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(A View From The Stand)
A Coventry Rugby Blog - 2024/25



Ampthill 34 Coventry Rugby 24 - Cov victim of Mob rule as Ampthill take the spoils
Stand and deliver Your money or your life Hwoah Try to use a mirror Not a bullet or a knife Hwoah And even though you fool your soul Your...
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Nov 5, 20238 min read
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Nov 4, 20230 min read
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Cov sees Red as it threatens legal action
So no one told you life was gonna be this way Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's DOA It's like you're always stuck in...
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Nov 1, 20237 min read
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Coventry Rugby 45 - Caldy 5: Coventry's second half salvo sends out clear message to Championship
I'm heavenly blessed and worldy wise I'm a peeping-tom techy with x-ray eyes Things are going great, and they're only getting better I'm...
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Oct 29, 202310 min read
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Coventry Rugby v Caldy; managing expectations for the 23/24 season
For seven consecutive seasons now we've watched Cov progress from a mediocre National One side to one of the top clubs in the Championship.
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Oct 26, 20238 min read
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Jersey's offshore thanking business - trip to the island and some photos
Bermuda in the Bahamas Front street Hamilton They doin' more than growing bananas They got a tax dodge going on Offshore banking business...
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Oct 23, 20236 min read
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Wasps' latest statement - trip to Jersey
Over your window you think I'm confused I'm waiting for the divergent wasp To complete my current ruse Yes, I am the fly in the ointment...
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Oct 18, 20238 min read
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Why any further redevelopment of the BPA must include a 'cowshed or equivalent'...
So darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh, stand by me Oh, stand, stand by me, stand by me If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall...
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Oct 12, 20236 min read
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Gloucester 32 - Coventry Rugby 31 - a 'no tears shed day' as Cov fly Championship flag yet again
And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the...
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Oct 8, 20237 min read
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Oct 7, 20230 min read
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Jersey Reds - thoughts from abroad
On and on, the world keeps spinning On and on, I keep on winning This is a case of passion over reason This is a case when your shoes...
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Oct 4, 20235 min read
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Coventry Rugby v Nottingham - robbin' the 'hood
Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity To seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment Would you capture it, or just let it...
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Oct 1, 20237 min read
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Sep 30, 20230 min read
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Friendlies: Season 7 - the one with the red card
No life we're living when there's no time for giving No reassuring can end what I'm enduring. I'm looking hard for the slightest sign...
1874tsmith
Aug 28, 20237 min read
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Friendlies: Season 7 - the one with the Burger Boys...
You can't always get what you want, yeah You can't always get what you want, ooh yeah, child You can't always get what you want But if...
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Aug 21, 20239 min read
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Aug 19, 20230 min read
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Trying not to get too shirty...
It's so good to be back here again Having fun with all my friends When everybody says hello You know there's nowhere else to go It's so...
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Aug 18, 20234 min read
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The RFU - you really don't have to take this crap as the walls come tumbling down
I know we've always been taught to rely Upon those in authority - But you never know until you try How things just might be - If we came...
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Jul 5, 20237 min read
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Behind The Lines - tomorrow's what we're on about
Tomorrow's what we're on about Tomorrow's what we're on about Not yesterday It's up to man to understand To have success upon this land...
1874tsmith
Jun 30, 20237 min read
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Good news week - Kvesic, Bainbridge, Pelligrini and Kilford
And if you'd open your eyes You'd know there's so much you could do. Oh If you'd open your eyes You'd make a thousand wishes come true....
1874tsmith
Jun 16, 20238 min read
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