jonathan makin

Work in engineering & surveying some of the time - support Coventry City all the time.

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@CovCityFanPage Oh-by the way-Britains current tennis No. 1-was born in Canada to a Romanian father & Chinese mother

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@CovCityFanPage The rest were “sons of” or “grandsons of” etc. Tony Cascarino who won 88 caps for Ireland was born & raised in Kent. He never actually set foot in his mother country until he was in his 20’s playing his first “home” game.

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@TnsCov @dharvey4 Gibson instigated legal action-but it never actually went to court. It was resolved privately between Gibson & former Rams owner Mel Morris-it took so long because Derby went into administration. Morris is believed to have paid £7m total to Boro & Wycombe-who had a similar claim

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@dharvey4 @TnsCov Most bigger club training grounds are secure ie. fenced, gated & viewing by appointment only etc.

Boro’s isn’t-it includes a hotel & golf course-open to the public. Anyone can walk in-which is what the Southampton coach did. He was caught when he filmed the players on his phone

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@TnsCov @dharvey4 Just can’t see it that way. Steve Gibson isn’t the type to throw pots of money away in spurious litigation.

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@dharvey4 @TnsCov Exactly-thats why it won’t happen. Southampton will get told not to do it again & the EFL will sweep the whole thing under the carpet & hope everyone forgets about it.

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@dharvey4 @TnsCov Just can’t see the spineless EFL having the bottle to throw Southampton out now. They’ll probably get a slap on the wrist in the form of a small fine. They deducted West Brom a massive total of 2 points-when they knew it couldn’t relegate them.

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@PriceJ_85 @RobertJMcqueen @John_y_1968 @Theleaguemag It can only be 70/71 or 71/72. Barrow & Workington are still there-Bradford PA went in 69/70. Barrow went in 71/72-replaced by Hereford

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@secondtierpod Club hasn’t had its own stadium since 1999-not 2005. That’s when Highfield Rd was sold the the developer who eventually demolished it & put houses & flats on the site. They rented it from that developer for 6 years

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@iiSteveJonesii @MonsterMcD Correct yes-was at it too-drew 1-1 Jamie Sterry scored an equaliser for us at Morecambe then we won the replay at the Ricoh

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@iiSteveJonesii @MonsterMcD A cliche-but it’s staggering how far we’ve come. I think of Dec17 when we lost 2-0 at Morecambe. Horrible weekend-dragged my daughter to the game (under protest) who was a student in Lancaster at the time. Our “star” subs were Stuart Beavon & Peter Vincenti. Seems a lifetime away

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@Reece33782895 Ben Wilson was at the club in the League1 promotion season-but he never actually played in a League1 game. We played 34 League1 games only that season (due to COVID & Bury going bust)-Marko Morosi played in all of them. Ben Wilson made 6 or 7 appearances-all in cup competitions

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@ChrisSa60089815 @deanocity3 A different parent company-which was also owned by SISU “bought” us & we were able to exit administration-in reality our ownership remained unchanged. The debt owed to SISU doesn’t go away-just as currently the debt owed by Sheff Wed to Chansiri doesn’t go away

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@PhilipBurton2 @dharvey4 Very likely-they finished 21st with 32 points-5 points from safety (2 points for a win in them days so 5 points was a big gap). We were 16th with 38 points. Oh how times change-16th in the top flight & we thought it was a bad season.

United’s relegation was still fairly seismic

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@dharvey4 Yes-cheeky back heel. 1974-what a year to be a Man Utd fan. Leeds Champions-Liverpool FA Cup winners-& relegated by Citeh…

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@GRA67NFFC @Cornishjack66 @footballmemorys Thanks 👍 don’t remember Ponte

[jonathan makin @True_Sky_Blue]

@Cornishjack66 @footballmemorys 9-& not even a Forest fan. Back row L to R: Anderson-O Neil-Lloyd-Burns-Shilton-Francis

Front row L to R: Robertson-Wallace-Grey (I think)-don’t know-don’t know

2 former Covs in that lot-Lloyd & Wallace

You’re right-legendary side 👍