
CKV 1D COVENTRY All posts by this member | 916 of 977 Sun 2nd Apr 2017 8:15pm Member: Joined Dec 2012 Total posts:82 Here's "COVENTRY CITY FC" pictured on their victory parade, when they became Division 2 Champions back in 1967.
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 917 of 977 Mon 3rd Apr 2017 10:16am Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:1982 Yes well done Sky Blues, time we had something to cheer about. |
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AD Allesley Park All posts by this member | 918 of 977 Mon 3rd Apr 2017 4:37pm Member: Joined Aug 2011 Total posts:398 Seems to be our thing - we only win something when the year end in a 7! |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 919 of 977 Mon 3rd Apr 2017 5:28pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4825 I think this is a complete list of honours won by Coventry City FC (including the pre-Sky Blue years):
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1910–11
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 1922–23
Football League Third Division Champions: 1935–36
Football League Third Division South Cup Winners: 1935–36
Southern Junior Floodlit Cup Winners: 1959–60
Football League Third Division Champions: 1963–64
Football League Second Division Champions: 1966–67
FA Cup Winners: 1986–87
FA Youth Cup Winners: 1986–87
Birmingham Senior Cup Winners: 2006–07
Football League Trophy Winners: 2016–17
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NeilsYard Coventry All posts by this member | 920 of 977 Tue 4th Apr 2017 2:36am Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:1704 What an absolutely fantastic day! I didn't think there were that many people in Coventry let alone Sky Blues fans at Wembley.
From the second the Tube doors opened from the Jubilee Line virtually every person was wearing Sky Blue.
It was one massive party - young and old. My youngest is only ten and had never experienced 40,000+ fans all singing together.
A truly memorable event. I was there in 1987 with my dad and now the roles were reversed - and I'm sure my dad was in Sky Blue Heaven! ![]() |
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Dreamtime Perth Western Australia All posts by this member Thread starter | 921 of 977 Tue 4th Apr 2017 2:47am Member: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:2984 Morning Neil, yes he was probably chatting to my hubby, hey and what a great view they had. A lovely experience for you and your son. ![]() |
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mickw nuneaton All posts by this member | 922 of 977 Tue 4th Apr 2017 1:51pm Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:446 My two sons won £150 after they placed a bet on the result, unfortunately there wasn't a great deal of the winnings left when they returned from Wembley, having spent a few hours in London after the game. ![]() ![]() |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 923 of 977 Thu 6th Apr 2017 5:59pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4825 Ricoh Arena rated worst stadium in the country - report |
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AD Allesley Park All posts by this member | 924 of 977 Fri 7th Apr 2017 12:54pm Member: Joined Aug 2011 Total posts:398 Don't pay much attention to things like that and quite often it's based on a single visit and experiences can vary game to game, even with the time of year. If the visit occurs while the team are on a bad run and they lose the game in question it will be a poor atmosphere. For a team on a winning run near the top it'll be a good one. Going on a sunny Saturday in August is going to be better than a cold wet Tue in January.
I'll bet when they visited Sunderland, Leicester etc it was towards the back end of last season when they were on good form rather than this when they've both been quite poor. |
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MisterD-Di Sutton Coldfield All posts by this member | 925 of 977 Fri 7th Apr 2017 2:24pm Member: Joined Sep 2011 Total posts:884 On 7th Apr 2017 12.54pm, AD said:
Don't pay much attention to things like that and quite often it's based on a single visit and experiences can vary game to game, even with the time of year. If the visit occurs while the team are on a bad run and they lose the game in question it will be a poor atmosphere. For a team on a winning run near the top it'll be a good one. Going on a sunny Saturday in August is going to be better than a cold wet Tue in January.
I'll bet when they visited Sunderland, Leicester etc it was towards the back end of last season when they were on good form rather than this when they've both been quite poor
I absolutely agree. But, of course, the report did NOT say that the Ricoh is the worst stadium in the country, it is just lazy reporting. That would be a ludicrous thing to say about a stadium that was chosen for Olympic matches and has 32000 seats, all with an excellent view. Some of the shabby old stadiums in the Premier League such as Goodison, Anfield, etc, can only dream of the Ricoh's sight lines.
What the survey was assessing is the matchday experience, and some of the visits were made several years ago.. Of course, the fact that the team is in dire straits and playing in front of 7-8000 fans and losing most of the time makes for a poor experience, especially given the understandable negativity towards the club's owners. The Ricoh with 20000+ inside is actually a very good atmosphere and experience, far better than some of those at the bottom of the survey's list. As for places like WBA and Sheffield United at the top - words fail me!
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 926 of 977 Fri 7th Apr 2017 2:49pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4825 For those who haven't read the survey, the comment about the Ricoh is:
Worst feature: Often-soulless atmosphere in a virtually empty stadium - the move to a new ground just hasn't worked out, and it's hard not to feel for Coventry fans in that situation. Home end has been shut and used to house a giant Jimmy Hill banner, a reminder of what the club used to be.
As MisterD-Di says, the survey was assessing the matchday experience - CCFC 2017 is hardly in the best state for a reasoned assesssment of its stadium to be carried out
And for it to be rated below the likes of Grimsby, Crawley and Newport is astonishing - I wonder what the survey would have made of Fellows Park (Walsall) with its laundry wall at one end, and Northampton Town's County Ground (standing on benches along the cricket ground side!) back in the day! ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Kaga simpson Peacehaven, East Sussex All posts by this member | 927 of 977 Fri 14th Apr 2017 5:52pm Member: Joined Sep 2014 Total posts:1982 Sad Day? |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member | 928 of 977 Fri 14th Apr 2017 6:58pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:4825 Somewhat ironic - at 7.00pm MUTV are showing as "On this day", Manchester United v Coventry City, from 2000/2001 - that seems a billion miles away from today ![]() |
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TonyS Coventry All posts by this member | 929 of 977 Fri 14th Apr 2017 9:14pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2011 Total posts:1555 A very sad day indeed Kaga! ![]() |
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Old Lincolnian Coventry All posts by this member | 930 of 977 Sat 15th Apr 2017 4:29pm Member: Joined Sep 2012 Total posts:469 One of my ambitions in the forty odd years I've lived in Coventry has always been to see my home city play my adopted city in a football match. It looks likely that I will get to see this next season but not in the way I'd hoped for as I'd always thought it would be in a cup match ![]() |
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