The bitterness... (34 Viewers)

[covcity4life]

Im very bitter about the new bandwagoners

I have people who have literally laughed at me for being a cov fan back in the late naughties early 10s, and onwards during our plummet 'ha you're shit, come back when you have fans, cant beat Crewe Alexandra haha' etc etc, who i now see on Facebook and the like at games plastering PUSB etc everywhere as if they deserve it.

They deserve fuck all, and its not just a couple, there's a good 15 or 16 people ive known well enough over the years to have a beer with and the like, who claimed they were a fan of a big 6 club, sported the shirt etc of said top 6 club and actively took the piss out of cov

I hate every single one of them, and im that petty that ive already got screenshots of them in other club shirts or posts they made slating Cov, so when they give it the biggun on promotion il show them up for the cunts they are

Yes it's childish but I guarantee you lot all agree with me

Oh yeah loads of these. Support man U, Liverpool etc. can't handle the chat being about cov for longer than 2 mins as lower league is boring to them.

But now all they wanna do is talk about cov and wether I can get tickets for them etc

 

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[Hobo]

If you are a real fan you have no choice but to take what comes down the road. You are entitled to nothing. Regardless of history or. stature.

There are plenty of teams who have never experienced our good times in the past or even now.

The lean times just make the good times more special .

 

[SBAndy]

Im very bitter about the new bandwagoners

I have people who have literally laughed at me for being a cov fan back in the late naughties early 10s, and onwards during our plummet 'ha you're shit, come back when you have fans, cant beat Crewe Alexandra haha' etc etc, who i now see on Facebook and the like at games plastering PUSB etc everywhere as if they deserve it.

They deserve fuck all, and its not just a couple, there's a good 15 or 16 people ive known well enough over the years to have a beer with and the like, who claimed they were a fan of a big 6 club, sported the shirt etc of said top 6 club and actively took the piss out of cov

I hate every single one of them, and im that petty that ive already got screenshots of them in other club shirts or posts they made slating Cov, so when they give it the biggun on promotion il show them up for the cunts they are

Yes it's childish but I guarantee you lot all agree with me

100%. Remember a few who actively took the piss out of me supporting Cov at school because we were shit and “never on the telly” (a bizarre criticism). Saw one post photos of their season tickets on FB the other day. Look, I know we need all the fans we can get, but can we just not have those 3 please?

 

[Rodders1]

It only feels good and means more when you have been there through the lows.

Some of the best times of my life have been watching us through the leagues having relative success.

What was that stupid stat about 7/8 years ago....we had not finished in top 6 of any league for 50 years!.

Its a regular occurance now. As is Wembley trips.

Appreciate the good times more.

Football is very cyclic. Every team in the land will testify to that.

100%. It’s so exciting at the moment. I’m still nervous to believe just yet .

But I’m weirdly reminiscing about games like Forest Green away, the checkatrade win and Notts County semi - getting back to the prem was always the dream - but as some Ipswich fans mentioned on here I think - the journey is better than actually being there (I hope they’re wrong).

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

100%. Remember a few who actively took the piss out of me supporting Cov at school because we were shit and “never on the telly” (a bizarre criticism). Saw one post photos of their season tickets on FB the other day. Look, I know we need all the fans we can get, but can we just not have those 3 please?

A common one I got is ‘you only support them because they’re shit’ which never made sense.

 

[Travs]

Funny how when we dropped, the ITV fiasco happened and we never got in on it, but now when we get back. the money is unbelievable!!!!
Approx £160 m for promotion, a share of TV and advertising rights, worth c £6.9 BILLION this year and this years bottom relegated team gets £120m plus parachute payments!!!!

If we were in the bottom 3 that's still loads of money, but if we survived it goes up pro rata. Enough to set us up for years and get decent players to become a yo-yo club.

This is the issue for me.....

The journey back up will likely be a lot better than the destination.

Basically striving to become a yo-yo club is realistically what we can hope for.

(its a lot better than what we've had since 2001, but its hardly what dreams are made of)

 

[Otis]

I can’t take any of it seriously at the moment. Doesn’t feel real.

I am also rather in the surreal camp.

Can't quite get my head round it and keep expecting us to lose, or at least only gain a point in many games.

I do feel confident about tomorrow though for some reason.

 

[wingy]

This is the issue for me.....

The journey back up will likely be a lot better than the destination.

Basically striving to become a yo-yo club is realistically what we can hope for.

(its a lot better than what we've had since 2001, but its hardly what dreams are made of)

I'm not sure Frank will see it that way.

 

[Mr pot]

Funny thing is Bournemouth/Poole is a massively populated area. Bigger than Coventry. They do have right to have a decent followed club. That area of England is attractive.

Think they just stink of tinpot coz the ground is tiny, the crest is shit and their fans similarly supported arsenal when they was in league two.

Similarities there

 

[Mr pot]

The irony of it all is that it was kicked off by 2 of the last acts of SISU… Viktor Gyokeres and Gus Hamer. Buying them has literally transformed the club

Don't give flying rats bollock what anyone says.

SISU turned the rot they created around and put the club back where it needs to be.

 

[shepardo01]

Never really been bitter.

I'm 47. Started going up in 85.
Was involved in and around the club from the age of 9/10 as a ball boy at HR almost every week and then at the "school of excellence" (academy) until 16 (where towards the end was training with the 18s/ressies/first team on occasions)
Have seen us home and away in the Premier League - the (old) "good times"
Seem us win against "everybody"
Knew loads of the players.

Spent my 20s and early 30s playing on Saturdays/midweek so missed pretty much all of the pretty dire Championship 17th place finishes.

Always wanted to go to watch with my Dad when I finished playing - happened to coincide with Championship relegation/League one/two/one
We have been rattling round in the CBS with 6k and Blues with 3/4k.

The next dream was to see us at Wembley with my Dad. Cried on the final whistle at home to Wycombe!

Been home/away in Lg one (not away in Lg2 as had two young kids) ST in Lg 1/2 up to now.

Have since been lucky enough to take both boys and Dad to Wembley!

Was convinced Luton was our "once in a generation" chance. But not bitter. Just, we are what we are (at that point). Did honestly take me a few days in bed to recover from the disappointment though.

Not bitter, but a bit "gutting" to see Bournemouth as a Premier League mainstay.

Next dream is promotion - so my kids can see the players from FIFA/FC25/6/match attax - in real life. Just one season will do!

But as a City fan. You just expect to "give it a good go, but fall gallantly short"... I can get that feeling out of me still!!

Still expecting us to "Cov it up" - but not bitter.

However - don't get me started on the Council and Wasps! I'm more bitter than bitter about some of the c-units involved there!!

 

[shepardo01]

You! Nah, Facebilge and X formerly known as Twitter. I only know a couple of people on here. I’m not smart enough to crack people’s handles!

@Evo1883 has put in a staggering amount of miles. And he starts on football managers in fruit shops.

And @shepardo01 is a cool headed handsome beast. I’m besotted.

Remember the league one away days fondly (ish) mate!

 

[SBT]

If people get this pissed off about supporting a team outside the PL, I don’t know how most of you are going to be able to cope with the tsunami of bullshit that comes with being a Premier League club in this day and age. This board is going to be fully mental.

 

[eyesee]

You’ll miss this winning feeling if we go up, you”ll be pining for the fjords (championship) in no time

i want us to get promoted as much as anyone. but i have to admit that i prefer championship football to what i see of prem football nowadays.
there, i said it.

 

[Gleneagles65]

It’s just Leicester for me. Dislike them more than any other team and can’t stop getting excited that they are now fucked.

 

[rob9872]

This is my best time supporting City. I'd bottle the feeling if I could. Not looking forward to losing most weeks next season and one way or amothervit will be the break up if the squad and that special bond we've all built. Nothing lasts forever and the key nucleus plus Frank would go if we didn't go up, but give me top end of the Championship every time.

Best league around imo. Not full if prima donas, plastic armchair fans, cry babies, var, etc etc but real fans from good cities who love their club.

If we do go up, it will be nice for my daughter who has never seen us playing the big clubs but as someone who has seen it, I'm genuinely not that fussed.

 

[Lamps]

If people get this pissed off about supporting a team outside the PL, I don’t know how most of you are going to be able to cope with the tsunami of bullshit that comes with being a Premier League club in this day and age. This board is going to be fully mental.

The post mortem on why we only scored twice away to Manchester City will be fun.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

This is my best time supporting City. I'd bottle the feeling if I could. Not looking forward to losing most weeks next season and one way or amothervit will be the break up if the squad and that special bond we've all built. Nothing lasts forever and the key nucleus plus Frank would go if we didn't go up, but give me top end of the Championship every time.

Best league around imo. Not full if prima donas, plastic armchair fans, cry babies, var, etc etc but real fans from good cities who love their club.

If we do go up, it will be nice for my daughter who has never seen us playing the big clubs but as someone who has seen it, I'm genuinely not that fussed.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… who prefers 7th in the second division to fighting at the top table. The players we’ll sign are going to be ridiculous

You mention the bond we’ve built up.. well the same was said about the 22/23 side and the 19/20 side. We’re a different Coventry City these days. We’ll build again

 

[fernandopartridge]

I’m more bitter now over one thing. Think this is gonna be an essay!

As a kid, especially all through Primary School, I was one of very very few Cov fans. The few years when the school had no uniform, you’d see loads of Man Utd shirts in particular as well as all the other cliché clubs. It sometimes felt the closest thing I had in common football-wise was my teacher in year 5/6 who was a big Nottm Forest fan - as at that time they were another obscure-ish second tier team. In secondary there were obviously more of us as there’s more pupils, but the percentage was still tragically low.

Extended family-wise, as we started dwindling and dropping down the leagues, relatives started turning attention to Chelsea. I know relatives through marriage stopped going when we were relegated from the Championship and eventually turned their attention to wasps.

I saw the Chelsea supporting relatives at Southampton the other week. And a lot of those kids who wouldn’t have batted an eye at CCFC back then are all on the wagon. That I’m bitter about. I can never feel like they deserve the good times with this club.

What part of Cov is this?

 

[fernandopartridge]

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… who prefers 7th in the second division to fighting at the top table. The players we’ll sign are going to be ridiculous

You mention the bond we’ve built up.. well the same was said about the 22/23 side and the 19/20 side. We’re a different Coventry City these days. We’ll build again

Losing every week is shite no matter what level it is. I remember some of the top flight seasons of struggle and they are shite.

 

[blunted]

Funny thing is Bournemouth/Poole is a massively populated area. Bigger than Coventry. They do have right to have a decent followed club. That area of England is attractive.

Think they just stink of tinpot coz the ground is tiny, the crest is shit and their fans similarly supported arsenal when they was in league two.

Similarities there

They do have a large catchment if you include Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and surrounding areas. However, lots of retirees who support other clubs.
If you compare square acreage, I would imagine we would be much larger. They don't have much competition like we do.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Losing every week is shite no matter what level it is. I remember some of the top flight seasons of struggle and they are shite.

I remember those seasons. But putting an actual ceiling on yourself is just small thinking for me.

 

[wingy]

The post mortem on why we only scored twice away to Manchester City will be fun.

With a nil from the opposition?

 

[Paxman II]

For some of us who relate to a number of those 34 years in the top flight, The Fairs Cup, being beaten at home by Bayern Munich, and winning the cup in 87' I feel no bitterness. We had a great run.
It's sad that instead of climbing back up in typical fashion, we failed to read the script and a sucession of poor decisions, and terrible management on and off the field by those clowns on the board at the time, we succumbed to financial ruin. Forced to see the stadium that should have been our statement taken from us. But alas we in desperation to survive as a club, sold off to a hedge fund of all people, rather than do a Leicester and declare ourselves bust, take a short term hit and get back on it. Once a hedge fund got hold of us we were doomed. And so it was, we slid down the leagues until Robin's instilled some karma to the place, with guile and graft. It took 7 years to get back to mediocre in the second tier. That was finally the signal to see off the hedge fund, and along came our shining knight to snap up the club at the right time. We would always get the stadium back because it was built for football, not paltry Rugby. That fell in Kings lap and all he needed to do was change the dynanic to move things forward after 20 odd years away from the top flight. A gamble? Yes and off to pastures new for Robins who had been a great steward. In came a player who was world class in his day and would help shine a light on the club. We had almost made it were looking like a talented team already. The gamble has paid off so far, but we are not there yet. If we fail this year, no matter our time will come now or next year or the one after that. I watch massive clubs like Leeds go through it, and hope they settle back where they surely belong too, and just hope we will be able to do the same. I don't think we will be failures if we go up. I think we will do well AKA Sunderland. The fan base demand it more than the Brentford's, and there is a certain ethos building at the club that will lead to success on the pitch. Will FL be there next season if we make it? Not so sure. But it matters not. The bitterness the Op speaks of should all be reserved for that mismanagement of the club who played politics and looked after themselves with little left in their tanks to financially help us, and lacking any ability to do so, not directed at any other clubs.

 

[Irish Sky Blue]

For some of us who relate to a number of those 34 years in the top flight, The Fairs Cup, being beaten at home by Bayern Munich, and winning the cup in 87' I feel no bitterness. We had a great run.
It's sad that instead of climbing back up in typical fashion, we failed to read the script and a sucession of poor decisions, and terrible management on and off the field by those clowns on the board at the time, we succumbed to financial ruin. Forced to see the stadium that should have been our statement taken from us. But alas we in desperation to survive as a club, sold off to a hedge fund of all people, rather than do a Leicester and declare ourselves bust, take a short term hit and get back on it. Once a hedge fund got hold of us we were doomed. And so it was, we slid down the leagues until Robin's instilled some karma to the place, with guile and graft. It took 7 years to get back to mediocre in the second tier. That was finally the signal to see off the hedge fund, and along came our shining knight to snap up the club at the right time. We would always get the stadium back because it was built for football, not paltry Rugby. That fell in Kings lap and all he needed to do was change the dynanic to move things forward after 20 odd years away from the top flight. A gamble? Yes and off to pastures new for Robins who had been a great steward. In came a player who was world class in his day and would help shine a light on the club. We had almost made it were looking like a talented team already. The gamble has paid off so far, but we are not there yet. If we fail this year, no matter our time will come now or next year or the one after that. I watch massive clubs like Leeds go through it, and hope they settle back where they surely belong too, and just hope we will be able to do the same. I don't think we will be failures if we go up. I think we will do well AKA Sunderland. The fan base demand it more than the Brentford's, and there is a certain ethos building at the club that will lead to success on the pitch. Will FL be there next season if we make it? Not so sure. But it matters not. The bitterness the Op speaks of should all be reserved for that mismanagement of the club who played politics and looked after themselves with little left in their tanks to financially help us, and lacking any ability to do so, not directed at any other clubs.

We beat Bayern Munich at home, and although the sore in the end was only 2-1 we really had them rocking. That was a team containing Beckenbauer, Muller, Maier and Hoeness who were all Workd Cup winners for West Germany and we battered them that evening.

 

[BrisbaneBronco]

i want us to get promoted as much as anyone. but i have to admit that i prefer championship football to what i see of prem football nowadays.
there, i said it.

I agree. To me the Championship is an awesome division, anyone can beat anyone on their day. We need to get promoted, purely because the finances will set us up financially. The downside is fewer games and far less wins.

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

We beat Bayern Munich at home, and although the sore in the end was only 2-1 we really had them rocking. That was a team containing Beckenbauer, Muller, Maier and Hoeness who were all Workd Cup winners for West Germany and we battered them that evening.

I went to that but don't mention the return fixture

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Is it going for anyone else? Been thinking recently about just how bitter I have become due to supporting a team that had a pretty hellish time for around 20 years. I've been jealous and angry of others for so many things such as

that likes of Brighton and Brentford are prem clubs and we aren't

Leicester had opera singer title celebration

Hull had Brazilian geovanni scoring worldies in prem

Pro Evo didn't have cov as a team during glory years

Not being in match of the day

West ham won conference league

Wolves having the Portuguese national squad

No cov players on FPL

Everytime epl signs record breaking TV deal

soton celebrating promotion on a really sunny day after beating us on tv

Small prem teams beating europeon giants to players

Former players excelling elsewhere like Wilson and maddison

Forest and villa having European football again


They are just a few things I've been bitter or jealous about. There are lots more

But recently it's all going away. We have worked ourselves back up the football league and are now close to being a prem club and everything that comes with it. And I no longer care so much about others. And its nice to have less hate and more positivity!

Not sure if it's just me? Maybe it is just me but it's nice to enjoy football again!

Never. Bitterness is an emotion and i’m not an emotional person. i meditate frequently and have mastered the art of Zen

 

[AJB1983]

I mean Man City don't own theirs. Do fans use that against them?

I actually had a Man City fan give me the whole ‘you don’t own your stadium’ so I threw that back at him.. had nothing more to say.

 

[procdoc]

Never. Bitterness is an emotion and i’m not an emotional person. i meditate frequently and have mastered the art of Zen

You’re one step away from tantric sex!

 

[TomRad85]

Have noticed lack of idea from fans on twitter now they can’t use the old ‘you don’t own your stadium’…

"PaY yOuR rEnT"
The kind of opposition fans who can't bear us not being shite anymore and accuse us of being arrogant Cunts!
I know we have some absolute whoppers following us on Twitter but I'm starting to enjoy being hated because we're rated.

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I'm bitter that if we are promoted Old big ears won't be on MOTD to watch us, while his beloved Incester are festering in the Chapionship.

 

[MAFF]

I’m bitter that I moved away in 2023 which meant I no longer have a season ticket. 2 decades of watching shite and we finally go up when I’m not there.