Proceedings started with a minute's silence for 90 year old Committee Member Fred Griffin, who sadly passed away yesterday and member Brian Harvey, who saldy passed away a couple of weeks ago.
Fred Griffin RIP
As usual, those in attendance were treated not only to an excellent lunch but to a number of guest speakers. Diamond Club President John Sillett was first up and the former City Coach (John disliked the term manager as they were always getting sacked), is now heavily involved along with his wife Jean in race horse training.
Two of their seven horses are with top Trainer Nicky Henderson and one Petit Robin is a tip for Cheltenham.
In front of a replica FA Cup brought in by John Feeney, Sillett said that although he had sleepless nights, he always got the response he wanted from his players and had a team he was rightly proud of.
Like the former players who were there including Dietmar Bruck, Lol Harvey, Bob Wesson, Ronnie Farmer and Brian Nicholls, he always gave 100% and said with City's current injury worries, all the players had to do the best they can.
Next up was City's Commercial Director Nathan Kosky. A Tottenham fan, he has been in the job five months after helping transform the Millennium Dome into the O2 Arena.
Nathan Kosky
Nathan said that although this was a tough time, he was hoping that things would progress on the pitch and bring spin-offs for the club which help the club get back to the Premier League.
Jon Strange was one of three authors in the room along with CCFC Historian Jim Brown and Coventry Music Historian Pete Chambers. Jon wrote Keith Houchen's book A Tenner And A Box Of Kippers and is a professional violinist as well as the Chairman of Coventry City London Supporters Club.
After Jon has spoken, we were entertained by the award winning Blue Coat School Choir. In a brilliant half hour set, the Choir who are to appear on Songs Of Praise at the Royal Albert Hall, sang carols, a bit of barbershop and some modern day classics which started with a cracking rendition of the Sky Blue Song.
The final guest speaker was Arena Coventry Limited's CEO Daniel Gidney. Daniel said that the Ricoh Arena would be very busy over Christmas with a number of events and into next year with events such as the Rugby Union and gigs for bands such as Take That and Oasis with others to be confirmed and announced.
Daniel Gidney (right)
He felt the Arena was a great venue for the City of Coventry and he said that ACL were helping to support the club into the future.
There followed the customary raffle with some cracking prizes donated by members and guests as well as the bingo before Chairman Tom Dentith wished everyone a Merry Christmas and looked forward to seeing everybody next year.