BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Birmingham has a recent bizarre sporting event known as the Birmingham City Vs Coventry City Football Derby.
Since Coventry failed to agree a rent for their own ground, they are now groundsharing with Birmingham. They met in the FA cup recently. The "Home" side was Coventry, so Birmingham got to experience the away changing room, and played in their own stadium with Coventry branding, and were invited into their own executive suite by Coventry. Their fans had to sit in the away end. It was an FA cup match and it ended in a draw, so it was replayed at exactly the same place, but just swapping changing rooms and seating sections.
To add to the bizarre nature of this sporting event, thousands of Coventry fans that didn't turn up for the first match in protest at Coventry playing in Birmingham, not Coventry, were more than happy to turn up at the same ground for the return Away match, and presumably took up a much greater seating allocation than when they were playing at home.
Since Coventry failed to agree a rent for their own ground, they are now groundsharing with Birmingham. They met in the FA cup recently. The "Home" side was Coventry, so Birmingham got to experience the away changing room, and played in their own stadium with Coventry branding, and were invited into their own executive suite by Coventry. Their fans had to sit in the away end. It was an FA cup match and it ended in a draw, so it was replayed at exactly the same place, but just swapping changing rooms and seating sections.
To add to the bizarre nature of this sporting event, thousands of Coventry fans that didn't turn up for the first match in protest at Coventry playing in Birmingham, not Coventry, were more than happy to turn up at the same ground for the return Away match, and presumably took up a much greater seating allocation than when they were playing at home.
