Chudley Cannons
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| Hometown | Chudley, England |
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| League(s) | British and Irish Quidditch League |
| Robes | Bright orange with their logo: two black Cs and a speeding cannonball |
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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.
Motto
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".
History
1753
Chudley Cannons is founded.
1892
The Chudley Cannons won the League for the last time.
1931
The Cannons won the Josef Wronski Award for Excellent Pitch Skills.
1972
The team played in the International Quidditch Tournament and changed their official motto.
1992
In August the Cannons were ninth in the League.
1998
The Appleby Arrows defeated the Chudley Cannons in the summer, aided by a pathetic performance by Cannon's Seeker Galvin Gudgeon.
The Cannons were at the bottom of the table on 31 July.
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.
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