About teams changing colours, I think you will find Leeds changed under Don Revie and that was barely 40 years ago, if that. Arsenal used to play in Maroon and although the change is subtle its still a change. I can remember Man city playing in Red and black stripes as their home colours in my footie watching years so where did the pale blue come from? We won't even mention MK Dons will we???? The colour doesn't make or break the team, its the players the managers and the people who support them (Both inside and outside the club) that makes the team. We need this like a drowning man needs air. Lets breath!!
I think Swansea played in Orange & White in the '60's and dropped their swan badge for a dragon for 3 or 4 seasons in the '70.
I can remember that too but not certain if it was their 'normal' home colour's or not and I do recall Leeds playing in Yellow but again I am not sure if that was 'normal'. I have a sneaky feeling they were just short term changes, maybe 1 or 2 seasons at most.
Coventry City had a chocolate brown strip just a couple of years ago. I wonder if Moley bought that one?
aaarrgghhhhh, don't go there. Even Cov fans hated it, hence it was binned rather sharpish. Probably the most ridiculous football strip in UK football but it was more than just a few years ago. Edit - Ah, you mean the 125th anniversary shirt! They wore it in the league some years ago (25-30?). Didn;t go down very well at all.
A dead duck as a logo eh? ,mmmmmmmmmmmmm interesting but think its been taken . But we are a club of massive history in europe as well in the league and lets be fair i know swansea are wenjoying their time in a weak prem at the moment but everyone in football knows Cardiff City are still and always be the big club in Wales lets be fair ...;O)
Man City have never had a regular red and black home kit and we've certainly never had a yellow kit since the change (although Swansea kit problems forced us to play in red once, ugh). I don't know about the other example teams but there are differences between our case and Cardiff's. Before changing to all white we went through blue and white stripes, blue and gold halves, gold with blue sleeves and blue with gold trim, not holding any of those down for longer than 14 years. The change to all white 51 years ago was slightly bigger than any of those changes, but our club colours had always been gold, blue and white and that didn't change with the new home kit. The fans were all fine with the change (or at least that's how it's gone down in the history books and I've met a few who were there and they all liked it) but those same fans who liked the change then would be oppose to one now because we made our history in that white kit, just like Cardiff made theirs in blue. Of course, it's a difficult situation, and if Cardiff are in real financial danger I can fully understand the thinking that the "brand" change is the lesser of two evils, but I also can't help but think it's wrong that the owners have essentially given you this ultimatum of "like what we say or we'll leave your club to die", and don't understand how changing to a red kit suddenly allows £100m to be pumped into the club where a blue kit allows nothing. I think rather than the, seemingly aggressive, protest against the changes by those who would rather stay the same with no investment, there should have been more discussion with the owners by the supporters' groups about the different options with a few to finding an acceptable middle ground (red away kit with different badge?).
Simon! I think you'll find the brinkmanship will dissipate when everyone gathers around the table today. Let's be honest if Bates was to employ the same tactics, initially there would be uproar but get past the emotion which exists at both Cardiff and Leeds and you would find,when it is proven to create long term stability for your club there is always a common goal to find a way forward by both parties. The investors were testing the waters before talks. I believe there will now be a spirit of goodwill and compromise.
