessing scoreboard tribute video.
No he didn't. Coventry was an awful place at the end of the 70s and early 80s.
Beautifully put, Otis. I wasn't born in Cov but came into the City a lot in the late 70s and early 80s, and not just for the football. As a Mod in 82/83/84 I remember regularly being chased by skinheads through the precinct. Going back to my scooter after wandering around the city centre and finding it either pushed over or the seat covered in spit. It was an awful, scary place back then. A concrete jungle all right.
The "yeah but, he slagged off the city" argument is a weak one.
99% of people from Coventry say negative things about it but we're all proud to be from the city.
The bloke was a diagnosed manic depressive and suffered with bipolar - I’d take anything like that with a massive pinch of saltHe said he didn't have a good word to say about the city, and that's 100 per cent correct. Any interview where he mentions the city its always in the negative.
Still sad news right enough, RIP.
The bloke was a diagnosed manic depressive and suffered with bipolar - I’d take anything like that with a massive pinch of salt
proof is in the pudding for me in the amount of times he come back to do gigs that deep down he never forgot his roots
The bloke was a diagnosed manic depressive and suffered with bipolar - I’d take anything like that with a massive pinch of salt
proof is in the pudding for me in the amount of times he come back to do gigs that deep down he never forgot his roots
I doubt they have the kit around anymore to make it happen even if they had enough notice.I get it with the kit. There are probably EFL rules about this kind of thing. I guess a tribute on the screen and every song being TH related. Hope so.
Absolutely. The guy and his bandmates did more for the City than almost anyone else in recent times. How many on here have slagged off their city? Most, I would say, but that's OK because they're not Terry Hall. Did more for racial harmony than any Government ever did.
Those who complain about either weren't around or have forgotten just what a terrible place it was back then. I didn't live in the city and I was terrified on most of my visits to the city centre. Gigs were a particularly nervy time.
If I’m right in saying - CCFC’s policy is each player gets 3 match issue versions of each shirt every season and at the end of the season they are allowed to give them away to fans/family/charity but if they do so beforehand they have to pay to replace themI doubt they have the kit around anymore to make it happen even if they had enough notice.
inc socks and shorts etc impossible task.If I’m right in saying - CCFC’s policy is each player gets 3 match issue versions of each shirt every season and at the end of the season they are allowed to give them away to fans/family/charity but if they do so beforehand they have to pay to replace them
I doubt that there’s any of the two tone shirts lying around to get a whole batch for the current squad
Snap,I was 16 in 1970 as well and had a great time in the city centre... can't remember a Friday or Saturday night without a fight in or outside a pub but no one got stabbed or shot.... different place these days!!!It’s weird, I was 16 in 1970 so enjoyed a good part of my youth in the 70’s and had a great time. I didn’t give a shit it if it was ugly, never noticed. Too busy having fun down the town with mates, or dating girls. Didn’t seem grim at all.
a neighbour was Terrys cousin, so saw him now and again. RIP
To be clear, it’s not an argument.No he didn't. Coventry was an awful place at the end of the 70s and early 80s.
Beautifully put, Otis. I wasn't born in Cov but came into the City a lot in the late 70s and early 80s, and not just for the football. As a Mod in 82/83/84 I remember regularly being chased by skinheads through the precinct. Going back to my scooter after wandering around the city centre and finding it either pushed over or the seat covered in spit. It was an awful, scary place back then. A concrete jungle all right.
The "yeah but, he slagged off the city" argument is a weak one.
I don’t suppose the fact he was kidnapped by a teacher in his school and smuggled to France to a peado ring helped his love for the place much
Wait. What??
Wait. What??
We had Frank Ifield, well he was born in Coundon and lived there until his family moved to Aus, Hazel O’Connor and the “singing dustman” Vince Hill.When you think all the bands that might have been noted for coming from Cov and we got The Specials, one of the coolest bands ever to set foot on a stage.
We had Frank Ifield, well he was born in Coundon and lived there until his family moved to Aus, Hazel O’Connor and the “singing dustman” Vince Hill.
Forgot them their old mum banging away on that old piano and let’s not forget Chuck Berry recording his big hit My Ding-a Ling live at our Locarno, I was at that concert so can boast being a crucial part of a number one record by singing along with the chorus.And who could forget Lieutenant Pigeon?
Forgot them their old mum banging away on that old piano and let’s not forget Chuck Berry recording his big hit My Ding-a Ling live at our Locarno, I was at that concert so can boast being a crucial part of a number one record by singing along with the chorus.
It’s true, thought it was common knowledge. The crowd singing the chorus were mainly Cov kids.I never knew that!
It’s true, thought it was common knowledge.
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