Tonight's football thread

[Richard Head]

Coventry is not the same any more. For me the club died once we left Highfield Road. A tight atmospheric ground in the city centre, surrounded by fantastic pubs.

Now we are in a soulless bowl that we half fill if lucky. Same story for many teams I guess.

I do feel sorry for the young fans now, thinking it's a great atmosphere cos we have 50 teenagers and a drum, they will never see a big game at Highfield Road, running up the road from the Binley Oak or Brewer & Baker pub at 2-59pm, greeting by 4000 baying away fans a matter of yards from you.

The away games still occasionally bring the old atmosphere back we take good numbers of fans, probably close to premier league levels. I remember Leyton Orient a couple of years ago was a good one.

Unfortunately if we do make the playoff final this season, I will be in Jura so will be missing out, although no doubt thousands will come out of the woodwork for that day.... Yes I'm a bitter football fan...!

Think yourself lucky mate, at Morecambe the drum has been banned for midweek matches after a complaint from a local resident so what little atmosphere there was has now gone. When Morecambe won the Conference play offs at Wembley they took 12,000, now they struggle to attract 1,000 home fans to a league game, not helped by moving to a new stadium which seems to have been aimed at hospitality leaving the ordinary fan with worse facilities than Chritstie Park

[Heaning Hobbler]

Same in RL, traditional old style grounds like HKR, Cas , Headingley all good atmospheres, the new stadiums are crap, pretty sure most St Helens fans would swap the better bogs at Langtree Park for Knowsley Rd, not ventured to Salfords new ground yet but looks pretty bland . Appreciate there are financial restrictions on most clubs, rugby and football when building new grounds, but surely it must be feasible to design something better than all these identikit bowls

[Richard Head]

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers today, attendance 17,800 including 2,800 from Bristol. Not bad for a League 2 match

[CalFerguson]

Portsmouth v Bristol Rovers today, attendance 17,800 including 2,800 from Bristol. Not bad for a League 2 match

Just heard that on Final Score...class for that league, Pompey fans are top notch

[Stagger]

How is it arsenal appear to have move home draws than any other team?

[Stagger]

Are city finished for this season till the new bloke arrives?

[Swoop]

How is it arsenal appear to have move home draws than any other team?

Surely it will be Hull at home in the next round. Or will there be no Yorkshire teams left in the cup?

[Swoop]

Surely it will be Hull at home in the next round. Or will there be no Yorkshire teams left in the cup?

Thinking about it, Hull will probably be concentrating on the league.
They won't want yet another season with no Yorkshire clubs in the Premier League.

[Stagger]

Ha ha ha Swoop, Hull is in Humberside.
There is only 1 club in Yorkshire, the sleeping Giants.
And city have yet to reach their dizzy heights.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeds_United_F.C.

[Rasher]

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There is only 1 club in Yorkshire, the sleeping Giants.
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I think he means Sheffield Wednesday?