Cardiff City 2008-09

[rapattaque]

Game over, 1-0 Saints. Reading and Wolves still losing too though.

 

[1927]

Reports that it kicked off after and a Cardiff fan on life support!!

 

[Clint Iguana]

83 year old city fan dies on way home from QPR game

RIP

 

[TrippyLondoner]

83 year old city fan dies on way home from QPR game

RIP

Wow,really sorry to hear that. RIP.

 

[Clint Iguana]

Reports that it kicked off after and a Cardiff fan on life support!!

Report on RAMs message board from Gaffa (organises busses from the Rhondda) who was one of the fans involved......

The lad was drunk and couldn't get into the ground. he went back to the pub that he had been in. As he was off my bus Myself and another stayed with him.

There was us 3 and a family in the pub, and 2 other lads from Southampton , (NOT FOOTBALL FANS )

One of them had said that the boy had offended his brother in law and got stroppy, I calmed it down and bought the family a drink each , all sorted then I was outside talking with them and drinking our drinks and for no reason whatsoever the one of them who was behind me hit me with something from the side .split my eyelid right across. he ran up the street shouting and calling us. I was covered in blood and asked what the fook that was for. he started coming back and jumping up and down and the 3 of them joined in and said Come on blah blah blah.

The boy who was drunk came out of the pub and one of the others kicked his legs from nder him, and he went down flat out unconcious.

I had 5 stitches across my eyelid. he is in a bad way in Southampton General hospital.

all the crap about us 3 involved were refused entry to the ground is utter shite. 2 of us never went to the ground as we stayed with him not to leave him on his own.
Al the shite that it was footbal fans fighting is utter shite.

Thats the truth

 

[Gromit]

83 year old city fan dies on way home from QPR game

RIP

I got caught in the jam that it caused. Didn't realize anyone had died. It didn't look that bad when I drove past

 

[Clint Iguana]

Reports that it kicked off after and a Cardiff fan on life support!!

Report in Southampton paper here.

Apparently, despite having a few problems of his own, like a bump in his car yesterday, Ridsdale and the club bent over backwards to help, inclucing Wayne Nash haging around at the hospital to give Gaffa a lift home.

 

[1927]

Report in Southampton paper here.

Apparently, despite having a few problems of his own, like a bump in his car yesterday, Ridsdale and the club bent over backwards to help, inclucing Wayne Nash haging around at the hospital to give Gaffa a lift home.

That report is so misleading and bears no relation to the truth as told by Gaffa. The use of language like 'punch up' makes it sound like he was a willing party to the trouble rather than an innocent bystander. The police are saying that it is unrelated to football,pity the press seem hell bent on linking it to Cardiff's notoriety. Cheap journalism.

Wish him all the best and hope he pulls thru.

 

[Gromit]

Just saw an article where DJ has a pop at those booing the players at the QPR match.
Saying that the players were discussing it on the way to the dressing room.

Don't the muppets know when we are booing poor officials not the players?

 

[rapattaque]

Eddie Johnson rumoured to be starting. Fascinating.

 

[Gromit]

I haven't heard the squad yet and I've been here since 1 hour before kick off. 40 mins to go.

Trying my best not to get too nostalgic looking around the empty ground. /wonders how much it's going to cost to buy my old seat.

 

[badlands]

Eddie starts




MATCH STATS: AT A GLANCE
Cardiff
22 Konstantopoulos
23 Blake
06 Gyepes
12 Johnson
21 Kennedy
11 Parry
04 Rae
16 Ledley
07 Whittingham
09 Johnson
18 Chopra
Substitutes
03 Capaldi, 14 Owusu-Abeyie, 15 Comminges, 19 Scimeca, 44 McCormack

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

Prove me wrong, Eddie.

Fill your boots lad.

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

Ledley bangs it home in the 4th min.

1-0!

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Ledley bangs it home in the 4th min.

1-0!

Come on City!

 

[Phenotypic Dai]

Bollocks.

Barnsley are back in it.

2-1

 

[badlands]

get in there!!!!!!!

3-1

 

[Biffo]

Well done City. Much needed 3 points. Back up to 4th no?

 

[1927]

Prove me wrong, Eddie.

Fill your boots lad.

He may not have scored but he did everything but. I was impressed. Think he'll get another start on saturday along with Quincy he could be a right handful.

 

[editor]

Sweet result - and we thumped them by all accounts.

 

[Gromit]

We hadn't conceded a goal at home since November, or so Stadium Ali told everyone before the match on the tannoy.

Ah shit i thought. Famous last words.

Thankfully although it was a jinx to that particular record it didn't stop our first '3 goals in one match' this season from happening.

Everyone played really well. Eddie especially despite not quite making the net. If it wasn't for their goalie making some amazing saves it would have been 6 - 1.

 

[Clint Iguana]

THREE AT LAST!

Amazing result considering the team seemed to include an awful lot of players who were on the injury list this morning.

Eddie not the best player ever to put on a city shirt, but he certainly proved he deserves a place in the team

 

[Onket]

I'm going to Ninian Park for the first and last time on Saturday. That's all.

 

[Clint Iguana]

I'm going to Ninian Park for the first and last time on Saturday. That's all.

one,
two,
three four five,
if you want to stay alive,
KEEP OFF THE GRANGE END!

Enjoy young Onket

 

[Onket]

That's where I'm going, I think.

 

[Threshers_Flail]

Good win, didn't even think about the significance about us getting 3 goals earlier. And to hear Eddie played well is good to hear.

 

[1927]

That's where I'm going, I think.

You'll be in the away end I take it. The visitors share the Grange End with our more hospitable supporters!!

 

[editor]

Barnsley boss whining:

"When there is a hostile crowd some people can get overawed and influenced for decisions they have to make for the home fans."

Job done, City fans!

 

[spacemonkey]

^

 

[Gromit]

Barnsley boss whining:
Job done, City fans!

The fans were good (as ever) but one has to say that he's talking out of his arse.

The ref was incredibly lenient towards Barnsley.

Their number 12 picked up a yellow.

Next time the ref gave him a warning. I'm warning you.

Gave him another warning. Look I'm really warning you now.

Gave him another warning. Look I'm really really warning you.

Was in the process of really really really warning him when he hit a player. Not even that ref could just warn him for that.

To say the ref was pandering to the home fans is ridulous and everyone I've mentioned it too has said "Was Simon Davey watching the same match as the rest of us?".

Even if a ref ever did favour us it would be a nice bloody change and not balance out the number of refs that hate us. That QPR ref allowed QPR to all but beat us with baseball bats.