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Coventry City administrators extend offers deadline.
Coventry City Football Club’s joint administrators have extended the deadline for offers for the financially troubled club until Friday, June 7th. The Sky Blues have been in administration since March and thus incurred a 10 points deduction last season, which put a halt to the club’s promotion back to The Championship plans. The original deadline … Continue reading
Pressley: I want to take trialists on tour.
Coventry City manager Steven Pressley has revealed he wishes to take players on trial on the club’s pre-season tour of the Netherlands. Pressley’s squad return for pre-season training on June 28th, before taking on Nuneaton Town in their first friendly of the summer on July 13th. The City manager will then take his squad to … Continue reading
Tim Fisher: SISU in it for the long haul.
Coventry City Chief Executive Officer, Tim Fisher has stated that the current Sky Blues owners, SISU are in it for the “long haul.” In March, the League One side were placed into administration and deducted 10 points after a dispute over unpaid rent with the owner’s of the Ricoh Arena, ACL. Administrator Paul Appleton, has … Continue reading
Gillingham respond to Coventry Telegraph letter.
Newly promoted npower League One side, Gillingham Football Club have responded to a letter sent out to all other 71 Football League clubs by the Coventry Telegraph. Gillingham Football Club Chairman, Paul D.P. Scally has written the letter in response to the Coventry Telegraph’s “Keep City in Coventry’ campaign, giving editor Alun Thorne permission to … Continue reading
Coventry City attract interest from new bidder.
Coventry City have been approached by an Asian consortium looking to take total control of the club. The proposed bid – from investors from companies based in Singapore, Malaysia and China – would look to not only take on the club, but also the side’s rented ground at the Ricoh Arena. The Sky Blues have … Continue reading
Tim Fisher: No plans to move Jimmy Hill statue without consultation.
Coventry City Chief Executive Officier, Tim Fisher says any relocation plans for Jimmy Hill’s statue, the memorial garden or Hall of Fame bricks, would be consulted with fans. “I want to be crystal clear that the club will not move the Jimmy Hill statue, the memorial garden or the bricks in the wall at the … Continue reading
Tim Fisher: Coventry City is not for sale.
Coventry City’s current Chief Executive Officer, Tim Fisher, has denied the Sky Blues are up for sale. Speaking to BBC Coventry & Warwickshire’s Stuart Linnell, Fisher said: “The Administrator (Paul Appleton) is undertaking his role as an officer of the court and to his opinion has decided that the Golden Share is in CCFC Ltd. … Continue reading
Coventry administrator sets take-over deadline.
Coventry City administrators have set a deadline of May 31st for any interested parties to make an offer to purchase the club. A number of groups have already registered an interest in taking control of the Sky Blues, who went into administration in March. Joint-administrator, Paul Appleton said, “A sale process has begun, I have spoken … Continue reading
Capital One Cup First Round draw date announced.
The First Round draw for the 2013/2014 Capital One Cup will take place on Monday, June 17th. The draw, which will take place at 9.30am, will be both seeded, based on last season’s league tables, and also regionalised, consisting of 70 Football League clubs. The two highest-placed relegated clubs from the Premier League will be … Continue reading
MUSE light up Ricoh Arena; Stadium not on fire.
Rock band MUSE sent Twitter and Coventry City fans into frenzy on Monday, when it appeared The Ricoh Arena had been set alight. With all of the confusion around the ground and whether the Sky Blues will actually be playing their home games the ground next season, many fans were left wondering the legitimacy of … Continue reading
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