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Meet the 60th Member of SBI
BELGIUM-based Coventry City fan Rob Francis recently became the 60th member of our new Sky Blues International scheme!
The 28-year-old political lobbyist currently makes a home for himself in Belgian capital Brussels but the former Lawrence Sheriff School pupil said despite traveling and living all across Europe, his heart still stayed with the Sky Blues.
“I’ve lived in Brussels for four-and-a-half years, and before that lived in Maastricht in the Netherlands and studied in Oxford and Munich,” he said.
“Because of that I’ve acquired a liking for all my local teams and still watch them home and away whenever feasible (Oxford Utd, 1860 Munich, MVV Maastricht, Union Saint Gilloise, and the Belgian national team) but it is the Sky Blues with whom I grew up and which will always be my number one team!”
Rob has also become something of a hardcore groundhopper, having visited around 250 different stadia in the UK and on the continent including all the Belgian First Division and the Bundesliga grounds and virtually all the Dutch and French grounds.
But the former season ticket holder said events around the Ricoh Arena would always be where his interest would be focused.
“I was a season ticket holder in the family stand with my dad and sister at Highfield Road and I was always at the games in the holidays when I was back home from university and also traveled to some of our greatest games.
“Villa in 2001? I was there!”
Rob also said he took great pride from being able to talk to fans from all over the world about the Sky Blues.
“I have seen top class matches in Istanbul, Moscow, Belgrade, Rome, Madrid, Zagreb, Lisbon, Tokyo, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo - everywhere I go people ask me who my team is, each time I reply “Coventry City” and each time the person in question has heard of us. Many can even name some of our players.
“Football is a truly global game, and it’s great to know that Coventry City is a well-known club!”
Find out more about our Sky Blues International scheme by clicking HERE!
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