Looking forward to Saturday

[Bewster]

Taking me boy to this one. He has yet to see us lose.

Always a first time I guess.......

[nochee]

I hate Coventry. I used to live very close to it (Nuneaton) the year they were relegated from the Prem. They were outraged at the time that the whole country was talking about how sad it was to see Leeds go down but nobody gave a fuck about them.

Absolute shit hole is Coventry.

[Ardiles]

Even though it is the very epitome of failed, post-War, motor-dependent town planning, I have always been curiously impressed by Coventry's inner ring road.  You see lots of plans from the 1960s that involved wholesale destruction of urban areas so that a well-meaning planner could send 6 lanes of elevated concrete through the back streets...but most (thankfully) never came to pass.  The difference with Coventry is that the Luftwaffe had already taken care of the demolition, and that the road building pipe dream actually became a reality.

[nochee]

Even though it is the very epitome of failed, post-War, motor-dependent town planning, I have always been curiously impressed by Coventry's inner ring road.  You see lots of plans from the 1960s that involved wholesale destruction of urban areas so that a well-meaning planner could send 6 lanes of elevated concrete through the back streets...but most (thankfully) never came to pass.  The difference with Coventry is that the Luftwaffe had already taken care of the demolition, and that the road building pipe dream actually became a reality.

It's true, the Luftwaffe did pretty much flatten Cov. I still wonder when it will be rebuilt.

[sonicyouth]

i still have nightmares about coventry

[Ardiles]

What gets me is that they flattened Coventry, and we flattened Dresden.  Here are a few pics from Coventry and from Dresden.  Who do you think did the better rebuilding job?

Coventry

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Coventry_precinct_and_spire.jpg/220px-Coventry_precinct_and_spire.jpg   [url width=400 height=270]http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/cathedrals/oldandnew.jpg[/url]

[url width=600 height=400]http://s3.freefoto.com/images/1047/08/1047_08_4_web.jpg[/url]


Dresden

[url width=500 height=333]http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6101/6298439334_280bcec5f4.jpg[/url]

[url width=496 height=333]http://travelwritersdiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Frauenkirche.jpg[/url]

[sonicyouth]

[url width=600 height=400]http://s3.freefoto.com/images/1047/08/1047_08_4_web.jpg[/url]

[url width=325 height=182]http://i.imgur.com/67SxC.gif[/url]

[Power to people]

I'm taking my 9 year old nephew for his first game of the season, he's hoping a certain Mr Ferry plays

[DRS]

Coventry are 4/1 tomorow 

[Ardiles]

Coventry are 4/1 tomorow 

You do know that we have a very unhappy history when it comes to betting against our own results, don't you?  

[reeves4england]

I'm back down South this weekend but working in Cheltenham tomorrow, so can't make it. Sounds like it'll be a good crowd - let's hope for an improvement on recent home performances!

Hoping to make it to Crewe. A couple more wins between now and then would be great, starting tomorrow please

[thompske]

for my sins I was a student in coventry, spent a few saturdays watching them in the era when they were going to be rebranded the "coventry Talbots"!! my student accomodation looked out on the bus station and the flyover- heady days of cheap beer and live bands in the union- no wonder I didn't graduate.

[Reg Smeeton]

What gets me is that they flattened Coventry, and we flattened Dresden.  Here are a few pics from Coventry and from Dresden.  Who do you think did the better rebuilding job?

I like Coventry...a place that gave the world The Specials has to be OK by me.

I'd be interested if you could find out who paid for the rebuilds....post war, Britain was essentially bankrupt, you'd have thought the Hun would have been also.

[donkey]

for my sins I was a student in coventry, spent a few saturdays watching them in the era when they were going to be rebranded the "coventry Talbots"!! my student accomodation looked out on the bus station and the flyover- heady days of cheap beer and live bands in the union- no wonder I didn't graduate.

Stayed in the same halls, G Block?

Also, the fucking council did more damage to Cov after the war than the Nazi ever managed.

[bassett boy]

My cousin's a Coventry fan, he's coming down and sitting with us in the Don Rogers stand.

Now let's give 'em a hiding.

My cousin is also a COV fan he will sit with me after a few