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Coventry plan to build a new stadium

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What about the rugby ground? Thats right next to the city centre. Would be a right đź–• to the Wasps to do that ground up and groundshare With Coventry RFC in a better part of town
 

Bamber said:
What about the rugby ground? Thats right next to the city centre. Would be a right đź–• to the Wasps to do that ground up and groundshare With Coventry RFC in a better part of town
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Cov Council won't allow it (said the area couldn't deal with matchday traffic etc)
 
Super Skyblue said:
Yes, you’re spot on. The Ricoh is about 3 miles from the city centre with very few decent pubs in the area. This Warwick University site is in a semi rural site about a similar distance from town but on the other side of the city. This wouldn’t do anything to enhance our matchday experience.

Don’t wish to argue on this forum but Sisu had stated on many occasions that they were leaving the Ricoh to build their own stadium long before the Council sold to Wasps. They played a game of poker and lost.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing but you are dead right.
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canny tragic that, as hard is would be, i'd end up f***ing off sunderland all together as far as attending home matches goes, if we had a stadium miles away from the town centre. been all over league one these last 2 years and i can't understand the logic behind these out of town grounds. great transport links, fair enough. but thats it. its short term thinking. the next generation of fans simply wont be there in my opinion. young lads who go with their dads and eventually go with their mates who eventually get older and have kids who in turn they take to the match, in my opinion that cycle will be stopped. i dont think these town planners have any understanding of human behaviour. it shows that the only part of going to the match that i miss is meeting my mates and the bairn, going to the pub, walking over the ground *skips match* walking back to the pub and the bus home.
 
I wonder if they will need any help moving Jimmy's statue? There's bound to be plenty of volunteers from up here with the Coventry Canal being just the other side of the railway
 
tunstallhill said:
canny tragic that, as hard is would be, i'd end up f***ing off sunderland all together as far as attending home matches goes, if we had a stadium miles away from the town centre. been all over league one these last 2 years and i can't understand the logic behind these out of town grounds. great transport links, fair enough. but thats it. its short term thinking. the next generation of fans simply wont be there in my opinion. young lads who go with their dads and eventually go with their mates who eventually get older and have kids who in turn they take to the match, in my opinion that cycle will be stopped. i dont think these town planners have any understanding of human behaviour. it shows that the only part of going to the match that i miss is meeting my mates and the bairn, going to the pub, walking over the ground *skips match* walking back to the pub and the bus home.
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I’m in full agreement with everything you say, going to the game is only part of the day out. Meeting your mates for a pre match beer, anticipating a great display from your team then afterwards discussing how sh** the lads were and whether their fifth goal was offside. The original grounds were mostly built at the end of the nineteenth century surrounded by terraced houses and traditional boozers, unfortunately many have been replaced by soulless bowls on the edge of town surrounded by supermarkets, not conducive to a decent pub crawl either to celebrate or drown your sorrows.
 
Super Skyblue said:
I’m in full agreement with everything you say, going to the game is only part of the day out. Meeting your mates for a pre match beer, anticipating a great display from your team then afterwards discussing how sh** the lads were and whether their fifth goal was offside. The original grounds were mostly built at the end of the nineteenth century surrounded by terraced houses and traditional boozers, unfortunately many have been replaced by soulless bowls on the edge of town surrounded by supermarkets, not conducive to a decent pub crawl either to celebrate or drown your sorrows.
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It's not and I think it will be a very big factor, although not the only , in slow downfall of the game outside of the top leagues, as far as match going fans are concerned and clubs being part of local communities. I just wonder how football club owners and planners and the likes can't see it. York is a new example. New ground is miles away from town on a retial park. Most supporters have to take a family friendly half hour shuttle bus from the centre of town for home games. Fuck.That
 
Super Skyblue said:
I’m in full agreement with everything you say, going to the game is only part of the day out. Meeting your mates for a pre match beer, anticipating a great display from your team then afterwards discussing how sh** the lads were and whether their fifth goal was offside. The original grounds were mostly built at the end of the nineteenth century surrounded by terraced houses and traditional boozers, unfortunately many have been replaced by soulless bowls on the edge of town surrounded by supermarkets, not conducive to a decent pub crawl either to celebrate or drown your sorrows.
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The Sol as you may well know is closer to town than Roker was . Plenty bars,to choose from ,must be a novelty for some away supporters ,you can even dine on spoons finest cuisine and walk owa in 10 minutes .Mind you on occasion I've had trouble pulling up the anchor and head to the ground
 
the earl percy said:
The Sol as you may well know is closer to town than Roker was . Plenty bars,to choose from ,must be a novelty for some away supporters ,you can even dine on spoons finest cuisine and walk owa in 10 minutes .Mind you on occasion I've had trouble pulling up the anchor and head to the ground
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we are very lucky in that regard. i'd say from more than half of the city you can walk to the match, passing pubs along the way, from every direction. i walk from grangetown, 20 mins to town, 3 or 4 pints in any of the bars, then 15 mins walk owa the bridge, then same in reverse. probably got the choice of 100 pubs on any given home game. it must be great for the town
 
I usually start off walking finish off with a few bottles of double in the Victory ,then do a good impersonation of a seafarer just land after a force 8 gale
 
Mr.Thunders said:
If this happens a very small number of Sunderland fans will have seen Coventry play at 4 "home" grounds.

Must be a record?
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If this happens and we play them again it’s five, highfield road, Northampton, Ricoh, St Andrews and this new ground potentially.
 
tunstallhill said:
canny tragic that, as hard is would be, i'd end up f***ing off sunderland all together as far as attending home matches goes, if we had a stadium miles away from the town centre. been all over league one these last 2 years and i can't understand the logic behind these out of town grounds. great transport links, fair enough. but thats it. its short term thinking. the next generation of fans simply wont be there in my opinion. young lads who go with their dads and eventually go with their mates who eventually get older and have kids who in turn they take to the match, in my opinion that cycle will be stopped. i dont think these town planners have any understanding of human behaviour. it shows that the only part of going to the match that i miss is meeting my mates and the bairn, going to the pub, walking over the ground *skips match* walking back to the pub and the bus home.
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Spot on.
SAFC would’ve been in this division a lot sooner if Murray’s choices of Nissan or Doxford Park had happened. Within two generations Boro would’ve been the number two club north of Leeds. Murray gets a lot of credit for the sol and aol but by christ we got lucky when he got lucky with Wearmouth closing.
 
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