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Chudley Cannons

Chudley Cannons

Quidditch Team information
Hometown	Chudley, England
League(s)	British and Irish Quidditch League
Robes	Bright orange with their logo: two black Cs and a speeding cannonball
Won Championships	League Cup (1892) (21 Total Times)
Known Players	Manager: Ragmar Dorkins^[1] Seeker: Galvin Gudgeon^[1] Beater: Joey Jenkins^[2] Chaser: Dragomir Gorgovitch^[3]
Behind the scenes
First appearance	Daily Prophet Newsletters
Latest appearance	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)

"...because death is coming for me as surely as the Chudley Cannons will finish bottom of this year's league."

—Albus Dumbledore, commenting on the certainty of his imminent death^[src]

The Chudley Cannons are a British Quidditch team that played in the British and Irish Quidditch League. They wore bright orange robes, and their logo included two black Cs and a speeding cannonball. They have won the League Cup twenty-one times, the last time in 1892; many consider their glory days to be over. There used to exist a Chudley Cannons Fan Club.

1 Motto
2 History
- 2.1 1892
- 2.2 1931
- 2.3 1972
- 2.4 1992
- 2.5 1998
- 2.6 1999
3 Squads
4 Behind the scenes
5 Appearances
6 Notes and references

MottoEdit

The club motto was "We shall conquer" until 1972, when it was changed to "Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best".

HistoryEdit

1892Edit

The Chudley Cannons won the League for the last time.

1931Edit

The Cannons won the Josef Wronski Award for Excellent Pitch Skills.

1972Edit

The team changed their official motto.

1992Edit

In August the Cannons were ninth in the League.^[4]

1998Edit

The Appleby Arrows defeated the Chudley Cannons in the summer, aided by a pathetic perfomance by Cannon's Seeker Galvin Gudgeon.

The Cannons were at the bottom of the table on July 31st.^[1]

1999Edit

The Chudley Cannons broke a sixteen-game losing streak by drawing with the Caerphilly Catapults.

On February 8th they lay bottom of the League with 230 points.

The Cannons narrowly defeated Wigtown Wanderers in Bodmin Moor.

On June 1st the Falmouth Falcons were the team at the bottom of the League. The Cannons then defeated the Falcons in Exmoor, keeping the Falcons in bottom place. The shock of the victory caused the Cannons' manager Ragmar Dorkins to collapse.

On October 1st the Chudley Cannons were in eleventh place in the League.^[1]

SquadsEdit

Chudley Cannons
1998-1999
Chasers
Unknown		Unknown		Unknown
Beaters
	Unknown		Unknown
	Keeper		Seeker
	Unknown		Galvin Gudgeon

Substitutes
Ragmar Dorkins (Manager)

Behind the scenesEdit

They are Ron Weasley's favourite team. The bedspread, walls, and ceiling of his room at the Burrow were all decorated in a "violent shade of orange", and posters of the team's players covered nearly every inch of the walls.
J. K. Rowling, when asked if the Chudley Cannons would ever win a game, replied that "they'd need to replace the entire team and down several cauldrons of Felix Felicis."
In the February 8th 1999 edition of the Daily Prophet, 'Chudley Cannon memorabilia - fan making "clean break"', is an advertisement in the 'For Sale' section.^[1]
The team is likely to be an allusion to the Premier League Football team, Liverpool, who have a devoted fanbase, dominated the league for a long period, amassing the second most titles out of anyone (18), in 1989 before failing to win it again. This is further illustrated by the date of their last league title in 1892, Liverpool's founding.