Coventry City Councillor and life long Coventry City supporter Ann Lucas who stayed away from the Ricoh Arena despite holding a season ticket (which ironically saw her counted as attending every home,thanks to City producing their attendance figures on the number of tickets sold rather than those actually in the stadium), as a protest about the signing of Marlon King, has said she is looking forward to getting a season ticket and going to City matches.
Speaking to the CT, Councillor Lucas said following King's departure to Birmingham City yesterday : “I’ll definitely get my season ticket now. “It couldn’t have happened to a nicer team either, I wish them all the luck in the world.
“The bottom line is I never deviated or altered my view. "Once he is gone I will go back, it’s that simple. “I want to know he’s gone though - I want to see the smoke coming off his tyres as he disappears into the sunset.
“Apparently Birmingham think he’ll get them back into the premiership, “I think I just saw a pig fly past my window.
“I didn’t want to go boo my own team. "Now I can’t wait for him to come back so I can boo him."
Councillor Lucas was one of a number of City supporters who stayed away from City matches last season after the striker was signed by City after being released from prison after serving a sentence for punching a female in the face and breaking her nose.
Exactly, how many City supporters stayed away is not 100% certain as other factors such as the standard of football, lack of success etc has to be taken into account but estimates put the figures in the couple of thousand range.
Covsupport News Service hopes that all who have stayed away for whatever reason and all those who have the money, time and travelling ability to do so, put the past behind them and get behind the team on the pitch so they can make a real go of trying to bring a bit of success to the club that we so deserve.