Coventry City

Full credit and support to the Coventry fans tonight.
It may have cost the team 1 point or even 3, but if it gets people talking about who "owns" football clubs, that can only be a benefit to all true owners of our game.
 
allan harper said:
Yep fans to blame for that one. Had some good trips to the Road back in the 90s. I cant remember if ive ever been to this ground but always enjoyed Coventry away.
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I've been to the Ricoh, not to see City play though to see Oasis and to watch Cov, weird experience, where you had to buy a card with money on it and then by your pint or pie, totally prohibitive system, made to stop the staff thieving i guess but not good for the supporter having to queue up twice. I preferred old highfield rd, this being one of my favourite there...

 
Paul Lake's Left Knee said:
I've been to the Ricoh, not to see City play though to see Oasis and to watch Cov, weird experience, where you had to buy a card with money on it and then by your pint or pie, totally prohibitive system, made to stop the staff thieving i guess but not good for the supporter having to queue up twice. I preferred old highfield rd, this being one of my favourite there...

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Fucking great day out, that.
 
Am I going soft in the head, or am I actually correct in thinking that I saw Sammy McIlroy score for us there at the beginning of a season? Looking at what I've typed there, it just screams out "nooooo".
 
Used to get pissed in the Mercers Arms right outside the ground, away fans only pub

Then that stand on the side had the worst drainage ever and the concourse was 6 inches deep in piss
 
East Level 2 said:
We (first team anyway) have never played at the Ricoh so you won't have been if you only follow City.
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That'll be why then. I remember standing behind their goal at one game (could have been a draw, fuck knows) and in the seats down the side lines for the 3-2 win from being 2-0 down at another, Curle pen.
 
gordondaviesmoustache said:
It was usually lively at Highfield Road!
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My first away game was at Highfield Road in the 1971/2 season. We were second, level on points with leaders Derby but they had a much better goal difference. We had three games to go and Derby was the last game so if we won those penultimate games it would potentially be a winner-takes-all game. But we drew that day while Derby won then we lost at Ipswich. We beat Derby but ended up finishing fourth. Both Coventry and Derby were in the bottom half and had nothing to play for so that was really annoying.
 
Prestwich_Blue said:
My first away game was at Highfield Road in the 1971/2 season. We were second, level on points with leaders Derby but they had a much better goal difference. We had three games to go and Derby was the last game so if we won those penultimate games it would potentially be a winner-takes-all game. But we drew that day while Derby won then we lost at Ipswich. We beat Derby but ended up finishing fourth. Both Coventry and Derby were in the bottom half and had nothing to play for so that was really annoying.
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so we were level on points with leaders Derby who were in the bottom half...

ever thought of a career as a TV/radio football pundit?
 
I remember seeing City win 1-0 on my only visit to Highfield Road, first game of the season, might have been 92-93.

Niall Quinn scored the only goal, IIRC and it was possibly Keith Curle's début.
 
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