9 years ago today

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Re: 9 years ago today

Also on this day, 21 years ago and also in a promotion season, we drew 3-3 with Chesterfield

Was that the season that chesterfield were docked points? Weren't they pissing it?

[splott parker]

Re: 9 years ago today

Good old Cleve! That's just what this board needs in 2022 - a rebrand debate!

:hehe::hehe::hehe:

Incidentally, you're right when you say the first known colours of Riverside (the club that eventually became Cardiff City) were brown and amber quarters. However, Cardiff City never played in those colours. By the time the original club had merged with rivals Riverside Albion in 1902 and was allowed to change its name to Cardiff City in 1908, the team was playing in blue.

As for the fans not kicking up a fuss when the club changed its colours to blue, the truth is it didn't really have any, or at least no more than a handful. It didn't even have a proper ground at that stage. Indeed, as late as 1908, the club was denied admission to the newly-formed second division of the Southern League because it didn't have an enclosed pitch, turnstiles or adequate spectator facilities, and it's earliest friendly matches against professional teams such as Crystal Palace and Bristol City were staged at the Cardiff Arms Park rugby ground to enable to the club to charge entrance fees.

We also played a couple of friendlies at the Harlequins ground in Roath, behind Newport Rd. I think one of those was against Bristol City, the other against Middlesbrough. The teams got changed in the Royal Oak, I often picture Steve Bloomer (I really hope he was involved) walking over Newport Rd in his kit:hehe:

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: 9 years ago today

Good old Cleve! That's just what this board needs in 2022 - a rebrand debate!

:hehe::hehe::hehe:

Incidentally, you're right when you say the first known colours of Riverside (the club that eventually became Cardiff City) were brown and amber quarters. However, Cardiff City never played in those colours. By the time the original club had merged with rivals Riverside Albion in 1902 and was allowed to change its name to Cardiff City in 1908, the team was playing in blue.

As for the fans not kicking up a fuss when the club changed its colours to blue, the truth is it didn't really have any, or at least no more than a handful. It didn't even have a proper ground at that stage. Indeed, as late as 1908, the club was denied admission to the newly-formed second division of the Southern League because it didn't have an enclosed pitch, turnstiles or adequate spectator facilities, and it's earliest friendly matches against professional teams such as Crystal Palace and Bristol City were staged at the Cardiff Arms Park rugby ground to enable to the club to charge entrance fees.

My point being do fans support the Club or the colours of the shirt? Other clubs as stated have changed colours. I would much prefer blue as opposed to any other colour strip, but at the end of the day it’s the Club I support. The debate about the red mist has been done to death.

[Wash DC Blue]

Re: 9 years ago today

No way was our second promotion more comfortable than the first one if you’re using that word to describe how we went up rather than your own feelings about it. You only need to go by the dates we were promoted to get all the evidence you need that we were a cut above the rest of the division in 12/13 = Fulham, who are generally regarded as clearly the best side in the Championship this season are going to be officially promoted later than we were in nine years ago and we’d started a run of drawn matches by the time we went up , so it took a bit longer than was expected at the time. The 17/18 promotion was more exciting in that Fulham pushed us all the way and it was well into the final match in early May before we could start thinking we were definitely up.

I was talking purely about my feelings of us going up in Blue.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: 9 years ago today

My point being do fans support the Club or the colours of the shirt?

I guess that depends on your definition of ‘the club’ or at least what you believe ‘a club’ should be. As I recall, back then the owner of CCFC compared ‘the club’ to a cinema and stated the business’s customers had no right to complain about the cinema’s colour scheme. He also said he was perfectly happy to lose 20% of the business’s customers.

For most of those who objected to it, the re-brand was always about very much more than a colour. You’d have to be seriously stupid to think otherwise, and I know you’re not that.

[Rock_Flock_of_Five]

Re: 9 years ago today

We also played a couple of friendlies at the Harlequins ground in Roath, behind Newport Rd. I think one of those was against Bristol City, the other against Middlesbrough. The teams got changed in the Royal Oak, I often picture Steve Bloomer (I really hope he was involved) walking over Newport Rd in his kit:hehe:

Did they issue any programmes for those games, if so, did you get one? :hehe:

[Lawnmower]

Re: 9 years ago today

I should have added that many thousands enjoyed it - although plenty pretend they didn't in retrospect, despite their celebrations at the time

:hehe: :thumbup:

I enjoyed it. A dream after the previous 30 years.
Was tainted though by the fact so many others didn’t.

That hurt.
We aren’t a big enough club for splits.

Definitely enjoyed the 2nd time more.
Saw 40+ games including midweeks at Ipswich and Barnsley which I’d never do before due to work. Felt something really special was happening.

Best season of the lot !

[splott parker]

Re: 9 years ago today

Did they issue any programmes for those games, if so, did you get one? :hehe:

Programmes? Programmes?? I was behind the bar in The Oak until an hour before kick off and then nipped over to ‘man’ the gate.