TRS-T Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Coventry give you an allocation of over 6000 tickets in the league at the Ricoh. Let's hope we draw them in the FA Cup. **** hell! I didn't know that. Had to laugh the other week when they were on the news, fans in the ground fighting the stewards cos they were trying to put up a banner in protest of SISU or whatever it is It's really harsh, and I shouldnt laugh, but the sight of that steward rolling down the steps...oh man My grandad has been a Sky Blue ST holder for nigh on 20 consecutive years - until this season. He has pretty much given up on the club. Yeah, Leeds and Leicester took like 6,300. Good view of Leicester fans Also I don't understand why the stewards are allowed to confiscate banners. What happened to free speech? Like when that "Had Enough, Houllier Out" banner against Wolves was removed by the stewards. It wasn't really offensive or anything, just an opinion shared by a lot of fans at the time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Good view of Leicester fans Love this comment: "Can i [sic] ask you Coventry fans a question? Why do you go to games dressed as plastic seats?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2011 They don't even feature on my radar... I have absolutely no feelings about Coventry at all. To hate them, I would have to firstly recognise them as being remotely worthy to be considered a rival to Villa.... and I just don't.IIIIIIIIIIS... The Right Answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Agree with that Eames, The feeling is not reciprocated though. A mate of mine from work is a Cov fan, he has a lad and put a picture of him on facebook playing football, a bit of 'office banter' I said "you should get that lad a Villa shirt and he'll really look the part then", his missus then commented below a right tirade of abuse at me To this day I still don't know why they dislike Villa so much. Must be jealousy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The fact we relegated them probably doesn't help. Ángel's first goal for the club and a Merson wonder-goal, was it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 The fact we relegated them probably doesn't help. Ángel's first goal for the club and a Merson wonder-goal, was it not? Here we are: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The fact we relegated them probably doesn't help. Ángel's first goal for the club and a Merson wonder-goal, was it not? it was. think it stung more they were 2 up at half time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I agree its probably a combination of being relegated and having Villa fans taking the piss. My comment about them probably being jealous was to wind up any potential Cov fans lurking in the forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 27, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted September 27, 2011 It goes back way, way before the relegation. And it's always been the same - the thing that makes them hate us the most is the fact that we don't care enough about them to hate them back. I love it when I run into a Cov fan, always comedy gold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRS-T Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 Coventry relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanvilla_1994 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Bet you're gutted aren't you? **** OFF COVENTRY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 dimitri.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We didn't actually relegate them, thanks to Man U bending over v Derby they'd have gone down that day regardless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2012 I'll never forget us beating them to help them on their way down. I was on a camp site in Australia trying to listen to 5 live on a portable radio in the early hours of the morning excited at relegating the side I'd no reason to dislike but a bunch of fans I'd grown to hate. At 2-0 down I gave up, threw the radio out of the tent into the dark and went to sleep. Two days later someone spotted my Villa shorts and says "I bet you are pleased with the result the other day" laughing, I told him to **** off at which point he looked at me funny before going on to explain what had happened. Never did find the radio. As for the dislike Mike is correct it goes way back before we helped them down. It goes back to years of away trips to their old ground, to them thinking we were local rivals and hating us even though we weren't arsed about them. It goes back to many horrible away days, to fights outside the ground, to being chased through the streets of Coventry and countless incidents I witnessed first hand. I was delighted to see them fall from the PL, I don't take any pleasure from them dropping another division but then I don't have much sympathy either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That's not actually true Dan. This is the table after the game where we beat them 3-2. If they had won at Villa Park they would have had 36 points and still been able to catch Middlesbrough on the final day of the season. They would have needed at least a 25 goal swing, which would have meant a club record win for Coventry and a club record defeat for Middlesbrough, but mathematically they would not have been relegated. Derby winning at Old Trafford did not relegate Coventry, Paul Merson's goal did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted April 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted April 21, 2012 If people think we dislike Coventry we've nothing on Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 That's not actually true Dan. This is the table after the game where we beat them 3-2. If they had won at Villa Park they would have had 36 points and still been able to catch Middlesbrough on the final day of the season. They would have needed at least a 25 goal swing, which would have meant a club record win for Coventry and a club record defeat for Middlesbrough, but mathematically they would not have been relegated. Derby winning at Old Trafford did not relegate Coventry, Paul Merson's goal did. Haha, semantics! 25 goal swings aside the draw would have relegated them so JPA actually relegated them^^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangkokVilla Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 It goes back to years of away trips to their old ground, to them thinking we were local rivals and hating us even though we weren't arsed about them. It goes back to many horrible away days, to fights outside the ground, to being chased through the streets of Coventry and countless incidents I witnessed first hand. This. Was never a nice place to go (apart from convenience), always had to endure the walk back to the station after the game with their lot picking off anyone wearing colours. They seemed to really hate us for some reason and over time I responded in kind. I guess there weren't many other regular derbies around, in the 90's at least, so it grew from there on both sides. Nothing like the rivalry with Blues but there was definitely an additional edge to Cov games. Just for the record, Highfield Rd was an absolute shithole as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 As not a local fan ive never had a grudge against them, used to always respect how they and Southampton managed to scrape survival most years. could say Wigan has replaced them as that team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Remember them singing 'United' when we were going for the title under BFR. Bunch of obsessed clearings in the woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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