"It's not the club I fell in love with anymore".

I've heard this mentioned a few times recently, and I have said it myself so wanted to delve a little deeper.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CEN-ra2m0qY

I have supported the club since 1993, my Uncle took me to Ninian Park to sit on the Bob Bank and I was hooked from day one. The smells, the atmosphere, the passion, the aggression and bad language, it was all an exciting experience for a sheltered 13 year old.

Another thing that got me hooked was my ability to relate to the team on the pitch, we always had a team of fighters, playing for the shirt and those that didn't fight knew about it sharpish. It was Cardiff City against the world and I loved that.

Fast forward to 2024 and this current imposter that calls itself Cardiff City and the majority of the things that got me hooked are no longer there.

We are in a stadium that is too big for us, run by Wayne Nash who seems intent on crushing any passion the fans may have.

We have a team that is so detached from the people in the crowd it's laughable, case in point Meite cupping his ears to the fans after scoring one goal in a million appearances, and more recently Collins liking Mark Harris post.

We have an owner and board that have a complete distain for the fans, the club, it's values and history and I am sat here thinking to myself, "why do I bother attending anymore"?

The only reason I can muster is a feeling of distant loyalty to the club that I used to support, a loyalty to the club crest I have tattooed on my arm, other than that I am at a loss.

If I was shelling the same amount of money out on another form of entertaninment, and was treated with the distain that I am treated with as a Cardiff City fan, I wouldn't go to the form of entertainment again.

We are taken advantage of because owners like Tan know we are passionate and loyal to the end.

I am still left wondering whether the club I used to love with all my heart will ever return, and if not why am I bothering?

could have wrote that myself...summed my feelings exactly..except i got hooked in 1983..hemmerman ,bennett brothers even the mighty godfrey ingram..fabulous time...magic as long gone..just no atmosphere these days..boring id say..i used to know who we were playing months ahead..dont bother looking these days

could have wrote that myself...summed my feelings exactly..except i got hooked in 1983..hemmerman ,bennett brothers even the mighty godfrey ingram..fabulous time...magic as long gone..just no atmosphere these days..boring id say..i used to know who we were playing months ahead..dont bother looking these days

Sad isn’t it mate. I was thinking, if my mates just said, “let’s meet up for food then go home” I’d quite happily do it.

That was never the case before. I’d walk down Sloper Road with a real excitement and enter the Grange End/Block A feeling like I was home.

There are legions that feel this way, last season was the first one I never bothered going to one game…..been getting less and less since the rebrand. There is just no connection left with this current regime and gutless players like el gazi, kanga and Meite…..don’t miss it either and often don’t even know we even have a game on such is the disconnect.

Same.

83 me.

Sky's are grey but they are not making me happy.

The fault lies at the Top
It's abuse of our club.

A complete strip and re-start is required.
The fans are lost.
The club a state.
The stadium a prison.

100% Spot on Simon, you were with me in the 90’s and at least we showed fight the teams and especially the fans

1972 I started and bought a Season Ticket in 1973 and renewed every season since.

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I wrote something similar a month or so back and every point you’ve made is so true.

1968 me when my dad took me to first floodlit game at ninian park had season ticket every year after this year was first year I didn’t buy season ticket and haven’t been to a single match this season watch a few on Cardiff tv and sky but have given up on that now since Luton away I’ve stopped and unless it changes manager ownership which ever happens first I won’t return

Great post and is exactly how I feel too , while this board is still in I will not be renewing , I was excited for the 125th anniversary and was going to try and get every program as a momentum . I’ve not been to the last few games because I find it painful and don’t enjoy it anymore and feel disrespected by the owners and worthless to the club. The club is unrecognisable the identity is gone . Sick of seeing Malaysia on the shirts every year. Please sell up Tan you have ruined us.

Agree with what you said but a lot of it is more a symptom of modern football and not unique to our club. Don't get me wrong the board needs to go I'll be at the protest, but football has become sterile how many clubs bring 2000+ fans down here but we only hear them 3/4 times a game

1977 for me my entire family are cardiff fans since the 1930's.
We care and love the club but the pain and embarrassment we get watching games because of results is a lot to take .
It boring in the stadium and for me we all slate tan read my posts but the biggest disappointment for me is the players .
They nowadays days walk out on to the pitch which is all wrong .They are a gutless spineless bunch of spoilt well payed wannabes.
6th highest wages bill in the league and for what .no energy no believe no closing done to stop goals .players like bamba dwyer lynex Bellamy no to name but a few would of given there total commitment to each second of every game .
This lot are nowhere near any of em .It's pathetic to watch as a spectical and as a devout fan .
Run for God sake fight for every ball ,talk ,shout at each other score goals fight for your lives and comunicate.
Your professional footballers.
None of the above is happening no team no togetherness.
Cardiff city is and always has been a club with fight spirit passion and togetherness. You lot of players representing us as a city as a club as us haven't got a clue what it means to be a Cardiff City player .
Now you no and I've had to spell it out run out on that pitch and do all the above and win loose or draw I guarantee you the fans will be with you.
Maybe then we will be interested but there's a lot of fans so down and disillusioned with it all .
Bunch of highly payed individuals meandering around the pitch .
Wake up and start playing football the cardiff way blood guts and thunder.
That's my assessment on it I could talk about tan yes but come on they at least have to try and play football

I feel similar as most of these comments.

The club feels all but dead to me currently and I am in mourning.

I have stopped attending all matches now.

Infact, I will attend the protest and go straight home, without attending the Swansea match. It will be another humiliation!
I await a new owner, a new board, a new manager who knows what he's doing and new players of a standard above the current squad.
So I'm in for a long wait!

Good luck to those of you who feel the need to keep attending, but expect a long unhappy period ahead coming home from most matches.
I believe that Tan will only listen if the stands are all but empty on match days. As long as a reasonable crowd continues to attend each match, he thinks all is well.

Great OP from you, Simon…

Sums it up nicely for those who were there ‘back in the day’ and know how things were/could still be…!

A lot know that its not what it was but we are where we are today,
because perhaps we have not been vocal enough and have rolled over as fans and obviously we have got a lot older,
and i find the younger fans sadly are not so vociferous today.

"Example" how Many youngsters are coming forward to organise and be involved in the protest day
Time has come to bite the bulut and if we want any form of good times back we need to do something about it ,
Otherwise we stay at home reminiscing,
and i at 65 still want to enjoy my times watching foitball and are prepared to help in any way to bring back some good times
You only live once.

I have watched 9 of my regular match going pals stop attending City games. Post rebrand.

I go home and away I keep on spending money I don’t really have to support our team, and then these mates they listen to me spout constant doom and gloom about Tans gross mis management of our club. Dalman, Choo, Nash, WOL journalists, our supposed fan representatives on the board. They are just as bad.

My 14 yr old son’s passion reminds me so much of me as a young city fan. It is he that keeps me going, it would break his heart if I threw in the towel,

I despise Vincent Tan and his narcissistic megalomaniac tyranny, his lack of accountability and humility. What he has done to my beloved club. Omer Riza really was almost the last straw, a rookie employed to get us out of a relegation battle it smacks of Tan sticking two fingers up to us.

On the coach back from the Oxford humiliation I reminded myself that I saw this coming when they gave the dreadful Bulut another contract and left me fuming. Yet many on here were talking about top 6! I saw horrendous commitment to our cause in the flesh at Oxford, not sure what it looked like on TV. You’re not fit to wear the shirt I sang with gusto. And we have the window in a week, cue more freebies and loans. The very standard of player that has got us where we are, and being unfit , and lacking desire for our badge. Just like the owner.

I would have Sam back in a heartbeat.

I can’t help but feel that we are going down and the way we are being run will find it very tricky to come back up.


I’ll be there…….just.

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Rich is a good man, pass on my best please Annis.

I feel similar as most of these comments.

The club feels all but dead to me currently and I am in mourning.

I have stopped attending all matches now.

Infact, I will attend the protest and go straight home, without attending the Swansea match. It will be another humiliation!
I await a new owner, a new board, a new manager who knows what he's doing and new players of a standard above the current squad.
So I'm in for a long wait!

Good luck to those of you who feel the need to keep attending, but expect a long unhappy period ahead coming home from most matches.
I believe that Tan will only listen if the stands are all but empty on match days. As long as a reasonable crowd continues to attend each match, he thinks all is well.

Until a very few years ago I'd not missed a match since 1959 but recent seasons (tan times) my hearts there but my guts ain't,
I've missed 4 already this season, as I say my hearts still there but my guts, like the owners ain't interested in this shambolic, once great football club.
We'll be great again but probably not in my lifetime, shame on all involved at board level, 125 years and we have this gutless cicus managing mediocrity.

Born 1990, but saw my first game around 4-5 years old.

First away game I believe I was near 6, which was an FA cup game against Reading.

Played awful opposition but amazing times.

Fast forward to the Dave Jones days, probably my favourite period watching City. Even when we moved to the CCS, we had some big atmospheres there, with one if my favourite highlight being Chopra’s winner against Swansea.

We can get this magic back, just need to get rid of the rot from top to bottom!

And then the players put a performance in like that which makes me proud to be part of the club again. That’s all we ask for is heart and passion like they showed today.

BLUE ARMY!

1968 me when my dad took me to first floodlit game at ninian park had season ticket every year after this year was first year I didn’t buy season ticket and haven’t been to a single match this season watch a few on Cardiff tv and sky but have given up on that now since Luton away I’ve stopped and unless it changes manager ownership which ever happens first I won’t return

My first games were with my Dad under floodlights against foreign teams. I began in 1962. For me, living in Scotland, I can't go to games anyway but I do watch the matches on Cardiff City TV. Very often the atmosphere is lacking at home: Ninian park fitted us better. But back in the 70s when I was season ticket holder - the atmosphere was often grim.

Well i started going in 1968 and have had season ticket for over 25 years now. While i agree with much of the above do not think it's simply our club it's all clubs since 'modern' football arrived. Not sure i want to get to the Premiership again as there is virtually no hope of being successful and challenging for anything just seems to be a battle for survival these days for the promoted clubs. Yes atmosphere has largely gone but go to lots of other clubs and you can say the same. Would love to think it might come back but even if Tan went tomorrow and we had new owners not sure it will ever come back now. Guess youngsters starting now this will be all they have ever known and will become the new norm sadly

I agree with the points about modern football.

I didn’t enjoy the Premier League one bit so if that’s not the ultimate aim then what is?

I’d rather a relegation battle than mid table mediocrity, at least the wins mean something.

I've banged on for years why we should be a cup team. The ground a fortress.
A difficult place to come.
That's sort of our DNA.

We have a lame safe stadium and the cheek to play week sides in the cup. With nothing on bench to get us over in cup games.
So every season there's nothing to aim for..
The amount of cup games we could gave won the last few seasons but didn't meant the season was over in Jan!

Nothing positive to latch on to.
Driven 1000s away.....

Tan OUT
Nash OUT

Dare I say it, we need a Sam type
....