Former Coventry City forward Dion Dublin has said that he feels sorry for the City support who will be watching the Sky Blues play League One football this season.
Speaking to the CT's Alan Poole, Dublin said: “And I feel for them because it’s incredibly sad to see Coventry in the third tier. It’s shocking really, and my opinion is that ever since they left Highfield Road it’s just toppled.
“The Ricoh’s one of the best stadiums around – it’s got the hotel, the casino, everything’s there. It’s absolutely perfect and potentially it should be packed every week and making an absolute fortune
“I was here in 94-98 and they haven’t achieved anything since. We achieved nothing as a team either, but we achieved staying up.
“We had a bit of guile about us – Gary McAllister, Gordon Strachan was playing at the time. You had the Huckerbys, the Telfers, the Whelans and I scored a couple of goals. When I was here we held on to our players and added to it with the Salakos and the Eoin Jesses.
“We played well together – the Shaws, the Williams, the Oggys would die for the cause and you need that kind of player in the trenches with you.
“You need brave footballers. That’s true at all levels but especially in the lower leagues in Britain if you want to stay up, get into mid-table and possibly go up.
“People have got to be prepared to put their face in the way of a boot if it means you winning the game 1-0. I wouldn’t think twice about doing that if it meant Coventry City were going to win a game of football.
“Every single player I played with would do that – I’d probably take Darren Huckerby out because he didn’t want to spoil his looks but we didn’t need him to because he was a flair player and I did all his work for him.
"That’s a different kind of bravery and sometimes it’s harder to find – we had that when I was here.”