City support from the Cardiff area's?

[goats]

Re: City support from the Cardiff area's?

Being from CF5 here's my take on it.
In Cardiff we have a City divided by sport football and rugby.
I'm obviously football and find as soon as you go over Canton bridge into town as a Cardiff City fan there are many places you are not welcome ridiculous in your own city.
Also I think many, not all, Cardiff blues/Rugby fans hate us so won't cross the divide and so it's easier to be a plastic Manu or Liverpool fan.
We've always had a decent support from Ely and some of the older heads I know say when we were really shit Cardiff was the predominant support for the club.

I don’t think cardiff blues are our competition in any way at all. They seem to attract older people from what I’ve seen. They pull about 5000?

[insider]

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I don’t think cardiff blues are our competition in any way at all. They seem to attract older people from what I’ve seen. They pull about 5000?

Cardiff blues /Rugby
You know Welsh Rugby top on on a Saturday Manu/Liverpool top on on a Super Sunday

[Tuerto]

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Cardiff blues /Rugby
You know Welsh Rugby top on on a Saturday Manu/Liverpool top on on a Super Sunday

I understand the point you are making. It does seem that plenty of people who live in the city don't identify with it in the same way that a person from swansea might identify with their City. It could be down to Cardiff being a capital city, more pressure to dilute the actual culture of the city in order to dhow a more representation towards Wales, especially over the past 20 years or so, maybe since the birth of the senedd. Who knows.

[Tuerto]

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These Boys are representing, Sludge :hehe:

[Tuerto]

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These Boys are representing, Sludge :hehe:

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[Citizen's Nephew]

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These Boys are representing, Sludge :hehe:

For real bruh!

[Tuerto]

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For real bruh!

I enjoyed it, especially the lads from Barry :hehe:

[Citizen's Nephew]

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I understand the point you are making. It does seem that plenty of people who live in the city don't identify with it in the same way that a person from swansea might identify with their City. It could be down to Cardiff being a capital city, more pressure to dilute the actual culture of the city in order to dhow a more representation towards Wales, especially over the past 20 years or so, maybe since the birth of the senedd. Who knows.

It can't be overestimated just how much our violent fan base had in alienating CCFC in the city though. It was massive. During the 80's the old Cardiff Rugby Club was well supported and was felt like a 'safe' place to go for anyone. You could only get international rugby tickets if you were a member of a club (in fact when I was a nipper most people who went to the rugby were members or played). We were a nightmare and disliked. This has been hard to shrug off but it's happening. I speak to cabbies who still think we kick the sh*t out of each other on a Saturday!

[Citizen's Nephew]

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I enjoyed it, especially the lads from Barry :hehe:

Me too!:xmasthumbup::xmasthumbup:

[The Bloop]

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There's nothing more fetching than seeing pot-bellied men in their fifties shoe-horned into football tops that are designed for much fitter specimens.

Is this you looking in the mirror just before leaving the house on a matchday 🙂

Edit - just remembered that you're in your 60s

[splott parker]

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You should only wear the football top of your era.......I’m currently on the settee in a chocolate & amber number.

[Tuerto]

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You should only wear the football top of your era.......I’m currently on the settee in a chocolate & amber number.

That sounds so very wrong.

[blue matt]

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It can't be overestimated just how much our violent fan base had in alienating CCFC in the city though. It was massive. We were a nightmare and disliked. This has been hard to shrug off but it's happening. I speak to cabbies who still think we kick the sh*t out of each other on a Saturday!

I agree, it was a nightmare, it was bloody good fun though :xmasthumbup:

[life on mars]

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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?

We Llanrumney boys was always there still are..

Fight anyone .

[goats]

Re: City support from the Cardiff area's?

It can't be overestimated just how much our violent fan base had in alienating CCFC in the city though. It was massive. During the 80's the old Cardiff Rugby Club was well supported and was felt like a 'safe' place to go for anyone. You could only get international rugby tickets if you were a member of a club (in fact when I was a nipper most people who went to the rugby were members or played). We were a nightmare and disliked. This has been hard to shrug off but it's happening. I speak to cabbies who still think we kick the sh*t out of each other on a Saturday!

Like alluded to at the start of this thread, those nutters seemed to be our main core of support when I started going, 1987 time. Large gangs from different suburbs ( the docks, Ely, llanrumney, llanishen, Whitchurch ) and lots of trouble as a result. A lot of this agro disappeared in the rave years replacing the huge gang fights that regularly used to take place on the weekend in town at 2am.
I think our fan base has widened around wales since but not so much in the capital itself. Being quite cosmopolitan and having lots of students, English folk and Europeans maybe there’s no natural instinct to go and follow us.