Coventry City to temporarily groundshare

[mutley marvel]

Due to issues with the pitch at the Ricoh

Coventry City to temporarily groundshare at League One club amid pitch issues at own stadium - Fan Banter

Coventry City have confirmed are to temporarily groundshare at League One club Burton Albion amid pitch issues at their own stadium. The Sky Blues have arranged to relocate their Carabao Cup clash with Bristol City at third tier Burton Albion. The match will kick-off at 7.45pm at the Pirelli...

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The pictures of their pitch are truly shocking

 

[PL2 3DQ]

When Argyle played at Burton towards the end of last season the Burton pitch wasn't much better than that.

 

[Adam]

Won’t that make it the third club in a few seasons that they’ve had to groundshare with?

Northampton
Birmingham
Burton

 

[IJN]

Yup.

What the hell has caused that problem?

 

[Steamer]

Rugby ... Just as well HP didn't go down that route ...

 

[IJN]

If Argyle go for brickfields I wouldn't discount the idea just yet.

 

[HC Green]

Rugby ... Just as well HP didn't go down that route ...

It was the rugby 7s for the Commonwealth games.
Lots of matches in a short space of time.

 

[xmastree]

Coventry's landlords Wasps Rugby have some financial problems which won't help the situation.

 

[Brussels Bureaucrat]

Egg chasing and football don't mix. They've had a few concerts there as well.

Shame they left Highfield Road, the Ricoh is a truly miserable place to watch football.

 

[unhinched]

It's a bit of a surprise that Brentford manage to share their pitch with London Irish.
And Bristol City with Bristol Bears.

 

[GreenEden]

When Argyle played at Burton towards the end of last season the Burton pitch wasn't much better than that.

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We played at Bradford a couple of seasons ago on worst than that sarce got sent off and another I think

 

[mutley marvel]

We played at Bradford a couple of seasons ago on worst than that sarce got sent off and another I think

I was at that game- absolute disgrace of a pitch Gaz Sawyer was also sent off- it was the last away game before COVID hit 2019/2020 season