Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City
Full name Cardiff City Football Club
Nickname(s) The Bluebirds
Short name CAR, CCFC, City
Founded 1899 (1899) (as Riverside A.F.C.)
Ground Cardiff City Stadium
Ground Capacity 33,280
Owner Vincent Tan
Chairman Mehmet Dalman
Manager Neil Warnock
League Championship
2016–17 Championship, 12th
Website Club website

Cardiff City Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in the city of Cardiff, Wales that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.

Founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., the club changed its name to Cardiff City in 1908 and joined the English football league system in 1910, competing in the Southern Football League before joining the Football League in 1920. They are the only club from outside England to have won the FA Cup, doing so in 1927. They have also reached three other cup finals in English competitions, the 1925 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United, the 2008 FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and the 2012 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool, suffering defeat on each occasion, and have won the Welsh Cup on 22 occasions, making them the second most successful team in the competition's history behind Wrexham. The club's longest period in the top-tier of English football came between 1921 and 1929 and they have spent seven seasons in the top-flight since this period, the most recent being in the 2013–14, being relegated after a single season.

Since 1908, the club's home colours have been blue and white, leading to a nickname of The Bluebirds, with the exception of a period between 2012 and 2015 when the club's owner, Vincent Tan, rebranded the club and changed the home colours to red. The club reverted to their traditional blue in January 2015.[1] They play their home games at the Cardiff City Stadium, after moving from Ninian Park in 2009, and have long-standing rivalries with nearby clubs Swansea City, known as the South Wales derby, and Bristol City, known as the Severnside derby.

History

Early years (1899–1920)

The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., following a meeting at the home of Bartley Wilson in Cardiff who was appointed secretary of the club, as a way of keeping players from the Riverside Cricket Club together and in shape during the winter months. Their first season saw them playing friendlies against local sides at their Sophia Gardens ground, but in 1900 they joined the Cardiff & District League for their first competitive season. In 1905, Cardiff was granted city status by King Edward VII, and as a result the club put in a request to change their name to Cardiff City, but the request was turned down as they were deemed to be not playing at a high enough level. To combat this they arranged to join the South Wales Amateur League in 1907 and the following year they were granted permission to change the name of the club to Cardiff City.[2]

With the club growing in stature, they were forced to turn down the opportunity to join the newly formed Southern League Second Division due to the lack of facilities at their Sophia Gardens ground. Over the next two years, Cardiff played friendlies against some of Britain's top professional sides, including Middlesbrough, Bristol City and Crystal Palace, with the matches being played at various grounds in Cardiff and nearby towns. The club eventually secured land to build their own stadium, moving into Ninian Park, in 1910. The club made its first signing the following year with the acquisition of Jack Evans from fellow Welsh club Cwmparc.[2]

A black and white photograph of a football team posing for a photo before a match.
Cardiff City's 1920 Welsh Cup winning side.

With the new ground in place, Cardiff joined the Southern League Second Division,[3] and appointed their first manager in Davy McDougall, who became player-manager. They went on to finish in fourth place in their first year in the league but the board decided to replace McDougall with Fred Stewart, who had previous managerial experience with Stockport County. Stewart led the club to the Second Division title in his second season and the club remained First Division for the next decade, finishing in the top four on two occasions, although the league was suspended due to the outbreak of World War I between 1915 and 1919.[2]

1920's success & later decline (1920–1945)

In 1920, the club submitted a successful application to join the Football League and were placed into the Second Division for the 1920–21 season.[2] Stewart brought in several players with Football League experience, breaking the club's transfer record on two occasions to sign Jimmy Gill and later Jimmy Blair from The Wednesday. They played their first match in the Football League on 28 August 1920, defeating Stockport County 5–2, and finished the season in second place to win promotion to the First Division,[3] finishing behind Birmingham City on goal average, and also reached the semi-final of the FA Cup.[4] In their third season in the top-tier, the club finished runners-up to Huddersfield Town due to a goal average difference of 0.024,[3][4][5] drawing their final match 0–0 in a match where club record goalscorer Len Davies missed a penalty.[4]

The following season was the first time Cardiff City appeared at Wembley Stadium, reaching their first ever FA Cup final,[3] losing 1–0 to Sheffield United following a goal from England international Fred Tunstall.[4] Although the 1926–27 season was Cardiff's worst performance in the top tier of English Football since they had won promotion six seasons prior, finishing in 14th position, Cardiff reached their second FA Cup final in the space of two years.[4] On St George's Day, 23 April 1927, at Wembley Stadium in London, Cardiff became the first non-English side to win the FA Cup by defeating Arsenal 1–0 in the Final, Hughie Ferguson scoring the only goal of the game. In the 74th minute, after collecting a throw George MacLachlan, Ferguson hurried a tame shot toward the Arsenal goal. Dan Lewis, the Arsenal goalkeeper, appeared to collect the ball but, under pressure from the advancing Len Davies, clumsily allowed the ball to roll through his grasp. In a further attempt to retrieve the ball Lewis only succeeded in knocking the ball with his elbow into his own net.[6] Captain Fred Keenor received the FA Cup trophy from King George V only seven years after Cardiff City had entered the Football League.[4]

The side also won the Welsh Cup in 1927 defeating Rhyl by a scoreline of 2–0, making Cardiff the only team to win the national cup of two different countries in the same season, and would go on to win the FA Charity Shield after beating amateur side the Corinthians 2–1 at Stamford Bridge.[4] However, the club soon entered a decline after their cup success and were relegated from the First Division in the 1928–29 season, despite conceding less goals than any other side in the division,[7] and suffered a second relegation two years later, dropping into the Third Division South for the first time since they joined the Football League.[3] During their time in the division, Cardiff recorded their biggest ever win in the Football League, when they beat Thames by a scoreline of 9–2 but after finishing the 1932–33 season in 19th place, manager Fred Stewart tendered his resignation from his post after 22 years in charge of the team.[4] Club founder Bartley Wilson stepped in to replace Stewart; however the results continued to be disappointing, and in March 1934, Ben Watts-Jones was given the opportunity to manage the club he had supported as a youngster. However, he was unable to turn the clubs' fortunes around by the end of the season, meaning Cardiff City were forced to apply for re-election after finishing bottom of the division. Watts-Jones remained in charge for another three years until he was replaced by Bill Jennings but Cardiff remained in the Third Division South until the Football League was suspnded following the outbreak of World War II.[3][4]

Post war & European competition (1945–1990)

In their first season since the return of the Football League, Cardiff were finished the 1946–47 season as champions of the Third Division South under new manager Billy McCandless and returned to the Second Division in 1946–47 season. McCandless left the club soon after and was replaced by Cyril Spiers who led the club to promotion the in 1951–52 season,[3][8] returning to the top tier of English football for the first time in 23 years.[4] However, despite spending five seasons in the First Division, the club continually struggled in the bottom half of the table and were eventually relegated in 1957.[8] They returned to the First Division for two seasons between 1960 and 1962 before again suffering relegation.[3]

Yearly table position since Cardiff City joined the Football League

During the 1960s, Cardiff began qualifying for European competition for the first time as a result of winning the Welsh Cup. Their first ever match in European competition was in the European Cup Winners Cup during the 1964–65 season against Danish side Esbjerg fB, winning 1–0 on aggregate over two legs, the only goal being scored by Peter King. They went on to reach the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Real Zaragoza. Despite their exploits in Europe, the club were still struggling in league competition under the stewardship of Jimmy Scoular, finishing in 20th position in the Second Division.[9] Two years later the club would go on to reach the semi-final of the Cup Winners Cup, the furthest any Welsh club has advanced in European competition, after victories over Shamrock Rovers, NAC Breda, and Torpedo Moscow set up a tie with German side Hamburg,[3] whose squad contained a number of German internationals. After a 1–1 draw in the first leg, just over 43,000 fans turned out at Ninian Park to watch Hamburg win 3–2.[9] During the 1970–71 season, Cardiff reached the quarter-finals of the Cup Winners Cup where they faced Spanish side Real Madrid. The first leg of the tie was held at Ninian Park where 47,000 fans watched one of the most famous victories in the club's history when Brian Clark headed in to give Cardiff a 1–0 win. Despite going out after losing the second leg 2–0 the result would still go down in the club's history.[9] The club remained in the Second Division for 19 of the 20 seasons between 1962 and 1982, being relegated to the Third Division for one season during the 1975–76 season.[3][10]

After dropping into the Third Division, between 1985 and 1993, Cardiff were continuously in the lower two divisions of the Football League as the club appointed several managers in attempts to stabilize the team's performances.[10] They were relegated to the Fourth Division once in the 1985–86 season and, despite returning to the Third Division on two occasions, in 1996 finished in their lowest-ever league position – 22nd of 24 in Division Three.[11]

2000–: Recent history

In August 2000, Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam purchased control of the club.[12] Shortly after taking over, Hammam controversially pledged to get the entire Welsh nation to support Cardiff by renaming the club "The Cardiff Celts" and changing the club colours to green, red and white.[13] However, after lengthy talks with senior players and fans, he decided that the best policy was not to change the name of the club; however the club crest was redesigned. This new design incorporated the Cardiff City bluebird in front of the Flag of Saint David; and featured the Club's nickname superimposed at the top of the crest. Hammam invested heavily in the club, investing in new players that saw Lennie Lawrence guide Cardiff to promotion via a Division Two playoff triumph in 2003 against Queens Park Rangers,[14] substitute Andy Campbell came off the bench to score the only goal in extra time and ensure Cardiff returned to Division One after an 18-year absence.[12]

The Bluebirds established themselves in Division One however, after failing to get the new stadium plans agreed by Cardiff Council due to concerns over financial security in 2006,[12] Hammam agreed to a takeover by a consortium led by new chairman Peter Ridsdale and the lead developer of the new stadium, Paul Guy. During the takeover, Hamamm was accused of "total greed and self-interest" by the club's board and the club revealed spiraling costs had left the club crippled by debt.[15] During the 2007–08 season, Cardiff reached the semi-final of the FA Cup for the first time in 81 years after beating Middlesbrough 2–0 on 9 March 2008.[12] After coming through their semi-final against Barnsley with a 1–0 win at Wembley Stadium on 6 April with a goal from Joe Ledley,[16] they eventually lost 1–0 to Portsmouth in the final.[12]

Cardiff City playing against Sheffield United during the 2009–10 season

In May 2010, Malaysian Datuk Chan Tien Ghee took over as club chairman, with Vincent Tan also investing and joining the board. The following year, the club appointed Malky Mackay as manager,[17] who took the side to the League Cup final for the first time in the club's history during his first season. The following season, Cardiff won the 2012–13 Championship title and with it gained promotion to the Premier League for the first time. returning to the first-tier for the first time in 52 years[18][19]

On 18 August 2013, Cardiff played their first ever Premier League match away to West Ham United, losing 2–0.[20] However, Cardiff won only three games in the first half of the season and, on 27 December 2013, Mackay was sacked by Vincent Tan following showdown talks and replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjær.[21][22] Despte the change, Cardiff were relegated to the Championship after a single season following a 3–0 away defeat to Newcastle United.[23] Solskjær himself was sacked on 18 September 2014 after a disappointing start to the following Championship season, and replaced by Leyton Orient manager Russell Slade.[24]

Rivalry

Referee Mike Dean receiving treatment after being struck by a projectile in a South Wales derby

Cardiff City's most significant rivalry over the years has been with neighbours Swansea City, though traditionally there is also ill-feeling between the club's supporters and followers of Bristol City, known as the Severnside derby, and to a lesser extent, Bristol Rovers. In April 2006, relations with Cardiff City supporters and Swansea City supporters were aggravated after Swansea won the Football League Trophy final against Carlisle United 2–1 in the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. During their celebrations, Lee Trundle and Alan Tate brandished a Welsh flag with an anti-Cardiff obscenity written on it in. As well as carrying the flag, Trundle was also seen wearing a T-shirt with an image of a Swansea City player urinating on a Cardiff City shirt.[25] The Football Association of Wales (FAW) said the images paraded at the match, which took place at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on 2 April 2006, were "of an extremely offensive and insulting nature and such behaviour is totally unacceptable". The two players in question were arrested by the Police on suspicion of section four public order offences, fined £2,000, and handed one-match suspensions.[26]

There is also a lesser rivalry with Welsh neighbours Newport County due to the proximity of the two Welsh cities. However, they have rarely played against each another since the 1980s due to Cardiff being in higher leagues. In total they have only ever played 20 football league games against each other.

Stadium

Ninian Park

The front of Ninian Park

Cardiff's first ground was at Sophia Gardens recreational park where they played from their founding in 1899 until 1910[27] when, due to the lack of facilities at the ground and the increasing amount of support for the club, Bartley Wilson contacted Bute Estate, who owned large amounts of Cardiff at the time, in an attempt to find land suitable for building a stadium. They eventually agreed on an area of waste ground on Sloper Road. The land was a former rubbish tip and required extensive work to get a playable surface, but with the assistance of Cardiff Corporation and volunteers the work was completed. The ground was originally to be known as Sloper Park but was instead named after Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart, who was a large force in helping the club get the ground built, and became Ninian Park.[28]

The stadium was built with one stand before the opening of another in 1928 which could hold 18,000 people to replace an earth embankment. The club record attendance in the ground is 60,855 which was achieved during a league match against Swansea City on 27 August 1949. The record stands to this day, and is unlikely to be beaten due to the scaling down grounds throughout the 1970s and 1980s due to safety fears, which saw the ground capacity fall to 22,000. In its final year in use, the ground was the only one above League One level that still contained standing areas.

Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff City Stadium Pitch

In June 2009, Cardiff City completed a state-of-the-art 26,828 seater stadium on the site of the now-demolished old Cardiff Athletics Stadium. The project required the rebuilding of the athletics stadium, to be known as Cardiff International Sports Stadium, on the opposite side of Leckwith Road in Cardiff. This ground was deliberately built to house both Cardiff City FC & Cardiff Blues RFC.

The plan required the demolition of the Cardiff Athletics Stadium, and the council initially insisted that its replacement be built before the start of construction of the Cardiff City Stadium, which would allow the city to have a major athletics facility for the 11 months between the demolition of the old stadium and the building of a new athletics facility nearby. But developers said that the main infrastructure work including highway improvements, drainage, gas supply and electricity cables could be carried out in a way that would allow Leckwith to remain open until July 2007.

On 20 September 2007 it was announced that the Cardiff Blues rugby union club would leave their Cardiff Arms Park home to become tenants of Cardiff City at the new Leckwith stadium.[29]

Construction began on the new Cardiff International Sports Stadium in January 2007, and that venue was opened in January 2009. The new football ground, officially named Cardiff City Stadium, opened in July 2009.[30] On 8 May 2012, Cardiff Blues confirmed they would leave the Stadium to return to Cardiff Arms Park for the 2012–13 season and onwards.[31]

In August 2014, expansion plans were completed, increasing the stadium capacity to 33,316. However, in March 2015, it was announced that the Ninian Stand extension was to be shut for the 2015–16 season due to poor ticket sales, dropping the capacity to 27,978.[32]

Colours, kit and crest

Colours

When Riverside A.F.C. was formed in 1899, the club used a chocolate-brown and gold checkered shirt. Following the club's name change to Cardiff City 1908, their home colours have consisted of a blue shirt and white or blue shorts and socks, although for the first nine years black socks were used. In 1919, Cardiff reverted to blue socks with a white hoop and from 1926 Cardiff used a turquoise blue with a white collar, until 1930 when the darker blue was re-introduced. In 1936 the club adopted white sleeves. Kit changes over the club's history have included all blue kits, the introduction of a yellow vertical strip during the 1970s and alternating blue stripes.[33] In 2012, Cardiff controversially changed their home kit colours from the traditional blue, white and yellow to red and black.[34] The crest was also changed to one in which the Welsh dragon was more prominent than the traditional bluebird. The crest was changed to "appeal in 'international markets'"[35] The change angered fans, who expressed their opposition in news and social media as well as directly to management.[36] On 9 January 2015, after three season playing in the red kit, the club reverted their home kit back to blue with a red away kit.[37]

Orange and "Chocolate" quarter shirt, "Chocolate Short and sock
Original strip used as Riverside A.F.C. before 1908
Blue jersey, White Shorts, Black socks
Cardiff's original colours from 1908
Light Blue jersey, White Shorts, Blue socks
Cardiff's lighter blue strip used between 1926–1930.
Blue jersey with white sleeves, White Shorts, Black socks
1936–37 shirt became popular and was re-used
Blue jersey, Blue Shorts, Blue socks
All blue kits were used in 1992–1996 and 2000–2007
Blue jersey, White Shorts, White socks
The 2009–10 strip with yellow being re-added
Red jersey, Black Shorts, Red socks
Cardiff's primary colours were changed from blue to red between 2012 and 2015.
Cardiff reverted to their traditional blue halfway through the 2014–15 season.

Crest history

From 1908 Cardiff played in unadorned shirts. This changed in 1959, when they played in shirts with a simple crest featuring an image of a bluebird. The following season their shirts were featureless, and remained so until 1965, when they played in shirts with the word "Bluebirds" embroidered. A new crest, similar to the one previously used and again featuring a bluebird, was introduced in 1969. Variations on this crest remained until the 1980s, when extra features including words and additional motifs were added. A major change was made in 2012, when owner Vincent Tan attempted to rebrand the club in order to expand the club's appeal outside Wales.[38] This change gave large prominence to the Welsh Dragon, reducing the bluebird to a minor feature. In March 2015, Cardiff announced a new crest which would predominantly feature the Bluebird once again with an oriental dragon replacing the standard Welsh dragon.[39]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer[33] Shirt sponsor[33]
1973–82 Umbro None
1983 Whitbread Wales
1984 Superted

Camilleri Roofing

1984–85 Merthyr Motor Auctions
1985–87 Admiral Airways Cymru
1987–88 Buckley's Brewery
1988–89 Scoreline
1989–90 Havelet
1990–91 None
1991–92 Influence
1992–94 Bluebirds South Wales Echo
1994–95 Strika
1995–96 Influence
1996–97 Lotto
1997–98 Errea Gilesports
1998–99 Xara Sports Cafe
1999–2000 Modplan
2000–02 Ken Thorne Group
2002–03 Puma Leekes
2003–05 Redrow Homes
2005–06 Joma
2006–08 Communications Direct
2008–09 777.com
2009–11 Puma SBOBET
2011–14 Malaysia tourist board and BBC Cymru
2014–15 Cosway Sports
2015– Adidas

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 Augsut 2017[40]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Northern Ireland GK Lee Camp
2 England DF Lee Peltier
3 England DF Joe Bennett
4 England DF Sean Morrison (captain)
5 Gabon DF Bruno Ecuele Manga
6 Wales DF Jazz Richards
7 England MF Lee Tomlin
8 England MF Joe Ralls
9 England FW Danny Ward
10 Denmark FW Kenneth Zohore
11 England MF Kadeem Harris
13 Republic of Ireland MF Anthony Pilkington
14 Ivory Coast DF Sol Bamba
15 England DF Greg Halford
16 England DF Matthew Connolly
No. Position Player
17 Iceland MF Aron Gunnarsson
18 Scotland DF Callum Paterson
19 England MF Nathaniel Mendez-Laing
20 France MF Loïc Damour
21 England MF Craig Noone
22 England MF Stuart O'Keefe
23 Scotland MF Matty Kennedy
24 Wales DF Declan John
25 Philippines GK Neil Etheridge
26 Benin FW Frédéric Gounongbe
27 England FW Ibrahim Meité
28 Republic of Ireland GK Brian Murphy
31 Wales MF Mark Harris
33 Canada MF Junior Hoilett
37 England FW Rhys Healey

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
30 England GK Ben Wilson (at Oldham Athletic until 1 January 2017)

Academy

Cardiff currently runs a highly successful youth academy, with a number of youth groups from ages seven to eighteen years. Recent players to come through the youth system include Wales internationals Joe Ledley, Chris Gunter, Aaron Ramsey, Adam Matthews, Darcy Blake and Declan John and, prior to the youth system being granted academy status, Robert Earnshaw and James Collins.

Notable former players

Backroom staff

Position Name
Manager Neil Warnock
Assistant Manager Kevin Blackwell
First Team Coach Ronnie Jepson
Coach James Rowberry
Goalkeeper Coach Andy Dibble
Head of Fitness & Conditioning Lee Southernwood
Head of Medical Hywel Griffiths MCSP HCPC
First Team Physiotherapist Edward Richmond
Senior Strength & Conditioning Mike Beere
Sports Scientist Ben Parry
Club Doctor Dr. Len Nokes
Performance & Recruitment Analyst Graham Younger
Player Development Manager Craig Bellamy

Manager history

Name Nat From To
Davy McDougall Scotland 1910 1911
Fred Stewart England 1911 1933
Bartley Wilson England 1933 1934
Ben Watts-Jones Wales 1934 1937
Bill Jennings Wales 1937 1939
Cyril Spiers England 1939 1946
Billy McCandless Northern Ireland 1946 1948
Cyril Spiers England 1948 1954
Trevor Morris Wales 1954 1958
Bill Jones Wales 1958 1962
George Swindin England 1962 1964
Jimmy Scoular Scotland 1964 1973
Lew Clayton (caretaker) England 1973 1973
Frank O'Farrell Republic of Ireland 1973 1974
Jimmy Andrews Scotland 1974 1978
Richie Morgan Wales 1978 1981
Graham Williams Wales 1981 1982
Len Ashurst England 1982 1984
Jimmy Goodfellow & Jimmy Mullen (caretakers) England England 1984 1984
Jimmy Goodfellow England 1984 1984
Alan Durban Wales 1984 1986
Jimmy Mullen (caretaker) England 1986 1986
Frank Burrows Scotland 1986 1989
Len Ashurst England 1989 1991
Eddie May England 1991 1994
Terry Yorath Wales 1994 1995
Eddie May England 1995 1995
Kenny Hibbitt England 1995 1996
Phil Neal England 1996 1996
Kenny Hibbitt (caretaker) England 1996 1996
Russell Osman England 1996 1998
Kenny Hibbitt (caretaker) England 1998 1998
Frank Burrows Scotland 1998 2000
Billy Ayre England 2000 2000
Bobby Gould England 2000 2000
Alan Cork England 2000 2002
Lennie Lawrence England 2002 2005
Dave Jones England 2005 2011
Malky Mackay Scotland 2011 2013
David Kerslake (caretaker) England 2013 2014
Ole Gunnar Solskjær Norway 2014 2014
Scott Young & Daniel Gabbidon (caretakers) Wales Wales 2014 2014
Russell Slade England 2014 2016
Paul Trollope Wales 2016 2016
Neil Warnock England 2016 Present

Football League 100 Legends

The Football League 100 Legends is a list of "100 legendary football players" produced by The Football League in 1998, to celebrate the 100th season of League football. Three former Cardiff City players made the list.

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following have played for Cardiff City and have been inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame :

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Cardiff City:

Records

Cardiff set club records when buying Gary Medel in 2013 and selling him a year later

The record for the most appearances in all competitions is currently held by Billy Hardy who appeared in 590 matches for the club between 1911 and 1932, including in the Southern Football League.[41] Phil Dwyer has made the most appearances in the Football League era, having played in 575 matches. Len Davies is the club's top goalscorer with 179 goals in all competitons. Seven other players, Peter King, Robert Earnshaw, Brian Clark, Carl Dale, Derek Tapscott, Jimmy Gill and John Toshack have also scored 100 or more goals for the club.[42]

Jack Evans became the first Cardiff City player to win an international cap on 13 April 1912 when he represented Wales in a 3–2 defeat to Ireland. The player who has won the most caps as a Cardiff player is Alf Sherwood who won 39 caps for Wales during his spell with the club.[43] The highest transfer fee that the club has paid for a player is £9.5 million for Gary Medel in 2013 from Spanish side Sevilla.[44] A year later, Medel became the most expensive player sold by the club when he joined Inter Milan for £10 million.[45]

Cardiff's largest victory was a 16–0 victory over Knighton Town in the fifth round of the Welsh Cup in 1962. Their biggest league victory was a 9–2 victory over Thames on 6 February 1932 and their biggest FA Cup victory was a 8–0 victory over Enfield on 28 November 1931.[46]

Honours

First Division (as first tier)

Second Division/First Division/Championship (As second tier)

Third Division (South)/Third Division/Second Division/League One (As third tier)

Fourth Division/Third Division/League Two (As fourth tier)

FA Cup

FA Charity Shield

Football League Cup

Southern Football League Second Division

Welsh Cup

FAW Premier Cup

FAW Welsh Youth Cup

FA Youth Cup

Algarve Challenge Cup

Osnabrück Tournament

Welsh Football League Cup (Cardiff City Reserves)

Welsh Football League (Cardiff City Reserves)

Sources

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