Originally Posted by
llan bluebird
You can never dismiss the 1970~2000's. You were either a die-hard or in it for the trouble. Ninian Park was a doss house of a place so hardly attractive to newbies.
As a teen in the 80's I grew up with 4~6k crowds of either hooligans or old men, very few women or children, where was the next generation going to come from?
My nan used to live on Ninian Park Road and up to the late 60's was a regular, I used to find that amazing, a woman at the football !!, thats how bad we were in the 80's.
The club has done a lot to dispel the hooligan image, but since the new stadium its done next to nothing to grow our support. I believe it's amazing we have 18K regulars with the take it or leave it attitude.
Someone said Cardiff is an event city, Rugby, concerts, Football. I speak to loads of "soft" fans who say they watched us on the box and they kind of support the club, but from the sofa.
The marketing department and general commercial side is akin to a corner shop, its so poor. When you look at some of the social media output from other clubs we are barely national league level.
Loyal fans are made not born