Monthly Archives: August 2009

About this blog and about me.

Posted on August 20, 2009 by The other Bob Wilson

Well,firstly, this is a Cardiff City blog named in memory of the trailblazing kit that was greeted by guffaws and wolf whistles by the home support when I saw my team run out at Fratton Park wearing it in August 1972 – around then they used to say that Martin Peters was ten years ahead of his time, well you could multiply that by three or four as far as that kit was concerned!

Secondly, let’s introduce myself. My name is Paul Evans and I have been a Cardiff City supporter since Saturday 5 October 1963 when my late father took me, at the age of seven, to watch us play Northampton Town at Ninian Park – we won 1-0 with Mel Charles scoring with what my very hazy memory of the event tells me was a second half header at the Grange End. Continue reading →

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Why do we get so many penalties?

Posted on August 20, 2009 by The other Bob Wilson

I must admit that I was prepared to view last season as a one off when it came to the huge number of penalties we were awarded, but with us having been awarded a further three of them in our first four competitive matches this time around, maybe there is more to this than first meets the eye and it is not just down to coincidence. Continue reading →

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