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Fri Apr 25, 2025 6:58 am
For me it was 1993 - to the dreaded day when Vincent Tan took over.
Very little success, very little knowledge of what was going on off the field, just a blind and passionate support for the football club.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss and we had a loyal and vociferous support that cheered our teams on through thick and thin (and made them acutely aware when their fight for the shirt fell short of our high standards).
Nowadays I think we know too much and we worry about too much. Whether that’s down to social media, message boards or more readily available information. It’s not our jobs to worry about the clubs long term future, we don’t get paid to worry about that (although most of us would do a better job of it than the current bunch).
We pay our money to leave the shitty, dreary work week behind and focus on the club and the team that we love.
I’m not entirely sure what the main point of the message is but I’d ask everyone to try and remember why they started supporting Cardiff City and try and bring that passion to the game Saturday. Let’s get the love for the football club back, yes Vincent Tan has killed a lot of things and apathy has set in but we’ll be here long before that man leaves the club.
We may well be relegated Saturday but we’ve been relegated before and bounced back many times. BLUE ARMY!!
Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:07 am
I don't think there is a happy time. I ducked out of the early/mid 90's, well done to those saw 2nd form bottom of L2. Got married and saw out my 20's playing shit parks football.
I love seeing the academy kids doing well, so that's my best place. Returned to the fold with Earnie so that period onwards. I find myself one eyed concerning our products and feel it is so important that we do not follow the Brentford model and stop the academy. We need to give as many kids a chance to play professional football, at whatever level.
I think L1 could be an opportunity to reset, but with the clowns running the show, it's probably part of the decline.
I think Tan is inadvertently testing the "rather be blue in league 2" slogan.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 8:26 am
Loved the seventies when Mike England played for us ..wrick wright and his gimmicks Eddie may ...then Sam hammam and all that went on ...the sight of 20 odd valley rams buses at away games ...think our problem has been great gimmicks and excitement that never lasted cause probably the money ran out and we never lasted more than one year in the Premier league....
Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:15 am
Underhill1927 wrote:For me it was 1993 - to the dreaded day when Vincent Tan took over.
Very little success, very little knowledge of what was going on off the field, just a blind and passionate support for the football club.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss and we had a loyal and vociferous support that cheered our teams on through thick and thin (and made them acutely aware when their fight for the shirt fell short of our high standards).
Nowadays I think we know too much and we worry about too much. Whether that’s down to social media, message boards or more readily available information. It’s not our jobs to worry about the clubs long term future, we don’t get paid to worry about that (although most of us would do a better job of it than the current bunch).
We pay our money to leave the shitty, dreary work week behind and focus on the club and the team that we love.
I’m not entirely sure what the main point of the message is but I’d ask everyone to try and remember why they started supporting Cardiff City and try and bring that passion to the game Saturday. Let’s get the love for the football club back, yes Vincent Tan has killed a lot of things and apathy has set in but we’ll be here long before that man leaves the club.
We may well be relegated Saturday but we’ve been relegated before and bounced back many times. BLUE ARMY!!
That's a Winston Churchill speak if I've ever heard one.
!970 I started, very first game I saw Toshack score. He was sold to Liverpool soon after and I witnessed the moans and growns from the older fraternity. I didn't understand any of it at the time and just wanted to be in the crowd for the games. Definitely my happiest time of it all. Then I started picking up on the politics and being honest that joy started to ne but I was hooked by then.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 9:36 am
Our promition under warnock was quite special and his ouf battles with wolves warnock v spirit Santo
and as we where pushing and pushing and warnock had everyone together,
it went down to our last game us or Fulham and Birmingham did us a favour that day .
We had a great team then Morriston bamba camarrase in midfield mendez, holliet and a baking hot day,
got sun burnt in the canton end right behind the goal.
A million miles away from how I feel today
Luckily I have my feet up in the sun ,but will miss tomorrow sadly but will either be celebrating or drownding sorrows in some bar .
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:13 am
Being in the grange end at Ninian Park when we beat Leeds 2-1 in the fa cup is a game I wish I could go back in time to. Never experienced anything like that again it was a one off. What a day that was
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:17 am
The Bennett brothers and Hemmerman etc under Ashhurst.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:33 am
For me it was 2000-1 season when Sam took over up until his controversial and scary exit which had us all twitching. 2006?
It was fun, it was a happy time at Ninian Park her last few years. Never had my club and its fanbase been closer. I lived in Grangetown at the time, you could feel the connection which has now been severed. Welsh Army! Welsh players being recruited, sheeps testicles! Sam going walkabout and travelling on fans coaches, telling South Wales plastics to trade in their PL teams jerseys for new Cardiff ones, better presence in the valleys , Vale and City Centres, we won the FAW Premier Cup!

Beating Leeds that famous evening, that play off final victory, good football! No managerial revolving door, gret communication between club and fans, Look at the players in that period. -
Earnie, Kav, Gabbs, Ginge, Johnson, O Niell, Routledge, Delaney, Thorne, King Koumas, Ledley, Scimeca, Jerome, Chops, Bothroyd, Burke, Whitts, Roscoe, Gunts, Rambo I could go on and on. How many of todays players or even from the last 5 years would make that list. And you know what all the while we weren't even in the Prem, confirming that my happiest time doesnt mean our most succesful time. Vincent Tan will never understand that.
So sad it all ended so messy, but my happiest time by far. Sam kickstarted us no doubt about it.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:37 am
Ashurst, Eddie May, Sam, Malkey and NW. Last 4 years has been awful.
Running the club into the ground.
Clueless owner and board.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:51 am
The season we won the 4th Div title, last 2 away games were the games I'll never forget, Wrexham 2-0, and Scunthorpe 3-0, mental trips and for me the best ever. Forget Anfield, White Hart Lane, Highbury and Stamford Bridge, Scunny was the best.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 11:35 am
The late sixties and early seventies under Jimmy Scoular ! What an era that was !! Fantastic days i will never forget home and away games.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:00 pm
All the away games on the football special trains Bristol Leicester Manchester Portsmouth etc
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:08 pm
1976 but that's at least partly due to being 15/16 with your life in front of you. And the month between the semi final and final in 2008. It felt like I'd grown a foot taller overnight.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:09 pm
Some great memories and not all periods of success. We support the best club in the world and that pride will return as will some better times.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:18 pm
Early seventies, particularly 70/71 ? the year of Toshack/Warboys and Brian Clarke up front. Great times at the back of a packed Grange End and loads of trips on football specials. Not just the 1 special but 2 or even 3 to places like Oxford, Swindon and Birmingham. We just missed promotion but a great year.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:25 pm
I'm younger than a lot of you so going to go a bit left field with this.
We didn't achieve much in the Dave Jones era, not what we should have achieved.
But I looked forward to every game because of the quality of football we've played. Since we moved to CCS, we've never played better football than that.
For that reason, I'd say it was a happy time watching the team.
We were brilliant to watch, despite underachieving.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:03 pm
I think like somebody said before the carefreeness of youth. I remember being 10 when my dad used to take me on the bob bank. I can see Ronnie Moore who we signed for a record fee warming up in front of me on blazing hot day. V Bolton ?
Peter Sayer scoring from 25 yards against Spurs in the FA Cup.
The Home Internationals and Wales home games .
Football couldn't come round fast enough, getting the programme, seeing the players warm up, the dugout that could fit three people in and best of all proper floodlights that made night games more exciting. Buying Shoot and Roy of the Rovers especially when a City player was featured.
I gave up for a while but my youngest son now 19 started me doing what my father did for me so we've had season tickets for 12 years and he's a third generation bluebird.
Tan has undoubtedly spoiled a lot of the enjoyment but it's still City and if you don't enjoy disappointment City is not the club for you!
Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:14 pm
Underhill1927 wrote:For me it was 1993 - to the dreaded day when Vincent Tan took over.
Very little success, very little knowledge of what was going on off the field, just a blind and passionate support for the football club.
Sometimes ignorance is bliss and we had a loyal and vociferous support that cheered our teams on through thick and thin (and made them acutely aware when their fight for the shirt fell short of our high standards).
Nowadays I think we know too much and we worry about too much. Whether that’s down to social media, message boards or more readily available information. It’s not our jobs to worry about the clubs long term future, we don’t get paid to worry about that (although most of us would do a better job of it than the current bunch).
We pay our money to leave the shitty, dreary work week behind and focus on the club and the team that we love.
I’m not entirely sure what the main point of the message is but I’d ask everyone to try and remember why they started supporting Cardiff City and try and bring that passion to the game Saturday. Let’s get the love for the football club back, yes Vincent Tan has killed a lot of things and apathy has set in but we’ll be here long before that man leaves the club.
We may well be relegated Saturday but we’ve been relegated before and bounced back many times. BLUE ARMY!!
1988 to 2003 loved the banter and struggles .
Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:17 pm
Phases for me.
Eddie May phase was excellent.
Earnshaw phase was excellent.
Winning the playoffs against QPR was my fave moment; in the Millenium stadium with a massive/united fanbase.
Dave Jones era
Malky era
Ironically, both Premier League seasons were no-where near my thoughts in this, and alot below our current position. Every cloud, eh?
Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:41 pm
Beating real Madrid,was special, Scunthorpe away what a day Eddie Mays barmy army also going to Wembley lots of memories 50yrs plus a BLUEBIRD and I will be there next season bring it on
Fri Apr 25, 2025 2:38 pm
Been a supporter since 1966. Best moment was beating Scunthorpe who had given us 3 sides of the ground.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 2:41 pm
SB 1927 wrote:Phases for me.
Eddie May phase was excellent.
Earnshaw phase was excellent.
Winning the playoffs against QPR was my fave moment; in the Millenium stadium with a massive/united fanbase.
Dave Jones era
Malky era
Ironically, both Premier League seasons were no-where near my thoughts in this, and alot below our current position. Every cloud, eh?
Same for me mate. Boycotted first time around and the second time in the Prem was an anti climax.
Let’s hope another playoff win is on the way if we do go down
Fri Apr 25, 2025 2:50 pm
I think the Tony Evans, Adrian Alston era as I was only in my teens and counted the hours to each match.
That match at home to Hereford was special!
Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:28 pm
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:The Bennett brothers and Hemmerman etc under Ashhurst.
Them three were class acts I must say.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:51 pm
worcester_ccfc wrote:I'm younger than a lot of you so going to go a bit left field with this.
We didn't achieve much in the Dave Jones era, not what we should have achieved.
But I looked forward to every game because of the quality of football we've played. Since we moved to CCS, we've never played better football than that.
For that reason, I'd say it was a happy time watching the team.
We were brilliant to watch, despite underachieving.
I go back to mid 60's and that last season under Dave Jones was the best side we have had in all the years I have been watching. And you are right we didn't achieve what we should have. But great football
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Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:00 pm
MR BIRCHGROVE wrote:I think the Tony Evans, Adrian Alston era as I was only in my teens and counted the hours to each match.
That match at home to Hereford was special!
That was a great season.I took my girlfriend to the Hereford game. First time I had ever taken a girlfriend to football. She couldn't believe my reaction when we scored as me and my mate hugged each other. I had never shown her that much emotion. We split up not long afterwards.
Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:26 pm
Has to be Real Madrid, me and my mate Cookee in the Grange End, crowdsurfed to the enclosure
Fri Apr 25, 2025 6:13 pm
First year proper as season ticket holder 1979/80 season
Chesterfield away game 1983 to secure promotion
Bristol rovers away 1983
Wolves away 1988 winning 4-1
Leeds Home FA cup win
FA Cup semi final win against Barnsley
Promotion to prem league first time around
welsh cup win against wrexham 1988
probably alot more
Fri Apr 25, 2025 6:24 pm
Going to shitty grounds in the 70s, 80s, crap weather, 23 crammed into a old ford transit van, to what we have now, it would be hard to go back..
Fri Apr 25, 2025 7:04 pm
bluebirdoct1962 wrote:The Bennett brothers and Hemmerman etc under Ashhurst.
Same for me
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