Tuesday 1 July 2014

June/July 2014 CCLSC Newsletter

June/July 2014 Newsletter

featuring updates on travel, ticketing and social events.
 
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Dear CCLSC members
Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a good summer break.

Normally we would be excited about new signings, new grounds to visit and forecasting how we are going to do in the new season. We are going into this season without any penalty point deduction, but once again, the talk is of off the field goings on.
Much of your summer break would have been taken up by holidays, the World Cup and for those that had the stamina and the inclination, reading the hundreds of pages from the transcript of the Judicial Review.

We all hoped that the judicial review would bring some clarity to the situation. Yesterday's judgement saw the Judge Hickinbottom take less than 60 seconds to hand down the judgement in favour of the Council.

With lots of speculation about Wilson, perhaps the best signing we could hope for is the agreement to return to the Ricoh.
The Chartered Institute of  Personnel Development in their June magazine, had a very apt headline to our club's situation. Come on everybody, the history has been done to death in the Courts, newspapers, forums etc. Supporters are not interested in the blame game any more. People messed up, on all sides and that can not be changed. What we require is a clear explanation of the way forward from here for CCFC. We need proper detail and evidence that our club is in safe hands, playing in Coventry. Come on everybody involved, for the sake of our club - let's talk.
As I put the final touches to this newsletter does a sudden willingness to discuss a Ricoh rental deal give the Sky Blues supporters some glimmer of hope?

Murphy, Moussa  and Christie have all left as their contracts run down and left. Adams has agreed a mutual termination and the rumours about Wilson going persist with him being offered 10 times his current contract. Pressley is meeting players and we await news of the team that will start on 9 August. That is how the Club will be judged by many.
World Cup
England failed to impress once again at a major tournament .  They were not the only ones. You would have got very good odds on France, Switzerland and Greece going through to the round of 16 and Italy, Spain and England all going out.
Committee members Simon Fahy and Sara Robb were both in Brazil for the World Cup.

Much of the talk in the England camp was about whether Rooney should be on the right, left or in the centre. One of the best social network jokes was that Hodgson told him it didn't matter where he sat on the plane!

There was the awful Suarez incident and that Van Persie goal. I really liked the CCFC website who, within minutes of Van Persie's equaliser against Spain, was showing the similarities to "the" goal back in May 1987.

SBI member Mark Wesson sent me this photo of Houchen's goal proudly displayed in the Strongbow pub in Kiel, Germany.
CCLSC on Tour

The fixtures were not necessarily that kind to us with midweek away fixtures at Scunthorpe, Oldham, Barnsley and Fleedwood. The Fleetwood game in March 2015 was particuarly cruel as many members had been looking forward to going to Highbury, a new ground for many, and perhaps spending a week end in Blackpool.

The first "local" away game is at Orient on 1 November. Having played at Brisbane Road on three occasions last season, all on a Tuesday evening, it will make a pleasant change to go on a Saturday. This is followed in late November with a trip to Colchester.

Other local games see us at Gillinham in January and Crawley on the final day of the season.

The annual trip to the pre season game at Nuneaton, which normally kicks off our away trips unfortunately clashes with the AGM on 19 July. Of the pre season friendlies the games against Watford, at Boreham Wood, on Wednesday 30 July and Stevenage on Saturday 2 August, should see a number of CCLSC members attending.
Travel arrangements
With the fixtures for the coming season now out let Simon know at cclsc.co.uk@googlemail.com if you are interested in joining other CCLSC members on travel to away games.

Group travel is available for some games but for others, generally the longer distance games, to obtain good prices we do need to book early for these games. Virgin and East Coast often release advance tickets up to 12 weeks in advance.
Travel details for the August games were sent out on the day the fixtures were released with indicative times and prices.

Bradford City - Saturday 9 August. Group travel is not available for this trip. With Simon at the World Cup I purchased tickets for a small number of members travelling on the 09.03 from Kings Cross arriving into Bradford at 11.55, travelling via Leeds. Return on the 18.39 arriving back into Kings Cross at 22.18. Prices have already gone up and current prices for these trains are £71 return. Although a later train back can reduce the cost to £54.

MK Dons - Saturday 23 August. Travel details are still being reviewed as London Euston is closed that day and currently advertised travel includes a bus replacement service between Watford and Hemel Hampstead. adding considerably to the journey time.

Swindon - Saturday 30 August. Suggested train is the 11.00 from Paddington arriving Swindon 11.54. Return on the 18.11 arriving back into Paddington at 19.13. Prices likely to be in the region of £25-30.

for September games

Rochdale - Saturday 20 September. Please note that subject to TV, Chelsea play at Manchester City on the same day which will mean that advanced tickets will need to be purchased as soon as they become available. If members are interested in going to Rochdale tickets may need to be purchased in the next few days to obtain advance ticket prices.

The is no trip being organised to Scunthorpe due to it not being possible to get back into London after the game on Tuesday 16 September.
Ticketing
One of the advantages of CCLSC membership is that we can obtain ticket collection for away games on members behalf enabling them to sit together. Thanks to the tireless work of Barry, not to mention his trips to the Ticket office, has eased the burden of getting tickets. Let Barry know if you are interested in going to any of the early games next season at john_chattaway@sky.com.
Barry is taking orders now for the Bradford, MK Dons and Swindon games.
CCLSC Matters

CCLSC entered a team into the Coventry City Former Players Association Golf Day again this year. I joined Charles Tomkins and Jim McIlwaine (pictured) at the Stoneleigh Park Golf Club.
We certainly didn't disgrace ourselves finishing someway off the winning team's total points but comfortably away from the wooded spoon.  We were joined on our table for dinner by Andy Blair and Gordon (Sid) Cowans, the ex England and V*lla player. Asked what his fondest memory playing for City was, Andy was clear it was the two League Cup Semi Finals against West Ham and how disappointed he was losing the second leg in the last minute. Gordon Cowans told us how disappointed he was to have broken his leg in a pre season friendly against the Mexican team FC  America.   Sid explained he had played in eight consecutive England games before the incident and never really got back into the international scene with the emergence of the new breed of midfielders like Becks, Gerrard  and Lampard.

Five CCLSC members attended the Diamond Club luncheon at the Ricoh in June. Below is Phil Smith taking the opportunity to be photographed by the Jimmy Hill statue and Charles Tomkins and myself arriving at the Ricoh. The other two members, with 50 years supporting the Sky Blues, who attended were Barry Chattaway and Eric Whiting. John Sillett and David Busst were amongs the speakers at a very enjoyable luncheon.
Finally, a reminder for your diary. The CCLSC Annual General Meeting will take place on Saturday 19 July at the Calthorpe Arms. If members could let me know if they are planning on attending this will help with seating and the buffet.

Members have been sent the updated constitution which is being recommended for approval at the AGM. If members can't attend can they please send in a proxy to ensure that all members views are taken into account.

Check for updates on the CCLSC website http://www.cclsc.co.uk  and follow us on twitter @cclsc.

PUSB
Ian Davidson

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