The Cardiff Choke Countdown.

[just some bloke]

pretty much guaranteed promotion given yesterday's results. It's not too early to congratulate Cardiff on their return to the top flight after 51 years.

The English Premier League is now 10% Welsh. An amazing turnaround for Welsh football given where Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham were 10 years ago.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

Ok This is our night tonight! 51 years of pain and nearly men! Those dark days of the 80s and 90s a distant memory for those of us old enough to remember! The tough 70s always fighting relegation, and fighting off the pitch also:-) but for all our old, current, and new fans tonight maybe the night we forget about the pain of recent years. the semi final defeat against Stoke in the play offs, losing to Preston 6.1 and then getting beat by Sheff weds last game of the season to miss out on the play offs! Cup final defeat to Portsmouth from a goal keeping error! The play off final defeat to Blackpool! Heartache of semi final losses in the play offs to Reading and West ham! beaten on penalties by Liverpool in the league cup final. Tonight is the night we wash that nearly men tag down the sink. With our love of cardiff city Football club We move on to a new level many of us only dreamt of and thought we would never see, lets not forget our supporters who have passed away in our time of triumph; They may change the color of our shirt, they may change our badge every so often, they may change owners, they may change managers, players, staff; But they WONT Change our passion Pride and love of cardiff city football Club. Bluebird unite and and make as much noise as we can so that those who have passed away can hear the roar of our Joy and Elation. No other club in the country has suffered as we have or been discriminated against so much in this modern era of we have earned our place at the top table Bluebirds!!!!!!

[soggy biscuit]

They may change the color of our shirt, they may change our badge every so often, they may change owners, they may change managers, players, staff; But they WONT Change our passion Pride and love of cardiff city football Club

yes they will, just come in 12 months time.

must admit, i am quite envious of Cardiff fans today. Probably the best thing about the PL is getting there and tonight is the pinnacle of it all. The memories of winning promotion to the Premier league are much better for me than anything we actually did in the Premier League. (the opening game against Boro does stand high though)

Winning promotion to the PL > being in the PL

Look forward to seeing their fans on the pitch tonight

[6ft Kerplunk]

No other club in the country has suffered as we have or been discriminated against so much in this modern era

Really?

[soggy biscuit]

No other club in the country has suffered as we have or been discriminated against so much in this modern era

Man Friday would disagree with this

[just some bloke]

Ok This is our night tonight! 51 years of pain and nearly men! Those dark days of the 80s and 90s a distant memory for those of us old enough to remember! The tough 70s always fighting relegation, and fighting off the pitch also:-) but for all our old, current, and new fans tonight maybe the night we forget about the pain of recent years. the semi final defeat against Stoke in the play offs, losing to Preston 6.1 and then getting beat by Sheff weds last game of the season to miss out on the play offs! Cup final defeat to Portsmouth from a goal keeping error! The play off final defeat to Blackpool! Heartache of semi final losses in the play offs to Reading and West ham! beaten on penalties by Liverpool in the league cup final. Tonight is the night we wash that nearly men tag down the sink. With our love of cardiff city Football club We move on to a new level many of us only dreamt of and thought we would never see, lets not forget our supporters who have passed away in our time of triumph; They may change the color of our shirt, they may change our badge every so often, they may change owners, they may change managers, players, staff; But they WONT Change our passion Pride and love of cardiff city football Club. Bluebird unite and and make as much noise as we can so that those who have passed away can hear the roar of our Joy and Elation. No other club in the country has suffered as we have or been discriminated against so much in this modern era of we have earned our place at the top table Bluebirds!!!!!!

What a jumped-up prick that is. I can think of a number of clubs who have had a far worse time of it in recent years than Cardiff. And it's not as if they have anyone else to blame but themselves for getting tanked at home by PNE 6-1.

[southbank1871]

No offence Dirk, but whenever you post up something from one of your m8s, they always sound like helmets.

[LUX]

yep, his m8's Eastloleigh by-election prediction was up to the standards of Schards/Baines in 2010.

[Alexander Litvinenko]

No offence Dirk, but whenever you post up something from one of your m8s, they always sound like helmets.

Fair enough - the aim to provoke discussion, and to show what others closer to the subject are saying, rather than to endorse any of them.

[Mr Optimist]

Yeah wash the nearly men tag down the sink and become one of the also rans bowing before the altar of greed that is the Premier League. They will soon wish they hadn't bothered when the novelty wears off.

[Mike Hunt]

Cardiff just had the ball in the back of the net, but offside. Crowd went mental for 7 seconds.

[Clyde1998]

Millwall 1-0 Watford - Should Cardiff lose and this score stays the same - then Cardiff are up...

[Clyde1998]

CARDIFF CITY PROMOTED TO THE PREMIER LEAGUE

[paultheroyal]

Can't bring myself to watch any of that so tv is now off.

[SLAMMED]

Bristol City relegated to League 1

[Run Run Run Run Gilkesy]

Well deserved promotion and watching their pitch invasion i'm reminiscing of us last year v Forest. Oh well... it'll be us again next year!

[St. Brynjar]

Well deserved promotion and watching their pitch invasion i'm reminiscing of us last year v Forest. Oh well... it'll be us again next year!

Won't be the same though


What a difference a year makes.

Just goes to show selling your soul works. Would any royals fans accept a kit change to bright red strips if it meant promotion?

[RoyalinBracknell]

They may change the color of our shirt, they may change our badge every so often, they may change owners, they may change managers, players, staff; But they WONT Change our passion Pride and love of cardiff city football Club

yes they will, just come in 12 months time.

must admit, i am quite envious of Cardiff fans today. Probably the best thing about the PL is getting there and tonight is the pinnacle of it all. The memories of winning promotion to the Premier league are much better for me than anything we actually did in the Premier League. (the opening game against Boro does stand high though)

Winning promotion to the PL > being in the PL

Look forward to seeing their fans on the pitch tonight

I'd tend to agree with that but I guess it's not too surprising really. Getting a promotion must be right up there with the best things that can happen in club football, I guess along with winning a league (most obviously the Premier League) or winning some type of cup competition. Possibly staying up in some circumstances could also be added to that list but that's maybe less clear cut as you can be in midtable in March when it happens - obviously if it's on the final day that would be special. Those are the peak moments and the cut and dry endings. A general league season doesn't really compare. 06/07 was a great season for us but whilst there were some great memories I guess there wasn't really any individual peak moment that would warrant a pitch invation/open top bus. It was very satisfying but there wasn't much glory relatively speaking.

[Terminal Boardom]

Getting a promotion must be right up there with the best things that can happen in club football, I guess along with winning a league (most obviously the Premier League) or winning some type of cup competition. Possibly staying up in some circumstances could also be added to that list but that's maybe less clear cut as you can be in midtable in March when it happens - obviously if it's on the final day that would be special. Those are the peak moments and the cut and dry endings. A general league season doesn't really compare. 06/07 was a great season for us but whilst there were some great memories I guess there wasn't really any individual peak moment that would warrant a pitch invation/open top bus. It was very satisfying but there wasn't much glory relatively speaking.

I am not so sure. That 6-0 drubbing of west Ham on New Year's Day was pretty spectacular

[Jackson Corner]

Talk about stumble over the line. They look even worse than us, as for Hull make us look like Barcelona 58 goals! For the life of me I can see all three promoted teams coming straight back down.