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The club need to take some tips from Bradford and see how they have increased there crowds, or look into clubs around Europe and how they treat there fans. We obviously got the fan base, but the whole match day excitement has been taken away. We can keep going on and on about the rebrand, but it’s in the past and if old fans don’t want to come back, then we have to accept it and encourage new fans to come instead. The club needs to keep working with the current season ticket holders on ideas to bring that match day buzz if that means looking into safe standing or stewards being less stricter, moving fans to different areas what ever it takes really. I’m sure if we do go up though there will be less issues about filling the ground and more about how to get tickets.

Agreed best way is looking at other Clubs who have maintained large crowds when even not playing well on the pitch.

Not only have they sold cheap season tickets, Bradford really are a club at the heart of their community and do work with their fans and listen to them, but also they've never hurt their own fans, so thats where City have so much to make up.

Attitudes from staff?
Attitude from the people who run the club?
More closeness with the players and the fans
More with the schools
Listen to the fans more
Don't forget your loyal fans once promoted etc

Bradford City average of 20,000 for home games for a club in the middle of League 1(Old div 3) and have done for the last 5-6 years

My sons year in high school is predominantly Swansea fans, this is a school on the outskirts of Cardiff and I see the club doing nothing to address it.

Where is it? I’ve still to see a jack top anywhere near Cardiff inc Bridgend! Maybe I’m just lucky eh....

Ah so if it’s history we’re not allowed to bring it up.

I guess history doesn’t matter to some people.

I’m really sorry for making you feel you had to respond to what I had written....

The re-brand doesn't matter now we are playing in blue.

Who said history doesn't matter? What I said was that the re-brand has bugger all to do with a discussion about atmosphere at the stadium in season 17/18.

People get the rebrand reason all wrong. They stopped going, but the main issue is they have now found other things to do and enjoy them instead. They still follow our results but simply do other things, no big deal, that’s life.

Goats, Your 100% correct

Many many of the older fans I know tell me that.

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

Safe Standing!

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

They haven’t, it’s a load of bollocks....in fact in 7 years of being in the sunshine league they’ve not really impinged at all

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

They haven’t, it’s a load of bollocks....in fact in 7 years of being in the sunshine league they’ve not really impinged at all

The school comes under the vale of glamorgan where in year 8 my son is in the minority as a Cardiff fan, for the record I also coach Year 8 football in the Vale of glamorgan league and have 3 players wearing Swansea kits for training each week.

You can keep calling it bullsh1t but it's the truth. Because you've not seen it means nothing.

Why not pop along to the Swansea city academies run in north Cardiff each week to also see.

Shocked me the other week to see father and son shopping in JD sports on queen street sporting Swansea city winter jackets.


But then again it's all B.S. because you've not seen it.

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

They haven’t, it’s a load of bollocks....in fact in 7 years of being in the sunshine league they’ve not really impinged at all

The school comes under the vale of glamorgan where in year 8 my son is in the minority as a Cardiff fan, for the record I also coach Year 8 football in the Vale of glamorgan league and have 3 players wearing Swansea kits for training each week.

You can keep calling it bullsh1t but it's the truth. Because you've not seen it means nothing.

Why not pop along to the Swansea city academies run in north Cardiff each week to also see.

Shocked me the other week to see father and son shopping in JD sports on queen street sporting Swansea city winter jackets.


But then again it's all B.S. because you've not seen it.

Yeah rightio

The club need to take some tips from Bradford and see how they have increased there crowds, or look into clubs around Europe and how they treat there fans. We obviously got the fan base, but the whole match day excitement has been taken away. We can keep going on and on about the rebrand, but it’s in the past and if old fans don’t want to come back, then we have to accept it and encourage new fans to come instead. The club needs to keep working with the current season ticket holders on ideas to bring that match day buzz if that means looking into safe standing or stewards being less stricter, moving fans to different areas what ever it takes really. I’m sure if we do go up though there will be less issues about filling the ground and more about how to get tickets.

Agreed best way is looking at other Clubs who have maintained large crowds when even not playing well on the pitch.

Not only have they sold cheap season tickets, Bradford really are a club at the heart of their community and do work with their fans and listen to them, but also they've never hurt their own fans, so thats where City have so much to make up.

Attitudes from staff?
Attitude from the people who run the club?
More closeness with the players and the fans
More with the schools
Listen to the fans more
Don't forget your loyal fans once promoted etc

Bradford City average of 20,000 for home games for a club in the middle of League 1(Old div 3) and have done for the last 5-6 years

I’m impressed how Bradford’s away support seems to have increased as well. You make some really good points, the club needs to work within the community such as schools. I can’t belive some schools in our catchment area now have Swansea followers the club needs to do all they can to get those youngsters following Cardiff if that means really cheap or free tickets then they need to do that.

In regards to Jacks in predominantly 'Cardiff supporting areas' I'm afraid it's true, maybe not on a massive scale but its happened/happening all the same up in a lot of the Valleys areas, especially the further you go towards the heads of the valleys

A lot of places used to be 99% Cardiff but its probably more 80/20 in our favour now, the longer they stay in the Premiership and we are not there the more the split will decline and give it 10 years most kids will be Jacks, unless they have Cardiff supporting family, if they expand the Liberty and tickets are more available what are kids going to want to see, Cardiff vs Burton in the Championship or Swansea Vs (insert here) in the Premiership, the next 5-10 years realy are make or break IMO.

The club need to take some tips from Bradford and see how they have increased there crowds, or look into clubs around Europe and how they treat there fans. We obviously got the fan base, but the whole match day excitement has been taken away. We can keep going on and on about the rebrand, but it’s in the past and if old fans don’t want to come back, then we have to accept it and encourage new fans to come instead. The club needs to keep working with the current season ticket holders on ideas to bring that match day buzz if that means looking into safe standing or stewards being less stricter, moving fans to different areas what ever it takes really. I’m sure if we do go up though there will be less issues about filling the ground and more about how to get tickets.

Agreed best way is looking at other Clubs who have maintained large crowds when even not playing well on the pitch.

Not only have they sold cheap season tickets, Bradford really are a club at the heart of their community and do work with their fans and listen to them, but also they've never hurt their own fans, so thats where City have so much to make up.

Attitudes from staff?
Attitude from the people who run the club?
More closeness with the players and the fans
More with the schools
Listen to the fans more
Don't forget your loyal fans once promoted etc

Bradford City average of 20,000 for home games for a club in the middle of League 1(Old div 3) and have done for the last 5-6 years

I’m impressed how Bradford’s away support seems to have increased as well. You make some really good points, the club needs to work within the community such as schools. I can’t belive some schools in our catchment area now have Swansea followers the club needs to do all they can to get those youngsters following Cardiff if that means really cheap or free tickets then they need to do that.

Don’t believe it, they’ve been saying it for years, academy schools here there and everywhere, not produced much have they?
The sooner they end up back in league 1 the better, just to end the myth.

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

They haven’t, it’s a load of bollocks....in fact in 7 years of being in the sunshine league they’ve not really impinged at all

The school comes under the vale of glamorgan where in year 8 my son is in the minority as a Cardiff fan, for the record I also coach Year 8 football in the Vale of glamorgan league and have 3 players wearing Swansea kits for training each week.

You can keep calling it bullsh1t but it's the truth. Because you've not seen it means nothing.

Why not pop along to the Swansea city academies run in north Cardiff each week to also see.

Shocked me the other week to see father and son shopping in JD sports on queen street sporting Swansea city winter jackets.


But then again it's all B.S. because you've not seen it.

Yeah rightio

Is that it? Is that your response?

What part are you OT believing or is it all of it?

If you don't believe maybe ask yourself why I as a season ticket holder of over 20 years and from a family where my father is a season ticket holder of over 40 years and my son a season ticket holder of 7 years would feel the need to make any of the above up.

I certainly don't benefit from seeing my club fail to attract a new generation of supporters.

In regards to Jacks in predominantly 'Cardiff supporting areas' I'm afraid it's true, maybe not on a massive scale but its happened/happening all the same up in a lot of the Valleys areas, especially the further you go towards the heads of the valleys

A lot of places used to be 99% Cardiff but its probably more 80/20 in our favour now, the longer they stay in the Premiership and we are not there the more the split will decline and give it 10 years most kids will be Jacks, unless they have Cardiff supporting family, if they expand the Liberty and tickets are more available what are kids going to want to see, Cardiff vs Burton in the Championship or Swansea Vs (insert here) in the Premiership, the next 5-10 years realy are make or break IMO.

Nah it's a myth according to goats.

I find it sickening that jacks have infiltrated traditionally Cardiff supporting schools. They are the future. The club need to act.

They haven’t, it’s a load of bollocks....in fact in 7 years of being in the sunshine league they’ve not really impinged at all

The school comes under the vale of glamorgan where in year 8 my son is in the minority as a Cardiff fan, for the record I also coach Year 8 football in the Vale of glamorgan league and have 3 players wearing Swansea kits for training each week.

You can keep calling it bullsh1t but it's the truth. Because you've not seen it means nothing.

Why not pop along to the Swansea city academies run in north Cardiff each week to also see.

Shocked me the other week to see father and son shopping in JD sports on queen street sporting Swansea city winter jackets.


But then again it's all B.S. because you've not seen it.

Yeah rightio

Is that it? Is that your response?

What part are you OT believing or is it all of it?

If you don't believe maybe ask yourself why I as a season ticket holder of over 20 years and from a family where my father is a season ticket holder of over 40 years and my son a season ticket holder of 7 years would feel the need to make any of the above up.

I certainly don't benefit from seeing my club fail to attract a new generation of supporters.

We specialise in losing generations of supporters, I’ve heard it forever since the old classic John Toshack leaving garb. We’ve lost them every year since we’ve been in the lower leagues in the mid 80’s.
We did it more recently with the rebrand. We’ve always had a core of support in the valleys, why? Merthyr is closer to Swansea than Cardiff yet it’s always been blue. It was always destined to even up one day like many other small towns where kids have f all to do. Kids are kids, they will probably grow out of it anyway when they realise what’s what. Most kids I grew up with in Cardiff in the 80’s said they supported Liverpool, spurs or whoever. They don’t now though and they never went near the actual games. If the jacks do go down this year then it will all end with immediate affect anyway. All piss and wind.
They certainly won’t last much longer, the luckiest club known to man over the last decade. Even if they did so what, imagine they had as much support in say Barry as we have had right on their doorstep in PT? It would be hard to swallow but that’s life and to be honest I can’t imagine it. Didn’t do them too much harm did it? Having us all around them......swings and roundabouts as they say

getting the ball boys to retrieve the ball once in a while would be a start...worst I've ever seen, glued to their seats and never go pitchside of the hoardings.

Swap ends. Build a propper bar in or on the stadium with cheap beer

Alcohol definitely improves the atmosphere

Alcohol may improve the atmosphere but half the population of the Canton and Ninian stands going to queue up after 40 minutes to have a drink and not coming back til 50 certainly doesn't.