The club motto was "We shall conquer" until 1972, the same year that they played in the International Quidditch Tournament, when it was changed to "Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best".
In August 1992 the Cannons were ninth in the League.[4]
In 1998 the Appleby Arrows defeated the Chudley Cannons in the summer, aided by a pathetic performance by Cannon's SeekerGalvin Gudgeon. The Cannons were at the bottom of the table on 31 July.[1]
In 1999 the Chudley Cannons broke a sixteen-game losing streak by drawing with the Caerphilly Catapults. On 8 February they languished bottom of the League with 230 points. The Cannons narrowly defeated Wigtown Wanderers in Bodmin Moor. On 1 June 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 1 October the Chudley Cannons were in eleventh place in the League.[1]
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, and he owned a team badge. In 1997, Harry Potter used magic on his poster, making it temporarily turn blue.
Chudley Cannons' logo
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 8 February 1999 edition of the Daily Prophet, 'Chudley Cannon memorabilia - fan making "clean break"', is an advertisement in the 'For Sale' section.[1]
They have a certain resemblance to the American Major League Baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, in that they have a notoriously strong fanbase as well as a legendary reputation for not having won the championship in their respective sports for over a century.
The Chudley Cannons crest featured in the film series includes the inscription "Est. 1753".[5] This, however, cannot be taken as canon since it goes against information in Quidditch Through the Ages, in which it is specified that the Chudley Cannons were one of the thirteen Quidditch teams selected to join the British and Irish Quidditch League when it was first established in 1674.[6]
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Chudley Cannons
