Was It A Special Era?

Following City in the early 80s? Many young fans didn't have a lot of money. Thatcher in power, pit strikes, rIots. Fashion changed; football casuals bought expensive clothes. We still took a big following to most games with no excuses all time. We had coaches full of young lads going to Pompey, Leeds, Plymouth, Wolves, Swanse,a Wrexham. We should be taking 800 plus to places like Leeds. Back in the day we would find a way to follow the City.

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

Got to agree, money has spoiled it and your right about going back to 2000 not just eighties. Different times different era, not just football that changes. It was great to be part of.

my first full season was the 82-83 promotion. As a 10 year old i remember getting butterflies in my stomach as dad's car drove closer to the ground. The team virtually picked itself that season with the players earning the same as the average fan. Gor next 6 or 7 seasons i didnt miss a home game and loved every minute. Due to my parents moving away i became an exile in 89. Throughout the 90s i went on a semi regular basis. Then i got married and hardly went for a few years. My first son was born in 97 and although still an exile i got the bug and enforced ccfc on the boy. He was so grateful that he slept through his first game as we beat carlisle 2-0 to get into play offs (he was 8 weeks old in fairness to him). The early 00s were a good period to follow ccfc with crowds returning and that game v Leeds followed by play off win in 03. FA Cup final in 08 was a proud moment but during this time player wages increased massively and no longer were players in touch with reality. Seeing average players turn up in porsches and range rovers with youth players driving bmws turned me off the game. I still go but it's not what it used to be. Money is killing the game.

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

i thought sky would kill it with all those live games in the early nineties but it hasnt.
grounds keep getting extended and crowds keep filling them.

Following City in the early 80s? Many young fans didn't have a lot of money Tzhatcher in power. Pit strikes RIots. Fashion changed football casuals bought expensive clothes. We still took a big following to most games with no excuses all time. We had full of young lads going Pompey Leeds Plymouth wolves Swansea Wrexham.We should be taking 800 plus to places like Leeds. Back in the day we would find a way to follow city.

was the 70s for me ,along with the era you talk about right up to the early 2000s .
but being a football fan back then especially going away ,meant and was something completely different to now. it was more about BEING Cardiff than supporting Cardiff. our away support in particular was male/young/working class. no restrictions meant you didnt need a ticket let alone a fan number to get one, booze was allowed on buses and trains,nobody was banned.
now for better or worse it attracts more family / middle class /female supporters. crowds have gone up so must be good?
but for me im glad i was around then.nothing in the world like the anticipation and excitement of having to change trains in New Street on a Saturday morning without a copper in sight.

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

Reading that made me think just how many more foreign owners are going to let themselves get financially burnt by getting involved with British football clubs?

The headline news of a £5billion TV deal might look tempting to foreign investors but as Alan Sugar once said it doesn't matter how much TV pays it will all end up in the pockets of players.

So far the succession of foreign owners is the reason why the bubble hasn't burst as they pay the bills. Just how much longer will that go on before the penny drops and British football is given a wide berth?

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

Reading that made me think just how many more foreign owners are going to let themselves get financially brunt by getting involved with British football clubs?

The headline news of a £5billion TV deal might look tempting to foreign investors but as Alan Sugar once said it doesn't matter how much TV pays it will all end up in the pockets of players.

So far the succession of foreign owners is the reason why the bubble hasn't burst as they pay the bills. Just how much longer will that go on before the penny drops and British football is given a wide berth?

Exactly mate, it is a worrying thought, if a lot of these foreign owners pull out then we will start to see the total collapse of Clubs like ourselves and Hull, even the likes of Forest, its a realy sad state of affairs but we need them more than they need us. If Tan pulled out now it's either more foreign ownership or the unthinkable for us.

Following City in the early 80s? Many young fans didn't have a lot of money Tzhatcher in power. Pit strikes RIots. Fashion changed football casuals bought expensive clothes. We still took a big following to most games with no excuses all time. We had full of young lads going Pompey Leeds Plymouth wolves Swansea Wrexham.We should be taking 800 plus to places like Leeds. Back in the day we would find a way to follow city.

I don't think it was any more special than any other era really.
My father supported City home and away in the fifties and used to get the milk train home in the early hours from London for a Saturday afternoon kick-off. That era was very special to him. If you grew up and were having a ball following City with your mates etc in the seventies then that era was special.
The 80's were no different in my opinion.

IMO mate Football was still class up untill around the turn of the Millenium. The Premiership undoubdetly started the downfall and the Champions League has finished it off.

Im not entirely sure Football has sustainable future in its current guise. I know people have been saying the bubbles going to burst for a while now but it has to surely.

We are lucky we have Tan propping us up or we would probably be reformed as AFC CARDIFF City now and playing in the Evo Stick League Southern now ground sharing with County.

Reading that made me think just how many more foreign owners are going to let themselves get financially burnt by getting involved with British football clubs?

The headline news of a £5billion TV deal might look tempting to foreign investors but as Alan Sugar once said it doesn't matter how much TV pays it will all end up in the pockets of players.

So far the succession of foreign owners is the reason why the bubble hasn't burst as they pay the bills. Just how much longer will that go on before the penny drops and British football is given a wide berth?

Alan Sugar was a very astute Chairman for Tottenham Hotspur and laid the foundation for the club that it now is under Daniel Levy's stewardship

Always loved his comments (like the one above) and he was usually pretty much bang on with his analogies. I remember his comments on the 'Carlos Kickaball'' foreign payday chasers and also how he gave away Jurgen Klinsmann's shirt because he was so disappointed with him leaving the club after a 'gentleman's handshake' (albeit he re-signed him later)

Total nonsense.ive watched city since 1975.ninianpark was more or less empty for most games especially in the 80s and 90s.

Several different eras, from the early 70s onwards, for me. All had their ups and downs, whether we were winning or losing on the pitch.