3pm good Friday! How bizarre worra day that was about time we turned it on at home isn’t it Let’s hope todays the day City win 3-0
Like Hull, parts of the City centre are reclaimed from the sea, and the surrounding area was formerly marshland. One of the areas where people drowned before the major works was called Dumballs. One of Cardiff's busiest streets is built on four fields used to bury executed criminals. Gallows Pit, Defiled Pool, Cut Throats, Putrid Field. It's where the bodies of those executed at Death Junction were dumped. Cardiff has more deads than all of the Hotels in Portugal. If a Swansea born person moves to Hull they then become a HumberJack There is uncertainty concerning the origin of Caerdydd, which does not appear until the 16th century. “Caer” means “fort” or “castle” but “dydd” means “day”. So it could be that “Dydd” and “Diff” are a corruption or mutation of Taff. Before that, the Romans called it Tamium and Bovium. Another theory favours a link with Aulus Didius Gallus, a Roman governor in the region at the time the fort was established. The website visitcardiff.com suggests the name may have originated as Caer Didius – The Fort of Didius. Which is thought to be the origin of Ken Dodds Army. The last man to hold the office of ale taster was a lucky man called Edward Philpot. The ancient, coveted role was exactly as it sounds: making sure that ales and beers were of good quality. The office disappeared in the mid 19th century. The Real Captain (Henry) Morgan Was a Cardiffian. He was born in Llanrumney, East Cardiff in 1635. On May 8, 1648 The Battle of St ***ans was the last big battle of the long-running English Civil War, the fight between parliamentarians and forces loyal to the king. By the time the battle was done, between 300 and 700 people were dead. Cardiff was the first Fair Trade capital in the world. The city has on average more hours of sunlight than Milan. Cardiff is also known as the City of Arcades. It has the biggest concentration of Victorian, Edwardian and modern-day indoor shopping arcades in Britain. The city has the oldest record store in the world. Spiller’s dates back to 1894 and it used to sell wax records for the newly invented phonograph. Cardiff became the capital of Wales in 1955. It’s Europe’s smallest and one of its newest capital cities. The first £1 million deal was closed in Cardiff Coal Exchange in 1907. In the 20th century, it was the greatest exporter of coal in the world. The city claims to have the largest concentration of castles of any city in the world.
We need to start well and get the first goal. If we can do that then we can push on and more than likely add to the scoreline. We should try to get Allahyar and KL playing a bit closer together, and get Fleming on the ball up the pitch as much as possible.
Looks a good turnout, East Stand pretty much sold out, most of West, middle of West Upper, and bits of south. Let’s hope some good weather and a good atmosphere turns into a decent performance
I wonder if we’ll see a more front footed approach to the game given we are all but mathematically safe, a taste of what’s to come next season?
I was thinking the same, but then it’s just if I say that we’ll win, but if I say that we’ll lose, then it just gets stuck in a loop, so we’ll win!
Whenever we play Cardiff my mind goes back to an hilarious "thread" about an away game on Tiger Chat which Andy Medcalf ran, in what the mid/late 90s about the best way not to get jumped on the way to their ground. Someone suggested carrying a loaf of bread to look like a local and there were about 10 pages of discussion about the best type of bread to blend in.....
Agree that getting the forwards to play closer together, and ideally with someone else pushing up into a more attacking role on the right, is key. I really think if we don't change anything, we'll struggle again - it's as simple as that.
Reckon Cardiff will score. Agree Allahyar to score, Honeyman is due also. What price a late Greaves winner in a pulsating 3-2?
