Reply With QuoteDoes seem odd. Clearly demand for City gear is through the roof.Originally Posted by Canton Kev
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Just had an email through about a new club shop in the Ninian Stand. A bit odd imo, the other shop is literally a minute walk away. I would've thought it would be more sensible setting up a shop in the city centre for non matchday purchases.
Does seem odd. Clearly demand for City gear is through the roof.
Maybe I judged those Wales/CCFC hoodies too harshly. Perhaps they're not shite and I'm just unfashionable.
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There was a shop in the St David’s Centre many years ago but it always seemed empty.
Frankly, outside of match day, I’m not sure there is a huge untapped demand for City merchandise.
I’m wondering if it’s more for match days?
They did have a shop in the city centre a few years ago and it didn’t last, it was empty.
Yeah, was thinking the same. It's a case of moving some stock a few yards and putting it up for sale on the days where there are roughly 5000 captive fans who love the product before they even enter the shop. ****ing crazy idea!
I cant see anything other than this being a positive.
I wonder why? Do many cardiff folk actually follow ccfc?
No.
Say we get 18,000. How many are from Cardiff.. Half?
No wonder the shop was empty.
I asked the same question in the club shop and they told me about this.
There used to be one in the Family End, but that disappeared over lockdown.
It would make so much sense to have one in the city’s centre - even Real Mallorca have one in Palma and they’re hardly a massive club.
Loads of Tourists in Palma, i bet that Real Mallorca do a roaring trade during the holiday season.
The shop in St Davids Centre was perfect for people doing a bit of Christmas shopping for their kids or grandkids. Just a pity that a lot of the stuff in there was red.
If it’s just for match days I think it’s a great idea, they had a little cabin there before which was generally busy. The main club shop is just to busy on a match day.
It’s hardly a Cardiff problem though , how much do think Norwich City support comes from places like Yarmouth, Thetford , and other towns within the fourth largest county in England. Huddersfield Town , I know lots of support is from Wakefield, Stoke comes from the Potteries and the midlands , Nottingham etc , it happens everywhere.
It's not like everyone who works or shops in the city centre are from Cardiff, probably live in the areas where the other portion of the city fans come from.
Surprised city don't share a retail unit in the centre with the Welsh FA. Or even with the other Cardiff based sports teams.
Wtf are you talking about ?
Open a Liverpool Shop in Cardiff
Fortune to be made
Fake Feckers
That's Sports Direct isn't it!
Huh , just to clarify, most clubs have a significant amount of support from outside the town they are from , particularly isolated teams , I know for a fact that the majority of Cardiff support comes from within the city itself.
Aaaaaannnnnnnd he's off...
That's means nothing
Man United have a majority of season ticket holders from the local area
Which is simple to understand as it's easy for locals to go to games than someone 45 minutes away by train
So what though.
Well you are saying that Huddersfield......and Norwich ......and Stoke get support from outside the city .....in the same way ccfc get support from the valleys
And that's correct
But then you say that Cardiff get most of our support from the city of Cardiff....
Which is the opposite of what you are saying
We have a large valleys support , but outside support is not unique to Cardiff City as you suggest , almost daily.
I wonder if the support within the city of Cardiff would be better if the city was clustered amongst other large towns and cities. Would people become more parochial, more loyal towards the area they come from? Imagine towns like Ponty, Bridgend, Merthyr etc being a fair bit larger and having professional football teams, but Cardiff being the largest club and area. Would that create more of a footballing hotbed, actually somebody else to worry about and therefore, creating more identity, intensity? In short, do we suffer from not having any real local competition, making South Wales a bit sleepy in terms of local football support. I'm thinking Yorkshire, Lancashire and London, albeit on a much smaller scale.
P.s if you think that this post is just bollocks, please say so
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