This will only happen if we go on a good cup run leading to a trip to Wembley.
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The Bluebirds start their F.A Cup adventure against League One outfit Shrewsbury Town on Sunday evening so we are taking a look at why this year’s F.A Cup should not be viewed as an unwelcome distraction but an opportunity to re-connect with and bring back Cardiff City’s lost supporters.
A poor season of last has seen Cardiff City supporters disappear in their thousands and it seems it’s going to take some drastic success or at least something quite special to bring them back.
Could the magic of the F.A Cup be the answer? The historical competition has already proven it can reduce the void between the club and supporters in the past.
Let’s rewind to the 2006/07 season and Cardiff start well but end the season in very bad form, slumping to a discouraging thirteenth place finish and attendances towards the end of the season struggled to peak above 12,000, it was hard to see what could get supporters on board, other than success of course.
The following season Cardiff rarely looked like peeking above mid-table following a failed play-off push and the home attendance average was just below 14,000 but as we remember all to well, something else happened that season which brought supporters closer than ever to the club they hold close to their heart.
One of the most memorable experiences of many a Cardiff City fan’s lifetime arrived in the form of an F.A Cup run that saw Cardiff appear in the final at Wembley Stadium.
At the moment, supporters seem a considerable distance from the club itself and a year which brought not one but two supporters songs and a sing-along session with the whole squad seems a world away.
Never before has the club been so close to its fans than when caught up in the magic of the F.A Cup and what’s to say, with a little cup run, the famous competition can’t play its part in reducing the visible void between the club and its supporters once more.
The F.A Cup run of 2008 was something incredible and the chances of defying the odds again are admittedly small but we’re not asking for a cup final, it’s unrealistic to do so.
Having said that, look at Reading last season, they may have had a poor league season but they grabbed themselves an F.A Cup semi-final and it re-galvanized the supporters who were struggling to get to grips with a turbulent Russian ownership.
For footballing reasons, perhaps it’s best if the Bluebirds bow out of the competition early on but for supporters, a cup run could be the best thing that could happen to the club because at the moment, the void seems incurable and as a result, both the atmosphere in the stadium and the passion on the field are suffering.