{"id":24896,"date":"2020-02-25T18:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=24896"},"modified":"2020-02-25T18:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T18:25:57","slug":"fan-travels-5000-miles-from-the-usa-to-watch-cardiff-city-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/fan-travels-5000-miles-from-the-usa-to-watch-cardiff-city-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Fan travels 5,000 miles from the USA to watch Cardiff City for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An American who&#8217;s been a long time Cardiff City supporter has travelled all the way from Montana to watch his team for the first time ever at tonight&#8217;s game against Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Todd Kolembusz has both Slovakian and Welsh ancestors, and traced family back to the Welsh Valleys. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s a hard life for a Bluebirds fan living in Malta, Montana, where Todd says &#8216;99% of people&#8217; in his small town of 1800 don&#8217;t follow football or &#8216;soccer&#8217;. 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The response has been overwhelming, thank you. <\/p><cite>Todd Kolembusz<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.@kolembusz has come all the way from Montana and is SUPER excited about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CardiffCityFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CardiffCityFC<\/a> versus <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFFC<\/a> tonight! \u2708\ufe0f\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CardiffCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CardiffCity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bluebirds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bluebirds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CityAsOne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CityAsOne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ryw9jIS6P8\">pic.twitter.com\/Ryw9jIS6P8<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cardiff Broadcast (@BroadcastCJS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BroadcastCJS\/status\/1232331477712539648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Todd won&#8217;t be the only one hoping for a result tonight, as the tenth-placed Bluebirds look to close the gap on promotion chasers Forest in sixth. They&#8217;ll have to do it without star forward Lee Tomlin, who has been ruled out for six weeks with a knee injury. Kick off is at 7.45pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American who&#8217;s been a long time Cardiff City supporter has travelled all the way from Montana to watch his team for the first time ever at tonight&#8217;s game against Nottingham Forest. Todd Kolembusz has both Slovakian and Welsh ancestors, and traced family back to the Welsh Valleys. It&#8217;s a hard life for a Bluebirds fan living in Malta, Montana, where Todd says &#8216;99% of people&#8217; in his small town of 1800 don&#8217;t follow football or &#8216;soccer&#8217;. 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