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unusual facts about Cardiff City



1965–66 in Belgian football

Standard Liège defeated Cardiff City of Wales in the First Round of the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup (won 2-1 away, 1-0 at home), but lost in the Second Round to Liverpool FC (lost 1-3 away, 1-2 at home).

Aron Gunnarsson

Aron has played club football in Iceland, the Netherlands, England and Wales for Þór Akureyri, AZ, Coventry City and Cardiff City.

Atif Bashir

After leaving Cardiff City, Bashir signed for Afan Lido in 2004 and played 11 games and scoring 1 goal for the club.

Brian Attley

Attley began his career at Cardiff City and was involved in the club's 1975-76 promotion season as well as their FA Cup run the following season.

Daniel Nardiello

On his return to Blackpool, Nardiello was an unused substitute a number of games, before making his second league appearance of the season on 9 January 2010 as a 77th-minute substitute in a 1–1 draw with Cardiff City at the Cardiff City Stadium.

FA Cup Final

It is the culmination of a knockout competition among clubs belonging to The Football Association in England, although Scottish and Irish teams competed in the early years and Welsh teams regularly compete, with Cardiff City winning the Cup in 1927 and reaching the final in 2008.

Football League Third Division

As Cardiff City was long considered a potential entrant for the Second Division due to their FA Cup exploits and Southern League dominance, they were sent directly into the Second Division and Grimsby Town, last place in the Second Division for 1919–20, was relegated.

Frank Whitcombe Jr

Frank Whitcombe Jr is the son of the Bradford Northern & Great Britain international Rugby League player Frank Whitcombe was the nephew of the association footballer for Cardiff City, and baseball captain for Wales George Whitcombe and the baseball player for Grange Albion, Teddy Whitcombe.

Rhyl F.C.

Rhyl had been losing finalists to Cardiff City in 1930 and Crewe Alexandra in 1937, but did not feature in the final again until 1993, when they lost 5–0 to Cardiff City.

Robbie Blake

He made his debut for the club alongside Northern Ireland striker David Healy in the first match of the 2005–06 season against Millwall and scored his first goal just two days later in the Championship match against Cardiff City at Ninian Park.

Tony Bedeau

He made his debut as a substitute, at the age of 16, on 9 September 1995 against Cardiff City at Ninian Park (a debut described briefly in Garry Nelson's seminal book about life in the lower divisions of English football, Left Foot in the Grave).


see also

Alexander Milne

Alec Milne (Alexander Soutar Milne, born 1937), Scottish former professional footballer for Cardiff City

Cardiff City Blue Dragons

Lynn Hallett won caps for Wales while at Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1982…1984 2-caps 2-goals 4-points

Cardiff Saracens RFC

The club's ground is at Roath Park Recreation Ground and their clubhouse (The Tavistock Hotel) is also based in the Roath District of Cardiff about 400 metres from Cardiff city centre.

City Stadium

Cardiff City Stadium, in Cardiff, Wales - the home of Cardiff City F.C.

Derek Showers

He later became involved with the Cardiff City youth programme before going to work for the Royal Mail.

FAW Premier Cup

Cardiff City in particular, following the arrival of ambitious owner Sam Hammam enjoyed relative success in the Football League but Cardiff City won the FAW Premier Cup just once, beating arch-rivals Swansea City in the 2002 final.

Frank Burrows

He was then on the coaching staff at West Ham United, working under manager Harry Redknapp before returning to Cardiff City as manager in February 1998, succeeding Kenny Hibbitt in the manager's position.

Idwal Robling

In those days of limited football coverage he was used mainly as a reporter by BBC Wales and his commentaries were largely restricted to the occasional Match of the Day opt-out, Welsh Cup game or international friendly, but Cardiff City and Wrexham's exploits in the European Cup Winners Cup in the 1970s saw him commentate on some memorable European games against the likes of Real Madrid, Hajduk Split and Anderlecht.

Michaelston

Michaelston-y-Fedw, a small rural village and community to the west of the city of Newport, Wales, on the border of Cardiff city and Caerphilly county borough

Naughty Forty

After the game police were pelted with stones, and Cardiff City chairman Sam Hammam had his car vandalised.

Robert McLaughlin

Bobby McLaughlin (1925–2003), Northern Irish footballer who played for Wrexham, Cardiff City and Southampton, see 1953–54 Cardiff City F.C. season

The Poznań

It has also been used to mock Manchester City fans, such as when newly promoted Cardiff City beat them 3-2 at the Cardiff City Stadium in the second game of the 2013-14 English Premier League season.

Walter Wilson

Walter Bartley Wilson (1870–1954), artist and football manager at Cardiff City