The 33,000 Cardiff Play Off Final Count

[THE FLYING COW]

yeah

i think the most coaches were despatched by northolt who took ten
although someone said that reading run twelve coaches surley not

[HoopDoggyDogg]

I was there, last time I ever want to go back to Cardiff as well.

[mjk]

I was there, went with dad and mates in a mini-bus.
Good day out until that 118th minute or so. Good banter with mates, who never supported QPR wearing spare kits up there that we had.

[braddersqpr]

I was there went with my mum dad and a mate

I remember around 85mins my mum was on the big screen when we got home and switched on the tv and saw her on it was amazed haha

Also remember all the flags on the motorways sayin Good Luck QPR

It was a good and Bad day

[hermitage10]

I was there with my Dad, Mum and cousin

We went to my Uncles house 1st as he lives in Cardiff. Remember walking through town centre, buying a big flag that is still in the cupboard and seeing 2 giant balls on the pitch b4 the game. Went to pizza hut after!!!

[Neo]

Very nice stadium.
Seeing 33k R's fans in a stadium like that was excellent, my first experience of such a thing.

Hate for Cardiff due to abuse received walking back to the buses. How stupid was that putting the coach pick-up at the other side of the stadium....doh, f'in welsh tw*ts.

Drive home was silent...not good.

[HammersmithR]

I was there and met Chris Powell at half time in the khazi!

[Filiranger]

I was there with a few others. Drove up, confident and anticipating a happy moment..... unforgettable support,the masses of hooped shirts in Baardiff will live long in my memory (as well as that parade a year later).

The match spoke for itself....deflated absolutely gut wrenched after that lob over Day in extra-time 3 mins before the penalty shootout.

Could not drive home, my mate had too, gutted, absolutely gutted, ****ed, saddened, as well as relegation, lowest moment following the R's.

[Brazilnut]

I was living in Brazil at the time but I promised myself if we had a chance of the playoffs I would fly back to support my team .

So with 5 games left I flew back and the only game I saw us lose was the final but I didn't care. It was a great occasion and one I won't forget.The support we had there was amazing. I had a big Brazilian flag which stood out amongst all the blue and white ones so when looking at various web sites for
pictures I could spot where I was standing and could also show the family back home in Brazil.

I was also interviewed on bbc radio london by Emma Jones the week building up to the final. She spoke to Mark Bircham first and then introduced me as the the QPR fan who's swapped the Copacabana for Shepherds Bush.

I flew back to Brazil the day after the final a bit upset but looking forward to seeing my family who I had now been away from for 5 weeks. The things we do for the club we all love. If only they knew.

[RussRanger]

Stayed in a great b&b 20 mins walk from stadium for two nights - £30 a night (cash). Really lucky as every place I phoned before was booked solid. Can't see that happening now.

Got a central seat about 3 rows up. Remember Lisa Rogers (who I had a crush on at the time) doing some weird pre-match entertainment with inflatable giant footballs or was that my medication kicking in?

Tommy Williams and the Campbell goal and everything going flat afterwards. Left as the fireworks started. Went straight back to b&b and listened to 606. Really didn't fancy going out in that town afterwards.

Went back home following morning as Wolves fans arriving for their game, I think?

[vanhoop]

met up at 7.am outside south harrow nick,mate of ours normally spends a night there and was booked on bus.3 timber carriage buses set off for chepstow singing and drinking from the off,great ride down,was so proud.plotted up in chepstow early doors with some sheff utd and wolves fans,they could,nt handle us and were well outsung.good laugh with only one casualty,sheff u fan was attacked with a sausage.only an hours drive to cardiff.arrived and walked straight into the anti english abuse.gave our fairshare back.sh8t game great atmosphere.back to the timber where the landlord is a taff,but fairplay within an hour he was stripped and fitted in a rangers shirt,with 40 free brandys on the bar.happy days

[qblockoompah]

remember going, met langley outside ground. when inside remember the big balls pre match warm up. also remember a qpr fan getting thrown out for fighting another qpr fan. remember 2 fights afterwards and getting abused by ****bag cardiff fans. One of em was built like a fiji rugby player,fat welsh *******

[W6hoops]

I was there got to cardiff city centre at 10 am. 4 of us had a pizza and 3 got drunk, remember being very emotional before game, but the game itself was an anti climax. Left just as Glenn Campbell scored. The drive back to london took 4 and half hors or so, an hour just to get out of cardiff city centre. remember seeing a tear up by the castle. and loads of Wolves and Sheff utd fans floating around. Great tro cee so many R`s in one place, but the White Kit Should not have been worn

[qblockpete]

just brought back some classics, for fans that may not have seen them

[Neil]

No wonder you got back in no time from Hillsborough. We were all coming back from Cardiff!!!
I remember the Cardiff fans being the most unsporting winners, the bigeest bunch on t**ssers going after the game, when getting back to the car. God knows what they would have been like if we had won! :shocked:

Lol just noticed that,I was at Cardiff too,prefer not to remember much. :very_sad: