Cardiff City RedBlueDragonBirds 2012-2013 season

[editor]

This whole thing is a farce.

 

[editor]

Cardiff fans have voted for their team to look like Man Utd (option 4) after ShortsGate.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-22737186

 

[Favelado]

It's almost an accidental success that they've moved talk away from the shirts.

I read the thread backwards and then realised that the above is anything but true.

 

[editor]

Bellamy could almost swing me back to the Bluebirds.
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/craig-bellamy-cardiff-city-miles-4040306

 

[Clint Iguana]

Interesting article in Huffington Post

 

[editor]

Interesting article in Huffington Post

Good piece. There's hope yet.

 

[Clint Iguana]

Apparently 600 turned out for bluebirds unite meeting tonight

 

[editor]

That's more like it! Suddenly I don't feel so embarrassed by City fans any more.

Bluebirds Unite founding member Sian Branson addressed congregated supporters, saying: “We feel that with Cardiff City being promoted to the Premiership and the club being on the world stage, it’s more important than ever our identity is restored.”

The meeting heard of plans to organise a committee, register the group as a charity supporting youth football, organise family days and ask for a meeting with the club.

Ms Branson said: “We are Welsh, we are the capital city of Wales and we are proud of our history, heritage and identity.

“To us, it would be like someone trying to take away the colour of the Welsh rugby jersey and badge. I appreciate we are not the national team but for a lot of us it’s as close as we get.

“I don’t think even Vincent Tan has been told exactly what it means to us.

“If he thought blue was bad luck, why would he buy a blue club?

Supporter Annis Abraham said the massive turnout had come about since the club issued supporters with 23,000 free red scarves in an orchestrated marketing move during a home game with Brighton last season.

He said: “In a way it’s the worst thing the club ever did; in another way it’s the best thing to happen – it made the blue rise. It made the blues realise they have got to stand up and be counted.”

Just joined the Facebook group. 2,353 members already.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/BLUEBIRDSUNITE/

 

[editor]

Petition signed. Over 5.5k have signed it now.
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/bluebirds-unite-conserving-ccfcs-identity.html

 

[editor]

The club listened hard to the fans - so the shorts in the club shop window are still those comedy red ones.

 

[editor]

Mmmm. What a lovely sports shirt logo.

 

[editor]

The redwash continues:

Ive been told our club shop will not be stocking any more Blue Retro 70's classic Dwyer shirts large/extra large sizes or any of the other ones.

(CCFC forum)

 

[Gromit]

Perhaps they weren't selling enough of them to make it worth them stocking any more.

Conspiraloon behaviour to automatically assume hidden agenda motives for a supplementary stock item decision.

 

[ddraig]

Perhaps they weren't selling enough of them to make it worth them stocking any more.

Conspiraloon behaviour to automatically assume hidden agenda motives for a supplementary stock item decision.

where are you getting the conspiraloon stuff from?
pretty straightforward, they've stopped selling them

 

[Gromit]

where are you getting the conspiraloon stuff from?
pretty straightforward, they've stopped selling them

Referring to it as a part of redwashing with no evidence that is the reason why the item is no longer stocked.

 

[ddraig]

who referred to it as redwashing?

 

[editor]

Referring to it as a part of redwashing with no evidence that is the reason why the item is no longer stocked.

Redwashing being the process by which Tan is trying to remove all traces of blue heritage from the club.

 

[ddraig]

sorry, just noticed that's what you meant gromit, ed's post

 

[editor]

We've turned into such a joke...

With the striker less than 12 months into a three year deal, the Bluebirds or Dragons or whatever they're calling themselves this week...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/26/football-transfer-rumours

 

[editor]

Great to see the resistance to Tan and his shitty rebranding getting mainstream coverage.
Cardiff City Fans - Young Female Leader Makes Her Mark

When quizzed on why a blue home shirt and club crest are so important to her, she is unequivocal, "The blue shirt and bluebird represent our city and have done for more than a century. We are a proud nation and as Wales' capital city football club we feel that to desecrate our identity is entirely wrong. It's like taking the Welsh rugby jersey and turning it purple. We feel that our identity should be equally respected. We like to think of ourselves as the Cardiff City conservation society."

I then asked how, specifically, she plans to deliver on her aims; with barely a pause, she answers, "it's going to take lots of hard work, no question about it, but we plan on holding blue themed family fun days and campaigns to encourage as many fans as possible to wear blue to matches. We're really keen to show just how much our identity means, but in a positive way."

She smiled and added, rather cryptically, "and there are one or two things 'in the pipeline,' which we think City fans are going to really enjoy..."

 

[editor]

 

[editor]

 

[King Biscuit Time]

That badge looks like something you could get embroidered onto your school V-neck down at the only tailor's shop in town that sold school uniform.

 

[ddraig]

and what is going on with this bluebird from the club mailout?

 

[editor]

Can't be arsed to start a new thread (I believe that's the first time ever for me, such is my disenchantment with the club), but here's the fixtures:

Full Cardiff City fixtures

17/08/2013 15:00 West Ham United (a)

24/08/2013 15:00 Manchester City (h)

31/08/2013 15:00 Everton (h)

14/09/2013 15:00 Hull City (a)

21/09/2013 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur (h)

28/09/2013 15:00 Fulham (a)

05/10/2013 15:00 Newcastle United (h)

19/10/2013 15:00 Chelsea (a)

26/10/2013 15:00 Norwich City (a)

02/11/2013 15:00 Swansea City (h)

09/11/2013 15:00 Aston Villa (a)

23/11/2013 15:00 Manchester United (h)

30/11/2013 15:00 Arsenal (h)

03/12/2013 19:45 Stoke City (a)

07/12/2013 15:00 Crystal Palace (a)

14/12/2013 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (h)

21/12/2013 15:00 Liverpool (a)

26/12/2013 15:00 Southampton (h)

28/12/2013 15:00 Sunderland (h)

01/01/2014 15:00 Arsenal (a)

11/01/2014 15:00 West Ham United (h)

18/01/2014 15:00 Manchester City (a)

28/01/2014 19:45 Manchester United (a)

01/02/2014 15:00 Norwich City (h)

08/02/2014 15:00 Swansea City (a)

11/02/2014 19:45 Aston Villa (h)

22/02/2014 15:00 Hull City (h)

01/03/2014 15:00 Tottenham Hotspur (a)

08/03/2014 15:00 Fulham (h)

15/03/2014 15:00 Everton (a)

22/03/2014 15:00 Liverpool (h)

29/03/2014 15:00 West Bromwich Albion (a)

05/04/2014 15:00 Crystal Palace (h)

12/04/2014 15:00 Southampton (a)

19/04/2014 15:00 Stoke City (h)

26/04/2014 15:00 Sunderland (a)

03/05/2014 15:00 Newcastle United (a)

11/05/2014 15:00 Chelsea (h)