'Coventry City supporters deserve a break following years of getting kicked from pillar to post by squabbling owners, landlords and authorities.' PUSB twoht
Well there was some positive news at least. A public statement from Coventry City first thing on Monday morning confirmed that ‘Following further conversations this morning with Arena Coventry Limited and Coventry City Council, Coventry City Football Club is increasingly positive that we will be able to hold Tuesday’s game against Blackburn Rovers at the Coventry Building Society Arena’.
But on the eve of their first home league game against Rotherham, just 18 hours before kick-off, came a massive blow. The pitch at the CBS Arena had been. It had been used for the entire Commonwealth Games rugby sevens tournament at the end of July – featuring 16 men’s teams and eight women’s teams over three days – meaning there was no re-seeding following the wear and tear of last season, but also that it had been further damaged.
But the situation off the pitch has changed considerably this last couple of months, and how we got to this juncture is a very long story indeed. In 2012 the club’s owners, a hedge fund called Sisu, entered into a rent dispute which resulted in them moving out of the Arena to play their home matches at Northampton Town’s Sixfields.
While this remains highly unlikely, having to play even a couple of further games away from there would be an enormous headache for the club, both financially and logistically. Quite aside from the cost implications, the two stadiums mentioned as potential short-term replacements were Walsall’s Banks’s Stadium and Burton’s Pirelli Stadium.
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