| + Visit Cardiff FC for Latest News, Transfer Gossip, Fixtures and Match Results |
Oh really on a thread about the atmosphere I am fishing.Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
I dont give a ****, goodbye
I can only speak for myself, but there's always a huge difference between playing City and Rovers for me and I say that as someone who had a fraught time of it getting into Eastville to spend ninety minutes dodging the mixture of concrete, stones and coins that were being thrown at us by Rovers fans at the match where Jeff Hemmerman suffered his career ending injury in 1983.
The Canton Stand do make a noise and try to generate an atmosphere.
It just doesnt spread around the ground. The Ninian is completely dead.No section there make any noise whatsoever including those by the away fans.
Sat in the family stand.
They sang the odd song.
Canton sang the odd song.
You are crap at fishing.
The atmosphere at the last two games have been great, its bit difficult balancing a midday, sober day of rest, reduced and necessary alcohol consumption , and the love of god .
Some people don't sing because they are busy stuffing their faces
Or leaving their seats 16 times a game
It would help if the Ninian actually generated some noise...
It was 12, on a Sunday, in freezing cold weather. The atmosphere was decent considering that, and anyone who thinks there isn't a derby or its "dead" have pretty short memories, last season's game against Bristol City had a great atmosphere
I think Bristol City and Cardiff City have a lot in common. They both seem to belong in the Championship and both reside in cities that have a maritime history and have plenty to offer the visitor.
And both built on the back of things that are black.
With us it was coal, with them it was slaves!
It's definitely an age thing. The older you are, the more likely that you'll see Bristol City as our biggest rivals and nothing will shift that. I reckon that, for newer fans, Swansea are going to be our main rivals rather than the Wurzels, which isn't going to do anything to intensify the rivalry between us and Bristol City. It will always be a rivalry, but not as intense as the one with the Jacks.
Sorry if you think I'm deliberately playing down the rivalry between us and Bristol City, I'm not. I'm looking at it objectively.
I started supporting Cardiff is 89 and it's definitely the Jack's for me
I started supporting City in about 1958/1959, our fiends (yes
As for Shitfull Shitty, it needs to be demolished.
It is an age thing, but I'm not sure City fans older than me will feel I do because, at 62, I think I represent the upper age limit of the grouping who share my opinion about the wurzels and the jacks when it comes to rivalry.
I saw my first City game in October 1963. Swansea weren't relegated until 64/65, so they played down here in the league a couple of times after my first visit to Ninian Park, but, for whatever reason, I did not go to either match. Therefore, I didn't get to see us play the jacks in a league game for almost seventeen years after my first City game - Swansea were a side we only ever played, and usually beat, in the Welsh Cup while I was growing up. On the other hand, I make it that I had watched us play the wurzels in the league twelve times before I saw my first Swansea league derby. I daresay if I was ten years older or twenty years younger I would have Swansea down as our main rivals like most others - I'm a product of my time though and when you also consider that I went thirty one years without seeing us beat them in any contest that mattered, I always get at least as much satisfaction out of a win over the wurzels as I do from one over the jacks.
One of the worst games to remember against Abertawe Town, was a Welsh cup game at Ninian Park.
City were cruising at 3-0 and I think about 60/70 minutes had gone.
Don Murray gets involved in a fight, ref sends him off and frigging Abertawe end up scoring 3 to make it 3-3 at the final whistle.
Extra time, Abertawe Town go on to win 3-5. GUTTED as a young supporter
Don nutted Jimmy Mclaughlin 👍
Bristol will always be the derby match for me.
Swansea for pretty much irrelevant during my footballing youth as they were mainly division 4 re election fodder and therefore matches were few and far between.
Bristol City and ourselves were pretty matched matched in our mediocrity over the same period so that was good enough to establish a rivalry for me.
To make matters even worse once a month we lost the Big Match on a Sunday afternoon and were forced to watch a whole hour of the buggers on HTV.
For that alone they need to pay!
Of course the atmosphere has fizzled out. You're older. We all are. The club has grown and become more family orientated. If you want the Leeds atmosphere, expect the reputation that goes with it.
Does anyone know about a shift in the age demographic of the crowd over the years?
Posting Permissions
Reply With Quote