Bartosz Nowicki

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City - The Season

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Location: Cardiff, UK

Nationality: Polish

Biography: Bartosz Nowicki is a member of The DICE Project and a trustee of Third Floor Gallery. www.bartosznowicki.co.uk www.thediceproject.info www.thirdfloorgallery.com BioBartosz Nowicki is Polish born photographer and curator living in Cardiff, Wales... MORE

16.04.2013 - Cardiff City FC - ...romotion to the Premier League.

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16.04.2013 - Cardiff City FC - Charlton Athletic FC. Pitch invasion after the Bluebirds secured their promotion to the Premier League.

27.10.2013 - Cardiff City FC - ...and stirred an identity crisis.

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27.10.2013 - Cardiff City FC - Burnley FC (after the game). The Bluebird had been the Cardiff City FC symbol for almost a century. And the team's colour was blue. At the beginning of the 2012-13 season, the club's majority owner, Malaysian businessman Vincent Tan, introduced its change to red. His decision divided the fans and stirred an identity crisis.

06.11.2012 - Charlton Athletic ...ub in Leicester Square, London.

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06.11.2012 - Charlton Athletic FC - Cardiff City FC. A few hours before kick-off, the CCFC supporters on their way to a pub in Leicester Square, London.

17.08.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ... kit make its first appearance.

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17.08.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Huddersfield Town AFC. The home match against Huddersfield saw the red kit make its first appearance.

20.04.2013 - Burnley FC - Cardi...linched the championship title.

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20.04.2013 - Burnley FC - Cardiff City FC. David Marshall in action at Burnley, where City clinched the championship title.

17.08.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ... kit make its first appearance.

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17.08.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Huddersfield Town AFC. The home match against Huddersfield saw the red kit make its first appearance.

17.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ...ome game against Middlesbrough.

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17.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Middlesbrough FC. Annis Abraham Jnr watches the home game against Middlesbrough.

27.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC â€... FC. Pride Park Stadium, Derby.

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27.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC â€“ Derby County FC. Pride Park Stadium, Derby.

28.02.2012 - Vincent Tan interv... local supportersâ€™ community.

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28.02.2012 - Vincent Tan interviewed by BBC. First public interview with the Malaysian owner of CCFC. In the interview VT shares his hopes for the club's popularity in Asia and calls the local fans 'customers'. The term, seen as controversial in the culture of football, caused uproar in the local supportersâ€™ community.

02.02.2013 - Leeds United AFC -...d after the away game at Leeds.

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02.02.2013 - Leeds United AFC - Cardiff City FC. Frazier Campbell became one of the fans' favourites at Elland Road after the away game at Leeds.

13.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ... arch rivals - Swansea City FC.

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13.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Swansea City FC (development game). Kadeem Harris leaves the ground during the development team match versus arch rivals - Swansea City FC.

04.05.2013 â€“ Hull City AFC â€...stumes. Steve went as Han Solo.

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04.05.2013 â€“ Hull City AFC â€“ Cardiff City FC. Stephen Guy getting ready for the away trip to Hull. CCFC had secured their championship title before the last game of the season. For City fans the trip was an occasion to celebrate. Many fans wore costumes. Steve went as Han Solo.

24.02.2013 â€“ Wolverhampton Wa...brate. Many fans wore costumes.

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24.02.2013 â€“ Wolverhampton Wanderers FC - Cardiff City FC. City supporters at the Molineux Stadium (left). 04.05.2013 â€“ Hull City AFC â€“ Cardiff City FC. CCFC had secured their championship title before the last game of the season. For City fans the trip to Hull was an occasion to celebrate. Many fans wore costumes.

16.02.2013 - Cardiff City FC - ...he train station by the police.

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16.02.2013 - Cardiff City FC - Bristol City FC. After the game, the away supporters are escorted to the train station by the police.

02.03.2013 - Middlesbrough FC -...am on the way to Middlesbrough.

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02.03.2013 - Middlesbrough FC - Cardiff City FC. Steve Guy plays with his grandson William on the way to Middlesbrough.

06.04.2013 - Watford FC - Cardi...eir buses and the journey home.

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06.04.2013 - Watford FC - Cardiff City FC. Gaining one point against Watford was another step closer to promotion. Cardiff City fans wait for their buses and the journey home.

27.04.2013 â€“ Cardiff City FC ...rs FC. Matt Connolly in action.

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27.04.2013 â€“ Cardiff City FC - Bolton Wanderers FC. Matt Connolly in action.

23.10.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ...C. Losing goal against Watford.

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23.10.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Watford FC. Losing goal against Watford.

19.02.2013 - Cardiff City FC - ...uad, the winners of the FA Cup.

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19.02.2013 - Cardiff City FC - Brighton & Hove Albion FC. The Fred Keenor statue was erected earlier in the season, thanks to the work of the Cardiff City FC. Keenor was the captain of famous 1927 squad, the winners of the FA Cup.

06.04.2013 - Watford FC - Cardi...ee separate away trips (right).

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06.04.2013 - Watford FC - Cardiff City FC. Police patrol after the game at Vicarage Road (left). Three different fans on three separate away trips (right).

09.01.2013 - Huddersfield Town ...top on the way to Huddersfield.

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09.01.2013 - Huddersfield Town AFC - Cardiff City FC. City fans at a pub in Rochdale, during a stop on the way to Huddersfield.

05.05.2013 - Cardiff Bay, Parad... Craig Bellamy with the trophy.

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05.05.2013 - Cardiff Bay, Parade of Champions. Craig Bellamy with the trophy.

20.04.2013 - Burnley FC - Cardi...linched the championship title.

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20.04.2013 - Burnley FC - Cardiff City FC. 'Fishy' after the final whistle of the game at Burnley where CCFC clinched the championship title.

17.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - ...truggle to find their identity.

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17.11.2012 - Cardiff City FC - Middlesbrough FC. The inner turmoil of the red sky interwoven with the blue seats representing each fans struggle to find their identity.

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City - The Season

Copyright Bartosz Nowicki 2024

Updated Jan 2014

Topics Action, Belief, Bluebirds, Britain, Cadiff City FC, Cardiff, Casuals, Community, Confrontation, Documentary, Editorial, Events, Fans, Football, Great Britain, Happiness, Photography, photojournalism, Premier League, Protests, soccer, Sports, Supporters, UK, United Kingdom, Vincent Tan, Wales, Youth

On their way back from Wembley after loosing the Championship play-off final for 2012, the Cardiff City FC fans heard for the first time that their club was to be rebranded. At the start of the next season the official colour of the club was to change from blue to red. Colour of the home kit is a part of a club's identity. In the world of football such decision is rather unheard of, so initially no one in Cardiff could believe could happen, but the wors happened. Vincent Tan (the club's majority owner) was the man behind the change and his decision has split the fans in two. All of the sudden nothing is the same. Friends stand against friends and there are dark clouds hanging over the club. On the field the season was the best in more than a half of century and the Bluebirds secured promotion to the Premier League. It seems however that success has come at a heavy cost after sacrificing what for many was most important - Identity."City - The Season" follows Cardiff City FC fans during the 2012-13 campaign, when the Bluebirds wore red. Nowicki presents his own record of the season and explore issues of identity and belonging generated by the club's controversial rebrand.Nowicki gets to the heart of what it means to follow Cardiff City, home and away, the anguish and exitement of watching the game, journeys to away grounds by cramped coaches, the harrying presence of stewards and police, the drinking, the singing and the joke playing and always the colours, shirts and tattoos that were the contested symbols of belonging during the season in which the shadow of the rebrand followed the fans to every corner of Britain.

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