At the beginning of the 2005–06 season, construction delays at the ground forced Coventry City to play their first three games of the season away and postpone their home games. [33] However, by July 2013, the Walsall rumours were denied and the club ground-shared at Northampton Town's Sixfields Stadium – a venue that had less than a quarter the capacity of the Ricoh Arena, and involved a round-trip of 70 miles (110 km). Address: TRAINING GROUND, Leamington Road, Ryton On Dunsmore, Coventry, CV8 3FL: Car Park: Yes: Car Park Capacity: 50: ... COVENTRY: Postcode: CV8 3FL: Coventry City Fc (Sky Blue Lodge) on a map. In May 2013, managing director Tim Fisher set a plan of building a new stadium within the city over the next three years, and ground-sharing whilst the new ground was being built. In the early 1920s, the club wore red and green (to reflect the colours of the city crest). The car park could hold 800 vehicles. The words to the club's song were written in 1962 by Team Manager Jimmy Hill and Director John Camkin; The words being set to the tune of the Eton Boating Song. Despite beating Bayern Munich 2–1 in the home leg, they had lost 6–1 in the first leg in Germany, and thus were eliminated. Our website provides readers with content for informational and educational purposes only and does not replace medical advice from qualified healthcare providers. The original plan was for a state-of-the-art, 45,000-seater multipurpose stadium with removable pitch and retractable roof. [67] The season was postponed on 13 March 2020 and later concluded prematurely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with league positions and promotions decided on a points-per-game basis. [citation needed] The key aim of the Sky Blue Trust is to obtain a financial stake in Coventry City F.C. It has excellent acoustics and has been used to host several major rock concerts. This site uses cookies to analyze traffic and for ads measurement purposes. It said the facility was larger than the Ryton one and would enable it to develop “a new state of the art training ground”. In February 2007 a Former Players' Association was launched. Yesterday, Coventry City’s plans to move its training ground to a new facility and to redevelop the 8 acre Ryton site for housing to help fund the new facility were heard by … Coventry City formed as Singers F.C. and have at least one democratically elected trust member on the club's board, meaning that supporters have a direct say in the running of the club. [68] Play was stopped for around 5 minutes.