Skyblueweeman

Thanks 100%R+W. I've not seen any stats but I can guarantee that after Cov fans, SFC fans have shown the best support so far, so thank you all (once again) for this! It's a funny old thing rivalry. Leicester are our main rivals but being in the Midlands, you could choose from about 7. None of them are bothered about us. Some Leicester fans have signed but Leeds for example won't because a previous chairman voted against their club when they got their 15 point deduction. As if that's the fans fault. Oh well! The choc brown kit - often voted one of the worst kits ever! Some Covs like it. I'm on the fence with it to be honest! WM

Thanks once again gents. We really do appreciate it. We're only at the start of this but 6,000 signatures in as many days is a great effort and the momentum is building. Thanks to those who have pushed via social media etc (please continue to do so!). We're still the top trending petition on the government site and have been doing for a few days now. I can't answer every piece of feedback as I think I only get 3 posts a day (is that normal?) but a couple of points: * Apologies for the duplication...I admit I didn't check if fellow fans had already posted. We're starting to collate which clubs we've contacted and at what level. For what it's worth, Saints fans (on paper) seemingly are the biggest supporters of the 10 or so clubs we've contacted already. * Ian Wallace - I won't apologise for him....he was great for us! Before my time mind. * Someone mentionned about 'not rubbing salt in the wounds' about your promotion game against us. I wasn't there that day but remember watching. If I remember rightly, we gave debuts to a couple of 18 yr olds...a sign of the times. * That reminds me, I was at the game where you got relegated from the Championship...think it was Burnley at home. I was in the Saints end through work so know how both clubs have been affected by relegation in recent years. * Someone also said about being clubs of similar stature but we've won more trophies in recent years? We've only ever won one trophy! FA Cup in 1987! Realise it was 74 (?) that you won yours but I think we're the only club in the English League structure, that's not finished in a top 6 position in the past 30 or so years. * Bender - Sister club...I totally get that. Anyway, I'm off to take some happy pills. Thanks once again....keep up the great work on the petition! WM

Don't disagree with that actually. Not my words but they had to be approved by someone and that's what came out. Thank you all...greatly appreciated. Please share! WM

And that's a question the owners won't answer. They say they need the F+B revenue but that won't make too much of a difference. The rent charged to the club (£1.2m a year) was too much and there's been legal battles, public slating, question dodging but most sides and they're probably too far down the line to do business with each other now. It's like a playground. And unfortunately it's splitting the fans...if you get a moment, drop on Skybluestalk...over version of this. I would say only 5% of our threads are football related...the rest about ownership/SISU hatred/ACL hatred/stadiums/returns to the Ricoh/slating each other. The only thing we all agree is that we want our club back playing in Coventry and we need answers into ownership. Thanks farawaysaint. WM

Good afternoon gents (and any ladies on board), Apologies for crashing your forum but we're after the support of fans up and down the country. You might be aware of or situation...owned by SISU (or whatever they call themselves this week), we're currently playing 'home' games 34 miles from the Ricoh. The owners of the Ricoh (a set up called ACL - owned half by a charity and half by Coventry City Council) have said they'll let us play there rent free for 3 years whilst we build a new stadium. Our owners, for reasons unbeknown to anyone sensible, have said no to this. Plans to build a new stadium were due to be with us but as yet, nothing. The owners say they're in active discussions with 2 boroughs about land for a new stadium. Fans have contacted all local boroughs and none say there's any discussions going on. And there's no gaurantee that any new stadium will be built in Coventry. All a bit of a mess and unfortunately, the fans suffer. Cov fans are boycotting home games this season...our attendances are our lowest ever recorded, bar some crappy cup game against Millwall in the 80's. Away though, our fans are travelling strong...we took 7,500 to MK Dons just before Xmas....as many as home fans on that day and you might have seen our protests during BT Sports recent coverage of our cup game away at Arsenal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHKTX34HnGQ We're started an online petition to try and raise 100,000 signatures in order to try and enforce a House of Commons Select Committee grilling of all parties involved in our downfall (and there's a few). We hope that this won't only shed light on who is to blame for our situation, but provide some transparency for the powers the rule the game, to effectively manage club ownership and stop situations like ours, Hulls, Cardiffs, Lutons, Rangers etc etc. Saints fans have been great to us over the past few years....clubs of relatively similar stature with you narrowly (luckily) missing out on SISU ownership and instead getting Markus Liebherr to invest. Please could you sign the attached petition? It will take 2 minutes, you won't get junk mail and you'll hopefully assist with a better environment for fans of football. http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/59884 We need about 400 signatures from every professional club in England and Scotland as well as 50,000 from our fans. Please do share. Thanks all, WM