The Sky Blue Trust board is saddened and perplexed by the breaking news that the Allard Way facilities will no longer be available to house Coventry City’s academy when the present agreement between CCFC and the Alan Higgs Trust expires in June 2017.
A well-resourced and well-run youth academy is an essential bedrock upon which success is built and maintained at all levels of the professional game. It underpinned Coventry City's rise from Division 3 to the top flight of English football and our 34 year stay there until 2001. In more recent times it has produced players of genuine quality, including James Maddison, Gael Bigirimana, Daniel Sturridge, and Callum Wilson.
The Trust board calls upon all the parties involved to explain openly and fully all the relevant circumstances leading up to this decision. Not only do Sky Blues supporters deserve proper answers to this question, we are also entitled to demand that the relevant parties work together constructively to produce a solution to this problem.