By break clause I meant a chance to look at the rent again. I wouldn’t oversell yourself in terms of “political uproar”. You’ve left the city twice and got the odd mention on regional news and some radio stations. You don’t have a large fan base. 13,000 is about right - not a lot for a one city club. 50,000 would go to Wembley etc once they’ve put their Man U etc shirts away. Robins and Viveash has worked miracles to get you to the Championship but in a business sense CCFC hold none of the aces.
This is pretty throw stones stuff. The club will average 20,000 this season and is in the top 20 average attendances since the war with an overall average similar to similar sized clubs.
I mean seriously how many people in Coventry would care if Wasps went under do you think?
Not many - I’ve never pretended so. Maybe more from the surrounding areas. I’m not throwing stones - that is the reality. They may average 20,000. Some of those will be away fans. Some walk up on the day. There is a hard core of about 10-13,000 fans. That has to be the case as averages were nowhere near that in L1 or L2. It’s not and never has been a football hotbed. Nothing against the fans and not intending to diminish their personal passion for the club but it’s not a club that would cause political uproar.
But its factual nonsense. Even in L1 in 2015 the average was 13,000 and it was the third best supported club in the league.
In The Championship following the H Road the lowest average last time was 15,000 - it was up to 22,000 at one point. Hardly any club averages 13,000 in L2. At Championship level it would easily be 20,000 plus every week and in the Premier League sold out virtually every game.
The atmosphere already in the City believe me is hostile. I do not and will not condone violence but I did witness someone threatened last week in a local shop of all places who had a Wasps shirt on and this type of action would cause mayhem. Wasps need to become more inclusive to CCFC not less