{"id":25266,"date":"2018-02-13T17:07:31","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T17:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=25266"},"modified":"2018-02-13T17:07:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T17:07:31","slug":"blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

CARDIFF Blues fans have been reacting mostly positively to a possible move away from the Arms Park.<\/span>
\nLast week the club announced that it \u201cwill now explore alternative options away from Cardiff Arms Park\u201d.<\/span>
\nSteve Coombs, a life-long fan of Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, thinks that a move would be best for the club.<\/span>
\n\u201cI think it could be better in the long run to be free from Cardiff Athletic Club at a new ground, even if it means losing Cardiff rugby’s traditional home.<\/span>
\n\u201cThe devil is in the detail because we don\u2019t know where that hypothetical home could be yet. It\u2019s all very frustrating because if the relationship with CAC were more sensible, the future could be very bright.\u201d<\/span>
\nMr Coombs said: \u201cCardiff City Stadium is the least likely option I think. The move there nearly bankrupted them and they’re literally still paying for it. <\/span>
\n\u201cIdeally, they’d find a new site down the bay or maybe near Dumballs Road where all the new redevelopment is going on and build a purpose-built new rugby stadium.\u201d<\/span>
\nPhil Thomas runs the website <\/span>www.cardiffrfcfans.co.uk<\/span><\/a>, and has followed Cardiff Blues since their inception in 2003.<\/span>
\nHe said: \u201cWhilst there is still hope that both teams [Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC] will stay at Cardiff Arms Park, I think the likelihood of them moving away is increasing week by week.\u201d<\/span>
\n\u201cMy view, as of today, is that Cardiff Arms Park will either be hosting hockey in five to seven years time or may be hosting amateur rugby in a significantly smaller venue that will be mostly car parking and other income earners for Cardiff Athletic Club such as a hotel or housing.<\/span>
\n\u201cThe ball is firmly in the court of CAC. As for Cardiff Blues, it will look to move to a purpose-built stadium elsewhere in the city.\u201d<\/span>
\nMr Thomas also believes the club will not move back to Cardiff City Stadium. <\/span>
\nHe said: \u201cCardiff City Stadium is definitely extremely unlikely as Cardiff Blues have just stopped paying their exit fees after breaking that contract. <\/span>
\n\u201cMoving there was lunacy as the tenancy agreement allowed only match day rental costs and no non-match day income at all, so the complete opposite model from what sports teams have to be nowadays.\u201d<\/span>
\nCardiff-based journalist Twm Owen, however, disagrees that the Blues will move.<\/span>
\nHe said: \u201cStrictly speaking I don’t think they’re going anywhere.\u00a0<\/span>I just think all round staying at the Arms Park would better suit all concerned so I imagine it’s a bargaining tool\u201d<\/span>
\nJon Rees, chairman of the Cardiff Athletic Club, had nothing further to add to the <\/span>statements given last week.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CARDIFF Blues fans have been reacting mostly positively to a possible move away from the Arms Park. Last week the club announced that it \u201cwill now explore alternative options away from Cardiff Arms Park\u201d. Steve Coombs, a life-long fan of Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, thinks that a move would be best for the club. \u201cI think it could be better in the long run to be free from Cardiff Athletic Club at a new ground, even if it means […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":24900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4],"tags":[4489,898,4255],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-25266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","tag-cardiff-arms-park","tag-cardiff-blues","tag-opinion"],"yoast_head":"\nBlues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"CARDIFF Blues fans have been reacting mostly positively to a possible move away from the Arms Park. Last week the club announced that it \u201cwill now explore alternative options away from Cardiff Arms Park\u201d. Steve Coombs, a life-long fan of Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, thinks that a move would be best for the club. \u201cI think it could be better in the long run to be free from Cardiff Athletic Club at a new ground, even if it means […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-13T17:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"465\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Tom Moody\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Moody\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/\",\"name\":\"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-13T17:07:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/eae079c49139d3cda087155c5f4a92bb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":465},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/\",\"name\":\"The Cardiffian\",\"description\":\"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/eae079c49139d3cda087155c5f4a92bb\",\"name\":\"Tom Moody\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fb6df74818062b872f8b76e6658071f5\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0859bfdfa6c7c062de52ed40165c7fd805dc87f83265e55cddfef19cf3fabb47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0859bfdfa6c7c062de52ed40165c7fd805dc87f83265e55cddfef19cf3fabb47?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Moody\"},\"description\":\"Tom Moody is a trainee journalist for the Cardiffian, covering Fairwater, St Fagans and Creigiau. He is studying at MA News Journalism at Cardiff University, having previously studied History at Cardiff University.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/moody-t\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian","og_description":"CARDIFF Blues fans have been reacting mostly positively to a possible move away from the Arms Park. Last week the club announced that it \u201cwill now explore alternative options away from Cardiff Arms Park\u201d. Steve Coombs, a life-long fan of Cardiff RFC and Cardiff Blues, thinks that a move would be best for the club. \u201cI think it could be better in the long run to be free from Cardiff Athletic Club at a new ground, even if it means […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/","og_site_name":"The Cardiffian","article_published_time":"2018-02-13T17:07:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":620,"height":465,"url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Tom Moody","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Moody","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/","name":"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park - The Cardiffian","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-13T17:07:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/eae079c49139d3cda087155c5f4a92bb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/02\/cardiff-arms-park-620x465-1.jpg","width":620,"height":465},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/02\/13\/blues-fans-react-possible-move-arms-park\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Blues fans react to possible move from Arms Park"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/","name":"The Cardiffian","description":"Just another JOMEC Sites Network site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/eae079c49139d3cda087155c5f4a92bb","name":"Tom Moody","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/fb6df74818062b872f8b76e6658071f5","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0859bfdfa6c7c062de52ed40165c7fd805dc87f83265e55cddfef19cf3fabb47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0859bfdfa6c7c062de52ed40165c7fd805dc87f83265e55cddfef19cf3fabb47?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tom Moody"},"description":"Tom Moody is a trainee journalist for the Cardiffian, covering Fairwater, St Fagans and Creigiau. He is studying at MA News Journalism at Cardiff University, having previously studied History at Cardiff University.","url":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/author\/moody-t\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25266"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=25266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}