0% villa -Coventry city on the brink?

[WikiVilla]

I went to school in Coventry and never had an ounce of bother for being a Villa fan, although there was plenty of other aggro about as the place is as rough as you like (and I have lived in Eltham).

In fact, most of my mates supported teams other than Coventry, which is probably not that surprising as they have been shite for their entire existence.

Tad harsh bearing in mind the FA Cup win

[dave.woodhall]

It's a shame as before the Luftwaffe did their thing, Coventry had a lovely centre - I watched a programme on the blitz and what it used to look like. As someone else mentioned, why didn't they take same appraoch they did in Germany cities - Hamburg, for example looks fantastic. Sorry, not that football related...

That's a bit of a myth. The Luftwaffe bombed a fair bit of the city but much more damage was done by the council before and after the war.

[Steve67]

I apologise for my earlier comments.  My Mummy has had a sharp word with me.  Mr Ranson is a nice chap and Coventry is a hard working town with good people.  I hope they don't go out of business.  I worker there for six months, right by the Highfield ground, hence the sex worker reference, I understand that it's been cleaned up now.

[charlie]

Mum watched the Cov blitz from our farm and said it was the most scary night of the war, used to go to highfield rd on away weeks and watch curtis and co, good fun if basic. Hill made them pretentious, Ricoh made them stupidly overspent, sad but if you appoint Ranson then scum is a term for sky blue. Bluenose manshittie tw##t. No doubt tho, cov suffered badly in the war and rebuilt badly.

[The Left Side]

So how far away are they from hitting the wall, days, weeks or months?

[eastie]

So how far away are they from hitting the wall, days, weeks or months?

statement due today but they owe a lot of bills and are losing money fast , ranson has resigned and its hard to find a buyer with no real assets and big debts-not owning their ground makes it very difficult to attract money.

[WikiVilla]

Aren't they losing about 80k per week
Can't see many wanting to get involved in that !

[eastie]

yes and have been for a long time , and one win in 18 games puts them in relegation trouble too.

[DB]

It's a shame as before the Luftwaffe did their thing, Coventry had a lovely centre - I watched a programme on the blitz and what it used to look like. As someone else mentioned, why didn't they take same appraoch they did in Germany cities - Hamburg, for example looks fantastic. Sorry, not that football related...

That's a bit of a myth. The Luftwaffe bombed a fair bit of the city but much more damage was done by the council before and after the war.

Look at the before and after pictures - devastated. You're right the city planners certainly played their part.

[WikiVilla]

How come the ricoh got the olympics gig yet villa park didn't ?

[pauliewalnuts]

How come the ricoh got the olympics gig yet villa park didn't ?

We withdrew.

Houlliers fault.

[damon loves JT]

What's worst about the Cov situation is the secrecy. The supporters aren't allowed to know what's going on - they're just supposed to turn up and hand their money over. But then when things get *really* bad the club will turn to the supporters to beg for help. As night follows day.

[eastie]

How come the ricoh got the olympics gig yet villa park didn't ?

i think we pulled out because of proposed ground redevolopments wiki, not sure if they are still happening though.

[WikiVilla]

We've been talking about filling the corners in for the last few decades

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

We've been talking about filling the corners in for the last few decades

I'm like that about the grouting in my bathroom.