Skyblueweeman Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
once_bitterne Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 I assume there is a reason for this, but as there is already a brand spanking new stadium in Coventry, why exactly is there the need to spend tens of millions on another one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed, we just dodged the SISU bullet so I'm signing this in the hopes that you would have done the same had we gone down your route instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 All done. Best of luck with getting rid of SISU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done......Hope you get sorted sooner than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyblueweeman Posted 3 February, 2014 Author Share Posted 3 February, 2014 I assume there is a reason for this, but as there is already a brand spanking new stadium in Coventry, why exactly is there the need to spend tens of millions on another one? 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyinthesky Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 I'm in I have a soft spot for Coventry especially after our 8-2 & 5-5 games back in the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warsash saint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonraker Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Yep done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed. Good luck to you. The petition is a little vague, in terms of what you want to happen, but well intentioned and hence you get my vote. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Timmier Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done. Got a lot of time for Cov fans. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Aye, done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyblueweeman Posted 3 February, 2014 Author Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed. Good luck to you. The petition is a little vague, in terms of what you want to happen, but well intentioned and hence you get my vote. Cheers 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_Ash Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Jeff Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 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 "Not my words Carol, the words of Top Gear magazine...hello?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwsaint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Yeah signed the petition. Would hope common sense would prevail over this. A stadium in Coventry that isn't being used and a club in Coventry that travels over 30 miles to play. Hmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 signed also. Good Luck with getting 50,000 of your own supporters to sign, the only mob I know that can magic supporters out of the air like that are just down the M27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzybear Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done. I wish you guys the best of luck as the fortunes of our clubs could have been so different had sisu got their hands on saints instead of ccfc. The support shown by your fans at the final game of the championship season a year and a half ago was immense considering the polarised fortunes our two clubs were experiencing that day. Good luck mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Warrior Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 One of my Mates a coventry fan he owes me about £65 quid as saints have finished above coventry for several years now So as Bill is an avid Coventry fan , I have signed the petition, SISU what a bunch of chancers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed - hope that it gets sorted. The last thing football needs is another MK DONS situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double1 Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericb Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed, i have a massive amount of time for Cov' and see them as a very similar club to us who just happened to be very unlucky in the arseholes that bought them. Hope you can sort it out soon and get back up to the top flight again as that's where you belong in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done. Have some links to Coventry fans, and while I understand it's not black and white that SISU are 100 per cent to blame for the stadium fiasco, they are still a bunch of chancers unfit to run a football club. Similar sized city and football club to us, with not too dissimilar level of success over the years, it could so easily have been us. Hope your club gets back home soon, and good luck on making the play offs (bit of a long shot, I know). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitzhugh Fella Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done - was well impressed with your fans at the Emirates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done - have great sympathy with your position and not least because it's a bullet we dodged. Also because I admired the humour and dignity in the last match of the season two years ago - some good guys in the pub afterwards sitting where I (metaphorically) sat after the Burnley game a couple of years before that - Good Luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done, hope all goes well. Coventry are a proper club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryoman1965 Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed. We have been most fortunate to dodge having SISU take us down the path that Coventry suffered and are extremely lucky with the Liebherrs. I was at the Ricoh Stadium a couple of weeks ago for the Trade Only show and we had a conference room overlooking the pitch at Corporate Box level. It is a magnificent stadium and a crying shame that Coventry don't get to play there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 good luck with the petition. Would love to see a PL game at the Ricoh between Cov and Saints one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaint4ever Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done. I like Coventry fc. Great club and great fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tone Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Have also signed. There but for the grace of god ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minime Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge too far Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 (edited) Another Cov fan has started a similar thread in the Lounge, lots of detail, history etc. http://www.saintsweb.co.uk/showthread.php?48919-Petition-Without-Fans-there-is-no-Football#.Uu_eG7SACtU Edited 3 February, 2014 by RonManager signed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crab Lungs Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Best of luck, Cov fans...! Once PL adversaries battling relegation together... hope to see you back up there again with us soon once you get rid of SISU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westmidlandsaint Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 living in the West Midlands i have heard a lot about the goings on at Coventry and its a disgrace. I have signed and shared on facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martel Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 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 All done WM, good luck with it, on a personal note I would push to stay in the Ricoh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lambtiss Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed - good luck mate ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed...wasn't there a thread on here for something similar a few months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopper71 Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed...wasn't there a thread on here for something similar a few months ago? I think there's another one on the lounge as well. Perhaps they can get their act together next time and just make the one thread eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Good luck with the campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millbrooktonian Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Done ,best of luck in your fight against SISU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's There Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Like others- done. Fully supportive. Can't believe the mess has been allowed to drag for so long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivangolac Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed, thank god we dodged that bullet. Good luck fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Signed. The situation with Coventry's a disgrace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under Weststand Posted 3 February, 2014 Share Posted 3 February, 2014 Count me in signed, hope it does you some good & you get rid of those parasites SISU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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