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2. Goodbye Highfield Road

For Coventry City fans, leaving Highfield Road was more than just a stadium move, it was saying goodbye to home.

For Coventry City fans, leaving Highfield Road was more than just a stadium move, it was saying goodbye to their home for over 100 years.

Opened in 2005, the new stadium at Ricoh Arena symbolised hope, even boasting claims that its signage was so large it could be seen from the moon.

What was meant to be a new beginning for the club became the start of another turbulent chapter.

Presenter: Richard Williams.
Sounds Producer: Chloee French.
Online Producer: Matt Mitchell.
Executive Producer: Siobhán Harrison.

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18 minutes