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6 unusual facts about Ninian Park


Brian Greenhoff

Greenhoff played four times for the England under 23 team, scoring once and made his debut for England on 8 May 1976 in a 1-0 win at Ninian Park, Cardiff against Wales.

Henderson Gill

Gill made his international debut playing for England with a try in a 20-15 win over Wales at Ninian Park in Cardiff.

Jon Stead

On 25 April 2009, Stead was the last ever senior player to score at Ninian Park after a 3–0 win.

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.

Rudi Glöckner

He attracted considerable criticism for his part in the games between ADO Den Haag and West Ham United in the 1976 European Cup Winners Cup and Wales and Yugoslavia at Ninian Park, Cardiff in which the Welsh were eliminated in the quarter-final; Glockner had to be escorted from the field of play.

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).


1985–86 in Scottish football

On 10 September 1985, the Scotland team travelled to Ninian Park, Cardiff, to take on Wales in their final qualifying game for the World Cup in Mexico.

Graham Coldrick

Throughout his stay at Ninian Park he was constantly troubled by knee injuries and he eventually lost his place in the side to the on form full back pairing of David Carver and Gary Bell.

Keith Pontin

It was at the start of the following year that things turned sour for him at Ninian Park when he fell out with manager Len Ashurst after an argument and was allowed to leave the club to join Merthyr Tydfil.


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Cyril Sidlow

The rise of England great Bert Williams at Wolves after the war limited his chances, this included a notable international match between England and Wales at Ninian Park where Wolves supplied both the England Keeper (Williams) and Welsh keeper (Sidlow).