Back in the 80s and 90s i remember City having a very good following from the Docks , Ely and Llanrumney area's.
Do these places still have a big interest in watching the city?
What other parts of Cardiff follow us in good numbers?
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Back in the 80s and 90s i remember City having a very good following from the Docks , Ely and Llanrumney area's.
Do these places still have a big interest in watching the city?
What other parts of Cardiff follow us in good numbers?
I moved to Heath 18 months ago. It doesn’t appear to be a hotbed for City fans.
Well, i'm just around the corner from you, so there's at least 2 of us The Youngers Chippy on Caerphilly Rd is kitted out in City pics etc.The Barbers shop opposite the Birchgrove pub has a City themed stain glass window and a little further north is the butvhers arms in rhiwbina which used to be packed out with City memorabilia. North cardiff is a hotbed
I don’t think we get much support from the people who live in cardiff anyway, we never really have if you consider the city’s population (say 380,000), we dont even get 5%.
I haven't seen any City fans in St Mellons area, apart from my sons (and one of them now lives in Roath)
Used to be a healthy contingent from llanishen and Whitchurch
Poor support from Cardiff
We are lucky CCFC has a big catchment area or things would be even worse
Barry , Bridgend , Maesteg , Porthcawl , Caerphilly, Pontypridd , The Valleys
Porthcawl has loads of Cardiff City fans
A lot of Cardiffs feeder towns have a real affinity for the football club
Sadly I don't think that's mirrored by the population locally
Now of course we are not a very successful club but there just doesn't seem to be that pride in coming from Cardiff that Swansea people have for example
Maybe it's just my take on things but if a small town like Porthcawl can regularly arrange coaches for away matches then you have to ask why most of the suburbs of Cardiff don't have a pub or social club or supporters branches ?
There are websites for Porthcawl , Maesteg supporters , I don't know of a Grangetown , Canton or Roath branch ?
I have always found that a bit odd
But both Liverpool and Man United have coaches going to see them from Cardiff I believe
Combination of things -
My opinion is people are suckered into an identity regardless of the success
Went to Newcastle away once, it's night and day in terms of support. Everything was geared towards being Geordie and a toon supporter - shirts were worn with pride everywhere. They also don't have a hotbed of Liverpool/Man Utd etc supporters because they've always had some level of success, nor do they compete with rugby.
It's more difficult here in Cardiff, but we can do more
Not sure how anyone can tell unless you define a city fan as someone who walks around with a city top on. Only people who would really know will be those that have access to the ticket/members database.