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ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 5:55 pm

After all the rebrand discussions and in fighting and fans being called sell outs or plastics for wearing red,others being told they don't love CCFC because they walked away,reluctant reds calling blues trouble makers and non ST holders being told they are not a fan unless they have one and so forth......

What do you think gives someone the right to be called a real Cardiff City fan?

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:05 pm

novice wrote:After all the rebrand discussions and in fighting and fans being called sell outs or plastics for wearing red,others being told they don't love CCFC because they walked away,reluctant reds calling blues trouble makers and non ST holders being told they are not a fan unless they have one and so forth......

What do you think gives someone the right to be called a real Cardiff City fan?


EVERYONE who wants to hold a conversation about Cardiff City and have that conversation take a positive line or show frustration at a loss, can be deemed a real fan.

Whether they go to games or not, it doesn't matter.

EVERYONE can be a fan and no one has the right to say they are MORE of a fan than anyone else.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:08 pm

Wayne S wrote:no one has the right to say they are MORE of a fan than anyone else.


This.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:17 pm

You could be in your 30s and have only attended 7 games through you life...your a fan.
You could be in your 40s and held a season ticket since your teens... Your a fan..

If you have any affection,interest or general feeling towards the club... Your a fan.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:23 pm

Is a supporter the same as a fan or are they different?

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:28 pm

novice wrote:After all the rebrand discussions and in fighting and fans being called sell outs or plastics for wearing red,others being told they don't love CCFC because they walked away,reluctant reds calling blues trouble makers and non ST holders being told they are not a fan unless they have one and so forth......

What do you think gives someone the right to be called a real Cardiff City fan?


The other day I had a conversation where an old fan (described as pre-Sam Hammam) declared himself a 'proper' fan even though he doesn't go anymore.

Sounds daft at first but I would accept his explanation as I would someone who claimed to have been converted yesterday. Having an allegiance to City is all that is required.

As for ticket allocation (which is quite a different matter) then it is a no brainer that season ticket holders + those who travel away the most, should get first dibs.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:54 pm

redordead wrote:Is a supporter the same as a fan or are they different?


Well the word fan is short for fanatic and when you use the full term I don't anyone would want to be classed as a fanatic, you need more in your life. :D

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:58 pm

Wayne S wrote:
redordead wrote:Is a supporter the same as a fan or are they different?


Well the word fan is short for fanatic and when you use the full term I don't anyone would want to be classed as a fanatic, you need more in your life. :D

so you class your self as a supporter and not a fan?

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 6:59 pm

Anyone who's first side is Cardiff I accept.

It's the ones who watch us because they don't live in Manchester or Liverpool that annoy me.

Although at least they are watching us

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:17 pm

If you never been to Rochale you are not a die hard fan

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:18 pm

Aramore wrote:Anyone who's first side is Cardiff I accept.

It's the ones who watch us because they don't live in Manchester or Liverpool that annoy me.

Although at least they are watching us

Thats rich coming from you. :lol:

Scouser :lol:

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:29 pm

Wayne S wrote:
redordead wrote:Is a supporter the same as a fan or are they different?


Well the word fan is short for fanatic and when you use the full term I don't anyone would want to be classed as a fanatic, you need more in your life. :D


The smile at the end of my post was my realisation that I SHOULD have more in my life.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 7:31 pm

Mario Polotelli wrote:
Aramore wrote:Anyone who's first side is Cardiff I accept.

It's the ones who watch us because they don't live in Manchester or Liverpool that annoy me.

Although at least they are watching us

Thats rich coming from you. :lol:

Scouser :lol:


Oi!

No idea where you've got this scouser idea from :?

They're the one team that I hate as much as the jacks!

I'm always torn between wanting them both to lose when they play!

Think you have me mixed up with someone else there polo...

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 9:46 pm

novice wrote:After all the rebrand discussions and in fighting and fans being called sell outs or plastics for wearing red,others being told they don't love CCFC because they walked away,reluctant reds calling blues trouble makers and non ST holders being told they are not a fan unless they have one and so forth......

What do you think gives someone the right to be called a real Cardiff City fan?




Erm, paying your hard earned cash through the turnstiles REGARDLESS of where you sit or how much it costs you ;)

Opinions on manager, style, playing staffs (and dare I say it, colour) etc. will always differ but the big thing is we are there because we love it! :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:30 pm

Someone who supports the club through thick and thin. Loyalty defines a real fan.

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:01 pm

Mario Polotelli wrote:If you never been to Rochale you are not a die hard fan


You mean for a game or like just passing through?

Re: ARE YOU A REAL FAN?

Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:45 pm

If you,ve been to the Den and New Den 15 times with the City :lol: :lol: :lol: