Wembley Build Up

[rodo]

thought vinny o connor was gonna get sparked when he said about having to go to cardiff

[dom9]

Bellamy's a class act, just seems like a genuinely nice guy and I think people get the wrong impression of him from his passion that spills over into aggression on the pitch. Wish we had him for his whole career because he puts his heart and soul into this club.

I know a few people that have bumped into him on a night out in Cardiff that might disagree with that assessment.

[Vermilion]

Great video "The Road to Wembley"


LFC - 'The Road to Wembley' - Video Dailymotion

Thommo and Rushie like a couple of excited kids in the stand at the start of this vid, at the final whistle when we make it to the final.

[Shaggy]

Empire of the Kop @empireofthekop
RT @JuiceChambo: The FA has decided to scrap the England and Welsh national anthems ahead of the Carling Cup Final to avoid booing

[Alex]

I dont understand the whole national anthem thing. Its not like you get each respective countries national anthems in the Champions League final. So why the League cup.

Cardiff play in the English league. So the Welsh one would be out of place anyway.

[Kenneth]

It"s a club game, no idea why anthems would be part of it anyway.

[Vermilion]

It"s a club game, no idea why anthems would be part of it anyway.

Have they played the English national anthem at English cup finals before, is it the norm ?

If not, what the hell are they on about saying it's cancelled due to fear of booing ?

[Angryred]

It"s a club game, no idea why anthems would be part of it anyway.

Fans will be singing their own club anthems anyway!

[Alex]

Have they played the English national anthem at English cup finals before, is it the norm ?

If not, what the hell are they on about saying it's cancelled due to fear of booing ?

They do for the FA cup. So Id assume they do for the League cup. Its like the pre-match handshakes. No point to it really.

[PTP]

re national anthems

one of the times at cardiff - can't remember which one - I had a mate at cardiff uni for pretty much 2001 through to 2007, so went to all the finals there, sometimes had tickets sometimes just went anyway....

So one of them, three of us didn't have tickets so we went to the big pub opposite ground think it was a huge wetherspoons to watch it...

It was full of welsh lfc/cardiff fans.....

God Saved the queen started, and literally about 150 people out 200 packed in....All sat down - left about 50 of us dotted about standing there like....er **** wtf as all those sitting down started booing and then chanting "WALES...WALES"

[Vermilion]

They do for the FA cup. So Id assume they do for the League cup. Its like the pre-match handshakes. No point to it really.

Ah, that'll be it then, i expect Cardiff wanted the Welsh anthem played along with the English one, i suppose they very much feel like they're representing Wales.

People can argue the why's and wherefore's of having a Welsh team in an English league, but the fact remains that they are Welsh, so 'it's not unusual' they would want to do this is suppose.

Club anthems for me all the way though.

[Muddled]

Talking of anthems and walking on to the pitch etiquette - why have we started wearing tracksuit tops when coming out on to the pitch during league games? I mean, it's very 80's and very aces!

[dom9]

Talking of anthems and walking on to the pitch etiquette - why have we started wearing tracksuit tops when coming out on to the pitch during league games? I mean, it's very 80's and very aces!

Sponsorship / shifting more merch.

[PTP]

money! - we go out wearing jackets, people go...thats a smart top, and go an buy them - probably the best and "free" marketing for the tracksuit tops
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also i like it too, looks classy i reckon

[Muddled]

Sponsorship / shifting more merch.

money! - we go out wearing jackets, people go...thats a smart top, and go an buy them - probably the best and "free" marketing for the tracksuit tops
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also i like it too, looks classy i reckon

I guess it's the simple answer. Ta

I think it's aces - I used to wear my tracksuit top when going on to the park to play football and neatly lay it down as a goalpost.