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Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014
cardiff / football / photos / Wales

Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014

Tue 18th March, 2014Tue 18th March, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

  Cardiff City fans still rightfully angered by the whimsical rebranding of the club by meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan have planned a ‘Blue March’ to take place before the …

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What's wrong with Cardiff City FC - a rival fan's perspective
cardiff / football / Places / wales / Wales

What’s wrong with Cardiff City FC – a rival fan’s perspective

Mon 17th March, 2014Mon 17th March, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

As readers of this blog may know, I reluctantly abandoned my lifelong support for Cardiff City a while ago. I posted up the reasons for my decision in a post …

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Goodbye Cardiff City FC: a long life fan finds salvation in the lower leagues
cardiff / football / Places / wales / Wales

Goodbye Cardiff City FC: a life long fan finds salvation in the lower leagues

Fri 14th February, 2014Sat 15th February, 2014 - by editor - 39 Comments.

Long term readers of this blog will know that I’ve been a hardcore Cardiff City fan all my life. I’ve been going to games since I was 6 years old, …

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Say no to Cardiff City FC corporate rebranding and sign the petition
cardiff / football / Wales

Cardiff City Bluebirds Unite march

Mon 26th August, 2013Thu 5th September, 2013 - by editor - 5 Comments.

As you may know, I’ve been a lifelong Cardiff City fan but that alliance has been torn asunder by the dire rebranding antics of the club’s billionaire owner, Vincent “I’ll …

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The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City as truly hideous strip is unveiled
cardiff / football / Wales

The embarrassment continues for Cardiff City fans as truly hideous strip is unveiled

Wed 29th May, 2013Mon 19th October, 2015 - by editor - 3 Comments.

After suffering the humiliation of having their meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan trash a century of the club’s heritage with his crass rebranding exercise, Cardiff City fans have had to …

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Cardiff City FC: a simple guide to scarf etiquette
cardiff / football / photos / wales

Cardiff City FC: a simple guide to scarf etiquette

Tue 26th February, 2013 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Red scarf with the single word ‘Cardiff,’ backed by a stray Powerpoint motivational ‘Fire & Passion’ statement and a Red Dragon club emblem = wrong. Blue scarf with the words, “Cardiff City Football Club,” plus …

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Cardiff City 2 Crystal Palace 1 - wetter than Wet Wet Wet's wet wipes
cardiff / football / Places / wales / Wales

Boxing day football – Cardiff City 2 Crystal Palace 1, heavy rain, crappy rebrands and a useful win

Mon 31st December, 2012Thu 15th October, 2015 - by editor - Leave a Comment

This was the first time I’d been back to see Cardiff City play after our Malaysian owners had whimsically decided to trash over a hundred years of history by changing the team’s strip and badge – adding …

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Does anyone know what Cardiff City FC are actually called now?
cardiff / football

Corporate branding and Cardiff City FC. So what are we called now?

Mon 11th June, 2012Mon 11th June, 2012 - by editor - 5 Comments.

For all my life, Cardiff City have been known as the ‘Bluebirds’, because they played in blue and had the logo of a bluebird on their badge. And that’s what …

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Cardiff City FC becomes Franchise FC as branding changes forced on fans
cardiff / football / Wales

Cardiff City FC becomes Franchise FC as branding changes forced on fans

Wed 6th June, 2012Wed 6th June, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

So after zero consultation with the fans, Cardiff City FC have declared that from henceforth we shall play in red, swiftly discarding over a hundred years of club tradition.

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Cardiff City Attack! Vintage football rave track from the 1927 Club
cardiff / football / music / wales

Cardiff City Attack! Vintage 1993 football rave track from the 1927 Club

Fri 18th May, 2012Fri 18th May, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Recorded at various Cardiff City games, home and away in 1991/2, is this old school rave tribute to the mighty Cardiff City FC and their manager, Eddie May, who recently …

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Cardiff City heartbreak at the Carling Cup final. I get very drunk
cardiff / football / London / photos

Cardiff City heartbreak at the Carling Cup final. I get very drunk

Tue 28th February, 2012Tue 26th February, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

On Sunday, I was back at Wembley for a thrilling game of football as Championship underdogs Cardiff took on the Premiership big boys Liverpool. It’s taken until now for me to recover.

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cardiff / football / Wales

Cardiff beat Crystal Palace on penalties – the Carling Cup final awaits!

Tue 24th January, 2012Tue 24th January, 2012 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve actually lost my voice from shouting at the mighty Bluebirds for so long tonight, such was the tension in this game. The away leg at Selhurst Park was nerve-racking enough but watching this …

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cardiff / football / Places / Wales

Cardiff City vs Crystal Palace, Carling Cup semi-final at Selhurst Road, 10th Jan 2012

Thu 12th January, 2012Thu 12th January, 2012 - by editor - 1 Comment

There was a lively atmosphere at Selhurst Park for the first leg of the Carling Cup semi-final on Tuesday, 10th Jan 2012, with the mighty Cardiff City taking on Crystal Palace.

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football / photos / Wales

The 41 year reign of the Captain Morgan Rum advert at Ninian Park, Cardiff

Wed 30th November, 2011Wed 30th November, 2011 - by editor - 1 Comment

Once the longest-serving advert in any British football ground, the painted words of “Captain Morgan Rum – The Right Rum For Today’s Taste” adorned the roof of Cardiff City’s Ninian …

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cardiff / football

Millwall 3 Cardiff City 3, 19th March 2011

Sat 19th March, 2011 - by editor - 2 Comments.

This game had everything – except a win for Cardiff. We had Millwall fans fighting amongst themselves, dodgy refereeing, sending offs, a penalty revoked, fightbacks, a fantastic atmosphere and, sadly, …

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cardiff / football

Crystal Palace 1 Cardiff City 0, 8th March 2011 – match report

Sun 13th March, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

A midweek trip to Selhurst Park promised reasonably great things for the star studded players of the mighty Cardiff City, but, sadly, it turned out to be one of those …

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cardiff / football

Swansea City 0 Cardiff City 1. LOL

Sun 6th February, 2011Sun 6th February, 2011 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Today, is officially a very good day. [Match report] – [Blubbering Jack (MP3 file)]

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cardiff / football

Cardiff City 3 Bristol City 2 – oh yes!

Sun 17th October, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

In case you’ve missed it, our ace Cardiff City reporter has filed another excellent report from Saturday’s match against Brizzle City. Check it out here.

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Brighton ‘Fans United,’ Feb 1997: a proper football protest!

Wed 29th September, 2010Wed 29th September, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

Worth a repost (with new photos!) is this account of our trip to the Goldstone Ground in Brighton, 8th February 1997.

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More football cartoons

Thu 11th January, 2007 - by editor - Leave a Comment

And here’s some more! 70s Man goes to London 70s Man gets a job Inter City Traveller

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Football, women, drugs and the dole. Bluebird Jones 1993

Thu 11th January, 2007 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Ah, it seems sooo long ago now, but I’m slowly adding strips from my old Bluebird Jones footie comic (described as “painfully right on” by nu-football mag 4-4-2!). Here’s a …

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cardiff / photos / stuff / wales

Two wintery walks around Cardiff

Thu 28th December, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Despite the raging hangover, I managed to drag my ale-soaked arse half way up Caerphilly Mountain and across Graig Llanishen for a bracing walk in the freezing mist. I’m really …

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cardiff / stuff / wales

Christmas in Cardiff

Thu 28th December, 2006 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Just back from a lovely few days climbing mountains, scaling hills and scrambling through thorny bushes in and around Cardiff. south Wales. Sadly, the mighty Cardiff City once again failed …

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cardiff / football

Executive box woe – Reading vs Cardiff City

Wed 17th September, 2003Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Executive box woe I’m afraid today hasn’t gone to plan. What should have been a whoopy-doopsy, all expenses paid trip to Reading for a Toshiba press launch and – oh …

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cardiff / football

Collossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham!

Tue 16th September, 2003Wed 4th August, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Collossal Cardiff City Crush Gillingham! The mighty Cardiff City slammed five goals past hapless Gillingham on Saturday – with Earnshaw bagging four! Tuesday night, I’m off to Reading football stadium …

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