My Cardiff City legends eleven, but what constitutes a “legend”?

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1. Dai Woosnam says:

   June 15, 2025 at 5:27 pm

   G’day, Paul,
   Maybe other members of the MAYA community can whip up some enthusiasm for this, but not me.

   In truth, apart from the formation (4-4-2), I can see nothing that I find agreeable.
   Why does it underwhelm me so?
   Don’t really know.

   But my hunch is that the word ‘legend’ has been so devalued that in truth City would be raking the field with about 8 players…!!
   As for your team… there is one glaring omission. Indeed you have submitted the player I reckon deserving of the honour of being the first name on that teamsheet: yes maybe even before Fred Keenor. I refer to the great Billy Hardy.

   As for some of your selections… can someone really be a club legend if they have played for the club less than 100 times like Craig Bellamy (let alone have on his record – laughably wrongly in my opinion – the fact he bullied young apprentices)…

   So if 100 appearances was a benchmark, the great Ivor Allchurch just about qualifies to take his place. Peerless.

   As for candidates for the bench: three players I saw playing at Ynys Park in the late 1950s all strike me as possibly pushing the likes of Ernie Curtis and Joe Ralls off it. I refer to Billy Baker, Ken Hollyman and Stan Montgomery… the late Stan incidentally – the last time I checked – still holds the Glamorgan record for a fifth wicket stand…

   Who would manage the Legends team, incidentally…? I reckon they might need the Divine help of St Ninian…

   TTFN,
   Dai.