Project One-Twelve
Project One-Twelve
By Andrew Collins
September 7 2010
Following the terrific response to Gareth Finch’s suggestion to make a supporters section at the CCS, theArmsPark is delighted to announce ‘Project One-Twelve’...
Regardless of your stance whether the Cardiff Blues should or should not have moved to the Cardiff City Stadium, I think everyone would agree the atmosphere at the new ground has generally been very poor. There are certainly those of us out there who want to make some noise and be the 16th man for our Blues boys - as you can hear at all the away trips - however since we've lost our terraces, those of us are just too spread out to be heard.
So let's recreate that terrace culture!
‘Project one-twelve' has been created by organiser Gareth Finch, in a bid to ‘connect fans who are committed to improving the atmosphere and enjoyment at the CCS'.
For those of us lucky enough to have been in Marseilles on that fateful day in May, we know just how loud Cardiff fans can be, outnumbered at roughly 90-1, it was certainly a challenge, but despite the ferocious French frenzy of noise, ‘Bread of Heaven' could still be heard! Finch says,
‘It was an idea that originated in Marseille, for less than a thousand of us to be able to sing as we did, it dawned to many of us that if we got pockets of us together in the CCS we could really make a difference and of course have a lot of fun in the process.'
So section 112 on the Ninian Stand has been the chosen destination for fans who want to come along, have a good ol' sing song, get some chants going and meet likeminded Blues fans hoping to have fun and enjoy the most beautiful game on earth!
There are so many reasons to try out Section 112:
- A great view of all the action, with ‘rover seating' situated on and around the 22m line.
- It's perfectly positioned between the Ninian Stands two main bars, with a temporary bar also set up between them - so getting a few beers shouldn't be a problem!
- Close to the loos - so if you really can't wait, you shouldn't miss too much of the action!
- There's no rush to get there, as there is with the halfway line seats, which means you can enjoy one or two extra pre-match drinks knowing there'll be a seat waiting for you come the all important kick off.
- But best of all, be part of a growing Cardiff Blues community which wins together and sings together!
While most would admit Cardiff have never had the most vocal of fans, we are a passionate, respectful and loyal group who reward good play with cheers and ovations. Let's regain that identity and bring along some atmosphere for the players and fans alike!
So Saturday 18th, please come along to aisle 112 for what should be a huge clash with the Newport Gwent Dragons - what better way to kick start Project One-Twelve!
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Also, I'm one for respecting the goal kickers no matter who they are, what they have done, or what has just happened. Does anyone else besides me think that we need to give the kickers more silence and try not to put him off. The Irish fans do it, and I have great respect for them!
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What chants and songs are top of our list? Perhaps we could hold a poll? I think a few more allez les bleus chats and typical songs would be great, a simple BLUES! one is also top of my list, and whoever had the idea of that Dan Parks song to the tune of parklife - brilliant!
I had stopped reading this site for last month due to same old/same old i.e Not my team, not CAP...
Well me and my buddies (from CAP South Terrace) still missing a few on hols etc were a couple of rows back from Gareth and co and were glad to have something to join in.
One of our number spotted an aquaintance who had not been to a Rugby game before and they were impressed, probably would have been less so if the normal Morgue fest was on.
Top marks to the team. Oh and YES to Shhhsh for kickers
I'm afraid I've already plumped for a reserved seat in the Ninian with a couple of mates but rest assured, I will carry the noise down to the half way line if you start it!
Quote:Spikey Mikey
Top man Gareth and a great idea.
I'm afraid I've already plumped for a reserved seat in the Ninian with a couple of mates but rest assured, I will carry the noise down to the half way line if you start it!
Same here - I'm in aisle 114. Very happy to make some noise though.

Quote:GFinch
The plan is to keep posting new and easy to learn chants on this post ... so watch this space
Yeah i will do. but i know how quick these threads fill up and if you dont come on for a few weeks its a bit time consuming reading through pages and pages. plus new members might not think to look on this thread and the important thing is that as many people as possible learn the new chants/songs. just a idea anyway
You'll see me in Section 112 a week Saturday wearing the Call To Arms Pirate jersey #9! (Just look for the blonde kid screaming his lungs out, that'll be me!)
Yes that's no problem, i'll get a chants section up and running asap. It'll be another sticky topic, plus i'll give it a permanent place on the left hand side menu bar.
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Make Noise and You Will Be Heard!


Not unique, but everyone knows it and could join in.
Quote:Cardiff Boyo
What about "When the BLUES go marching in."
Not unique, but everyone knows it and could join in.
oh when the blues, oh when the blues,
oh when the blues go marching in.
we be singing in aisle 112
oh when the blues go marching in.
Many thanks and keep up the good work.

But we are where we are and we can either not attend, attend and moan or attend and make the most of it.
Need to get thinking on some songs, def need a song about Marseilles !
I love the ole gunner song man utd fans sing about his goal in Barcelona, u can google it pretty easy, could change it to
Who scored the try on toulons line Bradley bradley,
Who scored the try on toulons line Bradley bradley Davies,
Bradley bradley Davies,
Bradley bradley Davies,
Bradley bradley Davies,
Who scored the try on toulons line Bradley bradley Davies!
Or something similar
Umm we could do "If you're Blue and you know it clap your hands"
I liked someone's idea on here of doing "Oggy Oggy Oggy...BLUES BLUES BLUES!"
I'll post more on here when I can think of them!
Our only Rush-y
You make us happy, when skies are grey
You'll never know Xav, how much we love you,
So please don't take our Rushy away.
Quote:GFinch
You are our Rush-y
Our only Rush-y
You make us happy, when skies are grey
You'll never know Xav, how much we love you,
So please don't take our Rushy away.
i like this. think we should def show rush how much we appreciate him staying. either this or an other song dedicated to him.
When you get older losing your hair
Not so long from now
Will you still be lurking on the offside line?
"On my feet ref" Ev-ery time!
Ev-ery season could be your last
But you know the score
Coz Martyn we need you
And we will still need you
When you're sixty four!
cardiff, cardiff blues
cardiff, cardiff blues
simple, but fun.
Would have to keep to well known things unless you distributed a hymn sheet or something.
Not that we really need anything other than 'hymns and arias' or 'bread of heaven', let's not set our goals too high at this early stage.
But if you want one.
To the beatles - 'hey jude'
la la, la la la la, ca-a-sey, lau la la.
Suggestions for chants have been coming in on there too.
Going to have a sit down, with a couple of other members and pick some of the best and then send an email or post on here, which ones we would be most likely to use on Saturday so everyone can learn them beforehand.
Looking back at the suggestions so far on here ... Which are you guys most keen on?
My only suggestion at this stage is the simple "Come-on-you....Bluuuues' a la 'Come on you Bath' or 'Come on you Saints' etc.
Think this is a great idea. It's only the 2nd season at Leckwith so these things may take time but something like this could be just what the ground needs (along with more fans!)
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Cymru am Byth...
Quote:Dim Cais
If I join your lot and inadvertently chant "CARDIFF, CARDIFF" without following with the word "bloos", will I be admonished?
Good shout Dim, was always the 'chant of choice' over the years, home and away.
Remember the Sarries game at Watford, European cup (Pieter Muller era), Craig Quinnell and Jamie Robinson tries I think.
Loud and proud that day! Even Bruiser had a ball !
Have to say tho, need to get the atmos going at CCS, so agree with the sentiment of the thread.
I do now try to shout "Cardiff Blues, Cardiff Blues" in a two-tone sort if way.
I've just moved into 202 - I think it's a bit quieter in there at the moment.
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Keep this going as we need to make CCS home unless told otherwise!
Great to see us talking about making the Blues a success instead of being negative all the time. If this continues I'll return to the site more often. Keep it going!
What about to the tune of 'Mighty Quinn' a 'Mighty Blues' song if anyone is a decent songwriter. I tried but my wife told me my lyrics are lame but a good song to sing in a crowd??
Hope you guys get it going...i'll be screaming from 202! Maybe we should boom Oggy Oggy Oggy from our side and get Blues Blues Blues from 112?
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Hello all,
Got a phone call from the Cardiff Blues yesterday afternoon ... offering us their full support for our campaign
Song sheets and hopefully free flags will be present on Saturday!!
Get yourselves to 112.
That's awesome. Very well done, and i would also be more than happy too help! The whole experience of watching rugby down the CCS will be much better with this project.
Also very well done to the CB, great to see they're supporting us too
Wll done Gareth, great to see some positives. Shame some people on here dont go looking for them, instead of continous moaning.

Planning to hand these out at the entrance to 112, possibly 113 at the game saturday and in the supporters area too ... if we can get some over to the other stand too then we will!

Guinness Premiership gates this season.
Sale Sharks 35 - 18 Newcastle Falcons Edgeley Park 7,815
London Irish 33 - 16 Saracens Twickenham 75,112
Exeter Chiefs 22 - 10 Gloucester Rugby Sandy Park 9,562 London Wasps 29 - 29 Harlequins Twickenham 75,112
Leeds Carnegie 16 - 32 Bath Rugby Headingley 5,509
Northampton Saints 27 - 19 Leicester Tigers 13,498
Newcastle Falcons 29 - 17 London Wasps 5,159
Harlequins 16 - 20 Northampton Saints 10,823
Bath Rugby 20 - 13 London Irish 11,005
Gloucester Rugby 22 - 21 Leeds Carnegie 9,994
Leicester Tigers 37 - 27 Exeter Chiefs 17,956
Saracens 28 - 13 Sale Sharks 6,087
Northampton Saints 31 - 10 Bath Rugby 13,491
Sale Sharks 21 - 17 Harlequins 6,026
Exeter Chiefs 22 - 17 Newcastle Falcons 7,326
London Wasps 37 - 30 Leicester Tigers 8,006
Leeds Carnegie 14 - 26 Saracens 4,774
London Irish 23 - 16 Gloucester Rugby 8,267
In 18 games, if you exclude 2 games at twickenham, only 3 games have had higher attendances than the Blues v Dragons.
In 18 Magners games this season, the Blues v Dragons was the 3rd highest gate of the season.
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Maybe an 11,000 gate is pretty good in the current financial climate.
Too early in the season to get excited and the last game was a local derby remember, so it would obviously attract a few more on lookers combined with the freebies on offer. Let's see what we get for the following ML games and the HEC fixtures before we start swinging our pants.
Well done.
I am liking the 'Cardiff Blues, allez allez allez...' mind
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Cymru am Byth...
Just need to be consistent and people will join in, don't be scared to keep on singing.
working well is the cardiff blues, allez allez allez, even if you're not joining in with your voice, join in with the clapping and it will encourage others!
Someone should get onto the people who sort out the stadium music, after a penalty or try scored they should play a consistent song, like the scarlets play sospan fach, i think they played U2 on thursday, if they played an intro of 'why why why delilah' or 'hymns and arias' after each score then people could carry on the singing (i liked the tom jones sing song! much more effective than any other chant!)
CARDIFF CARDIFF CARDIFF
Quote:They play Yma o Hyd at the Scarlets, which is a Scarlets song, so it works.NRisStillMyHero
Better on thursday!
Just need to be consistent and people will join in, don't be scared to keep on singing.
working well is the cardiff blues, allez allez allez, even if you're not joining in with your voice, join in with the clapping and it will encourage others!
Someone should get onto the people who sort out the stadium music, after a penalty or try scored they should play a consistent song, like the scarlets play sospan fach, i think they played U2 on thursday, if they played an intro of 'why why why delilah' or 'hymns and arias' after each score then people could carry on the singing (i liked the tom jones sing song! much more effective than any other chant!)
CARDIFF CARDIFF CARDIFF
Personally I dont like it when a song is played after a score at other clubs, it sounds proper naff.
Plus the PA is so dodgy at Leckwith it would probably sound even more @#$%&. You'd think they could have sorted out the problems the announcer has EVERY game by now, it always breaks off mid-sentence. It's embarassing
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Cymru am Byth...
I quite like the trumpet thing ahead of kick off but needs to be done before the restart. We should come out to AC/DC Thunderstruck!
I think casey wanted to hear his song after he scored, holding his hand to his ear. Got to keep it up until everyone catches on.
Get the nessage of how pees off everyone is by what is now finally being acknowledged in the previously 'friendly' media....
Next game:
Sat 29 Jan @ 18:30 V Ospreys in the LV Pup err sorry Cup
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Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle
Fry: And then the battle is not so bad?
Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot
Quote:Neil
Here's a suggestion for those stalwarts in Isle 112
Get the nessage of how pees off everyone is by what is now finally being acknowledged in the previously 'friendly' media....
Sorry can you translate that?
Quote:Quite!Nosmo KingQuote:Neil
Here's a suggestion for those stalwarts in Isle 112
Get the nessage of how pees off everyone is by what is now finally being acknowledged in the previously 'friendly' media....
Sorry can you translate that?
Lesson here being;
Do not post whilst meds are taking effect!
What I meant is 'Please will the noisy b****s in 112 let the board know how unhappy everyone (well not the apologists obviously) is with the long overdue publication of the teams troubles. Or something like that.....
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Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle
Fry: And then the battle is not so bad?
Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot
Were "they" all saying that there were no financial pressures or were "they" choosing to support their team/side/club and encouraging others to do so?
I agree it is good to see issues acknowledged in the media (indeed the interview with Peter Thomas does not go far enough) but I do think your generalisation of those in 112 is a bit too, general?
Quote:cardiffstu
Aisle.
Were "they" all saying that there were no financial pressures or were "they" choosing to support their team/side/club and encouraging others to do so?
I agree it is good to see issues acknowledged in the media (indeed the interview with Peter Thomas does not go far enough) but I do think your generalisation of those in 112 is a bit too, general?
My only generalisation is that they (the aisle 112 pepes) are supposed to be noisy (vocal for their team).
So why not use that to make directors aware of their feelings about any concerns for their team.......
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Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle
Fry: And then the battle is not so bad?
Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot
A suggestion inspired by the 'Pilou Pilou' of Toloun, RIGHT before the kick off of each game, when the players are on the pitch, play a video on that big screen of fans chanting the 'Cardiff Blues, allez allez allez' at the final last year, with this cue people would (very hopefully, perhaps) join in with at least the clapping along, building up a little atmosphere at the start which would hopefully be a base to build upon for a noisier crowd.
Maybe this could be extended onto the scoring, as previously discussed.
I think the chant works the best (apart from CARDIFF CARDIFF CARDIFF) as people just need to clap along in time to contribute to the noise, even if they are too embarrassed to sing (or too snobby), and it wouldn't be too hollow if the PA system was playing real fans singing, hopefully compounded with those still with the 112 spirit, at the biggest final that cardiff(blues) have played in.
So anyone have a suitable video that someone could pass along to toogood or someone? Or maybe someone could get a video from the TV broadcast, although the sound might be too quiet. If there's someone who really is organised they could maybe even organise a few fans together to sing and record it themselves?
Quote:CardiffBluesEst1876
A suggestion inspired by the 'Pilou Pilou' of Toloun, RIGHT before the kick off of each game, when the players are on the pitch, play a video on that big screen of fans chanting the 'Cardiff Blues, allez allez allez' ...building up a little atmosphere at the start which would hopefully be a base to build upon for a noisier crowd...I think the chant works the best (apart from CARDIFF CARDIFF CARDIFF) ...If there's someone who really is organised they could maybe even organise a few fans together to sing and record it themselves?
As one of the 112's who can be heard to try to innitiate some noise esp.'Cardiff Blues, allez allez allez' I could be tempted to add my vocal talents(?!),

The Heineken Cup makes the difference mind, as does a good travelling support.
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Does anyone think that a re-focus on 112 and other matchday enhancing projects would help to please an increasingly disgruntled fanbase?
I'm still convinced that a pro-active attitude can make the CCS a worthwhile home, even if it never will be the CAP.
Time to put it behind us and unite as a fan group, I believe we can do alot to help each other enjoy the matchday experience more so than currently and will be putting together a list of ideas to submit to the blues.
If anyone has any (pro-active) ideas on how we can improve the experience at the CCS feel free to tweet me @finchy1989 or leave a comment here and i'll see that they are submitted.
Thank You
Please follow as we try to build a strong united fan group for the Blues!
Quote:Mikeal
Well, fair play to u lot on sunday, you lot tried very hard to get the crowd bouncing, its a big shame, that its too big of a place to get bouncing with grannies and little kids mostly in attendance, you'll never get a rugby atmosphere in a football ground, Your ship is sinking. You should boycott the team if they fail to return to the arms park. That was the biggest game of the season and they failed to fill the stadium half full. surely how can you be happy with that!!.
Its not the players fault we play at the CCS and the stadium is half full. Could be something to do with the Blues catchment area and the dislike for Cardiff in the valleys.
Quote:Mikeal
You should boycott the team if they fail to return to the arms park
Ah yes that helpful argument Project112 is doing something proactive, beneficial to the team that they all support. Are you a Blues fan Mikeal?
If people stay away then it's simple... THE STADIUM WON'T FILL! Can you not see the logic - or rather lack of it - in boycotting?
By staying away and watching the games on television, all you are doing is financially supporting the BBC, S4C and SKY TV. Strange that these three organisations heavily support Welsh rugby including the Blues. Maybe if you wish to follow your arguement through, you should switch off your television when rugby is being televised, then you are not supporting the Blues or those that fund us.
I would like to bet that you will be watching the 6 nations in the comming weeks and where does that money go, back to the regions. So based on your posts, you will be watching Pobol Y Cym next weekend. I think not.
id also cut the parking from a fiver to something more suitable and ask the new CEO to take a step back and think before making rash comments.
Suggestion for those on the trip next week:
Oes gafr eto? Oes heb ei godro?
Ar y creigiau geirwon mae'r,
Hen afr yn crwydro,
Gafr las,las, las,
Ie finlas, finlas, finlas.
Foel gynffon las, foel gynffon las,
Ystlys las a chynffon,
Las, las, las.
Note not all are family friendly like
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Soldier: This is the worst part. The calm before the battle
Fry: And then the battle is not so bad?
Soldier: Oh, right. I forgot about the battle
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot

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