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(A View From The Stand)
A Coventry Rugby Blog - 2025/26



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...
1874tsmith
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...
1874tsmith
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...
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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....
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Jun 16, 20238 min read
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Pre-season - what you give is what you get
It's not important for you to know my name Nor I to know yours If we communicate for two minutes only It will be enough For knowing that...
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Jun 10, 20238 min read
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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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May 14, 20237 min read
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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,...
1874tsmith
Apr 30, 20237 min read
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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...
1874tsmith
Apr 26, 20237 min read
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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...
1874tsmith
Apr 24, 20237 min read
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Coventry Rugby 38 Nottingham 24 - the day we said hello and waved goodbye
Oooh, oh, oh Sometimes love just ain't enough Oooh There's a danger In loving somebody too much And it's sad when you know It's your...
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Apr 23, 20238 min read
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Apr 22, 20230 min read
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