Why do swansea hate cardiff

I used to love Gilligan in his Ninian Park days. But romances do not always last for ever. Gilligan later returned to South Wales to join the Swans. Gilligan up front for the West Walians. The writing was on the wall.

Inevitably it was Gilligan who grabbed the winner that day, collecting a ball hooked through from a certain Andy Legg. Just one touch was all the striker needed to score from 25 yards. My heart sank. Jimmy peeled away to the ecstatic home supporters piled onto the mighty North Bank. Their glee at the sight of an ex Cardiff hero now putting the Bluebirds to the sword was simply uncontainable. So we see above, many examples of the great rivalry.

Sometimes fierce, yet sometimes forgiving. Often naughty, even nasty. But what we do not see ….. Or have the capital city followers never really forgotten that it was their former hero John Toshack who took Swansea City to the heights of the football world, while they wallowed in the shadows.

Had he re- joined Cardiff, which looked a prospect in , the history of the two clubs may have looked very different.

They cannot escape one another. If there are such things as the Football Gods, they must spend endless hours rolling their dice to see what agonies, expectations and simple twists of fate they can unleash to throw the two sides together. Cardiff fans reluctant to accept this find it hard to find equality these days so the derby games gives them the opportunity of some respite. Both sets of supporters throw stats, facts and figures at each other in an attempt to find the higher ground.

I can genuinely reference one incident more than any other that I and several others personally witnessed in and outside the Builders in Swansea on the night of the League Cup win in There was extreme tension in the air, you could seriously feel it.

Once again away fans were to be bussed in to the game, so any chance of supporters clashing was extremely minimal. Something happened within the pub, I'm unsure what but the police attended and barged their way in to the bar pushing fans away as they did so.

Shouting and jostling ensued as is normal in these situations, a few glasses were thrown and the atmosphere turned ugly.

The two were pulled apart by colleagues whilst grabbing each others lapels. The fury in both their eyes evident. In two groups from both cities at Newbury races clashed so violently a number of serious injuries resulted. A group from Cardiff abused some of the Swansea group and the fight involving some estimated fifty race goers went of for at least fifteen minutes. The Cardiff group were backed off by such a violent response it was impossible for stewards to handle it, all they could do was watch.

It ended up in court. Evidence was heard and the court was told that according to one witness, the incident was a pre-arranged fight between fierce South Wales rivals Swansea and Cardiff, which had previously been "rained off. They were chanting 'Soul Crew'. That was brought to an end in December when hundreds of Swansea fans turned up at Ninian Park late and brawled their way from the train station to the ground.

This has changed in recent years. Of course, the Welsh teams in the English pyramid used to have an extra qualifying route for European competition via the Welsh Cup which English teams close to the border could play in , but could not qualify for Europe from! This ended in , so as you say the only route to Europe for the Swans is by final Premier League position.

It would be a very proud moment for any team to achieve this, not just one from Wales. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account.

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Swansea and Cardiff fans are a versatile bunch, with fights between the two not just restricted to derby day. Other locations the two sets of South Wales fans have clashed include Italy, during a Wales Euro qualifier, and at Newbury Race Course during the horse racing festival. The venomous hatred between the pair stems from socio-political issues in Wales. Cardiff is perceived as the favourite child; the glamorous capital city that receives all the investment, all the infrastructure and all the limelight.

In comparison, Swansea is treated as the inferior, less successful sibling. In , Cardiff got the Senedd - the new Welsh Assembly building. Swansea got a new swimming pool. The hatred rubs off on the players too. Not quite as classy as 'Wales.