Top flight football for the first time in over half a century............is there anyone on here who saw Cardiff play the last time that happened? (I know it reads a bit wummy but it's not intended to be, just genuinely interested if any of you have been there before )
Well according to this board Oldsparkey went to wembley in 1927 to see us lift the cup so he has seen top flight football before
Bog off Eldon........... I'm 55 (56 this year), and can only just rember the mid 60's at Ninian with my dad. The last season of Peter Rodrigues before he went to Leicester and the start of the Murray/Harris centre half pairing stick in the mind. It just preceded the Euro glory years of the late 60's early 70's which will never be forgotten.
I'm with Sparkey on this...altho' I'm a little older, it took some time for the big City lights to get to Neath!!!!
BfB....Hamburg as first game eh? Going by some comments here that would have made you a glory-chasing 'plastic' at that time. (joke!). it's more likely that one's age defines a starting point of support and not anything else. I know it's off thread a little but some might care to remember that everyone has to start somewhere and if it coincides with a good spell then that is how it turns out. This plastic tag gets me down a little, frankly speaking.
Looks like I am not going to find anyone then Really would have thought there would have been a smallish handful of 60 somethings that were watching at the time.
I was still ****ting yellow and having a tit stuck in my mouth the last time we were in the top flight, oh for one of those now...
I hadn't be born, though may have been a twinkle in my dad's eye. He was a lifelong city fan and would have enjoyed last night. One of those days when I miss him most.
Now here's a thread that was pretty much certain to drag me out of message board retirement. Yep, I was there last time around, and while most of my memories are confined to what I wrote on matchday programmes, one game still stands out in my grey, old head. So here begins a short ramble from an old man! The game in question came a couple of days after my 9th birthday when my dad took me to see us take on the mighty Spurs. Ninian Park was absolutely packed to the hilt (though the usual trick of understating the crowd in order to fool the taxman was in play) and Danny Blanchflower and his star studded team came to give us a lesson. However, we won 3-2 and I remember being carried out on the shoulders of my dad and my uncle. If memory serves me correctly, Spurs went on to do the Cup and League double. After the game, I think we were about 6th or 7th ahead of the likes of Man U, Man C, Arsenal and Chelsea. I wonder if we'll be in the same position next March! - I have a doubt or two. On a personal note, yesterday ( the day we were promoted) was the 10th anniversary of the passing of my dad who was a lifelong fan of the Bluebirds. He didn't think we would ever get back to the top flight, but he remained loyal throughout. He'd have loved all of this.
Clings, 11th May 1961, we know where you were mate! Season 1960/61 Old First Division 1 Tottenham Hotspur 42 31 4 7 115 55 2.091 66 2 Sheffield Wednesday 42 23 12 7 78 47 1.660 58 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 42 25 7 10 103 75 1.373 57 4 Burnley 42 22 7 13 102 77 1.325 51 5 Everton 42 22 6 14 87 69 1.261 50 6 Leicester City 42 18 9 15 87 70 1.243 45 7 Manchester United 42 18 9 15 88 76 1.158 45 8 Blackburn Rovers 42 15 13 14 77 76 1.013 43 9 Aston Villa 42 17 9 16 78 77 1.013 43 10 West Bromwich Albion 42 18 5 19 67 71 0.944 41 11 Arsenal 42 15 11 16 77 85 0.906 41 12 Chelsea 42 15 7 20 98 100 0.980 37 13 Manchester City 42 13 11 18 79 90 0.878 37 14 Nottingham Forest 42 14 9 19 62 78 0.795 37 15 Cardiff City 42 13 11 18 60 85 0.706 37 16 West Ham United 42 13 10 19 77 88 0.875 36 17 Fulham 42 14 8 20 72 95 0.758 36 18 Bolton Wanderers 42 12 11 19 58 73 0.795 35 19 Birmingham City 42 14 6 22 62 84 0.738 34 20 Blackpool 42 12 9 21 68 73 0.932 33 21 Newcastle United 42 11 10 21 86 109 0.789 32 22 Preston North End Results 20 Aug 1960 Fulham v Cardiff City D 2-2 League Division One 24 Aug 1960 Cardiff City v Sheffield Wednesday L 0-1 League Division One 27 Aug 1960 Cardiff City v Preston North End W 2-0 League Division One 31 Aug 1960 Sheffield Wednesday v Cardiff City L 2-0 League Division One 03 Sep 1960 Burnley v Cardiff City W 1-2 League Division One 07 Sep 1960 Cardiff City v Aston Villa D 1-1 League Division One 10 Sep 1960 Cardiff City v Nottingham Forest L 1-3 League Division One 12 Sep 1960 Aston Villa v Cardiff City L 2-1 League Division One 17 Sep 1960 Manchester City v Cardiff City L 4-2 League Division One 24 Sep 1960 Cardiff City v Arsenal W 1-0 League Division One 01 Oct 1960 Newcastle United v Cardiff City L 5-0 League Division One 03 Oct 1960 Middlesbrough v Cardiff City W 3-4 League Cup 08 Oct 1960 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Cardiff City D 2-2 League Division One 15 Oct 1960 Cardiff City v Bolton Wanderers L 0-1 League Division One 24 Oct 1960 Cardiff City v Burnley L 0-4 League Cup 28 Oct 1960 Cardiff City v Leicester City W 2-1 League Division One 02 Nov 1960 Tottenham Hotspur v Cardiff City L 3-2 League Division One 05 Nov 1960 Blackpool v Cardiff City L 6-1 League Division One 12 Nov 1960 Cardiff City v Everton D 1-1 League Division One 19 Nov 1960 Blackburn Rovers v Cardiff City D 2-2 League Division One 26 Nov 1960 Cardiff City v Manchester United W 3-0 League Division One 03 Dec 1960 West Ham United v Cardiff City L 2-0 League Division One 10 Dec 1960 Cardiff City v Chelsea W 2-1 League Division One 17 Dec 1960 Cardiff City v Fulham W 2-0 League Division One 26 Dec 1960 Cardiff City v West Bromwich Albion W 3-1 League Division One 27 Dec 1960 West Bromwich Albion v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Division One 31 Dec 1960 Preston North End v Cardiff City D 1-1 League Division One 07 Jan 1961 Cardiff City v Manchester City D 1-1 FA Cup 11 Jan 1961 Manchester City v Cardiff City D 0-0 FA Cup 14 Jan 1961 Cardiff City v Burnley W 2-1 League Division One 16 Jan 1961 Manchester City v Cardiff City L 2-0 FA Cup 21 Jan 1961 Nottingham Forest v Cardiff City L 2-1 League Division One 04 Feb 1961 Cardiff City v Manchester City D 3-3 League Division One 11 Feb 1961 Arsenal v Cardiff City W 2-3 League Division One 22 Feb 1961 Cardiff City v Newcastle United W 3-2 League Division One 25 Feb 1961 Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers W 3-2 League Division One 04 Mar 1961 Bolton Wanderers v Cardiff City L 3-0 League Division One 11 Mar 1961 Cardiff City v Tottenham Hotspur W 3-2 League Division One 24 Mar 1961 Cardiff City v Blackpool L 0-2 League Division One 31 Mar 1961 Cardiff City v Birmingham City L 0-2 League Division One 01 Apr 1961 Chelsea v Cardiff City L 6-1 League Division One 03 Apr 1961 Birmingham City v Cardiff City L 2-1 League Division One 08 Apr 1961 Cardiff City v Blackburn Rovers D 1-1 League Division One 10 Apr 1961 Leicester City v Cardiff City L 3-0 League Division One 15 Apr 1961 Everton v Cardiff City L 5-1 League Division One 22 Apr 1961 Cardiff City v West Ham United D 1-1 League Division One 29 Apr 1961 Manchester United v Cardiff City D 3-3 League Division One
Great to see you again clingo... hope you're well same goes out to you Thai... hopefully we can resume 'rivalries' next year As for the thread, we were relegated from top flight the year before I was born so a brand new experience for me definately
Clingo Welcome back, great to hear from you again. Hope you are well. A number of newbies have been insulted as I accused them of being you under a new name. Some have stayed with us despite this.
Clingo Welcome back, great to hear from you again. Hope you are well. A number of newbies have been insulted as I accused them of being you under a new name. Some have stayed with us despite this.
