Soccer: Coventry stadium group claims lack of fair play
The team pressing for a new British football national stadium to be built in Coventry claimed their bid has not been given a fair hearing by the Football Association.
Coventry city council leader Nick Nolan claims the FA have ignored several offers for a meeting to discuss their bid.
The Coventry bid is widely considered to be the least likely of three options for a national stadium - if there is to be a national stadium at all - with Wembley still the favourite site and Birmingham in second place.
Senior FA figures are expected to come to a decision within the next few weeks.
Nolan said: ‘‘We have contacted the Football Association directly and tried to bring pressure to bear so that we could at least meet them to put our case as we know Birmingham and Wembley have done, but we have had no joy.
‘‘The other two bids, for different reasons, have massive credibility problems and we feel time is being stretched to help them, but all that is doing is making the prospect of any national stadium less likely.
‘‘The whole thing is rapidly turning into a shambles. We have offered an affordable and achievable bid to create a stadium of which the country could be proud.’’
