Your first football love

Which player made you fall in love with football?

Or Cardiff?

Mine was Earnie. Him scoring the goals really made me pay attention to him and then Cardiff and the love for the Bluebirds was born

Tosh, brian clarke and ian gibson, then when i first went down the city that was it.....i was hooked.

Don Murray the no nonsense Scottish centre half, loved the way he played, not particularly skilful but a rock in our defence.

A few players stood out when I first started going down the City as a youngster but Phil Dwyer was my first City 'hero'

Great player, loyal and a nice man whenever you meet him; even back then when I remember excitedly stopping him with his wife in St Mary Street to ask for an autograph, which he readily gave

No 'selfies' back then!

Josh Low was always my favourite player

Watching Toshack aged 7 then he moved.

Davies
Carver
Bell
Sutton
Murray
Harris
King
Gibson
Toshack
Clark and
Bird loved those boys

A few players stood out when I first started going down the City as a youngster but Phil Dwyer was my first City 'hero'

Great player, loyal and a nice man whenever you meet him; even back then when I remember excitedly stopping him with his wife in St Mary Street to ask for an autograph, which he readily gave

No 'selfies' back then!

Yep similar for me. He was just starting the year after my old man took me to my first game and he was tough even as a youngster.

Met him a couple of times in different pubs after he'd finished and always had time for a chat and a laugh. Top bloke

Toshack

Derek Brazil

Watching Toshack aged 7 then he moved.

With you on that. I was a very little boy and saw him make his debut as a sub and score against Orient. It would have been about only the third game I had ever been to. He was my hero from then on. I was devastated when he left!

Carl Dale was my football hero. I can remember leaning over the tunnel as a 7 year old with my autograph book or programme. He would always sign and have quick chat. Top man

Also he scored goals for fun

Andy Legg Legg Legg

As a kid my first season ticket was 75/76 and I thought Tony Evans was brilliant.

Davies
Carver
Bell
Sutton
Murray
Harris
King
Gibson
Toshack
Clark and
Bird loved those boys

Couldn't argue, but it's interesting that this was the golden era and team for many many people even though not the most successful one.
Coincidentally I was thinking about them last night, contrasting them with the way some of our players were bumping into each other as they ran for the exit as soon as we got relegated. It seems to me that the group you've mentioned and Sir Jim had much more of a connection with the City and the fans and a club loyalty which doesn't seem to exist any more.
Maybe that's only in my mind, but the whole game seems much more mercenary these days.

Davies
Carver
Bell
Sutton
Murray
Harris
King
Gibson
Toshack
Clark and
Bird loved those boys

Couldn't argue, but it's interesting that this was the golden era and team for many many people even though not the most successful one.
Coincidentally I was thinking about them last night, contrasting them with the way some of our players were bumping into each other as they ran for the exit as soon as we got relegated. It seems to me that the group you've mentioned and Sir Jim had much more of a connection with the City and the fans and a club loyalty which doesn't seem to exist any more.
Maybe that's only in my mind, but the whole game seems much more mercenary these days.

summers were longer and sunnier as well jim...
we had a few decent seasons with some interesting European nights but as our form deserted us so did fans just like today..
the season afer the Madrid games we were down to a 15k average and down to 11k the year following that....think they were called bakelites back then though..

Stant, Dale, Perry and Millar

pezza, Cohen Griffith, Andy legg, Phill Stant (that era of players) made me fall in love with cardiff, as for football, it was Mexico ‘82 World Cup in general

Nigel Vaughn, , Les Sealy, and that Jersey with the Yellow and White down the left side. Later it was Stant, Fowler, Dale, Perry, Wimbledon, Griffith's, Blakey. Fond memories as a teenager at Ninian Park.

Thought was about 1st female city supporter you loved?

But have no preference regarding city players scoulars teams in Europe were my favourite

.

Billy Ronson for me

Davies
Carver
Bell
Sutton
Murray
Harris
King
Gibson
Toshack
Clark and
Bird loved those boys

Yes basically this lot, plus a few reserves like Bobby Ferguson, Graham Coldrick, Steve Derrett, Sandy Allan, Les Lea, Frank Sharp.

Prior to this, as a young lad, I watched Spurs on telly and my hero was Jimmy Greaves, but as soon as I went down NP that was it for me. The smell of stale beer, cigarettes and pasties just added to the atmosphere. I think my 5th game was against Arsenal in the FA Cup with 55,000 there. only 50 years ago!

Oh Willie, willie, willie, willie Anderson

Oh Willie, willie, willie, willie Anderson

Zico

Loads, but Dennis Bergkamp was the best of em. He was an artist..

Phil Dwyer for Cardiff

Stevie Highway at Liverpool

Last hero was Craig Bellamy ...magic on his day

Leo Fortune West! Awkward, gangly but scored some good goals for us! Gentleman off the pitch too! Andy Legg too, I don't think I've seen a player tie everything to the cause like him!!!

joe mason or peter whitiningham