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



Doncaster Knights, attendances and the club shop at Christmas
When you try your best, but you don't succeed When you get what you want, but not what you need When you feel so tired, but you can't...
1874tsmith
Nov 13, 20238 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...
1874tsmith
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...
1874tsmith
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.
1874tsmith
Oct 26, 20238 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...
1874tsmith
Oct 8, 20237 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...
1874tsmith
Jul 5, 20237 min read
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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...
1874tsmith
Apr 2, 20236 min read
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Cov v Doncaster - a game of chess in the making (wait for it...)
Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think Enjoy yourself, while you're still in the pink The years go by, as quickly as you wink Enjoy...
1874tsmith
Mar 24, 20237 min read
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Cov still has much to play for as season end approaches...
Talked to a friend of mine He said, I've got to do the thing I do do best before I lose my mind I said man I ain't no guru Who am I to...
1874tsmith
Mar 22, 20237 min read
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Coventry 48 Caldy 19 - I'm Just A Raver Singing Oho-hey!
I'm just a raver singing oho-hey I jump around to this crazy sound, all night and all day I'm just a raver singing oho-hey Now take my...
1874tsmith
Mar 19, 20236 min read
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Ealing Traifinders - Trexit Update and why Ealing departure could be to Coventry's advantage
Fuck... ..another turning point, a fork stuck in the road Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go So make the best of this...
1874tsmith
Mar 7, 20234 min read
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Scottish reel as Coventry march on...Coventry Rugby 31 - London Scottish 13
Oh the feeling When you're reeling You step lightly thinking you're number one Down to zero with a word leaving For another one Now you...
1874tsmith
Mar 5, 20236 min read
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Ealing Trailfinders 19 Coventry Rugby 22 - If I Could Only Turn Back Time
If I could turn back time If I could find a way I'd take back those words that have hurt you And you'd stay I don't know why I did the...
1874tsmith
Jan 30, 20236 min read
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Will and Testament
I can see the day That I breathe for Friends agree, there's a need To play the game And to win again When I played my hand I looked like...
1874tsmith
Jan 28, 20234 min read
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From Ampthill to Ealing
I really can't stay (Baby, don't hold out) Ah, but it's cold outside I got to get home (But, baby, you'd freeze out there) Say, lend me a...
1874tsmith
Jan 25, 20234 min read
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Cov v Jersey - Everywhere and Nowhere, Baby
You're everywhere and nowhere, baby, That's where you're at... Saying everything is groovy When your tyres are flat And it's hi, ho...
1874tsmith
Jan 16, 20236 min read
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Ealing loss blows the Championship race wide open
Caldy's defeat of Ealing keeps the competition honest for longer than anyone thought likely
1874tsmith
Jan 8, 20233 min read
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Move On Up - The Perfect 10
Move on up And keep on wishin' Remember your dream is your only scheme So keep on pushin' Take nothing less Than the supreme best Do not...
1874tsmith
Dec 31, 20225 min read
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Mid Term Musings
What a field day for the heat A thousand people in the street Singing songs and carrying signs Mostly saying, "Hooray for our side"...
1874tsmith
Dec 29, 20226 min read
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