Talk:Cardiff City F.C.

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i am not a fan of the layout of this page, could i propose to make a new page which is solely for cardiff city players as the long list isnt really adding anything at all to the page DaveLewis 04:01, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Isn't it Cardiff City AFC?

[not much else to say here] Gurkha 11:37, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, you might well think so, but the club website never seems to mention "AFC" (the URL is www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk). Perhaps it's just been quietly dropped. -- Arwel 17:32, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A lack of information?

Does anybody else think we should maybe have a little more information here? I do my best but I don't know an awful lot of history about the club as i'm only 20years old! Perhaps something about the ongoing dispute about what league we should play in (given the ongoing whinging from scottish clubs about them not being allowed to join the english system) Any suggestions? --Murfilicious 14:23, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I agree, there should certainly be more information on the 2nd placed finish in the old (old) first division, as I believe it was one of the closest title finishes ever.

Dylsen ni hefyd son am y cystadlaethau rydym eisiau chwarae mewn y dyfodol fel y Premiership a'r Champions League.

Number 7

The following edit removed a fair amount of content without comment. Do we know why? [1] -Harmil 16:27, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

European football

Is it true that Cardiff would not be able to play in Europe should they make it, as they waived the right when they joined the English League. can't see it in the article but if it's true it should be mentioned. Jimmmmmmmmm 09:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

The possiblr EURO ban has been overturned. Can someone update this? Link http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23596414-23215,00.html Mightymouseman (talk) 05:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

I have already added a short sentence about it at the bottom of the section. If I get the time I will try and expand on it but at the moment it should be enough. Kosack (talk) 08:58, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Stadium

I had to alter this section, as it read as if some Swansea supporter had vandalised it!

Sheepshaggers and Sheepmunchers

Are these self-given names or inappropriate nicknames from rivals, and if the latter, do they really have a place in Wikipedia?

-- They are offensive (not just inappropriate, but offensive) words from the English. It's a sort of Welsh-English rivalrly thing, but it's definitely offensive and not "self-given names" --82.15.29.29 (talk) 22:54, 2 September 2009 (UTC)TDP

My revert

Sorry if my revert was not quick enough, but I was trying to undo this 20:13, 18 January 2007 82.7.198.205. I seem to have written over changes by both User:143.117.143.182 and User:Chris the speller. Will try and put them back in. Thanks. --EarthPerson 20:24, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Is there any way of getting the information back that was posted under the heading Rivalries? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.117.143.182 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 18 January 2007

That's it back on. Many Thanks. Shared IP address so having some problems with 'vandalism' apparently—Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.117.143.182 (talk • contribs) 20:45, 18 January 2007

Rivalry

I recently posted some information about rivalry between Cardiff City and Swansea City supporters. Could someone please read over it and make sure this is suitable for Wikipedia. The part about Lee Trundle brandishing a flag with anti-cardiff city remarks on it could possibly be offensive ("FUCK OFF CARDIFF") so perhaps an administrater could check what ive wrote just to make sure. Thanks143.117.143.182 20:56, 18 January 2007 (UTC)jOl18/01/07

What's happened with the formatting?

As above, it appears something might be wrong with the info box...? Pennywisepeter 13:02, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

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Page Move

I have undone the page move to Cardiff City A.F.C. since the official site here clearly gives the name as Cardiff City Football Club (see footer). BlueValour (talk) 21:43, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Charlotte Church?

Is there any evidence she's a fan? I've lived in Cardiff all my life, never seen her at a game - never heard or read one public utterance about City.

Should that be removed until substantiated - and indeed, should the other celeb fans be checked out too?

Minkythecat (talk) 13:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Apparentley she appeared in some Walkers crisp advert saying she supported Cardiff or something (never seen it myself). Thats all I know.

i've seen her state that she's not aprticularly interested in football —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.125.83.50 (talk) 16:01, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

As for the others I can say that Neil Kinnock, Super Furry Animals, Gareth Thomas, Matthew Pritchard, Dannie Abse, Gavin Willliams, Aaron Davies, Stanley Baker, David Sullivan, Ken Follett, Roald Dahl and David Davies are definate city fans and I can provide refs on all of them. The rest were added by other people or before I registered so I cant say. Kosack (talk) 15:41, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, the others are fine - Church I don't believe. The Walkers advert was scripted, any other team could have been subbed in. Minkythecat (talk) 07:23, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Toyahfan (talk) famous fans a few biggies are Missing Including the following - who are proper 'attending supporters' - Shakin Stevens (music legend) Lisa Rodgers (TV presenter-Scum/scrap heap challenge) Sarah Price (Comedy writer/TV actor-Including Gavin & Stacey) Dave Vaughan (Big Brother runner-up/World renown preacher.) Pritchard (Dirty Sanchez)and Mr Bluebirds Flying High James fox (singer songwriter/West End star-Movin Out) —Preceding undated comment added 19:03, 12 April 2012 (UTC).

European section

Tidied it up to remove typos. The examples given, used to support Cardiff's case - is it possible to further expand and clarify the situation? As far as I can tell, Monaco, for example, can play as French representative as which there is a Monaco FA, there isn't a domestic league - same situation for Lichtenstein. Cardiff's situation is completely different as we do have a league. Any other thoughts? Minkythecat (talk) 07:32, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Well although Monaco and Lichtenstein dont have their own leagues I dont see how their situation is any different from ours in that a team from another country is trying to qualify for Europe, not to mention the fact that the League of Wales only came into existence in 1992. There are other clubs as well such as Wellington Phoenix, Toronto FC and even Berwick Rangers who have their own domesitc league but I only added the section quickly as, judging by a few edits in recent months, this seems to be a hot topic at the moment. Kosack (talk) 11:27, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it's definitely a hot topic. The reason I cited Monaco and Lichtenstein was simply because they aren't the same as our precise situation. As far as I'm aware, the issue with City re Europe came to a head around 1992, which implies the problem is because there's now an established Welsh league. It would need a bit more research to establish if that's the full case with regards to us, Swansea et al. Either way, the section would appear to be in flux until the full decision is made by Eufa due to the fact there's no absolute definition that can be referred to in the section. It seems the entire issue in real life is clouded in fog to the extent that the section can't necessarily cite accurately. I'm new to wiki, is there some kind of tag that can be placed upon the section to reflect that? Minkythecat (talk) 11:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

I agree its all a bit up in the air right now. As for a tag I'm not sure as I never really tag articles myself so I have no idea if there is a tag for this type of section. Kosack (talk) 12:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

AS Monaco members of FFF, TNS members of FAW, Derry City members of FAI. Cardiff City members of FAW, not of FA. What else? Oh, FC Vaduz. The UEFA spokesman 1 is wrong - I already talked to FC Vaduz and Liechtenstein FA officials and they've told me Liechtenstein teams cannot qualify through the Swiss League - their only road to European football is through the Liechtenstein cup.--Edgar (talk) 11:06, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

It's come to an end now anyway so it doesnt matter. The FA have finally accepted that they effectivley have no say in the matter as we would have played in Europe regardless of their decision. I will probably remove most of that european ban section now, perhaps keep a paragraph or two just to have some minor info on the subject but its not really needed anymore. Kosack (talk) 11:14, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Club crest for next year

Next season the club will be reverting to the previous badge that was used before Sam Hammam changed it to what it is at the moment. Just thought it would be a good idea for us to try and find a free image of the badge in preparation for the next season. If we place it in the article until it is in use then swap the pictures around when the time comes. Thanks. Kosack (talk) 11:22, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Possible New Sections

I would like to suggest that a sub-section in the article contains a fuller detail of Cardiff City's European games. There is very little mention in the article of matches such as the Semi-Final of the Cup Winners Cup, and the tie against Real Madrid. It also is a nice link as currently there appears to be just nothing in the article that happened between 1930 & 1985.

I believe there should also be a sub-section on this year's cup run. This season will go down as one of the most important in the history of the club.

One final point regarding Notable Fans, I believe Craig Bellamy should be included. There are many news references to him over various points in time that he infrequently trains with the CCFC First Team Squad ( when returning from injury or an international coming up), and whenever he is unable to play he is usually spotted going into the ground at Cardiff City home games. 86.133.28.192 (talk) 14:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I agree the main article does need to be filled in more. I do plan to do it in the future but it took me much longer than anticipated to complete the List of Cardiff City F.C. players as well as the effort to create articles on seasons, records, current season etc and expand all the players articles that I am easing off editing for a while and just watching articles for vandalism and sloppy edits while I take a break. Hopefully once the majority of transfers have been done in the summer I will get around to it. Kosack (talk) 16:20, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

The Honours Section

I think that this section needs sorting out. I recently corrected some of it, but I think the entire layout is just too bad. It needs to be more smart; sorted out more. BY MAZITO; Saturday, May 17, 2008 - 23:04* BST. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazito (talk • contribs) 22:04, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Third Strip

The club seem to have a third strip as seen on the 2008 FA Cup Final - can someone add this to the page? Exxolon (talk) 14:33, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

If you mean the template with the yellow on the shoulders and sides then that is just the away kit. I dont really know how to change the templates so all I have managed to do with them is change the colour so thats why they look different from the cup final page to this page. Kosack (talk) 14:42, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

I think I've fixed it, want to check the strip is right? Exxolon (talk) 15:13, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

It looks good. The shirt and shorts are correct. The only thing I can see is the socks need a yellow band across the top, if thats possible?. There are some pics here of the whole kit.

Debt

The section mentioning the debt is unclear. First it states that the club was £40 million in debt, most of which has been cleared. A few lines later it mentions that the club is £30 million in debt (which is denied). Can this be cleared up? Greenman (talk) 09:11, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Expanded on the clubs court case so hopefully that explains things a bit better. Kosack (talk) 09:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

Notable players section

Should the criteria for being listed in the section be for achievements at the club or achievments during their career? Kosack (talk) 23:18, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

At the club. Ramsey, for example, played how many games for us? 22? Good player sure, but long term, would be a footnote... Minkythecat (talk) 10:53, 22 June 2008 (UTC)

Joining the Football League

Can anyone explain why in 1920, Cardiff City were able to join the Football League Division Two, whereas the rest of the Southern Football League, including three clubs placed higher in the 1919-20 league table, joined the new Football League Division Three? -- Daemonic Kangaroo (talk) 04:15, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

Cardiff City Managers

The manager listing is wrong, because it has been drawn from Soccerbase, whose database has a problem - for example, Phil Neal is listed here as only being manager for two days (and had no games played under his stewardship), when he was in charge for quite a bit longer! Is there a way of amending this while retaining the Played, Won, Drew, Lost stats? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.183.151.38 (talk) 03:17, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

1985-2000: A Barren Era

I was just reading this section through and found a number of grammatical errors. I do not personally feel qualified to make changes but just thought I would let someone know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.244.84.107 (talk) 00:48, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Aaron Wildig

Aaron Wildig was born in England and is apparently not an International for any country. He has a Welsh emblem next to his name on the Cardiff squad. What is the reason for this? If none is forethcoming then I will change his emblem to English. RicoRichmond (talk) 23:41, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

He has chosen to play for Wales and has already featured for the Wales under-16 side. Kosack (talk) 00:10, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Wrong. He's ineligible for Wales. Hasn't Welsh blood up to grandparent level, so isn't able to play for Wales. U16 level would be schoolboy level, where the eligibility criteria is different. Minkythecat (talk) 09:01, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Yeah I know, all the relevant info has already been changed, check his article. Kosack (talk) 11:09, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Heh, was a bit dated the comment, was just catching up. Minkythecat (talk) 13:24, 20 May 2010 (UTC)

Notable players section

Does anyone have any objections to the removal of at least the 100 appearances and other sections? Both sections contain just a handful of players who have achieved either 100 appearances or gained an international cap at the club and the information is already covered in the List of Cardiff City F.C. players and List of Cardiff City F.C. internationals. Not to mention that the presence of the sections leads to large numbers of IP users adding players who they think are notable. Kosack (talk) 19:32, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

No objections from me. The list really needs to be players known for either longevity with Cardiff, ie Phil Dwyer or achievements whilst at City they were notable for. An example of someone who should not be there would be say Aaron Ramsey - didn't have any notable achievements with City, played what, 22 times? Great young player, bags of ptential, but I'd say not somebody necessarily notable for contributions to CCFC. Equally, what standard guidelines does the wikisoccer project urge? Minkythecat (talk) 21:24, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

The general consensus, from discussions like Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/Archive 29#Notable players sections, seems to favour keeping notable player lists to pages such as List of XXXXX F.C. players but there are no solid guidelines really on these kind of sections. My main problem with them is that barely 20% of players who have appeared more than 100 times or gained an international cap at the club are listed and listing them all would be ridiculous as, just after a quick count, there are over 180 players who have achieved either of those requirements. Kosack (talk) 21:48, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

New article on the history of the club

Please note that History of Cardiff City F.C. has just been created. People might want to participate in its construction. Pichpich (talk) 21:48, 18 September 2010 (UTC)

Article needs to be locked

To stop it being vandalized constantly. I have managed to revert it to the last correct version but I am almost certain it will be edited again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.41.231.212 (talk) 13:40, 5 June 2011 (UTC)

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Away kit

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New badge

Cardiff City have changed their logo, so the one in the infobox needs updating (to this[2])--SUFC Boy 10:58, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

Sorted Martin "Le" Roy (talk) 12:57, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

The official website still carries the old logo; any thoughts please? TerriersFan (talk) 18:06, 15 August 2012 (UTC)

Honours, really?

How exactly is losing in a semi-final of the play-offs an honour? Even getting to the play-off final and losing is debatable, but the semis is just a joke! Salty1984 (talk) 16:24, 10 November 2013 (UTC)

Shirt sponsors

It says that BBC Cymru are shirt sponsors. Is this so? The writing must be small 'cause I can't damn well see it anywhere on any of the shirts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.150.2.72 (talk) 00:18, 21 January 2015 (UTC)

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Ibrahim Meite

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/team/player-profile/ibrahim-meite/27 There is missing information on the team's site will keep looking Daniel0wellby (talk) 14:51, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

@Daniel0wellby: What information are you looking for? Kosack (talk) 15:08, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

Almost everything​ about him @Kosack: Daniel0wellby (talk) 15:13, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

@Daniel0wellby: Right now there is no more relevant information to be added on this page for him. He is listed in the squad, however he does not have his own page as he would currently fail the notability guidelines at both WP:NFOOTBALL and WP:GNG until he actually plays for the club. GiantSnowman has a potential article saved within his draftspace HERE should Meite qualify for his own page in the future. If you find any further info, perhaps you can collaborate with the article there. Kosack (talk) 15:18, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

GA Review

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Reviewer: Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I'll take a look at this, make straightforward changes as I go and jot queries below: Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 14:57, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

• link South Wales Amateur League..?
• Maybe add a little more about the controversial colour change from blue to red and blue again?

Thanks for taking the time to review the page, I've expanded the red shirt change section a bit further. The South Wales Amateur League page states that it was founded in 1946, which is much later than Cardiff played in a league under that name so I think they're different competitions that used the same name. Kosack (talk) 16:07, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

Weird, ain't it - be good to get further information and clarify that at some point but not needed for GA here obviously Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:44, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

• Given that 1921-29 was their highest-functioning period, it might be good to add any other key players from that period into the article...?
• Adding a note about the Soul Crew somewhere? maybe under rivalries?
• Earwigs copyvio check gives a positive, which I presume is a site that has imported Wikipedia text to it, plus some other random stuff.

Otherwise looks good! Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 03:38, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I've added a few extra names into the opening sections and a brief paragraph on the Soul Crew as well. The main copyvio clash is a definite copy of the Wikipedia page. The other two over 20% are mainly due to a clash of innocuous phrases, the first includes "the only goal of the game", "the end of the season" and "would go on to win the" which are fairly standard footballing terms. The other clashes as it lists the club's honours so the names of the trophies are highlighted due to their naming. I hope those are acceptable. Kosack (talk) 19:26, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

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Citations to reliable sources, where required: - Academy subsection is unreferenced currently. Needs some inlines... could do with a couple more refs...but good enough for GA and am sure the facts aren't controversial...Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 08:36, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

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Pass or Fail: - a nice read and solid article - I can't find much to complain about at all and is worth a tilt at FAC methinks, just one section needs some refs as pointed out above, and then we're "Good"....cheers, Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 20:54, 31 August 2017 (UTC)

I've added a couple of references for that section now. Kosack (talk) 05:59, 1 September 2017 (UTC)

Semi Protection Edit Permissions suggestion

Because It's now Considered as a "Good Article" Why not add the Semi-Protection Edit Permissions

The article receives the typical amount of vandalism that can be expected on a football club page but nothing excessive. Wikipedia is open-format and designed to be edited by anyone so protecting the page for no reason is unnecessary and against the basic principles of the site. Kosack (talk) 14:39, 30 October 2018 (UTC)

Emiliano Sala

Considering the nature of the news, and devastating revelation that police have called of the search, I understand people are very keen to get edits in regarding him. However, out of respect for the club, the fans, the player and his family, I don't think we should make any quick decisions regarding removing him as a player, or making rash edits on his Wikipedia article, until the necessary parties have released official statements. I'm not going to request protecting the article but maybe putting a header explaining that this article is affected by a recent event may be the right move? VampireKilla (talk) 16:37, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

I'm inclined to agree with you, the end of any search doesn't really change anything right now as he's still classed as missing either way until any sort of official statement is made. Although I should imagine stopping users from removing him will be difficult without protection. Kosack (talk) 16:45, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

In that case I'll just keep vigilant with the article. VampireKilla (talk) 16:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)

Football uniforms

Third colours not use on the website. Can it be removed from the template? 95.24.222.212 (talk) 11:24, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

I'm not sure why it's not on that page, but it is still very much available from the shop, see here where it is listed as the 20/21 third strip. Kosack (talk) 12:01, 14 October 2020 (UTC)

New stadium - contradiction?

Hi all just a query about these lines in the history section:

The club experienced increasing financial difficulties over the next few years and plans for a new stadium failed to gain approval from Cardiff Council because of concerns over financial security in 2006. Hammam then agreed to a takeover by a consortium led by new chairman Peter Ridsdale and the lead developer of the new stadium, Paul Guy.

The first sentence says the plans were rejected, but then the next talks about the new stadium having a lead developer; and as we know, the stadium was eventually built. Perhaps there's something missing here? I'm curious how this topic should be dealt with, as the outline history of the statium probably belongs in the history section, but there's also a dedicated section for stadia, and I'm looking to write similar prose in the Coventry City F.C. article... Pinging Kosack in case you have any thoughts, although note that you've not been around too much lately... Cheers  — Amakuru (talk) 13:43, 2 April 2023 (UTC)