Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

[Michael Morris]

Coventry have completed a deal to return to the Ricoh Arena for their home matches next season. An agreement with rugby union’s Wasps – the owners of the stadium – has been reached and the two parties have signed a 10-year licence for the Sky Blues to play there until 2031, from the start of the 2021-22 season.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

Coventry have completed a deal to return to the Ricoh Arena for their home matches next season. An agreement with rugby union’s Wasps – the owners of the stadium – has been reached and the two parties have signed a 10-year licence for the Sky Blues to play there until 2031, from the start of the 2021-22 season.

Being sent to..... never mind. I still have fond memories of watching Ian Gibson and Ernie Hunt on familial visits to Lady Godiva's outpost.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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I was always amazed by the way Coventry continued to stay in the top-flight (old Division One) year after year. Yet they never had any real household names. I recall Willie Carr and that's about it.
I think their chairman, Jimmy Hill, was more well-known than any of the players back then.

Edit: Ernie Hunt was another player who I remembered (thank you TBG!).

[splott parker]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

I was always amazed by the way Coventry continued to stay in the top-flight (old Division One) year after year. Yet they never had any real household names. I recall Willie Carr and that's about it.
I think their chairman, Jimmy Hill, was more well-known than any of the players back then.

Edit: Ernie Hunt was another player who I remembered (thank you TBG!).

Craig Bellamy

[Jimmy the Jock]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

Ben Wilson who was Goalkeeper with us for 4 years appears to be their first choice keeper.
It took him a while , but looks like he has made it .
He is a good lad Ben .

[Elwood Blues]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

I was always amazed by the way Coventry continued to stay in the top-flight (old Division One) year after year. Yet they never had any real household names. I recall Willie Carr and that's about it.
I think their chairman, Jimmy Hill, was more well-known than any of the players back then.

Edit: Ernie Hunt was another player who I remembered (thank you TBG!).

Bobby Gould of course.

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

I was always amazed by the way Coventry continued to stay in the top-flight (old Division One) year after year. Yet they never had any real household names. I recall Willie Carr and that's about it.
I think their chairman, Jimmy Hill, was more well-known than any of the players back then.

Edit: Ernie Hunt was another player who I remembered (thank you TBG!).

In their first two seasons in the top division after gaining promotion in the late sixties they came bottom but two and avoided relegation - only to finish sixth in their third season! Jimmy Hill was the chairman at the time and he was way ahead of the game regarding branding. I remember drinking coffee out of sky blue paper cups adorned with the club crest, which was revolutionary at the time.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

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Craig Bellamy

I'd almost forgotten his one season stint with them.

[Majorblue]

The other CCFC

Some sanity returning to the game as Coventry City have made a deal with Wasps RFC to return to their city and play at their old ground.

[SLUDGE FACTORY]

Re: The other CCFC

always had a soft spot for cov , loved them sticking it up the big boys when they spent all those years in the top flight

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Re: The other CCFC

Some sanity returning to the game as Coventry City have made a deal with Wasps RFC to return to their city and play at their old ground.

There must be quite a buzz around the club with that news :getscoat:

[splott parker]

Re: The other CCFC

There must be quite a buzz around the club with that news :getscoat:

D’you reckon their ‘B’ team will play there?....... double:getscoat::getscoat:

[MacAdder]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

I was always amazed by the way Coventry continued to stay in the top-flight (old Division One) year after year. Yet they never had any real household names. I recall Willie Carr and that's about it.
I think their chairman, Jimmy Hill, was more well-known than any of the players back then.

Edit: Ernie Hunt was another player who I remembered (thank you TBG!).

Wasn't Dion Dublin there a couple of seasons?

[BLUETIT]

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Best bit of Coventry's history that I remember.

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=willi+carr+ernie+hunt+free+kick&type=E211GB1289G10#id=1&vid=21977ee330df81760f7beab9aaf7d0cf&action=click

Do you know, they were the first club to have an all seater stadium, back in the 60's.
The fans hated it, so Jimmy Hill, went back to the norm, but maintained it was "The Future"

[splott parker]

Re: Coventry heading back to The Ricoh

Best bit of Coventry's history that I remember.

https://uk.video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&ei=UTF-8&p=willi+carr+ernie+hunt+free+kick&type=E211GB1289G10#id=1&vid=21977ee330df81760f7beab9aaf7d0cf&action=click

Do you know, they were the first club to have an all seater stadium, back in the 60's.
The fans hated it, so Jimmy Hill, went back to the norm, but maintained it was "The Future"

He wrote that Play Up Sky Blues song as well, dreadful. They rebranded to sky blue in 1962, before Hill was their manager but he did change their historic Bantams nickname to Sky Blues. I much preferred the old club nicknames, Chelsea, the Pensioners, Crystal Palace, the clever nickname The Glaziers, WBA, The Throstles etc