Dean’s CCFC Video Record Ready to View

Dean Nelson

CCFPA Associate Member Dean Nelson provides great support for the Association by providing visual materials and audio visual back up for many of our events. For example, in March he provided a video loop of highlights featuring all our former player guests at Legends Day 2013 which was played for them during the pre-match meal. He also provides on-offs as he did in producing a video memento on behalf of CCFPA presented to member Roy Barry on the celebration of his 70th Birthday last October. He also offers occasional Film Nights/Video Forums around Coventry featuring the Sky Blues in action across the decades.

Dean has a fantastic collection of Sky Blues history on film and TV and now everyone can see a great selection from it free of charge. He tells us that he has, over last few months, put onto the Sky Blues Talk Fans Forum site almost 200 clips of goals and matches covering CCFC from 1924 to the current season.

So if you are a CCFPA member wanting to remind yourself of ‘one of those games’ you were in or a member of the Sky Blue Army who wants to see their heroes (our members), the ‘golden oldies’  in action why not click on http://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/media/home and feast your eyes on the best of the Club’s past?

CCFPA May Committee Meeting on Thursday

The regular monthly meeting of the Association  will take place (albeit a little later in the month than usual) this coming Thursday 16th May in the G-Casino (kick off 6.00 p.m.).

Amongst the items the committee will be considering will be the final arrangements for Golf Day 2013 to be held on Thursday  6th June 2013 at Stoneleigh Deer Park Golf Club*, reviewing Associate Membership subscriptions for 2013-14 and signing off the content of the next CCFPA end of season newsletter due to be published early in June.

Could committee members who are unable to attend please send their apologies to either Jim Brown, Chairman or Mike Young (Membership Sec).

*there are still a few team places left for this event. Please contact Frank Pritchard  on frank.pritchard1@ntlworld.com (07815899224) if you are interested in joining Sky Blues stars of the past for dinner and a round of enjoyable golf!

CCFC Vets Remember Better Times

CCFPA committee member Frank Pritchard has sent in the following report (with accompanying photos) of a recent get-together of a number of our most ‘mature’  former player members – all Ricoh Legends Lounge regulars at Sky Blues home games. Sounds like a good time was had by all even given the uncertainty surrounding the future of their beloved Coventry City Football Club (and some of them were Bantams before they were Sky Blue)!

“A group of FPA’s met for lunch at The Walsgrave in Coventry to reminisce about better times and some of the ‘heady’ times at Highfield Road. Of course the conversation eventually got around to the Club’s present plight with everyone expressing concern about where the Sky Blues might be playing next season

The Former Players Association committee were represented by Welfare Officer Bob Bromage and  myself and Associate member Dave Coulson also joined in the ‘big conversation’.  See if you can spot in the pictures all our former players present:-

(from left to right)  Bill Tedds, Peter Wyer, Ken Brown, Ian Goodwin, Peter Hormantschuk, Lol Harvey, Brian Nicholas, Ken Satchwell, Ronnie Farmer and Dietmar Bruck.

(The picture below shows a close up photograph cropping Bill, Peter,Ken and Dietmar who are closest to the camera)

Dread to think about the combined age of these true ‘Bantams’ and Sky Blues but, the most senior, Brian Nicholas recently celebrated his 80th birthday at the Ricoh when we completed our home fixtures against Leyton Orient.”

Let’s hope they can reassemble back at the Legends Lounge at the Ricoh for the start of next season!

Coventry City Supporters FC seek Help for Upcoming Charity Game

In just over a week’s time  Coventry City Supporters FC (CCSFC) are taking part in a charity football match against Wolverhampton Wanders Supporters FC on Saturday 18th May. The match is being hosted at Nuneaton Town FC’s Liberty Way stadium, kick-off 12.30pm. Admission is £2 for adults and free for under 16s!