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Hundreds of Sky Blues supporters will march through the city centre tomorrow to fight for the future of their football club.

A final route for the one-mile protest march has been announced as The Sky Blue Trust steps up its Keep Coventry in Coventry campaign.

The march could see the largest numbers of Coventry City fans gather in the city centre since the Sky Blues’ 1987 FA Cup celebrations.

But this time fans will be taking over Broadgate for a very different reason.

Football League-approved plans to move Coventry’s football club 35 miles away for at least three years have sparked outrage, and supporters will be returning to the original home of the club to kick off the march.

From midday supporters, including Coventry MP Bob Ainsworth, will gather at Gosford Green – near the site of the club’s first ever pitch, and a short distance from its second home, Highfield Road – before setting off down Sky Blue Way at 12.30pm led by Lady Godiva on a white horse.

The march will then move onto Gosford Street, before heading down Jordan Well past Coventry Cathedral and finally down Bayley Lane and Pepper Lane before arriving in Broadgate.

Once in the city centre they will be met by former players including Kirk Stephens and there will be rousing speeches given from a stage in Broadgate square.

Jan Mokrzycki, spokesman for The Sky Blue Trust, said: “This is the last chance to influence the Football League to reverse their decision to allow a ground share with Northampton.

“As soon as Coventry’s club kicks off in Northampton, that’s the end of the club as far as I’m concerned.

“The march is gathering momentum. This is really about keeping Coventry City in Coventry, not a ‘Sisu Out’ campaign, we are simply trying to force the Football League to change its mind.”

It will be the third protest staged as part of The Sky Blues Trust’s Keep Coventry in Coventry campaign.

The Trust, which has more than 2,500 members, attracted hundreds of people to its previous protests, including a spoof statue of Sisu boss Joy Seppala at the Ricoh Arena, and a black balloon release at a Sky Blues friendly at Nuneaton Town.

Leyton Orient Fans Trust (LOFT) is the latest organisation to add its support to the campaign.

It released a statement which said: “LOFT wishes to express its 100 per cent support for this campaign.

“The League put club relocation rules in place after the Wimbledon affair to prevent this sort of situation, and the League should therefore rescind its decision to allow a ground share in Northampton. A football club is defined by the link to its community.”

Coventry MPs Jim Cunninhgham and Bob Ainsworth also moved to step up the pressure on the Football League after holding a meeting with sports minister Hugh Robertson yesterday.

Mr Ainsworth said: “We met with the minister to give an explanation of our questions about the situation at Coventry City.

“We asked him to contact the Football League to seek answers around why certain things have been allowed to happen at the club which appear to be against their own policies and rules and he agreed.”

Mr Ainsworth’s questions relate to the location of player contract registrations as well as the club’s plans to return to the city.

He added: “According to the Football League’s own rules the club must demonstrate a clear plan for returning to the city in order for a ground share to be agreed.

“If they want to share that plan with the minister in private, that would be fine with me, but I’m not sure they have a plan.”