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' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 2:22 pm

Cardiff City named 2017/18 Sky Bet Championship's best away day experience for away fans visiting Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City FC

Wednesday 16th May 2018


Cardiff City, Wigan Athletic and Notts County have been announced as the divisional winners of the EFL’s 2017/18 Away Fan Experience Campaign.

The Bluebirds came out on top of the Championship survey, "praised for their excellent and comprehensive Away Fans’ Guide, described as ‘professional, informative and a valuable resource for travelling fans’.

"The Club’s Supporter Liaison Officer (SLO) also received praise for pre-match communication, with stewards and facilities for visiting supporters also scoring well."

Over 1.5 million away fans have attended matches across the EFL for the second successive season, with attendances continuing at their highest levels over the course of the last decade as more supporters enjoy trips up and down the country to follow their Club.

Throughout the course of 2017/18 season, the experiences of away fans have again been gathered from visits spanning all 72 EFL Clubs.



Launched in 2016/17, the campaign aims to uncover examples of positive away-day experiences amongst supporters, offering EFL Clubs a unique insight into the quality of experience fans have when visiting their home stadium and Clubs’ efforts to engage away visitors.

Fans report back on a number of touchpoints ranging from information provided and first impressions; to match day welcome, quality of refreshments and the inside the stadium experience.

Across the visits this season, many Clubs received praise for the quality of stewarding provided, and the positive and friendly approach adopted in greeting and looking after fans during the away experience. Based on the feedback gathered from fans, the experiences at the twenty four clubs in each division were assessed and narrowed down to produce one overall winner in each division.

In recognising the awards, Shaun Harvey, EFL Chief Executive, said: “Having both home and away supporters in the stadium is a crucial part of any match day experience, creating atmosphere, vibrancy and colour in stadiums up and down the country week in, week out.

“The EFL is proud to support those football fans who follow their Clubs on the road each season and I would like to congratulate all of the clubs who have been recognised through these Awards for their commitment to welcoming supporters of opposing Clubs in a positive manner.


“Last season, over 1.5million away-day match tickets were sold as fans followed their respective Clubs. It is this kind of dedication and strength of following across the three divisions of the EFL that makes our competition the envy of many across Europe.”

The Football Supporters’ Federation have collaborated with the EFL in researching and supporting the work around the Away Fan Experience Campaign, and deputy Chief Executive David Rose is keen to emphasise the contribution made by away fans, and the importance of efforts made to encourage their attendance.

He said: "Away fans put in the most time, money and effort to follow the club they love. They make a huge contribution to the live experience and are often the catalyst for a great atmosphere. The FSF welcomes an initiative that will encourage clubs to show how much they value some of football's most passionate and loyal supporters.

“We will continue to support the EFL with this project and their efforts to develop the away experience over the coming seasons."
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Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 2:29 pm

Bloody hell it's Dai Hunt in the picture!

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 2:33 pm

Halifax93 wrote:Bloody hell it's Dai Hunt in the picture!



It is :lol:

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 2:46 pm

Dai got the award for longest scarfe and best supermarket carrier bag. He looks delighted.

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Wed May 16, 2018 3:13 pm

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Wed May 16, 2018 3:13 pm

GrangeEndStar wrote:Dai got the award for longest scarfe and best supermarket carrier bag. He looks delighted.


:lol: :thumbup: :bluebird:

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Wed May 16, 2018 3:15 pm

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Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 3:29 pm

Don't we win it most years? :occasion5:

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 3:36 pm

Sad that the club treats away fans better than it does its own fans.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 4:10 pm

Ebbw Blue wrote:Sad that the club treats away fans better than it does its own fans.





Yes shame we are only clubin efl that treats it's own fans worse than away fans? :o

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 4:46 pm

For me, the worst ground and away 'experience' in the Championship is Reading. Characterless, boring, souless stadium with matching fans, just all around awful considering its relatively new. I think away fans coming to the CCS get it pretty good compared to quite a few that we visit.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 5:11 pm

And we need an award for the worst. I am sick and tired of being treated like a criminal at some away grounds whilst the home fans are treated completely differently. I know we still got some idiots who can't hold their ale - as all clubs have- but you would have thought the Taliband were in town when we arrived at Derby. And the stewards in the ground were a pain in the arse, it seemed they were looking for trouble.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 5:41 pm

JJ1927 wrote:And we need an award for the worst. I am sick and tired of being treated like a criminal at some away grounds whilst the home fans are treated completely differently. I know we still got some idiots who can't hold their ale - as all clubs have- but you would have thought the Taliband were in town when we arrived at Derby. And the stewards in the ground were a pain in the arse, it seemed they were looking for trouble.


Absolutely agree.

We are treated like shit at virtually every away ground by the local police, the home stewards and at places like Leeds we are kept away from the ground until just before kick off and herded like animals into and out of the ground.

I also will never forget that when we were last in the Premier League we were given £200,000 by the Premier League to help away fans. Most clubs used it for the benefit of their own fans -I think Stoke used it to pay for free away travel all season for their fans and the JB's used to subsidise the cost of away tickets and travel for their fans.

Our club however, with the exception of paying for a few buses when we went to Swansea, used almost all of the money to improve the matchday experience for away fans visiting the Cardiff City Stadium. Absolute disgrace.

Still, at least they can boast about how wonderful it is for away fans to visit Cardiff. Perhaps they could put a bit more effort into helping their own supporters travelling away to clubs who couldn't give a shit about how away fans are treated.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 5:54 pm

davids wrote:
JJ1927 wrote:And we need an award for the worst. I am sick and tired of being treated like a criminal at some away grounds whilst the home fans are treated completely differently. I know we still got some idiots who can't hold their ale - as all clubs have- but you would have thought the Taliband were in town when we arrived at Derby. And the stewards in the ground were a pain in the arse, it seemed they were looking for trouble.


Absolutely agree.

We are treated like shit at virtually every away ground by the local police, the home stewards and at places like Leeds we are kept away from the ground until just before kick off and herded like animals into and out of the ground.

I also will never forget that when we were last in the Premier League we were given £200,000 by the Premier League to help away fans. Most clubs used it for the benefit of their own fans -I think Stoke used it to pay for free away travel all season for their fans and the JB's used to subsidise the cost of away tickets and travel for their fans.

Our club however, with the exception of paying for a few buses when we went to Swansea, used almost all of the money to improve the matchday experience for away fans visiting the Cardiff City Stadium. Absolute disgrace.

Still, at least they can boast about how wonderful it is for away fans to visit Cardiff. Perhaps they could put a bit more effort into helping their own supporters travelling away to clubs who couldn't give a shit about how away fans are treated.


Whilst I have no gripe with Ken Choo etc, they are always going on about how they want to reconnect with supporters of the club. It would be interesting if Vince could persuade them to come incognito on the coaches and in the away end with us. They will then experience the shit we have put up with on most grounds.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 6:04 pm

Our club has of course most things right now but a key area to improve on is looking after our away support. This could take many forms but it really does need addressing and especially to appreciate the fans who are away regularly.

Re: ' Cardiff City Are Named 2017/18 '

Wed May 16, 2018 6:44 pm

Agree!but going back to last season by far the best for us was Huddersfield friendly fans,public and stewards..and even the pubs,looking forward to a return at the john smiths stadium