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" Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:17 pm

To the Board of Directors of Cardiff City Football Club,

RE: The Planned Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club.

I am writing to you on behalf of the many supporters of Cardiff City Football Club. We collectively feel disgusted, disappointed and betrayed by the Board of Directors of our football club for considering plans to ‘rebrand’ Cardiff City Football Club. The changes that have been proposed include:

    a) The change of the Club colours from blue to red, including changing the existing stadium colour scheme to red;

    b) The change of our home kit to red, and the relegation of a blue kit to become an away kit;

    c) The removal of the ‘Bluebirds’ branding and ideal, which has historically been a part of our club since 1910, to make way for a dragon emblem.

We, as a group of supporters, feel that if these abhorrent changes were to go ahead, it would make a mockery of our Club’s history and identity, which has been present for over 100 years. We feel betrayed that our Club’s history and identity has been treated with such disregard to even consider these ridiculous changes.

The change implemented to introduce a white away kit for the 2011/2012 season was laughable enough, when this has been the colours of our most bitter rivals, Swansea City Football Club since their existence. The change of the home kit, and team colours, to red from the traditional blue would be a further insult. Cardiff City Football Club have played in blue and had blue as the traditional colour since 1908, making it 104 years of having blue as our Club’s colour. We, as a group of fans, are very happy to remain blue, and to remain Bluebirds, and do not welcome these proposed changes in any way. All of the information referenced above appears proudly on the Cardiff City Football Club website, suggesting that the Board of Directors are proud of and want to disseminate the Club’s history and identity. Therefore, we would like to pose the question to you, why do you want to make these ridiculous changes to our wonderful Club?

These changes will undoubtedly have a massive financial cost to our Club to implement. We find this difficult to accept as this money could be better spent in many ways, for example, to strengthen our squad and to give us the best chance of getting promoted in the automatic spots, and possibly even be promoted as Champions. Would this not be a better idea than wasting money on a complete overhaul and rebranding, being left with little money to invest in the team itself? Had we strengthened and invested in the team in the January transfer window, then we may well have been promoted to the Premier League this season.

If these changes go ahead, we believe that this will destroy Cardiff City Football Club, not only in terms of history and identity, but also financially and as a business. Many fans posting on social networking sites and forums are stating that should these changes go ahead, their support for the club in that capacity will cease, with the cancellation of season tickets being the main topic of discussion. Also, you as business men, have no idea of the dynamics and interests of football supporters if you believe that these changes would be well accepted. The sense of unity that has been created by the current branding of the Club will not be emulated should these changes occur.

We hope that you can understand the points that we have raised in this letter, and we hope that you decide not to advance with these proposed changes. Please find below a list of signatures in petition of the proposed changes.

Please sign your name/username below if you would like to join this petition.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:26 pm

I am totally without a doubt against changing us from Blue to Red etc etc. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:29 pm

Forever Blue wrote:I am totally without a doubt against changing us from Blue to Red etc etc. :evil: :evil: :evil:

Same here no change, it would be like saying Cardiff City is dead :shock:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:31 pm

I am totally without a doubt against changing us from Blue to Red :cry: :evil: :x :(

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:32 pm

Forever Blue wrote:I am totally without a doubt against changing us from Blue to Red etc etc. :evil: :evil: :evil:


Me too! If this goes ahead, I would like to think we will follow FC United's and Wimbledon's example of setting up our own club, which I would call FC Bluebirds. I could never watch us play in red as it will no longer feel like my club! These changes will mean our prestige, our history and our identity will get ripped apart. We are Cardiff City, we are the Bluebirds, we play in blue. These changes simply cannot happen!

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:33 pm

I cant really get my head around any of it. If the colours, names, badges etc change then the only thing left of the club is its location. Totally against it

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:34 pm

no change for me please :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:41 pm

Not worth the piece of paper its written on. Too late .

How many would sign a counter petition to say sign David Beckham ( half of Wales at least !) await the first Franchise signing i know it will not be long !

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:43 pm

No change! im disgusted by this!

Cardiff is blue! we are the BLUEBIRDS!

:ayatollah:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:47 pm

Fully agree withe the statement/petition.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:47 pm

I am against the changes.

But I'm not gonna lose sleep over it unless the name changes :evil:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:49 pm

No change.At the moment will chuck my season ticket back and go to away games when we paly in Blue :evil: :evil:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 1:53 pm

the malaysians can go back to were they came from as far as iam concerned, id rather be a skint bluebird in the blue square divisions than a red dragon in the premiership!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! nathaen lucas cwmbran.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:02 pm

i think we should wait for official announcements from the club first before doing a petition as it may not be all true about the red colour change
At the moment this is all hear say with no confirmation as i was given to understand that the seating was to be increased as the plans have already been passed to have that done
I also understand that debts will be cleared in the summer and that the club will embark on a new image
The new image could be of course be the change in colours
Lets wait and see because me personally would want to see the blue stay after all we have always been the "Bluebirds"
Im not worried too much about changing the badge but please not our colour

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:03 pm

Totally against this. season tickets for me and my two boys WILL BE TERMINATED if this goes ahead.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:06 pm

No to change. :ayatollah:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:27 pm

I am 100% opposed to the proposed changes.

I will NOT step foot inside the Cardiff City Stadium EVER again should this happen.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:32 pm

I would support my club if they played in the nude ,The only time i hated change was when we left ninian park

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:32 pm

100% against this! :evil:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:37 pm

Totally against this rebranding - we are Cardiff City / The Bluebirds. All season tickets for my family would be cancelled. :evil:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:41 pm

The club probably know they would lose sales for this to happen.

Totally against it, I would then go and support Torquay United full-tim. If I could bring hy heart to do it :cry: :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:51 pm

im against it

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 2:55 pm

Add my name!

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:08 pm

No to the change of name and no to changing our colours.

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:12 pm

the club can f**k off. any change and the season ticket will be back 1st class. red f*cking dragon f**k right off

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:20 pm

Cardiff Born
Cardiff Bred
Cardiff City Till im Dead
Bluebirds........................................ :ayatollah:

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:21 pm

i couldnt give 2 fucks what colour we play in as long as they give us premiership football and shut those f*cking jacks up! ... we can get rid of our blue bottlers nickname then too!

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:25 pm

AHERNE wrote:i couldnt give 2 fucks what colour we play in as long as they give us premiership football and shut those f*cking jacks up! ... we can get rid of our blue bottlers nickname then too!


Wrong thread for you then pal ...

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:29 pm

Against rebranding the club completley. Would like my name to be added to the petition

Re: " Petition Against Rebranding of Cardiff City Football Club"

Tue May 08, 2012 3:33 pm

sam hamman tried this..and it did'nt work then .changed the badge...and we got our old one back..we are cardiff..and we are the BLUEBIRDS....put my name to the petition ...COS IM NOT CHANGING MY USER NAME ..IT WOULD SOUND LIKE A PLASTIC MANC-OR LIVERPOOL FAN...