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Before the advent of Sky etc, evening games kicked off at 7.30pm - a much better time in my opinion. 8 o'clock leaves me getting back home at 10.30pm sometimes and I'm quite local..
As in so many things, people who live in Cardiff have no idea what challenges exist for people who don't. The amount of moaning I hear whenever there is any development in the centre - eg the opening up of the feeder on Churchill Way - when the rest of Wales is being starved of investment is astonishing. The transport infrastructure outside of Cardiff isn't fit for purpose and you get people moaning because they're without a bus station for a few years. I live in mid Wales and I simply wouldn't be able to attend evening games starting at 6.30. And I'm hardly an exception. But as long as it suits the city dwellers that's OK I guess.
Calm down It was only a suggestion, the thread was asking for ideas to improve support and that was my suggestion for evening games. Getting to and from evening games is sometimes (or always) a chore, as I said, it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other. Yes, an earlier kick off would be very awkward for non Cardiff residents (and a lot of city dwellers as well) but leaving the stadium at about 8.30pm after the match would ease the the difficult journey home.
Perhaps it boils down to poor transport rather than kick off times.
I’d imagine an earlier evening kick off time would suit many of our family stand fans, regardless of where they live. Arriving home with your kids at nigh on midnight on a school night can’t be good and most probably leads to a lot of them binning night games.
N.B. Have you got a problem with Cardiff based City fans, or a problem with Cardiff per se ?