NO MORE THE SLEEPING GIANT

I have supported the city since the early 70`s(first game 2-2 v burnley circa 71 i think- i was only 10 then and when you get to my age you cant remmember specific years!!) Went to most home games when old enough to take the train from neath from the mid 70`s up until the mid 80`s -then we went shit & entered our barren spell in the lower leagues(when i started following the city in the 70`s we were regarded as your standard championship team & held the record along with charlton as having spent most number of seasons in the championship)Gates then went down to a few thousnd=-why because we were a crap team ,and i stayed away instead ,opting to watch club rugby-NEATH at the time were arguably best side in uk getting crowds of 10k plus every game,it was a good time for rugby & neath would take a couple of thousnd to every away game,a good day out on the piss then-sorted.meanwhile the city were only managing a few thousnd for home games.
THINGS THEN CHANGED
In the ealy 2000`s we got promoted & wru decided to go regional-& dictate neath merge with the JB`S to form the ospreys
.During the barren times i was always a city supporter of course-& followed results but did not actually pay my money and support them- but times changed.
nw been an ST in the family stand for last 4 years-along withy my son who now fanatical supporter.
My pointr is that we have a massive support base & success wikll bring on board many more sleeping supporters throughout swales-WE ARE NO LONGER A SLEEPING GIANT BUT A GIANT IN THE MAKING

I have supported the city since the early 70`s(first game 2-2 v burnley circa 71 i think- i was only 10 then and when you get to my age you cant remmember specific years!!) Went to most home games when old enough to take the train from neath from the mid 70`s up until the mid 80`s -then we went shit & entered our barren spell in the lower leagues(when i started following the city in the 70`s we were regarded as your standard championship team & held the record along with charlton as having spent most number of seasons in the championship)Gates then went down to a few thousnd=-why because we were a crap team ,and i stayed away instead ,opting to watch club rugby-NEATH at the time were arguably best side in uk getting crowds of 10k plus every game,it was a good time for rugby & neath would take a couple of thousnd to every away game,a good day out on the piss then-sorted.meanwhile the city were only managing a few thousnd for home games.
THINGS THEN CHANGED
In the ealy 2000`s we got promoted & wru decided to go regional-& dictate neath merge with the JB`S to form the ospreys
.During the barren times i was always a city supporter of course-& followed results but did not actually pay my money and support them- but times changed.
nw been an ST in the family stand for last 4 years-along withy my son who now fanatical supporter.
My pointr is that we have a massive support base & success wikll bring on board many more sleeping supporters throughout swales-WE ARE NO LONGER A SLEEPING GIANT BUT A GIANT IN THE MAKING

F*ck me !! Is this muppet for real your the kinda fan we could all do without

Are you for real mate?

got to be on a wind up, typical welsh rugby glory hunting tosser

I have supported the city since the early 70`s(first game 2-2 v burnley circa 71 i think- i was only 10 then and when you get to my age you cant remmember specific years!!) Went to most home games when old enough to take the train from neath from the mid 70`s up until the mid 80`s -then we went shit & entered our barren spell in the lower leagues(when i started following the city in the 70`s we were regarded as your standard championship team & held the record along with charlton as having spent most number of seasons in the championship)Gates then went down to a few thousnd=-why because we were a crap team ,and i stayed away instead ,opting to watch club rugby-NEATH at the time were arguably best side in uk getting crowds of 10k plus every game,it was a good time for rugby & neath would take a couple of thousnd to every away game,a good day out on the piss then-sorted.meanwhile the city were only managing a few thousnd for home games.
THINGS THEN CHANGED
In the ealy 2000`s we got promoted & wru decided to go regional-& dictate neath merge with the JB`S to form the ospreys
.During the barren times i was always a city supporter of course-& followed results but did not actually pay my money and support them- but times changed.
nw been an ST in the family stand for last 4 years-along withy my son who now fanatical supporter.
My pointr is that we have a massive support base & success wikll bring on board many more sleeping supporters throughout swales-WE ARE NO LONGER A SLEEPING GIANT BUT A GIANT IN THE MAKING

The Burnley game you mention was the first of the season (over 22k) ....this was the season after we missed out on promotion. We were 2-0 up half time.

Don't listen to the half wits here. If you go by this lot they were all attending through the barren years ...we would have had 20k crowds then.

Ive seen many a face down the City who werent there during the lean times.

Great times now.

dear me , you write that as if you're proud

I have supported the city since the early 70`s(first game 2-2 v burnley circa 71 i think- i was only 10 then and when you get to my age you cant remmember specific years!!) Went to most home games when old enough to take the train from neath from the mid 70`s up until the mid 80`s -then we went shit & entered our barren spell in the lower leagues(when i started following the city in the 70`s we were regarded as your standard championship team & held the record along with charlton as having spent most number of seasons in the championship)Gates then went down to a few thousnd=-why because we were a crap team ,and i stayed away instead ,opting to watch club rugby-NEATH at the time were arguably best side in uk getting crowds of 10k plus every game,it was a good time for rugby & neath would take a couple of thousnd to every away game,a good day out on the piss then-sorted.meanwhile the city were only managing a few thousnd for home games.
THINGS THEN CHANGED
In the ealy 2000`s we got promoted & wru decided to go regional-& dictate neath merge with the JB`S to form the ospreys
.During the barren times i was always a city supporter of course-& followed results but did not actually pay my money and support them- but times changed.
nw been an ST in the family stand for last 4 years-along withy my son who now fanatical supporter.
My pointr is that we have a massive support base & success wikll bring on board many more sleeping supporters throughout swales-WE ARE NO LONGER A SLEEPING GIANT BUT A GIANT IN THE MAKING

The Burnley game you mention was the first of the season (over 22k) ....this was the season after we missed out on promotion. We were 2-0 up half time.

Don't listen to the half wits here. If you go by this lot they were all attending through the barren years ...we would have had 20k crowds then.

Ive seen many a face down the City who werent there during the lean times.

Great times now.

Thanks for the support mate.yep will always remember thar burnley game-though i seem to remember the crowd was around 13k though could be wrong and maybe 22k as you say-difficult to judge crowd numbers as a 10 year old!!.remember going to the leeds game fac 72 lost 2-0 ,they were top team then-52k standing bottom corner of the grange & couldnt see a f*@cking thing.As ive said didnt go in the barren years but success brings the fans back-like me . yes i`m a plastic conpared to the hardcore support of a few thousand i n the late 80`s ear;y 90`s but so are the other 80% of fans who attend now-at least i`m being honest.lving on the frontline with the jacks-have had some really bad experiences with them-i remembner me and my mate who had no allegiance to anyone being done by 14 jb`s in the lean years in neath carnival. 14-2 is a no brainer so i run as would most , i was lucky a gang of caewern eggs came to my rescue but my mate got floored and the jb`s gave him hospital resulting kicking--all because he "was with a city fan"
Good times now yes and can only increase our fan base

I have supported the city since the early 70`s(first game 2-2 v burnley circa 71 i think- i was only 10 then and when you get to my age you cant remmember specific years!!) Went to most home games when old enough to take the train from neath from the mid 70`s up until the mid 80`s -then we went shit & entered our barren spell in the lower leagues(when i started following the city in the 70`s we were regarded as your standard championship team & held the record along with charlton as having spent most number of seasons in the championship)Gates then went down to a few thousnd=-why because we were a crap team ,and i stayed away instead ,opting to watch club rugby-NEATH at the time were arguably best side in uk getting crowds of 10k plus every game,it was a good time for rugby & neath would take a couple of thousnd to every away game,a good day out on the piss then-sorted.meanwhile the city were only managing a few thousnd for home games.
THINGS THEN CHANGED
In the ealy 2000`s we got promoted & wru decided to go regional-& dictate neath merge with the JB`S to form the ospreys
.During the barren times i was always a city supporter of course-& followed results but did not actually pay my money and support them- but times changed.
nw been an ST in the family stand for last 4 years-along withy my son who now fanatical supporter.
My pointr is that we have a massive support base & success wikll bring on board many more sleeping supporters throughout swales-WE ARE NO LONGER A SLEEPING GIANT BUT A GIANT IN THE MAKING

The Burnley game you mention was the first of the season (over 22k) ....this was the season after we missed out on promotion. We were 2-0 up half time.

Don't listen to the half wits here. If you go by this lot they were all attending through the barren years ...we would have had 20k crowds then.

Ive seen many a face down the City who werent there during the lean times.

Great times now.

Thanks for the support mate.yep will always remember thar burnley game-though i seem to remember the crowd was around 13k though could be wrong and maybe 22k as you say-difficult to judge crowd numbers as a 10 year old!!.remember going to the leeds game fac 72 lost 2-0 ,they were top team then-52k standing bottom corner of the grange & couldnt see a f*@cking thing.As ive said didnt go in the barren years but success brings the fans back-like me . yes i`m a plastic conpared to the hardcore support of a few thousand i n the late 80`s ear;y 90`s but so are the other 80% of fans who attend now-at least i`m being honest.lving on the frontline with the jacks-have had some really bad experiences with them-i remembner me and my mate who had no allegiance to anyone being done by 14 jb`s in the lean years in neath carnival. 14-2 is a no brainer so i run as would most , i was lucky a gang of caewern eggs came to my rescue but my mate got floored and the jb`s gave him hospital resulting kicking--all because he "was with a city fan"
Good times now yes and can only increase our fan base

If you listen to some posters on here they've been following the City since Noah built the ark, but the facts say during the bad years the attendances were sometimes as low as 2000. You've had the bollocks to say your attendance at games stopped during this time (as did a lot of people including myself), if all the people who claim they were there during the dark times were actually there then the attendances would've been well over the 2000 mark. I've supported the City for many years and probably before many on this forum were actually born and I've missed a few seasons like yourself.
Your back supporting the boys now and that's the important thing, I admire the fans who stuck with it through those dark days they are true supporters but people like yourself are just as important right now, we need to spread the word " the sleeping giant is awakening".