nPower Football League Thread 2011/12

[METALMAN]

These silly team names are so hokey and embarassing though. It's hard to take any of the county cricket or rugby clubs seriously as a result. Not that I ever took Cardiff City seriously.

[Matt]

Hasn't that rumour been doing the rounds for a while? Anyway, unless they get rid of their awful fans, they'll still be a set of twats whatever their name is.

[jack95]

Hull have sacked manager Nicky Barmby after the comments he made to the media pertaining to the club's finances.

[Lineker]

Andy Hessenthaler has also stepped down as Gillingham manager.

[hugobomb]

Hasn't that rumour been doing the rounds for a while? Anyway, unless they get rid of their awful fans, they'll still be a set of twats whatever their name is.

In fairness to Cardiff, when we get the Welsh fans coming through our services the Cardiff ones are by far the best behaived, it's the Swansea one that are always knicking stuff and causing trouble. Leeds fans are also quite well behaived as well

[Dingle]

Hasn't that rumour been doing the rounds for a while? Anyway, unless they get rid of their awful fans, they'll still be a set of twats whatever their name is.

In fairness to Cardiff, when we get the Welsh fans coming through our services the Cardiff ones are by far the best behaived, it's the Swansea one that are always knicking stuff and causing trouble. Leeds fans are also quite well behaived as well

You lost all credibility with that.

[Adam]

It seems that the whole Cardiff rebranding thing is definitely happening now. Not sure about the name change but the kit is definitely becoming red which is a major no-no as far as I'm concerned.

[Lineker]

What's happened since this morning when it was all rumour?

[Adam]

I cannot be bothered to find it now, but an official statement on the club website which to be honest was very ambiguous, and statements from the supporters club about a hastily convened meeting and some other supporters source.

[Lineker]

As is usual at this time of year, Cardiff City Football Club directors and key stakeholders are in talks to review all operational aspects of the club as a means to ensure our long term success, prosperity and sustainability. This wide ranging annual review process is multi-faceted and incorporates plans to continually build the most competitive team possible going forward, deal with historical issues and continue to positively develop the infrastructure of the club.

We would like to assure supporters that any decisions will include the long term interests of our supporters, our community and the survival and development of Cardiff City Football Club in a highly competitive and modern sporting industry.

As a club we also appreciate the importance of our history, along with our position within the community. We fully recognise the legitimate interests of the fans, supporters and media in the affairs of the club and their right to information in respect of the same.

On Tuesday we met with and held discussions with representatives from the local media, along with meeting with recognised supporter group and messageboard delegates. During these meetings we discussed the various options going forward, all of which are to be ratified in upcoming board meetings as already mentioned.

As such we will communicate any decisions made as quickly as possible, but it serves no interest to comment in depth at this time until those decisions have been taken. We would anticipate that the review will be concluded within the next week, after which a comprehensive briefing will follow.

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[Adam]

That is the very ambiguous statement, yes. The noises out of the supporters club was the one that 'confirmed' it, like I said.

The Supporters Club have this evening been represented at a hastily convened meeting at Cardiff City Stadium, also attended by members of the Cardiff City Supporters Trust and reps from Cardiff's independent travel groups and messageboards. In attendance from the football club were Alan Whiteley, Julian Jenkins, Wayne Nash and Barry Macauliffe.

The meeting was called following internet rumours regarding a re-branding of the club which appeared over the last 24 hours and the following details were confirmed:

• Cardiff City's home kit next season will be red shirts with a black flash, black shorts and red socks
  
• The new badge incorporates a red dragon in a shield, with the words Cardiff City FC, est 1899
  
• The away kit will be blue
  
• The bluebird will not feature on any replica kit or official badge
  
• The seats in the stadium will remain blue
  
• A total investment of £100m by Vincent Tan, as equity not debt. This investment is on the proviso of agreement being reach with Langstone (agreement is very close). The investment will wipe out all debt as well as fund a state of the art training complex, stadium expansion to 35k and an increased playing budget
  
• The club have no plans to offer refunds to the 16,000 season ticket holders who purchased tickets prior to this announcement
  

The meeting was told that the change to red kit and Welsh dragon badge was non-negotiable and there was no viable alternative for the Board but to accept the proposals as the club could not survive financially without the investment.

The majority of attendees spoke out against the proposals and some stated they would prefer the Malaysian backers to pull out rather than lose our identity and take whatever consequences, however some were happy to accept the change to guarantee the future of Cardiff City.

This is a fundamental change to our football club and now we need to canvass the opinion of our members as soon as possible to gauge the strength of feeling towards these changes, which are being implemented without any consultation of the fans.

Please email your thoughts to info@ccsc.co.uk and include your name and CCSC membership number. We will take all of your views on board and make any decisions based upon your feedback. Remember, this is your football club, so do make sure you let us know your thoughts, good, bad or indifferent.

[hugobomb]

Hasn't that rumour been doing the rounds for a while? Anyway, unless they get rid of their awful fans, they'll still be a set of twats whatever their name is.

In fairness to Cardiff, when we get the Welsh fans coming through our services the Cardiff ones are by far the best behaived, it's the Swansea one that are always knicking stuff and causing trouble. Leeds fans are also quite well behaived as well

You lost all credibility with that.

I was as suprised as you, I came for the night shift and was told about the footy fans being in earlier knicking stuff, heard we had both Swansea and Leeds fans and assumed it was the Leeds fans only to be told they were fine and it's the Swansea ones that are always causing trouble

[EddieG]

The fuck is "knicking" ?

[Dingle]

Knicking = stealing.

[Lineker]

Noted Liverpool legend Neil Mellor has had to retire from the game through injury!

[Matt]

I remember that one Championship Manager/LMA Manager game where he became awesome after a year or two.

According to a Huddersfield supporting friend's Facebook, they are interested in signing Emile Heskey, to which one of his friends tried to defend the decision on the basis that he scored against Germany in the 5-1 game

[Hobo]

Noted Liverpool legend Neil Mellor has had to retire from the game through injury!

Remember when he scored that goal against Arsenal and was apparently the next big thing?

I saw a retweet from him about it. Quite sad.

[Colly]

I remember that one Championship Manager/LMA Manager game where he became awesome after a year or two.

According to a Huddersfield supporting friend's Facebook, they are interested in signing Emile Heskey, to which one of his friends tried to defend the decision on the basis that he scored against Germany in the 5-1 game

They should definitely sign Nick Barmby too, he had a cracking game.

[Lineker]

Birmingham: Doyle, Ramage, Davies, Pablo Ibanez, Murphy, Burke, Spector, Mutch, Townsend, King, Zigic.

Subs: Butland, N'Daw, Elliott, Rooney, Redmond.

Blackpool: Gilks, Eardley, Baptiste, Evatt, Crainey, Matt Phillips, Ferguson, Angel, Ince, Dobbie, Taylor-Fletcher.

Subs: Halstead, Southern, Kevin Phillips, Cathcart, Dicko.

Referee: Chris Foy (Merseyside)

Birmingham make three changes from the side which lost the first leg. Jonathan Spector and Andros Townsend come into midfield while Nikola Zigic starts up front as the trio replace the benched Guirane N'Daw, Wade Elliott and Nathan Redmond. Blackpool name an unchanged side with centre-back Ian Evatt fit to start, despite taking a hit to his broken nose in the first leg.

[Adam]

Blackpool take the lead on half time with Stephen Dobbie's effort. Looks like the Tangerines are heading back to Wembley

Edited May 9, 2012 by AdamDRFC