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(A View From The Stand)
A Coventry Rugby Blog - 2024/25
1874tsmith
Oct 26, 20238 min read
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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1874tsmith
Oct 23, 20236 min read
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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1874tsmith
Oct 8, 20237 min read
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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1874tsmith
Oct 4, 20235 min read
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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1874tsmith
Oct 1, 20237 min read
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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1874tsmith
Aug 28, 20237 min read
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...
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1874tsmith
Aug 21, 20239 min read
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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1874tsmith
Aug 18, 20234 min read
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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1874tsmith
Jul 5, 20237 min read
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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1874tsmith
Jun 16, 20238 min read
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....
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1874tsmith
May 14, 20237 min read
Warwickshire Seniors Double Header - another happy house at the BPA
We've come to scream in the happy house We're in a dream in the happy house We're all quite sane -ane -ane, oh This is the happy house,...
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1874tsmith
Apr 30, 20237 min read
Bedford Blues 19 Coventry 43 - the perfect send off
It's got to be perfect It's got to be worth it, yeah Too many people take second best Well I won't take anything less It's got to be,...
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1874tsmith
Apr 26, 20237 min read
Coventry Rugby squad 2023-24 - it's a new day, it's a new dawn
It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new life for me, yeah... Fish in the sea, you know how I feel River running free, you know how I...
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1874tsmith
Apr 24, 20237 min read
Bedford Blues v Coventry Rugby - It's all about Cov's mojo...
Got my mojo workin' Got my mojo workin' Got my mojo workin' Got my mojo workin' Got my mojo workin', but it just won't work on you I got...
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1874tsmith
Apr 16, 20237 min read
Heard the one about the average Premiership player's salary...?
Well I hope I make more money than this in the next world I hope there's a lot more riches there for me... ...I've got no manners nor a...
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1874tsmith
Apr 13, 20237 min read
Championship Recruitment - the times they are a-changin'?
Come writers and critics who prophesize with your pen And keep your eyes wide, the chance won't come again And don't speak too soon for...
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1874tsmith
Apr 10, 20234 min read
Butts Park Arena - a sign of the times
The best things in life are free But you can't keep 'em for the birds and bees Now give me money (that's what I want) That's what I want...
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1874tsmith
Apr 2, 20236 min read
Looking good for a top three finish - RFU tackle change - Leicester Lions
'Cause I'm on top of the world, hey I'm on top of the world, hey Waiting on this for a while now Paying my dues to the dirt I've been...
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1874tsmith
Mar 30, 20236 min read
Coventry Rugby v Hartpury: a score to be settled and a little bit of history to be made?
There will be no replacements Ya better get your gun Because I'm comin' after you For everything you done And then when you are captured...
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1874tsmith
Mar 28, 20235 min read
On the serious, the frivolous and the downright rude...
Now I've lived with heartaches And I've roomed with fear I've dealt with despair And I've wrestled with tears [Chorus] I can't stand up...
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