First of all this is not an article to get involved in the debate of who is to blame more than the other, or to get into a slanging match with anyone about who's right and who's wrong.
It is simply to express my disgust at all parties involved, and the circumstances that have led to losing a big part from my life.
Coventry City have given me some of the best (and worst) days of my life, yet due to the owners Sisu, ACL (part owned by Coventry City Council and the Alan Higgs Charity), and the Football League. I may not get to experience any of the highs and lows again.
As most of you are aware, through the actions of the above parties, Coventry City have now agreed to a ground share at Northampton Town for the next three years, and I, along with many others will begrudgingly not go to any more games.
If people do want to go and support the boys, then I have the ultimate respect for them, after all, none of the players will want this, and whilst they're still representing Coventry City, I wish the very best for them.
However I simply can not bring myself to support this move, a club should play their home game in their city. Not no-one else’s.
It must be pointed out that whilst the plan is supposedly temporary, whilst the club builds a new stadium (rumoured to be at Brandon Stadium, which ironically could see the end of another sports team that I love), the club risk losing a lot of fans like myself, and even when they come back to the area, a lot of fans will have lost all affinity for the club, and will have found other ways to spend their income and fill their Saturday afternoons.
If this happens to me, then never again whilst i experience the same delight as i did as Darren Huckerby waltzed through the Man United defence to score a last minute winner after being 2-1 down with 5 minutes to go, never again will I experience the excitement of signing such a precocious talent like Robbie Keane, never again will I experience the devastation of being relegated at the hands of our bitter rivals, and never again will I experience the sheer exhilaration of those two late goals from Carl Baker and Leon Clarke in a Johnstons Paint Trophy Area Semi-Final.
I realize that last example may seem laughable to many fans of "bigger clubs" but that night was bloody special!
Even worse, I will never get to experience a family tradition of taking my future children up to watch the city, something that every football fan no doubt looks forward to.
And all of this has come about because of all parties being too egotistical to sit down and thrash out a deal which would surely benefit all parties.
Our only hope is that the Football League sees sense, and do not ratify this deal. They are still yet to ratify the sale of the club, so hopefully they realise that there are people out there who are willing to put money into the club and for them to play in Coventry. You may question their motives, and think that it is just to try and get their hands on the Ricoh Arena, but quite frankly, I do not care. I just want us to play at our ground.
As the song goes "Please don't take my City away"
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