StrandedNamelessMr Angry A possibility that Coventry will be unable to fulfil their next home league fixture due to the state of their pitch (they had to play their EFL "home" game at Burton Albion's ground this week) and a real possibility of EFL sanctions including the possibility of a points deduction for the postponement of the Rotherham game last weekend.
(Though a fine is the more likely outcome).
That would seem incredibly harsh.
They are tenants at the ground (aren’t they ?) and the state of the pitch has nothing to do with football activities or lack of maintenance by the football club. It does show the perils of not being the prime user of the ground you play at though.
All depends on the rules - I think there is a rule that states that the club is responsible for ensuring they have a pitch that if fit to play on. In most cases, the club would have the ability to ensure that. Coventry don't so much as they are only tenants.
I would imagine a fine as a first offence seems fair but if a 2nd or even 3rd league games gets postponed then points may get deducted. This season is already pretty compressed due to the WC and it will become unfair on the opposition if they have to squeeze these games in due to faults at Coventry's stadium.
It could actually do us a favour going into tomorrow's game at Rotherham though as they will have had a pretty disjointed start to the campaign.
When Coventry we’re sharing with Birmingham it could have led to a situation where Birmingham failed to maintain the pitch ahead of Cov games, leading to games being called off and Coventry getting points deducted !