Cardiff and Swansea in the Prem

[User removed 4]

Hmmmmm!
having lived in the heart of welsh speaking Wales now for nearly 7 years I can say that most of the Welsh are fantastic people, it must be that where we are in Carmarthenshire they are just not particularly English lovers.
As for Swansea and Cardiff in the premier, they have to get there first Cardiff have flirted for a few years but I must say both could do it this season if they keep up the way they are playing now
the Cardiff and Swansea fans that live locally are really OK and always say how they admire the way the Albion have fought back from the brink and we have always got on Ok with the people from either place and even they say they are not particularly welcome in this area.
I suppose its like most places that are small they have small people with small minds, the lady who lives next door (98) has only ever been out of the area 3 times in her life and refuses to see one of the doctors because he is English( he's not in fact but his parents are) and you can't really fight that sort of attitude.

live and let live I say.

Seriously, why do you stay there ? As you say where you are they dont like the english ?

 

[wigman]

On the last 2 occasions when we have beaten them, they have caused a lot of damage. Apart from ripping up seats and attacking first aid people, they have smashed up our concourse and toilet area, rubbing shit all over the walls in the process

They should all be made to lick the sh*t up the dirty ba***rds!

 

[bluestripe]

natterjack
There are good and bad in both swansea and cardiff , you paint cardiff bad because you are a jack, but what about the brick dropping on cardiff coaches after the last derby. iam english and live and work in cardiff, never had a problem, most welsh people only are against england when it is a sporting occasion against wales, but the pubs are always full when England football play in euros or world cup. i have a lot of welsh friends from cardiff who are not at all, anti english, i think you will find the english haters are generally the welsh speaking taffies from up north or west of carmarthen who generally hate anyone from outside their own villages.

 

[Gwylan]

Seriously, why do you stay there ? As you say where you are they dont like the english ?

This from the man who's never short of an observation about the antisocial behaviour of his own neighbours.

 

[User removed 4]

This from the man who's never short of an observation about the antisocial behaviour of his own neighbours.

i come from where i live, he doesnt, prick.And what anti -social behaviour is glasfryn guilty of exactly ?

 

[Ninja Elephant]

I would love to see Swansea and Cardiff in the Premier League. I've been through both places, love both and think they'd add alot to the top flight. If they did get promoted, there would be the inevitable "if they can, so can Celtic and Rangers" debate but, as Natterjack rightly points out, they were founder members of the league here and have earnt the right to play in the top flight by working their way up from the foot of the league pyramid.

 

[clapham_gull]

no, it's the ENGLISH premier league and thats the way it should be, if there so proud to be Welsh then f*** off to the Welsh leagues.

There is no such thing as the "English Premier League" or the "English Football League".

Check your history.

 

[turienzo's lovechild]

it'd spice things up that's for sure

 

[natterjack]

natterjack
There are good and bad in both swansea and cardiff , you paint cardiff bad because you are a jack, but what about the brick dropping on cardiff coaches after the last derby. iam english and live and work in cardiff, never had a problem, most welsh people only are against england when it is a sporting occasion against wales, but the pubs are always full when England football play in euros or world cup. i have a lot of welsh friends from cardiff who are not at all, anti english, i think you will find the english haters are generally the welsh speaking taffies from up north or west of carmarthen who generally hate anyone from outside their own villages.

Your right, I do have a problem with a lot of Cardiff fans as they revel in the hooligan notoriety. Every club has its arseholes and Swansea are no different, but it's completely insane when the club encourage it and even sell hooligan memorabilia in the club shop.

Take last years coin throwing incident that nearly blinded Mike Dean the referee (he must have been blind to give them a penalty at the end, but that's another story) - the club banned the 'culprit' for throwing chewing gum onto the field. Now, that takes some imagination.

I have a lot of friends in Cardiff, but the football club are a throw-back to the 80's and to imagine them in the premiership (even putting aside my Swansea allegiance) is quite a frightful thought. Last season they drew Arsenal in the cup and smashed up 2 pubs and many cars because they lost!

 

[West Hoathly Seagull]

I have never encountered anything but friendliness when holidaying in Wales; indeed, in Pembrokeshire I found the Welsh were very pro-English people (apart obviously from incomers who bought houses and were away most of the year) and that they had more problem with fellow Welsh people. Preseli Pembrokeshire, basically Haverfordwest and north towards Ceredigion, even votes Tory; there were Tory posters everywhere when I went there at election time, so hardly anti-English. I must say I was most impressed with the Jacks when I went to the Vetch Field for a Friday evening game about 10 years ago. That covered stand to our left (I take it you went in there Natterjack) made a racket that would put most Premiership fans to shame, in a crowd of only 6000 or so. Apart from about 100 idiots (the ones in the main stand who invaded and racially abused Mickey Bennett if anyone remembers), I found the Jacks by and large fairly friendly.

 

[glasfryn]

Seriously, why do you stay there ? As you say where you are they dont like the english ?

economics mate,we moved from Brighton got rid of our rather large mortgage and bought a large semi rural house with a huge garden with the change, and I'v always said if we ever get enough money together to move back to the Brighton area .....thats what we would do...you have'nt got 500k hanging around that we could use have you

i come from where i live, he doesnt, prick.And what anti -social behaviour is glasfryn guilty of exactly ?

None as far as I know ....other than the fact that we have 6 cats and have to suffer threats from our immediate neighbours who have an aversion to any animals including birds.
We thought it might be us but we now know they have no friends their kids have no friends nobody visits them and the last 3 owners of our house were bullied by them.
we are both from Brighton and will never be bullied by anyone = trouble

I have never encountered anything but friendliness when holidaying in Wales; indeed, in Pembrokeshire I found the Welsh were very pro-English people (apart obviously from incomers who bought houses and were away most of the year) and that they had more problem with fellow Welsh people. Preseli Pembrokeshire, basically Haverfordwest and north towards Ceredigion, even votes Tory; there were Tory posters everywhere when I went there at election time, so hardly anti-English. I must say I was most impressed with the Jacks when I went to the Vetch Field for a Friday evening game about 10 years ago. That covered stand to our left (I take it you went in there Natterjack) made a racket that would put most Premiership fans to shame, in a crowd of only 6000 or so. Apart from about 100 idiots (the ones in the main stand who invaded and racially abused Mickey Bennett if anyone remembers), I found the Jacks by and large fairly friendly.

Pembrokeshire is known as Little England in this part of Wales, in fact those from Swansea and Cardiff are thought of as English as well and while I was in Shrewsbury working in the prison there those from the North of Wales hated those from the South, and us English had to break up a few fights between them, strange as now some 40 years later North Wales in in habited by many Mancs and Scouses wonder how they get on there.
do I really care .....................................................nah!

 

[hillbilly]

No thanks. Not until we (and if!) get the World Cup anyway!