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Apart from the obvious red debacle do any other daft actions by the club spring to mind?
Two for me. During the dungeon days, the team coming out of the tunnel to ‘Simply The Best’, embarrassing! The other was a male voice choir in front of the Newcastle fans at half time serenading them with ‘Blaydon Races’, cringeworthy!
There’s got to be others.
The firework display at our last match at NP which was as damp and lifeless as the performance
Kicking those plastic beachballs into the bob bank after we got stuffed by Ipswich Town in our last home game at NinianQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Add the 6 plastic footballs kicked into the crowdQuote:
Originally Posted by blue sky
Didn’t the club opt for the rather exotic ‘Caerdydd’ on the socks one season, but spelt it wrong?
Jimmy Gilligan Umbrellas
Spelt Jimmy Jillyjan
A couple spring to mind -
When Ken Thorne went bust and Leekes took over the shirt sponsorship, the club shop sold cheap replica shirts with a Leekes iron-on badge over the Ken Thorne logo.
Also, the short-lived 777 shirt sponsor.
Malky’s dad playing him a record the night we got promoted.....fkn cringe
Mauve and yellow - what were they thinking of!
The plane they bought for away games that could only seat around 10 ( from memory)
Away vouchers
Yes, I remember thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Baloo
Letting Sam walk around the pitch wasn't the greatest idea
The competition where a couple won a meal at half time on the pitch
Rick Wright sitting in Barry Island declaring that he'd signed the club over to 'the kids'
GiovannisQuote:
Originally Posted by Grangenders
Who served it
Letting Timmy Mallett do the same was almost as badQuote:
Originally Posted by Harry Lime
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue sky
To add to my embarrassment I had taken along a guy who had never seen City play (he is from Liverpool and a genuine LFC supporter - yes there are some in South Wales!) with the promise of a really entertaining evening of football! Never lived that down.
I recall the first home game after the Ken Thorne fiasco and there were grown men walking around wearing City shirts with the logo cut out!Quote:
Originally Posted by The Bloop
worse than that was Paul parrys performance that day, didnt look interested and just couldnt be bothered, my young daughter asked a the time " dad shouldn't he be runnning "Quote:
Originally Posted by blue sky
The weird elevated executive box in the corner of the bob bank / canton stand with loads of hyper kids in there every game.
The bob bank village which wasn't that villagey.
Cardiff City Clan idea by Sam Hammam
City v Ajax pre season when everyone legged it from the Bob Bank terrace into the closed seats in a mental rain storm
The absolute ridiculous level of Burberry circa 2001. I remember one bloke in a full on suit and bucket hat. Mental.
The fact the ticket office is never ****ing open even on days it should be
The programme sellers that don't take cash
The weird huge adverts for Turkish beaches outside our own home end. Just weird.
Weird ass club all round tbh.
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Originally Posted by Whisperer
Sam Hammam ( Our club ) paying for the Jacks travel to Ninian Park. :facepalm:
The half time On Me Shed Son competition during Ali's era.
The bob bank village may not have been that villagey but my god it was a laugh and will liv with me for ever , especially on the day the one side to the wall fell down in the rain we go soaked and we started up the legendary spontaneous chant " Ninians park falling down " t ,stuff of legends . Not as good as the old Grange End but hey a moment in our history , I'd go back there tomorrow in a flash ,these new stadia just feels so controlled and a rip off .
You left out Spencer Prior's contract that he must: “eat sheep's testicles.”
This could just be a Sam thread on its own.Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
Barcelona, Sam and the boys in Mansfield, his personal security guard ......
I ran out as a mascot to Simply The Best. Bring it back I sayQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I didn't know that Stan!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by stan butler
Sam Hammam was a disaster for our club in so many ways but for me this is the worst thing he did. Fuming!
What's this one about please?Quote:
Originally Posted by Whisperer
Out of interest, what year did you start supporting City?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
1971Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
And you think Hammam was a disaster for CCFC? Can’t you remember what the club was like before he arrived?Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
Many happenings of the Sam years were ridiculous but I don't think it was a disaster
Sam Hammam dragged this club up but he was a very manipulative man and some of the people he influenced are still unable to tell it like it is and that's disingenuous
We had some great times under him but he treated Wimbledon like a toy and very nearly did the same with us
I think if he had been more realistic from the start and been more open to getting other people involved then things might not have ended so badly
I think his attitude gave the local business community the excuse they needed not to get more involved and the club ended up isolated
My comment was a light hearted jibe. Yes of course I remember. We've never ever had owners who are any good and as soon as the current idiot decides to leave I guess it will be our misfortune to have another bad un.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
We’ll strike lucky one day and get a flawless owner everyone likes and admires. We’ll probably be in the National League by then though…Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
Yup, that's how I see itQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Sam Hammam years were great in my opinion. Perhaps not on as solid a foundations as we would have liked but the club moved forward enormously in those few years.
And more than anything else it was fun, and it was cool to be a City fan and sometimes that kinda thing does matter
'Cardiff City Players run faster, on Gio's pasta!'Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
A bit like blaming Warnock for the ruin of the club really.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman