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Walsall then Highfield 2 for Sky Blues

Submitted by WG on Thu, 23/05/2013 - 09:34

Coventry City are planning to play their games at Walsall for three years while a 'Highfield Road 2' is constructed nearer the city centre.   They have been impressed by a similar stadium built by Rotherham United in a town centre location which has a 'modular design' which means that it can be expanded later if required.

No fire at the Ricoh, but Sky Blues fans on fire

Submitted by WG on Tue, 21/05/2013 - 06:03

Pictures spread through social media yesterday evening suggesting that Coventry's Ricoh Arena, but in fact it was an over enthusiastic rehearsal of a pyrotechnic display for a concert on Wednesday. Even BBC Midlands News had to deny the story, but perhaps it is not surprising that it spread given understandable nervousness about the fate of Coventry City.

Rotherham's good news story

Submitted by WG on Mon, 20/05/2013 - 06:47

It's not easy running a football club in an economically challenged small northern town near a bigger city. Stockport County are now playing in the Conference North, having at one time been in what is now the Championship. Bury also played at that level, but have faced serious financial problems.

Coventry City are for sale insists administrator

Submitted by WG on Fri, 17/05/2013 - 08:28

Paul Appleton, the administrator of Coventry City, is insisting that the Sky Blues are available for sale from today and that this includes the golden share which enables the club to play in the Football League.

Bid for Coventry City

Submitted by WG on Thu, 16/05/2013 - 06:45

Reports that American millionaire Preston Haskell has tabled a bit for Coventry City and the 50 per cent of the Ricoh Stadium owned by the Higgs Trust have been confirmed. Haskell was in Coventry for nine hours of talks earlier in the week.

One of the continuing problems at the Sky Blues has been the lack of any stake in the stadium, but the Haskell backed bid for a share of the stadium would only go ahead if ownership of the golden share could be secured.

The sad tale of Wolves

Submitted by WG on Tue, 07/05/2013 - 16:51

When I first started watching football in the 1950s, Wolverhampton Wanderers were one of the top teams in the country, if not the top team (although their Black Country rivals West Bromwich Albion were also in there).  For a small boy, a visit of Wolves to The Valley was the equivalent of Manchester United today.

Ricoh deny 'lock out' claims

Submitted by WG on Fri, 03/05/2013 - 17:33

Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), the operators of the Ricoh Arena, have denied claims by Coventry City chief executive Tim Fisher that the Sky Blues have been locked out of the stadium.   They insist that the doors remain wide open for the club and argue that, in any case, statements of this kind should be made by the administrator.

The Crewe model

Submitted by WG on Mon, 29/04/2013 - 08:42

How do you run a Football League club successfully in a medium-sized town where your average gate is around the 5,000 mark? On Saturday the Crewe Alexandra team which beat Walsall 2-0 to confirm a mid-table finish in League 1 was made up entirely of youth players.

Orient judicial review bid rejected

Submitted by WG on Sat, 27/04/2013 - 06:38

Leyton Orient's written application for a judicial review of West Ham's tenancy of the Olympic Stadium has been rejected. The club could ask for a hearing before a court, but that would involve additional cost and would be unlikely to succeed.

There is an increasing resort to judicial reviews by those who perceive that they have been adversely affected by a decision, but the issue is whether the procedures by which that decision was reached have been flawed.

Legal eagles backed Pompey

Submitted by WG on Thu, 11/04/2013 - 08:31

Rescuing Portsmouth FC has been a highly complex process involving persistence and a wide range of skills. These skills will become even more necessary once the Pompey Supporters' Trust (PST) is in charge.

The legal experts who made up the Versiona Team were spurred on by their personal passion and dedication to Portsmouth FC. They voluntarily dedicated hundreds of hours at all times of day, night and at weekends.