Talk:Flag of Saint David
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The recent popularity of the flag of St david can be traced back to September 1998 when a supporter of wales and Cardiff City, A Cardiff based Businessman known as "Muhz", decided to promote the flag from the obscurity of the coat of arms of the Bishop of St David to a position on an international stage.
He arranged for 6 flags to be made in various sizes (one of more than 25 feet in width) and taken to the Wales V Italy Game at Liverpool's anfield ground in September 1998. Subsequently these flags appeared at Cardiff City matches both home and away over the next few seasons, and being a strong visual image were rapidly recognised and often adopted by others. It was apparent that flag was virtually unheard of and almost totally unrecognised at this point. In fact it also appears on the coat of arms of the Bishop of St David in its reverse form, i.e. Black Cross on Gold Background, and although this version was examined at the time it was not considered by its promoter to be a strong enough image.
The motives for the promotion of the flag were two fold: Firstly to produce a flag which was was a strong visual challenge to the English flag of St George, which for years had been adopted byt the political far right within the UK, and secondly to provide an alternative and perhaps elitist alternative within Wales to the traditional Welsh Dragon, which had been widely associated not just with Wales but with its Rugby team.
The recent popularity of the flag has surprised even Muhz, its promoter, and is, at the time of writing, almost ubiquitous within the Cardiff and South wales area.
