' More than 600 Attend Bluebirds Unite Meeting '

Not sure what the capacity of the corp is but the pub was definitely full and it was full of true bluebirds, I really hope this can kick on now, 300+ at the first meeting, 600+ attended tonight, 'WE' are growing.

I'm firmly pro-blue, but using terms such as "true bluebirds" doesn't help the cause at all.. It just adds to the divide mate..

Get what your saying mate, but didn't mean it in that context, there's plenty of other true bluebirds out there that didn't attend, I know a fair few myself, but I can safely say every person in the pub tonight were true bluebirds.

I know mate, but some fans could read it that you were suggesting that "red" fans weren't real bluebirds... Just giving you the heads up.

I was proud to be there tonight.

Judging by the numbers I bet a few fans like yourself who are really serious were happy with the turn up.

Things like tonight will maybe cause less arguements as lot of fans have been posting their opinion on the rebrand and you can notice the dissapointment from people who are full pro blues as you would call them because a lot of people have been knocking them down so now people like Bakes will be more upbeat and positive as there is a lot of people slightly changing past few weeks.

Let's hope so! There's a lot of members that have got into pointless and childish arguments (me included!!) which is only down to one thing.. We are all passionate for CCFC... Plus there's nothing else to talk about.

Spot on.

I knocked a few ideas down because I researched them due to the fact they are mainly facebook events and looked at the people involved and knew a few names and noticed they were just trying to cause a bit of trouble etc.

I did look at the Bluebird unite and noticed a lot of people like Annis speak about it along with other supporters who are supporters who's been through the years and noticed they weren't going to cause trouble etc!

What I don't think helps are the people who come on here and claim that anyone who has accepted the rebrand isn't a true fan... This just causes a bigger divide... It seems as if some actually want the divide.

We've all got to respect the fact that we all have differing opinions.. Though I believe that if CCFC were ever to return to blue, EVERYONE would be happy.

Lets face it, the Blue revolution has begun. Tan has a few options. He can ignore it but by doing that he will fan the flames
even further. he can enter into dialoge with the supporters and come to a compromise. or he can walk!!! Two of those three
options will damage his reputation in Britain and maybe further afield

great night, great turnout! Bluebirds Unite seems very well organised and I can really see it making a difference no matter how long it takes

Wish I could have been there, just had a new born baby boy!

Awesome turnout, Bluebirds Unite keep getting stronger, well done guys!

What I don't think helps are the people who come on here and claim that anyone who has accepted the rebrand isn't a true fan... This just causes a bigger divide... It seems as if some actually want the divide.

We've all got to respect the fact that we all have differing opinions.. Though I believe that if CCFC were ever to return to blue, EVERYONE would be happy.

Everyone will be happy and that is true as BLUE!

The badge is the only part I hate tbh. Its disgusting. Its shown on Sky TV as our logo, on our premier league pages, on FIFA which millions around the world play and identify us with who dont know us otherwise. Its just crap. Whoever came up with that design should be sacked. How anyone can think that badge is professional enough to be the main brand image of a club/business is beyond me.

I've seen drunks puke better designs on St Mary St tbh on the weekend.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-city-fans-meet-tell-4303349


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Cardiff City fans meet to tell club: "We want blue back for Premier League"
By Simon Gaskell

11 Jun 2013
More than 600 supporters gathered at a Cardiff pub for a meeting aimed at campaigning for the return of the club's traditional colours.


Hundreds of Cardiff City fans donned blue tonight at a meeting of a new supporters’ group that says it wants the club’s identity “restored” on the Premier League stage.

Bluebirds Unite, which was formed in March, is petitioning for the return of the club’s traditional colours of blue and has already attracted support from 5,487 signatories in 10 days.

Tonight, the group held a meeting at The Corporation Hotel on Cowbridge Road East, in the Canton area of the city – attended by what the pub estimated was more than 600 supporters.

Supporters sang songs including “We’re Cardiff City, we’ll always be blue” and those in attendance said they were relieved to see a unified response to changes brought in by Malaysian benefactor Vincent Tan last summer.

Ian Hallam, 53, originally from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, made the trip from his home in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, especially to be there.

He said: “I struggled to enjoy last season at all. That’s all because of the rebrand and what was happening to the club.

“It’s great to see now there’s organised opposition to this.”

Bluebirds Unite founding member Sian Branson addressed congregated supporters, saying: “We feel that with Cardiff City being promoted to the Premiership and the club being on the world stage, it’s more important than ever our identity is restored.”

The meeting heard of plans to organise a committee, register the group as a charity supporting youth football, organise family days and ask for a meeting with the club.

Ms Branson said: “We are Welsh, we are the capital city of Wales and we are proud of our history, heritage and identity.

“To us, it would be like someone trying to take away the colour of the Welsh rugby jersey and badge. I appreciate we are not the national team but for a lot of us it’s as close as we get.

“I don’t think even Vincent Tan has been told exactly what it means to us.

“If he thought blue was bad luck, why would he buy a blue club?

Supporter Annis Abraham said the massive turnout had come about since the club issued supporters with 23,000 free red scarves in an orchestrated marketing move during a home game with Brighton last season.

He said: “In a way it’s the worst thing the club ever did; in another way it’s the best thing to happen – it made the blue rise. It made the blues realise they have got to stand up and be counted.”

the against modern football banners have to go in my opinion.
If we return to blue surely if your against modern football you still wont be supporting the club despite achieving your aims.
against modern football clouds the issue and will put some fans off joining the cause.

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-city-fans-meet-tell-4303349


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Cardiff City fans meet to tell club: "We want blue back for Premier League"
By Simon Gaskell

11 Jun 2013
More than 600 supporters gathered at a Cardiff pub for a meeting aimed at campaigning for the return of the club's traditional colours.


Hundreds of Cardiff City fans donned blue tonight at a meeting of a new supporters’ group that says it wants the club’s identity “restored” on the Premier League stage.

Bluebirds Unite, which was formed in March, is petitioning for the return of the club’s traditional colours of blue and has already attracted support from 5,487 signatories in 10 days.

Tonight, the group held a meeting at The Corporation Hotel on Cowbridge Road East, in the Canton area of the city – attended by what the pub estimated was more than 600 supporters.

Supporters sang songs including “We’re Cardiff City, we’ll always be blue” and those in attendance said they were relieved to see a unified response to changes brought in by Malaysian benefactor Vincent Tan last summer.

Ian Hallam, 53, originally from St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, made the trip from his home in Castle Donington, Leicestershire, especially to be there.

He said: “I struggled to enjoy last season at all. That’s all because of the rebrand and what was happening to the club.

“It’s great to see now there’s organised opposition to this.”

Bluebirds Unite founding member Sian Branson addressed congregated supporters, saying: “We feel that with Cardiff City being promoted to the Premiership and the club being on the world stage, it’s more important than ever our identity is restored.”

The meeting heard of plans to organise a committee, register the group as a charity supporting youth football, organise family days and ask for a meeting with the club.

Ms Branson said: “We are Welsh, we are the capital city of Wales and we are proud of our history, heritage and identity.

“To us, it would be like someone trying to take away the colour of the Welsh rugby jersey and badge. I appreciate we are not the national team but for a lot of us it’s as close as we get.

“I don’t think even Vincent Tan has been told exactly what it means to us.

“If he thought blue was bad luck, why would he buy a blue club?

Supporter Annis Abraham said the massive turnout had come about since the club issued supporters with 23,000 free red scarves in an orchestrated marketing move during a home game with Brighton last season.

He said: “In a way it’s the worst thing the club ever did; in another way it’s the best thing to happen – it made the blue rise. It made the blues realise they have got to stand up and be counted.”

the against modern football banners have to go in my opinion.
If we return to blue surely if your against modern football you still wont be supporting the club despite achieving your aims.
against modern football clouds the issue and will put some fans off joining the cause.

Steve Totally agree with you and Sian is fuming one even managed to turn up. Bluebirds Unite does not stand for that.

Could'nt make it tonight, don't finish work in Swansea until 7pm, but credit to those who did and the way they conducted themselves in a professional manner. Hopefully now the momentum will start to grow amongst the fans and try and show tan, that whilst we support and recognise him as the owner, the colour blue and the bluebird is very important to us.

Zzzzzzzzzz

Explain?

Zzzzzzzzzz

Explain?

Probably a school night so he had to get to bed

What I don't think helps are the people who come on here and claim that anyone who has accepted the rebrand isn't a true fan... This just causes a bigger divide... It seems as if some actually want the divide.

We've all got to respect the fact that we all have differing opinions.. Though I believe that if CCFC were ever to return to blue, EVERYONE would be happy.

Correct!

What I don't think helps are the people who come on here and claim that anyone who has accepted the rebrand isn't a true fan... This just causes a bigger divide... It seems as if some actually want the divide.

We've all got to respect the fact that we all have differing opinions.. Though I believe that if CCFC were ever to return to blue, EVERYONE would be happy.

Correct!

id hope so but from some of the negitive posts about las nite youd think that a few on here resent the fact that there are people still 'clinging to the past' if they feel more of a bond with the red and the 'new order' then thats uop too them but some are starting to sound very bitter that the blue movement is going forward

Great night! Good to see so many old faces. The Blue revolution has begun!

That's 2.6% of season ticket holders. Maybe Tan does get things wrong he thought his opposition was 25%. 97.4% of his customers must be reasonably happy with how things are going.

Support Cardiff City Football Club. We're Premier League and paying the bills.

That's 2.6% of season ticket holders. Maybe Tan does get things wrong he thought his opposition was 25%. 97.4% of his customers must be reasonably happy with how things are going.

Support Cardiff City Football Club. We're Premier League and paying the bills.

I support Cardiff City not the premier league and according to the last poll done by the echo around 9000 of the supporters who sit in that ground are unhappy with the rebrand. chiefly because of the lack of consultation. dunno bout you but i dont like it wen the Club treats me like i dont exist

That's 2.6% of season ticket holders. Maybe Tan does get things wrong he thought his opposition was 25%. 97.4% of his customers must be reasonably happy with how things are going.

Support Cardiff City Football Club. We're Premier League and paying the bills.

I support Cardiff City not the premier league and according to the last poll done by the echo around 9000 of the supporters who sit in that ground are unhappy with the rebrand. chiefly because of the lack of consultation. dunno bout you but i dont like it wen the Club treats me like i dont exist

Are you reasonably happy with Cardiff City playing top level football and paying the bills?

I'm ecstatic about it. Would not swap this last 18 months and next few seasons for a blue shirt. The other side of the coin is far more painful. Remember being 15 mins from admin. Taxman knocking on the door. Selling all our best players. Losing every other game. Oh those days we're great........

Bloody hell you cant win with some of you lot.

There were over 600 fans who turned up on a Tuesday night in a pub to show their Support for Bluebirds Unite,they had 300 for their first meeting 2 weeks ago.
In 10 days approx 5,500 sign a petition and in a month 2,400 aprox join the group and remember not everyone looks on this forum and fb. This group is growing rapidly and has an excellent Spokesperson/leader in Sian Branson who I am fully behind. They have already putting together a committee of about 20 fans who can give a lot of time and can help organise things for Bluebirds Unite.THey are now getting plenty of publicity.

Mistakes will be made along the way, but they will be corrected. The aim of the group is to keep our identity alive and keep the Club aware that We want it back, we have no intentions of hurting our club. The Group stands for one thing only restoring Cardiff City's identity/Colour and reminding everyone about it and at the same time it is making a lot of fans proud again who are involved in it and that includes myself.

No Bluebirds Unite will not be joining the Trust, the Trust is welcome to Support Bluebirds Unite and its aims. Bluebirds Unite welcomes all City fans who want our Identity back and are willing to show that by wearing the Blue at home and away games and not endorsing the Red by buying it and wearing it. There will be no belittling of other fans, all we want is Cardiff City to be Blue again and our fans to wear it with Pride.

Yes a march will be organised and I will anticipate that 3,000- 4,000 will join it,a big high profile game will be chosen, so the World will see it on TV. I would like more, but who knows.
Why dont you all give this group a chance, they have harmed no one, they just believe like myself that Cardiff City should be BLUE. Thats All I have ever known and that to me is Our Identity. BLUEBIRDS.

I cant be bothered having arguments/debates about it, your either with us or not, My stance has never changed, I am BLUE end Off and I want my club have to its True Identity returned, the one I have only ever known.

I'm ecstatic about it. Would not swap this last 18 months and next few seasons for a blue shirt. The other side of the coin is far more painful. Remember being 15 mins from admin. Taxman knocking on the door. Selling all our best players. Losing every other game. Oh those days we're great........

those days were shit but those were the days where i grew up watching my local club thru thick or thin rain hail snow bluebird thru and thru. How f*cking dare you look down your nose at many fans who have been the lifeblood of the club for years just
because we choose to fight for our heritage and history. WE are the fans that will still be watching CCFC in 10/20/30 years not
Tan and not the muppets in the ground with WRU tops who cant wait to watch Liverpool and Man Utd. YES i love the fact that we are playing premiership football but i loved cardiff city when they were in the dungeuns and would do if we went back to them. Irespective of your arrogance. tan has turned his nose up at our History on a whim he has disragarded the feelings of the fans and then aded insult to injury with the farcical 'choose your shorts' affair. its about more than a blue shirt its about respect and he has shown us none. so excuse me for not bending over and asking him "how deep do you wanna go?'

Of course I want blue back and I'm happy to fight for our identity. What I don't want is chants during the 90 mins of any games against the rebrand like last year. Fair enough before or after the game, but during those 90 mins we need to back the lads and Malky 100% out of respect if anything! The fans need to come together as one during game time and show the premier league what our voices can do. Nobody can make up chants within second of an incident like city fans can, with great humour and intelligence. I hope everyone agrees with my requests! Bluebird for life

Of course I want blue back and I'm happy to fight for our identity. What I don't want is chants during the 90 mins of any games against the rebrand like last year. Fair enough before or after the game, but during those 90 mins we need to back the lads and Malky 100% out of respect if anything! The fans need to come together as one during game time and show the premier league what our voices can do. Nobody can make up chants within second of an incident like city fans can, with great humour and intelligence. I hope everyone agrees with my requests! Bluebird for life

Last few months of last season the chants were all for the "BLUEBIRDS" "BLUE ARMY" "THE BLUES ARE GOING UP"
Tan has got no chance ever of Cardiff City supporters singing "Come on you reds" "Come on you Dragons" there may well be a percentage who want to embrace the red, new badge, new 'club' but they will be the newer supporters and i make no apologies if i make them feel awkward when i sing the Bluebird songs i been singing since i was 10!! Tan has targetted apathetic fans who arent that bothered about the blue, but at the same time they not bothered about the red either. they just want premiership football. to me thats a million miles away from being a Cardiff City fan. But i'll never abuse anyone in a red shirt, they just feel different to me

Bloody hell you cant win with some of you lot.

There were over 600 fans who turned up on a Tuesday night in a pub to show their Support for Bluebirds Unite,they had 300 for their first meeting 2 weeks ago.
In 10 days approx 5,500 sign a petition and in a month 2,400 aprox join the group and remember not everyone looks on this forum and fb. This group is growing rapidly and has an excellent Spokesperson/leader in Sian Branson who I am fully behind. They have already putting together a committee of about 20 fans who can give a lot of time and can help organise things for Bluebirds Unite.THey are now getting plenty of publicity.

Mistakes will be made along the way, but they will be corrected. The aim of the group is to keep our identity alive and keep the Club aware that We want it back, we have no intentions of hurting our club. The Group stands for one thing only restoring Cardiff City's identity/Colour and reminding everyone about it and at the same time it is making a lot of fans proud again who are involved in it and that includes myself.

No Bluebirds Unite will not be joining the Trust, the Trust is welcome to Support Bluebirds Unite and its aims. Bluebirds Unite welcomes all City fans who want our Identity back and are willing to show that by wearing the Blue at home and away games and not endorsing the Red by buying it and wearing it. There will be no belittling of other fans, all we want is Cardiff City to be Blue again and our fans to wear it with Pride.

Yes a march will be organised and I will anticipate that 3,000- 4,000 will join it,a big high profile game will be chosen, so the World will see it on TV. I would like more, but who knows.
Why dont you all give this group a chance, they have harmed no one, they just believe like myself that Cardiff City should be BLUE. Thats All I have ever known and that to me is Our Identity. BLUEBIRDS.

I cant be bothered having arguments/debates about it, your either with us or not, My stance has never changed, I am BLUE end Off and I want my club have to its True Identity returned, the one I have only ever known.

Too right Annis. Finally, I can see a light at the end of the tunnel. It may take a while yet but with a properly organised group this aim will be achieved. I have no doubt

Of course I want blue back and I'm happy to fight for our identity. What I don't want is chants during the 90 mins of any games against the rebrand like last year. Fair enough before or after the game, but during those 90 mins we need to back the lads and Malky 100% out of respect if anything! The fans need to come together as one during game time and show the premier league what our voices can do. Nobody can make up chants within second of an incident like city fans can, with great humour and intelligence. I hope everyone agrees with my requests! Bluebird for life

Last few months of last season the chants were all for the "BLUEBIRDS" "BLUE ARMY" "THE BLUES ARE GOING UP"
Tan has got no chance ever of Cardiff City supporters singing "Come on you reds" "Come on you Dragons" there may well be a percentage who want to embrace the red, new badge, new 'club' but they will be the newer supporters and i make no apologies if i make them feel awkward when i sing the Bluebird songs i been singing since i was 10!! Tan has targetted apathetic fans who arent that bothered about the blue, but at the same time they not bothered about the red either. they just want premiership football. to me thats a million miles away from being a Cardiff City fan. But i'll never abuse anyone in a red shirt, they just feel different to me

i couldn't agree more. Next season the BLUE is gonna be everywhere in the C.C.S. and the chants will continue.

600?? really?

600?? really?

Well read.

600?? really?

Well read.

Eat your cock cheese you horrible little cretin.


I was asking if there REALLY was that many there, seems like too many for the corp..

600?? really?

Well read.

Eat your cock cheese you horrible little cretin.


I was asking if there REALLY was that many there, seems like too many for the corp..

Yes, which is why that was written.

There were also many outside. Who couldn't get in due to the lack of room. Busiest I've ever seen the place.

600?? really?

Well read.

Eat your cock cheese you horrible little cretin.


I was asking if there REALLY was that many there, seems like too many for the corp..

Yes, which is why that was written.

There were also many outside. Who couldn't get in due to the lack of room. Busiest I've ever seen the place.

Ta that all i was asking, thought it may of been exaggerated.