All this "plastic" nonsense

Is anyone else getting tired of all this "plastic fans" rubbish that has dominated the talk on social media sites since the Palace victory on Tuesday?
SOME fans who have season tickets and have done for years seem to be turning on fellow City fans for only turning up for the big games. In reality a lot of people can't afford to attend every game or have other commitments on matchdays. The way I see it if ony the "true" fans turned up to every game we'd have one empty stand at or home games and only be taking 18,000 to Wembley. Last seaon we wouldn't have paid most of Craig' wages with money from his shirt sales.
Season ticket holders and away game supporters are the most dedicated and rightly so get the advantages they deserve, namely first refusal on Wembley tickets, big games etc. They have given the most time, effort and money into the club and fully deserve the rewards that come with it. However this is not an excuse to make the kids and newcomers feel less worthy. The fact is that with success comes new fans, and if we are getting to major cup finals and challenging for promotion into the most famous league in the world year in year out, we will have people turning up who weren't there on that rainy Tuesday night in Hereford 20 years ago.
This is right up there with the greatest times in the history of Cardiff City Football Club and I just feel that as long as the most dedicated fans have thier tickets, with whatever is left we should live and let live. We all know the potential of this club to be huge, and for that to happen, new people will begin to turn up and that will all start with Wembley appearences and play-off/ promotion battles.

As for the "plastic fans" from Cardiff's catchment area that "support" the Big 4 but have never been to a game.... they can get fucked

i dont mind the people who turn up to the big games but i've had mates who have said "that they will only turn up to the game on tuesday and the final and thats it"

As for plastics who have no connection with the club they support and have never been to a game i can't stand them and are really starting to piss me off

i gave a friend a ticket for the fa cup semi final,he had forgotten how mutch he missed watching the city.but with a young family high mortgage at the time his budget wouldnt allow him to attend .he and his young son are now season ticket holders isnt that what life is all about priorities.investers expect us season ticket holders 2 sell our club for then yes our club. why on earth people go on about who attends what where and when is beyond me these are the good times lets enjoy them we all like 2 talk about the good old days and i agree lets start talking about tuesdays result cmon the blues.

i gave a friend a ticket for the fa cup semi final,he had forgotten how mutch he missed watching the city.but with a young family high mortgage at the time his budget wouldnt allow him to attend .he and his young son are now season ticket holders isnt that what life is all about priorities.investers expect us season ticket holders 2 sell our club for then yes our club. why on earth people go on about who attends what where and when is beyond me these are the good times lets enjoy them we all like 2 talk about the good old days and i agree lets start talking about tuesdays result cmon the blues.

I honestly didn't expect us to beat Southampton at our place earlier this season, but we did. What a cracker that was.

Is it on Sky telly on Tuesday night? If it's not, it should be.

It doesn't help when the message board's owner starts exactly the same rant about us selling the ground out if we had been playing Liverpool or Man City in the semi as was seen earlier in January. Of course we would but we weren’t drawn against them so people will be less likely to push their funds for a game v Palace but it doesn’t make them any less worthy as a ‘fan’.

The club needs 'plastics' or stick to the Hereford days 20 yrs ago as you say….

Is anyone else getting tired of all this "plastic fans" rubbish that has dominated the talk on social media sites since the Palace victory on Tuesday?
SOME fans who have season tickets and have done for years seem to be turning on fellow City fans for only turning up for the big games. In reality a lot of people can't afford to attend every game or have other commitments on matchdays. The way I see it if ony the "true" fans turned up to every game we'd have one empty stand at or home games and only be taking 18,000 to Wembley. Last seaon we wouldn't have paid most of Craig' wages with money from his shirt sales.
Season ticket holders and away game supporters are the most dedicated and rightly so get the advantages they deserve, namely first refusal on Wembley tickets, big games etc. They have given the most time, effort and money into the club and fully deserve the rewards that come with it. However this is not an excuse to make the kids and newcomers feel less worthy. The fact is that with success comes new fans, and if we are getting to major cup finals and challenging for promotion into the most famous league in the world year in year out, we will have people turning up who weren't there on that rainy Tuesday night in Hereford 20 years ago.
This is right up there with the greatest times in the history of Cardiff City Football Club and I just feel that as long as the most dedicated fans have thier tickets, with whatever is left we should live and let live. We all know the potential of this club to be huge, and for that to happen, new people will begin to turn up and that will all start with Wembley appearences and play-off/ promotion battles.

As for the "plastic fans" from Cardiff's catchment area that "support" the Big 4 but have never been to a game.... they can get fucked

LOVE the last sentence Spoken like a TRUE Bluebird fan!!

We all start to support CCFC at different times. When I first started watching/supporting CCFC we were in a similar position to now. Late 60s. European Cup Winners' Cup semi final, pushing for promotion to the old first division, winning the Welsh Cup every year, and in Europe every year. Then, a little later, beating Real Madrid (first leg, anyway!). Lots of ups and downs since then, but its been worth it. If anybody starts following the club now, then let's make them welcome, and try to keep them when the going gets tough again. What goes round, comes round in football.

It doesn't help when the message board's owner starts exactly the same rant about us selling the ground out if we had been playing Liverpool or Man City in the semi as was seen earlier in January. Of course we would but we weren’t drawn against them so people will be less likely to push their funds for a game v Palace but it doesn’t make them any less worthy as a ‘fan’.

The club needs 'plastics' or stick to the Hereford days 20 yrs ago as you say….

I'm starting to think I would like them days back.

It doesn't help when the message board's owner starts exactly the same rant about us selling the ground out if we had been playing Liverpool or Man City in the semi as was seen earlier in January. Of course we would but we weren’t drawn against them so people will be less likely to push their funds for a game v Palace but it doesn’t make them any less worthy as a ‘fan’.

The club needs 'plastics' or stick to the Hereford days 20 yrs ago as you say….

I'm starting to think I would like them days back.

barry town merthyr newport not far away support them

As I have previously stated on here my gorgeous wife died back last year after a long illness, I went to my first city game in 18 months against Blackburn and went to game on Tuesday. I would like to go to the final, however I doubt very much I will. But does this make me a plastic fan taking into account I have supported city for over 35 years home/away in UK and also in Europe?

I don't know how cardiff can be in the same sentence as plastic fans because we arnt a big club no were near in fact and we don't get thousands of fans watching cardiff on the tv lots of our new fans are children and people who want to support our local team we don't get thousands of fans wereing cardiff tops in swansea (but we are the bigger club out of the two) do people want the new fans not to turn up and go back to the day having 3,500 fans and some times not even that of course we are going to get more fans who havnt been to cardiff games because we are getting better and becoming a stable club and we are loosing our bad reputation and gaining new ones such as family club of the year so let's no moan about the so called plastic fans and join together as a football club enjoy the times we are having in welsh football

Is anyone else getting tired of all this "plastic fans" rubbish that has dominated the talk on social media sites since the Palace victory on Tuesday?

The thing is some of the glory hunters will spend more money trying and getting a ticket to Wembley than what it costs for a season ticket . I can understand people not being able to afford a season ticket years and years back, but after Peter Rids brought in being able to buy a season ticket with monthly instalments of £30 (a fantastic move for which he never gets any credit ) , I think there's very little reason why if you're meant to be a die-hard fan you haven't got a season ticket

£30 quid is what most people will pee up on a Friday night , when you think about it .

Is anyone else getting tired of all this "plastic fans" rubbish that has dominated the talk on social media sites since the Palace victory on Tuesday?

The thing is some of the glory hunters will spend more money trying and getting a ticket to Wembley than what it costs for a season ticket . I can understand people not being able to afford a season ticket years and years back, but after Peter Rids brought in being able to buy a season ticket with monthly instalments of £30 (a fantastic move for which he never gets any credit ) , I think there's very little reason why if you're meant to be a die-hard fan you haven't got a season ticket

£30 quid is what most people will pee up on a Friday night , when you think about it .

Well said, that man (or is it man/woman - change that avatar!)

Stadium card holders are fans aswell. That shows to me that they wanted a season ticket but couldnt afford it, im one myself only reason i havent got a season ticket is because i play football and cant get down every week as much as i would love to. Done Burnley, Blackburn, Palace, Reading, Birmingham this seseaon, got my ticket for peterbourgh aswell. and planning 6 more games aswell. Wanted to do west ham at home but if i get a ticket to wembley ill be watching on tv cus to much to fork out 2 weekends in a row. But after west ham will b doing every home game left. Just cus to show dnt have to be a season ticket holder to be a fan. Min i give up footie season ticket here i come again

This plastic talk is a bit silly. If the club can make a killing off these fans then so be it.

I have a mate who rarely goes to games, but listens to every game and reads and keeps up with everything that is happening. He isn't massively concerned with getting a ticket but if he gets offered one no doubt he will take it and sing his heart out. Does that make him plastic, I dunno but so what.

We all knew how tickets would be distributed so get over it.

As I have previously stated on here my gorgeous wife died back last year after a long illness, I went to my first city game in 18 months against Blackburn and went to game on Tuesday. I would like to go to the final, however I doubt very much I will. But does this make me a plastic fan taking into account I have supported city for over 35 years home/away in UK and also in Europe?

NO!!!! Simple as that, my friend!!