The recent call by a non-descript Welsh politician to have Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau played at the FA Cup Final is something of an erroneous decision. Rhodri Glyn Thomas believes this will be a case of common sense prevailing if the FA submit to the request, that has hardly been a vociferous one. You might think I ought to tread carefully on the matter considering that I do live in Cardiff at the moment. But I won't.
I can't see Mr Thomas' plea on this matter as anything more than political point-scoring on his part. Pandering towards a nationalist sentiment that the occasion owes nothing towards. Perhaps he ought to be reminded that Cardiff City, along with Swansea City and Wrexham, compete in the English leagues and as such should follow English convention. The FA Cup Final is an English event and as such has no obligation to fulfil Mr Thomas' wishes.
In 1996, the three teams concerned, as well as Merthyr, Colwyn Bay and Newport in the non-league pyramid were invited to join the Welsh Premier League, governed by the FAW and supplicant entries into the Welsh FA Cup. They declined and here we are now in the unprecedented modern scenario whereby Cardiff have reached the FA Cup Final.
In lieu of the 1996 decision, I rather feel that Cardiff City made their bed, and regardless of what colour the duvet is, they now must lie in it.
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