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Post by pickins on Jun 21, 2013 7:22:12 GMT
Having never been to their ground before, is it really that bad??? This would normally be a good one for me as it's only across the bridge. Heard a few horror stories and remember when they played Bristol City a few years back when both sets of fans were staying in W-S-M and it became a war zone!
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Post by Somebody_Told_Me on Jun 21, 2013 7:36:21 GMT
Never been, but worst place I've ever been is 1992 Vetch field! Swansea's old ground for the kiddies.
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Post by roberthuth4 on Jun 21, 2013 7:43:03 GMT
If only......one of the most dead and buried fixtures for us, all who go are bound to be wrapped up. Be very unlikely if anyone even bothers travelling there
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 7:44:12 GMT
Like most places it's a lot tamer nowadays, in fact it's bordering on disney. It'll help that we're no longer their 'grudge' match of the season, they're probably more concerned with Chelsea than Stoke in all honesty.
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Post by roastcheese on Jun 21, 2013 7:46:02 GMT
Just follow a few simple rules
Wear a rugby shirt (not England), and somewhere on your person a leek or a daffodil.
Spit while you talk, chuntering to yourself "Yaki-dar"
Basically blend in.
Oh, and you might need some wellies and an inflatable sheep.
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Post by roastcheese on Jun 21, 2013 8:01:46 GMT
Just follow a few simple rules Wear a rugby shirt (not England), and somewhere on your person a leek or a daffodil. Spit while you talk, chuntering to yourself "Yaki-dar" Basically blend in. Oh, and you might need some wellies and an inflatable sheep. I have been to Ninian Park and the new ground, whatever it is called? You must be wary, that most Welsh men and women have arms as a big as an average English mans leg. Keep your head down, and after the first signs of trouble....RUN |
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 8:01:51 GMT
Are we gonna refer to sheep in our chants again then? It's not very original ya know, the Welsh haven't heard that one before  Their selling of their soul is still a source of embarrassment for them. Something along the lines of "they used to be blue, but now they're red, Malaysia FC because Cardiff are dead" should suffice. |
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Post by roastcheese on Jun 21, 2013 8:04:47 GMT
Just follow a few simple rules Wear a rugby shirt (not England), and somewhere on your person a leek or a daffodil. Spit while you talk, chuntering to yourself "Yaki-dar" Basically blend in. Oh, and you might need some wellies and an inflatable sheep. I have been to Ninian Park and the new ground, whatever it is called? You must be wary, that most Welsh men and women have arms as a big as an average English mans leg. Keep your head down, and after the first signs of trouble....RUN If you should unfortunately get caught, and are suddenly confronted by 4 large Welshmen. Use the words from 10cc “Dreadlock Holiday” for inspiration. I don’t like rugby, oh no I love it. I don’t like male voice choirs, oh no I love them. I don’t like Glamorgan, oh no I love her. |
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Post by withnall on Jun 21, 2013 8:11:53 GMT
Are we gonna refer to sheep in our chants again then? It's not very original ya know, the Welsh haven't heard that one before . Great idea.  |
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Post by f1rew0rks on Jun 21, 2013 8:14:32 GMT
I remember meeting up in a motorway service station in the 70's. There were Chelsea, Cardiff and Stoke. It was absolute hell with Cardiff doing most of the damage. We met them a few weeks later and they had newspaper clippings of their antics with them. To be fair, they didn't start trouble, they just finished it!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 8:23:59 GMT
I remember going the year we went up, not play off game, but lge game, got free tickets from a pal who was on the coaching staff at stoke, we were 1st ones there and worked out that our tickets were in fact with the home fans, in the players family section...We were in their bar in the stadium before hand and watching it all kick off outside, this steward came up to me in the bar, obv thinkin I was a Cardiff fan and said " Mad bastards them fucking Stoke lot" I just said ahhhhhh... Then quickly turned off my phone ( Delilah Ring Tone)...I think we got gubbed 4-0..Then it all kicked off outside the ground, we were held back and got pelted by a load of stoke fans...feckin typical...But we had last laugh later in season beating em in Play offs from a seemingly impossible position, still remember on 90 mins the stadium announcer saying "please remain seated, the players will be doing a lap of.............................oh nooooooooooooo"
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Post by Stafford-Stokie on Jun 21, 2013 8:32:50 GMT
I won't be going there or swansea. The welsh twats shouldn't even be in our leagues. Dirty bastards!
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 8:38:30 GMT
I won't be going there or swansea. The welsh twats shouldn't even be in our leagues. Dirty bastards! Aye, anyone would think the Ingerlish invited them to play in their league over 100 years ago  It's a moot point now anyway, there is nothing English about the PL and there hasn't been for a long, long time. |
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Post by slozenger on Jun 21, 2013 8:41:38 GMT
Not wishing to take issue with you over that but "there is nothing English about the PL" isn't strictly true is it?
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 8:58:06 GMT
Not wishing to take issue with you over that but "there is nothing English about the PL" isn't strictly true is it? I think it's very true. Arsenal - Owned by a Yank and managed by a frog. Villa - Owned by a Yank and managed by a jock. Cardiff - Owned by Malaysia and managed by a jock. Chelsea - Owned by a Russian and managed by an Iberian. Palace - English. Everton - English owned but managed by a Catalan. Fulham - Owned by an Egyptian and managed by a Dutch man. Hull - Owned by an Egyptian, English managed. Liverpool - Owned by Yanks and managed by someone from Northern Oirlund. Citeh - Owned by Arabs and managed by a Chilean. United - Owned by Yanks and managed by a jock. Newcastle - English owned and English managed, working well for them... Narrwich - Pleasant English club, managed by a fake Irish man. Southampton - Owned by Swiss and managed by an Argie. The mighty rip roaring potters - English owned but managed by a sheep. Sunderland - Owned by a Yank and managed by a mad Italian. Swansea - Welsh owned and managed by a dude from Denmark. Spurs - English owned, managed by a Portugese. WBA - English, headed by a jock. Hammers - English & Welsh. Majority of players are foreign, finances are dependent on foreign TV, majority of sponsors are foreign companies. I don't know how anyone can argue the PL is English. |
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Post by LGH87 on Jun 21, 2013 9:02:26 GMT
Cardiff has been voted the best away ground in the country.
They've taken massive steps to improve the experience down there for the away supporter. the bar staff in the away end all wear the shirts of the away side, they serve beer to ALL clubs. there's loads of stuff they've brought in to ensure away fans have the best day out possible.
it's now a long cry from the old Ninnian, although i will miss that place....in four visits i never saw us lose, and the play-off semi is still to this day the best night of my life. i was 14 at the time......that night will live with me forever.
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Post by slozenger on Jun 21, 2013 9:08:32 GMT
Not wishing to take issue with you over that but "there is nothing English about the PL" isn't strictly true is it? I think it's very true. Arsenal - Owned by a Yank and managed by a frog. Villa - Owned by a Yank and managed by a jock. Cardiff - Owned by Malaysia and managed by a jock. Chelsea - Owned by a Russian and managed by an Iberian. Palace - English. Everton - English owned but managed by a Catalan. Fulham - Owned by an Egyptian and managed by a Dutch man. Hull - Owned by an Egyptian, English managed. Liverpool - Owned by Yanks and managed by someone from Northern Oirlund. Citeh - Owned by Arabs and managed by a Chilean. United - Owned by Yanks and managed by a jock. Newcastle - English owned and English managed, working well for them... Narrwich - Pleasant English club, managed by a fake Irish man. Southampton - Owned by Swiss and managed by an Argie. The mighty rip roaring potters - English owned but managed by a sheep. Sunderland - Owned by a Yank and managed by a mad Italian. Swansea - Welsh owned and managed by a dude from Denmark. Spurs - English owned, managed by a Portugese. WBA - English, headed by a jock. Hammers - English & Welsh. Majority of players are foreign, finances are dependent on foreign TV, majority of sponsors are foreign companies. I don't know how anyone can argue the PL is English. You said, and i quote "there is nothing English about the PL" then you go on to list all the football clubs currently in the division and by your own admittance "Palace - English". I rest my case. There is something English about the PL after all then matey peeps. I realise i could say that the English Premier League is contested for the most part in the country of England with 18 out of the league's 20 clubs based in England where the majority of fans who attend matches are English and/or live inside England but then why would i do that? There is also at least 1 English player in the league as well. I can't see that there is anything English about the PL. There is NOTHING English about the PL. I know you're trying to make a point and i can see the point you're trying to make but you're making a complete bog hole out of doing it. |
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 9:12:21 GMT
I think it's very true. Arsenal - Owned by a Yank and managed by a frog. Villa - Owned by a Yank and managed by a jock. Cardiff - Owned by Malaysia and managed by a jock. Chelsea - Owned by a Russian and managed by an Iberian. Palace - English. Everton - English owned but managed by a Catalan. Fulham - Owned by an Egyptian and managed by a Dutch man. Hull - Owned by an Egyptian, English managed. Liverpool - Owned by Yanks and managed by someone from Northern Oirlund. Citeh - Owned by Arabs and managed by a Chilean. United - Owned by Yanks and managed by a jock. Newcastle - English owned and English managed, working well for them... Narrwich - Pleasant English club, managed by a fake Irish man. Southampton - Owned by Swiss and managed by an Argie. The mighty rip roaring potters - English owned but managed by a sheep. Sunderland - Owned by a Yank and managed by a mad Italian. Swansea - Welsh owned and managed by a dude from Denmark. Spurs - English owned, managed by a Portugese. WBA - English, headed by a jock. Hammers - English & Welsh. Majority of players are foreign, finances are dependent on foreign TV, majority of sponsors are foreign companies. I don't know how anyone can argue the PL is English. You said, and i quote "there is nothing English about the PL" then you go on to list all the football clubs currently in the division and by your own admittance "Palace - English". I rest my case. There is something English about the PL after all then matey peeps. I realise i could say that the English Premier League is contested for the most part in the country of England with 18 out of the league's 20 clubs based in England where the majority of fans who attend matches are English and/or live inside England but then why would i do that? There is also at least 1 English player in the league as well. I can't see that there is anything English about the PL. There is NOTHING English about the PL. I know you're trying to make a point and i can see the point you're trying to make but you're making a complete bog hole out of doing it. Only ever so slightly pedantic mate. I tend to round up/down, the majority of factors suggest the PL isn't English. Who cares about the minority eh? |
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Post by slozenger on Jun 21, 2013 9:18:20 GMT
Mate, you should have just said "ok, there is something English about the PL" Then that's the end of it, i was being pedantic, almost bodacious, but i'd suggest not writing statements that are factually incorrect. There is nothing English about the Premier League. On a Stoke City messageboard, i personally live in Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent is in England, there IS something English after all. Sorry, i'm being bodacious, i mean pedantic.  |
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Post by kylelightbourne on Jun 21, 2013 9:23:20 GMT
You said, and i quote "there is nothing English about the PL" then you go on to list all the football clubs currently in the division and by your own admittance "Palace - English". I rest my case. There is something English about the PL after all then matey peeps. I realise i could say that the English Premier League is contested for the most part in the country of England with 18 out of the league's 20 clubs based in England where the majority of fans who attend matches are English and/or live inside England but then why would i do that? There is also at least 1 English player in the league as well. I can't see that there is anything English about the PL. There is NOTHING English about the PL. I know you're trying to make a point and i can see the point you're trying to make but you're making a complete bog hole out of doing it. Only ever so slightly pedantic mate. I tend to round up/down, the majority of factors suggest the PL isn't English. Who cares about the minority eh? Depends what you think makes it English The fact that it's an English league The majority of teams are English The majority of real fans are English All suggest it's very English, and are all more important factors that owner/manager nationality I think But whatever way you look at it "there's nothing English about the premier league" is a load of shit |
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Post by Gods on Jun 21, 2013 9:24:13 GMT
If only......one of the most dead and buried fixtures for us, all who go are bound to be wrapped up. Be very unlikely if anyone even bothers travelling there I've read this four times now mate and I'm none the wiser  The fixture is "dead and buried"? All who go will be "wrapped up"? Very unlikely anyone will "bother travelling"? Well I'll be going since the fixture is alive and well and whether I am wrapped up or not will depend upon the weather  |
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Post by overthehills on Jun 21, 2013 10:25:45 GMT
i won't be going Cardiff again since the playoff 2nd leg, just not worth the hassle.
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Post by LGH87 on Jun 21, 2013 10:44:59 GMT
i won't be going Cardiff again since the playoff 2nd leg, just not worth the hassle. I've been three times since then, all on the train and NEVER had any mither. It's all different now they are in the new ground as well.....like I've stated above, it's now known as the safest, and most pleasing away ground in the leagues |
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Post by mjb1989 on Jun 21, 2013 11:07:56 GMT
I went down for the FA Cup game midweek a couple of years ago, this was my first time there, so was a little weary of where to go for a drink etc.
In the end I went down on a supporters coach and went to Pulis’ brother’s rugby club in Newport. This was fantastic, with stoke banners hung up for when we arrived, and no home fans welcome.
The only bother I witnessed was actually while the game was going on with supporters trying to get over the divide to each other, police were however quickly on the scene and this soon disbursed.
I hope this helps, I will be attending this fixture this season and will have no worries in taking my 12 year old brother.
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Jun 21, 2013 14:24:44 GMT
I won't be going there or swansea. The welsh twats shouldn't even be in our leagues. Dirty bastards! Don't know whether to laugh or cry at the comment Stafford....  |
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Post by enuntio on Jun 21, 2013 14:50:11 GMT
All the teams in the Premier League are either English or Welsh
One day there may be some sweaty socks in the Englsh Premier League
There may well be a pan European league
but until then the Englisg Premier League is just that ENGLISH
Cosmopolitan is ok, tho' I do prefer Strawberry
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 14:54:08 GMT
Cardiff has been voted the best away ground in the country. They've taken massive steps to improve the experience down there for the away supporter. the bar staff in the away end all wear the shirts of the away side, they serve beer to ALL clubs. there's loads of stuff they've brought in to ensure away fans have the best day out possible. it's now a long cry from the old Ninnian, although i will miss that place....in four visits i never saw us lose, and the play-off semi is still to this day the best night of my life. i was 14 at the time......that night will live with me forever. Best Ground in the country...Better than Swansea, Better than Wrexham...Better than Druids and TNS... |
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Post by shawi on Jun 21, 2013 14:55:46 GMT
I'll be there - it's 10 minutes on Cardiff bus into town, several scoops of ale & saunter to the ground - no worries + 3 points to Sparkies Stokies......there's lovely !
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Post by stockportstokie on Jun 21, 2013 15:10:20 GMT
Cardiff has been voted the best away ground in the country. They've taken massive steps to improve the experience down there for the away supporter. the bar staff in the away end all wear the shirts of the away side, they serve beer to ALL clubs. there's loads of stuff they've brought in to ensure away fans have the best day out possible. it's now a long cry from the old Ninnian, although i will miss that place....in four visits i never saw us lose, and the play-off semi is still to this day the best night of my life. i was 14 at the time......that night will live with me forever. Best Ground in the country...Better than Swansea, Better than Wrexham...Better than Druids and TNS... It's a lego/concrete mess. I rate the Brit as better and that's saying something. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 21, 2013 15:11:13 GMT
Never been, but worst place I've ever been is 1992 Vetch field! Swansea's old ground for the kiddies. Bescott....proper shitheap! |
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