Coventry Bees Nl ?

[cityrebel]

Why would the developers hand over Brandon when they can play the long game. They can leave it derelict for years, just like Cradley, Powderhall and long Eaton. The best hope for the bees is finding a new site.

[teaboy279]

5 hours ago, cityrebel said:

Why would the developers hand over Brandon when they can play the long game. They can leave it derelict for years, just like Cradley, Powderhall and long Eaton. The best hope for the bees is finding a new site.

Quite right, Galliard Homes let Wimbledon run into disrepair over a number of years until it was cheaper to pull down then to refurb. I can only see big business doing the same thing to Brandon.

The one thing Coventry do seem to have is councillors on their side, which means in my opinion. Brandon will never see racing again but a return to the borough is not entirely out of the question.

[cityrebel]

The situation at Oxford is very similar. Just sit back and watch the place fall down. A compulsory purchase would cost a fortune, without the additional repairs and refurbishment. Speedway and dog racing are two sports on their knees, you would have to be a lunatic to invest in such a project.

[Woz01]

On 6/11/2018 at 9:36 AM, cityrebel said:

Why would the developers hand over Brandon when they can play the long game. They can leave it derelict for years, just like Cradley, Powderhall and long Eaton. The best hope for the bees is finding a new site.

Now we are likely to have greater protection over Brandon a new site might need to be available for us to use if houses on Brandon is ever granted. Also BE would likely have to pay for at least part of it, maybe even all. Might not be worth it for them when they've had bids of several million pounds from people wanting to keep it as a motorsport venue.

[BuxtonTiger]

So, what's the story over Coventry v Stoke being ppd? Coming after Coventry v Buxton ppd, should we be reading more into this?   

[Fundinfan]

With cov v Buxton postponed with an excuse of electrical fault at the stadium or Buxton unable to field a tean, then postponement of the Fours the following week, bells started to ring. Cov v Belle vue went ahead with no show from Mick Horton, now Cov v Stoke postponed through lack of availability of stadium, although this fixture, like the others , has been on the agenda all season.  There needs to be more clarity on these  regular postponments or maybe more truth in the reasons given by this promotion. They plead for more support then treat the faithful fan base, as small as it may be, with blunt statements.

[wealdstone]

the cynical may say  very Hortonesque

[Dave Jones]

12 minutes ago, Fundinfan said:

With cov v Buxton postponed with an excuse of electrical fault at the stadium or Buxton unable to field a tean, then postponement of the Fours the following week, bells started to ring. Cov v Belle vue went ahead with no show from Mick Horton, now Cov v Stoke postponed through lack of availability of stadium, although this fixture, like the others , has been on the agenda all season.  There needs to be more clarity on these  regular postponments or maybe more truth in the reasons given by this promotion. They plead for more support then treat the faithful fan base, as small as it may be, with blunt statements.

I'm surprised that anyone expected anything different.  The Coventry fans want nothing more to do with Horton ,that was made very clear at the beginning of the season. We can only hope this latest disappearance is a permanent one.

[IainB]

Has Mick sold all of his assets off yet?

[Dave Jones]

9 minutes ago, iainb said:

Has Mick sold all of his assets off yet?

I think several are "being cared for" by his buddy.. Not heard what happened to the others.

[Argos]

Let’s face it Coventry at Leicester was never going to work, especially with Horton at the helm, I went to the Birmingham meeting there and I’m not joking when a say there wasn’t 100 Coventry fans there,  

[Jayne]

2 hours ago, Fundinfan said:

With cov v Buxton postponed with an excuse of electrical fault at the stadium or Buxton unable to field a tean, then postponement of the Fours the following week, bells started to ring. Cov v Belle vue went ahead with no show from Mick Horton, now Cov v Stoke postponed through lack of availability of stadium, although this fixture, like the others , has been on the agenda all season.  There needs to be more clarity on these  regular postponments or maybe more truth in the reasons given by this promotion. They plead for more support then treat the faithful fan base, as small as it may be, with blunt statements.

Nothing sinister from Buxton's point of view. We had guests booked and were ready to ride.

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

6 minutes ago, Jayne said:

Nothing sinister from Buxton's point of view. We had guests booked and were ready to ride.

but according to some in the know Jayne you hadn't paid your riders

[Jayne]

7 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

but according to some in the know Jayne you hadn't paid your riders

Well they don't know everything do they?. The team are paid at every home meeting in cash as has happened since Ken was in charge at Buxton. They were paid at our last home meeting against Belle Vue and will be paid again on Sunday when we ride our next home meeting against B'ham. 

[THE DEAN MACHINE]

3 minutes ago, Jayne said:

Well they don't know everything do they?. The team are paid at every home meeting in cash as has happened since Ken was in charge at Buxton. They were paid at our last home meeting against Belle Vue and will be paid again on Sunday when we ride our next home meeting against B'ham. 

yes I know, Ive been told it so many times in the last couple of weeks by the "in the know" fans lol

[adonis]

2 hours ago, Dave Jones said:

I'm surprised that anyone expected anything different.  The Coventry fans want nothing more to do with Horton ,that was made very clear at the beginning of the season. We can only hope this latest disappearance is a permanent one.

I wish you would dissapear . you claim to be a Coventry fan  but all you do is come on here trying to cause bad feeling towards them . if you don't want anything to do with Horton and his efforts to run Coventry then just stay off the Coventry thread , it's not a vehicle for your bile 

 

[Woz01]

Unfortunately this is what happens when you don't own your own stadium. The 4s wasn't a Bees promotion meeting was it? Electrical work was the reason for the Buxton call off but no idea about this Sunday? Maybe the Monday tv fixture had something to do with it?

[IainB]

12 hours ago, adonis said:

you claim to be a Coventry fan  but all you do is come on here trying to cause bad feeling towards them . if you don't want anything to do with Horton and his efforts to run Coventry then just stay off the Coventry thread , it's not a vehicle for your bile 

 

It ain't Cov though is it... you may as well call them the Timbuktu Tigers

[adonis]

6 minutes ago, iainb said:

It ain't Cov though is it... you may as well call them the Timbuktu Tigers

it's the only thing that's anything like Cov at the moment .  those who are not interested  have voted with their feet , simple if you don' want to watch what is on offer don't , that doesn't mean you should go on a crusade to try and prevent anybody else watching them . and it doesn't mean you should tirelessly try to undermine  Hortons efforts to keep the name alive and a team running , take a look back through this thread and read some of his posts , you wont find anything to do with Coventry Bees ,

Edited July 5, 2018 by adonis

[IainB]

1 minute ago, adonis said:

it's the only thing that's anything like Cov at the moment .  those who are not interested  have voted with their feet , simple if you don' want to watch what is on offer don't , that doesn't mean you should go on a crusade to try and prevent anybody else watching them . 

I think some people just find what Horton is doing is in bad taste. I don't live in the Cov area so don't know what he's doing to get a return to Cov. Compare with CH and over the years they have been pretty active in trying to secure a return to the Dudley area for their team, has Horton?