I walked past the Ricoh on Saturday evening and stopped and stared at it for a while,and I got that feeling you can get when you bump into an ex girlfriend,and you look at her and think bloody hell why didn't I treat you better,as your really attractive and a bit of a stunner.So if we do get back together,us and the Ricoh that is,let's treat it a bit better and fill it our more,and be proud it's our home !
Absolutely bang on !
I do a lot of driving around Coventry and Ive had the same feeling loads of times .
(The first post , not the second )
I walked past Sixfields the other day, and you know that feeling you get when you are in relationship with someone that you have never fancied at all.............
On my way to the march walking down Thackhall Street it was weird seeing all those flats where the ground used to be.We should never have moved but we did but look at the mess we're in now.But I'd be back at the Ricoh in a flash given the chance,as it's our football stadium and I do miss it.felt like that at the start of the march looking up king Richard st at houses the other saturday ,never felt any passion for the ricoh, more to do with the shite that's gone on with the club since leaving HR and me, in me head ,blaming the move,.i do agree tho it should be our home and we should be playing there ,and any talk of a new ground in the Coventry area rattles me .
Suxfields ia definitely an eight pinter
I walked past Sixfields the other day, and you know that feeling you get when you are in relationship with someone that you have never fancied at all.............
I wouldnt give a shit if the Ricoh was a ten pinter, she was ours!!
It belongs to a private company on leasehold tenure. The people of Coventry can access it if they're invited or pay.A fabulous stadium that our owners thought they could steal. It belongs to the people of Coventry, like the Football Club does. Do your worst SISU. You'll never break the resolve of Coventrians, so just F**k off and "Do one"
Ha, yep you're right. I've never understood the "it belongs to the people" bollocks.It belongs to a private company on leasehold tenure. The people of Coventry can access it if they're invited or pay.
She wasn't. Sticking with bad analogies, she was a high class hooker we were forced into shagging. And whilst the sex was good, she took all our money we earned and didn't give fook all back. Fucking slag.
It belongs to a private company on leasehold tenure. The people of Coventry can access it if they're invited or pay.
This thread is brilliant about time we tried to lighten the mood a little on here.
OP is bang on though we do need to make it feel more like home if we ever return, I for one would love it if we could have home fans either side of the away section ( put netting in between if so bothered / segregate a little) but never any problem when we go away with minimal segregation at other grounds.
I think this would help atmosphere wise.
Plus I am sorry but we must be hitting 15K plus after all this arguing / bickering / fighting / falling out/ begging / crying/ moaning about returning home... otherwise what would it of been for.
People complaining all the time but truthfully if we ever return.. get your arses up there!.. some will say oh we lost x amount now.. seriously one game upon the return and their be back! It never leaves you!
Be no problem with most of us getting up there however every week we are in Northampton we lose some more fans, will be lucky to get 10,000 up there we are dying very quickly.
Take me Home Ricoh,
To the place I belong,
Block 16,
At the Ricoh,
Take me home Ricoh.
Shit! The council took the gate receipts, advertising, car parking, merchandise income, TV money and transfer fees as well?! Bastards!
If only we'd had that £100k/year! DAMN YOU COVENTRY COUNCIL!!! WE WOULD'VE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS BY NOW! OUR LOSSES WERE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF THE RICOH RENT + F&B AND NOT A PENNY MORE!
Oh wait. That's complete bollocks. We blew all our cash on bad signings and even worse management decisions (like selling off all the revenue). But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of a good rant, eh?
I see where your going but people say oh I dont give a shit now but as soon as we back and people are talking about it... they would return.
Highfield road is your first shag - however good or bad it was, it always seems the best
Ricoh is the wife - you get used to her, and take her a bit for granted, even if the excitement is not always there
Sixfields is the STD - you didnt want it, you dont want it, but cant get rid of it
Shit! The council took the gate receipts, advertising, car parking, merchandise income, TV money and transfer fees as well?! Bastards!
If only we'd had that £100k/year! DAMN YOU COVENTRY COUNCIL!!! WE WOULD'VE BEEN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS BY NOW! OUR LOSSES WERE EXACTLY THE AMOUNT OF THE RICOH RENT + F&B AND NOT A PENNY MORE!
Oh wait. That's complete bollocks. We blew all our cash on bad signings and even worse management decisions (like selling off all the revenue). But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of a good rant, eh?
I appreciate this will upset a few but I actually hated the Ricoh.
1. It's financially f*cked us -True. That's the previous owners fault though not the Ricoh's.
2. We don't own it
3. We've always been quite sh*t there - That's because we have been shit not because of the stadium.
4. Pain in the arse to get to, especially if coming in from the train -Further for me to travel than to HR, but dead easy to get to I would say. Train station obviously still to be completed. Once in place there can be no complaints.
5. The atmosphere is awful - Atmosphere no worse than HR when we were shit at HR.
6. Seeing hoardes of empty seats was demoralising
Give me cheeky old Highfield Road (the right size, the right location and a bit of footballing soul) and a Saturday afternoon over the Ricoh 10 times out of 10.
Of course I'd rather be playing there instead of anyway outside of Coventry but it's a just another copy-a-bowl that generates little enjoyment.
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