Coventry city

[Donnybax]

Back at the Ricoh

[Northants Nomad]

Oh great! Expensive parking, horrible cold feeling to the ground with all those empty sky blue seats and an inevitable defeat.

[Al4475]

Good news for the club and supporters to get back there tho! Has it been officially confirmed?

[roversam]

Great news i'd rather go there than Northampton at least there will be a decent crowd there with some aatmosphere.

[DRNaith]

How has this come about, who's backed down or left the scene?

[silent majority]

Here you go;

http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/football/sky-blues-set-for-ricoh-return-S11363928200450?

[coventryrover]

Chuffed to bits for my mate's.

[DRNaith]

Here you go;

http://sport.bt.com/sportfootball/football/sky-blues-set-for-ricoh-return-S11363928200450?

Cheers

[Dagenham Rover]

Lets hope Northampton  don't have to fight for the compensation

"Northampton will be due compensation after the early end of the deal."

[LincsRover]

Great news i'd rather go there than Northampton at least there will be a decent crowd there with some aatmosphere.

Have you ever been to the Ricoh? Less atmosphere than a morgue on a quiet day! Makes the keepmoat look bouncing. And we always seem to lose there!

Glad they're back though, not right to have to go that far to watch your team at home.

 

[danum]

Hopefully changed stewards or I will be arrested

[Dutch Uncle]

Lets hope Northampton  don't have to fight for the compensation

"Northampton will be due compensation after the early end of the deal."

I wouldn't take any Betts on it 

[roversam]

Yes I have been to the Ricoh and I've also been to sixfields and I know which I prefer IMO.

[IDM]

Yes I have been to the Ricoh and I've also been to sixfields and I know which I prefer IMO.

Me too, got beat at both grounds!

[Wellred]

Lets hope Northampton  don't have to fight for the compensation

"Northampton will be due compensation after the early end of the deal."

I wouldn't take any Betts on it 

Lets hope Northampton  don't have to fight for the compensation

"Northampton will be due compensation after the early end of the deal."

I wouldn't take any Betts on it 

Very good Dutch..................although few will get it!!

[coventryrover]

It was a while ago though with different regimes

[Wiltshire Exile]

One thing that's puzzled me with Coventry City during their 'exile' to Northampton: how on earth have they managed financially? Attracting less than League 2 gates but paying League 1 wages; hefty wedge as rent to their temporary landlords; no additional revenue streams. I could go on. So how have they managed?

Just a thought!

[Dutch Uncle]

It was a while ago though with different regimes

You are quite right Coventry, and I have real sympathy and now joy for the Coventry supporters of today.

At the time in 1998 I thought it was the most disgusting and morally bankrupt thing I had ever experienced - in football or anywhere else. The Coventry manager, board and it has to be said many of the fans at the time (I read their message boards) were fully behind it. But things have moved on, both in Donny and Coventry, and I accept and respect that.

Mind you Strachan is still  a first class Kitson 

[eastender]

I see their 1st game back at the Ricoh is on Sky. 

[coventryrover]

Living in Coventry, when rovers ply there it will be my 4yo first rovers away game:)

We drive passed the ricoh regularly and he shouts "booo citeh"

[scaley back rover]

I have a few mates whonare cov fans so I am glad they are moving back home. Civ was also my sons first away game a couple of seasons back we got beat but he loved it despite it being unusally cold for the time of year. Hope your boy enjoys his first away game as a rover as mine did at the Ricoh CR

[coventryrover]

cheers scaley.  The in laws will try and get him in the home end but not a chance:)

[Mike_F]

I'm delighted for them. Not least because I've been in the casino at the Ricoh 3 times and come out in profit on every visit. Same again will do nicely!

[CoventryRed]

Great news for the club and the city.

They need to fill the place now though. Before moving out the crowds were understandably getting lower and lower before hitting rock bottom at Northampton. Let's see how many of the stay-aways make a return. Imagine it'll be nigh on full for Gillingham and hopefully they'll keep up a good average throughout the season. (Although the numbers may suffer after we stuff them 5-0 in March!)