Quote Originally Posted by Travs View Post
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