Product Description

Over 450 colour photographs of Cardiff City fans through the years, from the early days of Ninian Park until it's final day in 2009. It shows the high and lows of fans at home and on away days. The cup finals, promotions and relegations. It also shows Cardiff City fans following Wales over the years and how times and fashion has changed. It's a must for anyone who has been down Ninian Park.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #112242 in Books
• Published on: 2009-09-20
• Binding: Paperback
• 220 pages

About the Author
I was born in the Roath area of Cardiff in 1965. For many years my late father, Annis Snr, was renowned as one of the leading names in the nightclub business. He opened up his first club, Mayfields, back in 1958 and went on to own no less than forty four different clubs in various towns and cities across the country, as well as four more overseas. They included Titos (Cardiff), Cleopatras (Newport), Caesars (Bradford), the Queen of Hearts (Nelson), Fantasia at the Ship Hotel (Barry), the Double Diamond Club (Caerphilly), Caesars (now the Prince of Wales, Cardiff) and the famous Captain s Bar in Palma de Mallorca. My late mother, Dawn, was also a well-known figure in South Wales thanks to her tireless work for a greyhounds welfare charity she set up in 1998. Football has played a massive part of my life ever since I first watched Cardiff City play Bolton in November 1973. I was a seven year-old schoolboy at the time and the team won that game 1-0 with a goal by Welsh international Gil Reece. I ve been a Ninian Park season ticket holder ever since and I ve supported the Bluebirds in away matches at almost every ground in the Football League, at numerous non-league venues and in a variety of other countries. During my thirty five years as a season ticket holder I ve sponsored Cardiff s players, their kits, their vehicles, their match balls and their programmes. I ve become friendly with hundreds of other Cardiff City fans and a number of ex-players, directors and chairmen. I ve also tried to buy a major shareholding in the club on two separate occasions. During the Eighties and Nineties I gained a degree of notoriety thanks to my (alleged) involvement with Cardiff s infamous hooligan gang the Soul Crew. I have recently written three books about Cardiff City and its supporters. The first was published in June 2008 by Head-Hunter Books. It s entitled From Shattered Dreams to Wembley Way and tells the story of the Sam Hammam era at Ninian Park from the perspective of some of the fans who were closest to the club s former owner. My second book, the Diary of the Real Soul Crew, was published in September 2008, my third book The Diary Of The Soul Crew 2 was released January 28th 2009.

Customer Reviews

CHEER, LAUGH OR CRY THIS REALLY DOES BRING BACK MEMORIES

This book is just brilliant, seeing the amount of faces I know in this book just brings back those memories!

Unlike most books about City this tries to cut out on the words and lets the pictures do the talking showing City fans following Cardiff and Wales home, away and abroad.

A must for Bluebird fans.

pictures that tell a thousand stories

for me this book reflects what great supporters the cardiff city fans are .This book is dedicated to them from the early days to the present every picture shows what enjoymeant these fans have had following cardiff city through good and the bad times .the cardiff city fans have often been given a a bad reputation but this book really shows what great fans they are and shows them in there true perspective

SUPERB
So so so many Pictures of City Fans, From all over the World with Flags etc etc This really is a Top Book that will be great to keep for many a year to show you Family. It just Proves that City Fans are the Best around and that we do get so many Familys watching us !!!
Great Work Look forward to you next Book.