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Les Brechin
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We've definitely never played at The Ricoh before. It didn't open until 2005 and the last time we played them away was in 2002.


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The Ricoh is a really smart ground, shame it's absolutely miles away from the city centre.


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This is crazy! I'm almost starting to believe after all these years i didnt even realise where i was at the time! If this doesnt prove it then i'm in some kind of vortex!

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Was i dreaming all those years ago???


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This is crazy! I'm almost starting to believe after all these years i didnt even realise where i was at the time! If this doesnt prove it then i'm in some kind of vortex!

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Was i dreaming all those years ago???


Very strange. I didn't go to that game so I'm not speaking from personal memory but that game was on the 8th of September 2001.

This is an extract from the Ricoh Arena's Wiki page, which I realise is not always the most reliable source of information but should really be on this.

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Originally built as a replacement for Coventry City's Highfield Road ground, the stadium was initially operated by Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), with Coventry City as tenants. ACL was owned jointly by Coventry City Council and the Higgs Charity. The stadium hosted its first football match in August 2005. The official opening was performed by Dame Kelly Holmes and sports minister Richard Caborn on 24 February 2007, by which time the arena had already hosted a sell-out England U21 football match against Germany as well as a full season of Coventry City matches.


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Quoted from lobsterpot
This is crazy! I'm almost starting to believe after all these years i didnt even realise where i was at the time! If this doesnt prove it then i'm in some kind of vortex!

[img]https://i.imgur.com/iKAP55P.png[/img]

Was i dreaming all those years ago???


Curioser and curioser. I've just dug my copy of the ptogramme out and although there is no picture of the ground one of the pages is called "Around Highfield Road" consisting of up to date news. Is it possible that Ricoh sponsored Highfield Road before the new stadium was built?


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The Sky report links to the current stadium rather than where the game took place: (http://www.skysports.com/football/arsenal-vs-grimsby/23229)

(Burnett in goal?!)


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The game was 100% at Highfield Road. Remember it well.

Think that screenshot from Sky you've put up just defaults to "Ricoh Arena" as that's their ground on their database. If you seach Arsenal v Tottenham 1998 it reckons it was played at the Emirates Stadium.


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The game was 100% at Highfield Road. Remember it well.

Think that screenshot from Sky you've put up just defaults to "Ricoh Arena" as that's their ground on their database. If you seach Arsenal v Tottenham 1998 it reckons it was played at the Emirates Stadium.


I went to that game.. it was definitely at the Emirates Stadium..
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Haha. Very good.


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Quoted from lobsterpot
This is crazy! I'm almost starting to believe after all these years i didnt even realise where i was at the time! If this doesnt prove it then i'm in some kind of vortex!

[img]https://i.imgur.com/iKAP55P.png[/img]

Was i dreaming all those years ago???


That's clearly an unreliable source. It has Butterfield and Bothroyd in goal. Our keeper was Coyne and I'm pretty sure theirs was that lad who later played in goal for Liverpool when we beat them.


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