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6 Generations

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  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #211
ccfcway said:
Chaos. Not a clue where people would leave their unicorns
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The unicorns could just hover over ‘Neverland’ under the supervision of Tinkerbell, Pegasus the flying Horse

And any other currently unemployed mythical creatures.
 
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Magwitch

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #212
Liquid Gold said:
Once a fortnight for a couple of hours wouldn't be an issue. There would obviously be paring schemes in place. I don't get what the problem is.
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Where do you live ?
 
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Harryshipman1998

Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #213
Brighton Sky Blue said:
Pretty easy to instruct some people to make enquiries when you have no serious intention of doing anything. A new ground has been mooted for 6 years including a consultative group to ask fans what colour the curtains should be and generic sketches to boot.

Stop the bullshit and either commit hard cash to a site or admit this isn’t a serious attempt.
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The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.
 
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Houchens Head

Fairly well known member from Malvern
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #214
6 Generations said:
The unicorns could just hover over ‘Neverland’ under the supervision of Tinkerbell, Pegasus the flying Horse

And any other currently unemployed mythical creatures.
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Don't bring Michael bloody Jackson into the mix! It's difficult enough as it is!
 
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Harryshipman1998

Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #215
Timperley said:
Would make more sense for wasps to build a stadium and training academy at Woodlands and sell the Ricoh to SISU.
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It really would crowd wise. What would SISU pay though, considering they are taking legal action that it was sold undervalued?
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #216
Harryshipman1998 said:
The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.
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I agree. Everything they do is calculated. Sometimes the calculations don't factor in unknown variables, but even then you can see where they were going with their thought process. Busting ACL worked and but for Wasps jumping in it might well have bagged the stadium. This reeks of the same bullshit as before.
 
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Liquid Gold

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  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #217
Magwitch said:
Where do you live ?
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Why, do you want to come round?

I wouldn't mind an arena being built nearby if that's what you're trying to get at.
 

hill83

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #218
clint van damme said:
Imagine what it will be like on a theoretical champions league night?
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I won’t believe it until Tim is belting out the champions league theme tune perched on top of lady Godiva in a slightly too small toga and heels.
 
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win9nut

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #219
Deleted member 5849 said:
I agree. Can't quite imagine SISU having a feel for supporters' needs, mind you!
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Where's Sandra Garlick when you need her!
 

BigadamL

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #220
ok, now for the council to say put a bid in for the land and provisionally accept and sign when the legal dispute is dropped.


sorry just slapped myself in the face for being o stupid that something so simple might happen
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #221
Players will love it; nando’s Is supposed to be going to fatty island soon!!
 

Nick

Administrator
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #222
hill83 said:
I won’t believe it until Tim is belting out the champions league theme tune perched on top of lady Godiva in a slightly too small toga and heels.
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Pass the tissues
 
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Gynnsthetonic

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #223
The Ricoh is bad enough to get to this is even worse, why would you want a football ground 4 to 5 miles from the city centre.
 

sw88

Chief Commentator!
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #224
Gynnsthetonic said:
The Ricoh is bad enough to get to this is even worse, why would you want a football ground 4 to 5 miles from the city centre.
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Surely it’s better than 40?
 
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quinn1971

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #225
6 years gone and we’ve just gone round in a circle, possibly ground sharing again and looking at land for a new ground, never going to happen
 
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Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #226
fernandopartridge said:
Woodlands school buildings are not listed either, where that bollocks has come from god only knows. It's being parroted by somebody on Twitter as fact regardless.

The List Search Results for Cv4 | Historic England
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Here I've suprimposed the Ricoh (less jaguar hall /most of hotel / casino etc.) over part of woodlands site without even touching existing school buildings.
 
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ccfcway

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  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #227
quinn1971 said:
6 years gone and we’ve just gone round in a circle, possibly ground sharing again and looking at land for a new ground, never going to happen
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about time some pics of the stadium were now shown
 
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ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #228
Captain Dart said:
Here I've suprimposed the Ricoh (less jaguar hall /most of hotel / casino etc.) over part of woodlands site without even touching existing school buildings.
View attachment 11879
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useful. just checking, is that to scale ?

No parking nerby and we would need to put restrictions on nearby parking and residential areas.

Train station is a positive for away fans. Simply cant see it happenin
 

duffer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #229
fernandopartridge said:
Woodlands school buildings are not listed either, where that bollocks has come from god only knows. It's being parroted by somebody on Twitter as fact regardless.

The List Search Results for Cv4 | Historic England
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They are listed FP, definitely. The architecture was unique to the period and is one of the last standing examples. Woodlands is a CV5 postcode btw.

What hasn't been noticed by anyone is that other than the buildings it's actually classed as green belt, or certainly was 15 years ago.

None of this is insurmountable, that's how Powerleague got built.

This isn't good for me personally, I live pretty much next door and I was just contemplating putting my house on the market. However I've always said I want the club to stay in the City and if this is the only way it happens then I guess I'll have to suck it up.

In truth though I suspect strongly that it's just more SISU BS - I guess we'll soon see.
 
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Captain Dart

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  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #230
ccfcway said:
But surely the idea of a ccfc owned stadium is to secure income by having it in use more than just match days ?
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I've said before, this is less about income than having a property asset.
Any project like this would be paid for by associated development too, whether that is by flipping Ryton for houses (obvs. seriously considered) or having shops/commercial/residential on the new site.
 

Irish Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #231
fernandopartridge said:
I parked in a residential street and walked to the ground
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So did I but it is a good walk. There is nothing really around the stadium itself. Not much infrastructure there at all in fact. Just one country road going past the stadium.
 

ccfcway

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  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #232
Irish Sky Blue said:
Not much infrastructure there at all in fact. Just one country road going past the stadium.
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take me home, highfield road........
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #233
Captain Dart said:
I've said before, this is less about income than having a property asset.
Any project like this would be paid for by associated development too, whether that is by flipping Ryton for houses (obvs. seriously considered) or having shops/commercial/residential on the new site.
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where would that be on the woodlands site ?
 

Captain Dart

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #234
ccfcway said:
useful. just checking, is that to scale ?

No parking nerby and we would need to put restrictions on nearby parking and residential areas.

Train station is a positive for away fans. Simply cant see it happenin
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I screen dumped both parts from google maps at same scale and copied one in a layer over the other.
Sorry didn't grab maps scale at same time, slight oversight. :angelic:

ccfcway said:
where would that be on the woodlands site ?
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Search me?
 
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quinn1971

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #235
ccfcway said:
about time some pics of the stadium were now shown
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On the day we have to tell the football league where we’ll be playing it’s announced “ wer’e looking at woodlands “ it’s almost as if they’ve done it just to keep the EFL happy
 
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duffer

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #236
Timperley said:
Between Allesley green, Upper Eastern Green and Pickford Green?
That would almost certainly lead to a new road being built from opposite Masseys Social club to the A45.
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That would be too easy, from what I've seen the plan for 6000 odd houses basically links the A45 to the new housing estate without any obvious improvements for through traffic.

That could change of course, especially if there was a new stadium too, but you'd have to improve or create a mile or two of brand new road. to link direct from the A45. Would be costly, I'd think.
 

covmark

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #237
ccfcway said:
take me home, highfield road........
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That's poor. Although, at least we haven't had to put up with your tiresome 3 weeks "joke"

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mark82

Super Moderator
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #238
ccfcway said:
Remember it well. We got moved to portacabins. One day, science teacher “mr hoy” saw someone through a window trying to steal a bike from the bike sheds. He opened the door and asked us to run after them. Cue 25 kids running towards a guy trying to cut a chain and steal a bike.

Imagine that these days
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Haha, Mr Hoy. Used to have buttons ping off his shirt mid-lesson.
 

ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #239
quinn1971 said:
On the day we have to tell the football league where we’ll be playing it’s announced “ wer’e looking at woodlands “ it’s almost as if they’ve done it just to keep the EFL happy
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maybe. Time for the council to say "go ahead, please pay a deposit of xxx for the land"
 
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ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #240
covmark said:
That's poor. Although, at least we haven't had to put up with your tiresome 3 weeks "joke"

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good post. Not sure the need for a dig, but oh well. Very grendul esque
 

mark82

Super Moderator
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #241
Harryshipman1998 said:
The shame is they have us talking about what a great location it would be and the possible hurdles they may face in building it.
When in reality we are experiencing exactly the same as last time. Last time like you say architect's were paid. 3 sites had been identified, non were in the Coventry City Council jurisdiction. The SCG were formed. The drawings looked great.
Yet by the end of it all most of us ended concluded it was a load of rubbish to allow us to be in Northampton putting pressure on ACL financially. Whilst also applying pressure through legal avenues. This seems to be going the identical way.
I would need to see a legally binding contract and a big non refundable deposit paid to the stadium developers, before I believed any different.
I wouldn't put it past them to try and buy some land at some point which will enable them to sell Ryton.
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Just to correct, the drawings looked awful.
 
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covmark

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #242
ccfcway said:
good post.
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Point out where I have moaned.

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ccfcway

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #243
mark82 said:
Haha, Mr Hoy. Used to have buttons ping off his shirt mid-lesson.
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I wonder if he is still about ?, he never did look in the peak of fitness
 

covmark

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #244
covmark said:
Point out where I have moaned.

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Good edit.

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Super Graham Withey

Well-Known Member
  • Apr 2, 2019
  • #245
Building a ground at Woodlands? Utter rubbish. Something for the local press and this board to get excited about but anyone who believes that SISU will build a stadium anywhere is seriously deluded. Treating the supporters as fools-again.
 
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