Football fan wants stadium clock back in stands

A Coventry City fan who bought the former stadium's clock at auction 21 years ago wants to return it to the side's current ground.

Matt Bradley bought the item in 2005 when he was 16, following demolition of the club's Highfield Road stadium, and paid for it with cake and a crate of beer.

Bradley, who now lives in Bournemouth, said the clock had been in his garage for years and it was "fitting" that the club install it at the CBS Arena.

He said: "There is no real lasting legacy of Highfield Road at the CBS Arena so hopefully we can get it put up on the stands for the fans to see and remember those days."

Bradley, from Coventry, visited the auction sale with his friend's dad, John Anthony Sheehan, better known as Tony 'Banger' Walsh - a former vice president of the club.

Walsh bought the stadium's away dugout and Bradley purchased the clock for £80.

But a week later the auction company called to say he would be refunded as they were unable to get the clock down.

However, the demolition team managed it and Bradley ended up paying in beer and cake.

Bradley would now like to see the clock, which runs off a three-pin plug, placed in the stands for fans to see.

He has contacted the club to arrange its return.

"It feels fitting that the clock should go back," he added.

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