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 around 1987, the Chudley Cannons lost a game.[4]
In August 1992, the Cannons were ninth in the League.[5]
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 two American Major League Baseball teams, which likewise have notoriously strong fanbases in spite of a near-legendary reputation for not having won the championship for nearly, or more than, a century:
The Chicago Cubs, who became the first Major League team to play in three consecutive World Series championships (in 1906, 1907 and 1908), as well as the first team to win two consecutive championships (in 1907 and 1908), but subsequently set two records for "droughts" in sports, failing to win a National League pennant between 1945 and 2016 (a 71-year drought) or a World Series championship between 1908 and 2016 (a 108-year drought);
The Boston Red Sox, who won the first-ever World Series title (in 1903), and won four more titles, the last being in 1918 before an 86-year drought that ended with their victory in 2004. This drought gave rise to a superstition among fans known as the "Curse of the Bambino", a belief that their star player, Babe Ruth, hexed them after being traded to their greatest rivals, the New York Yankees.
The Chudley Cannons crest featured in the film series includes the inscription "Est. 1753".[6] 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.[7]
The team's logo, featuring two crossed artillery pieces, bears some resemblance to that of the real-life British football club Arsenal.
The team's logo includes three interlaced crescent moons. This is considered a Celtic or Pagan symbol, sometimes representing the Three Fates.
It is also the emblem of Diane de Poitiers, a French noblewoman who had several connections to the moon including her name, manner of dress, and the crest itself.
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