History The Formation of Cardiff City FC
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Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales who competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Founded in 1899 as Riverside AFC, the club was renamed 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, did so in 1927.
They have also reached three other final trophies in the English competition, the 1925 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United, the 2008 FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and the 2012 League Cup Final against Liverpool, suffered defeats on every occasion, and have won the Welsh Cup on 22 occasions , making them the second most successful team in the history of the competition behind Wrexham.
The longest period of the team at the top level of English football occurred between 1921 and 1929 and they have spent seven seasons at the top since this period, the latter being in 2013-14, relegated after one season.
Since 1908, the club's house colors have been blue and white, leading to the nickname of The Bluebirds, except for the period between 2012 and 2015 when club owner, Vincent Tan, changed the club's name and changed the house's color to red. They returned to their traditional blue color in January 2015.
Cardiff played their home games at Cardiff City Stadium, having moved from Ninian Park in 2009, and had an old rivalry with the closest clubs Swansea City, known as the derby of South Wales , and Bristol City, known as the Severnside derby.
IN THE YEAR (1899-1920)
The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside AFC, after a meeting at Bartley Wilson's home in Cardiff, as a way to keep players from the Riverside Cricket Club together and in shape during the winter months. Their first season saw them play friendly against local teams in their Sophia Gardens gardens, but in 1900 they joined Cardiff & the District League for their first season.
In 1905, Cardiff was granted city status by King Edward VII, and as a result, the club submitted a request to South Wales and the Monmouthshire Football Association to change their name to Cardiff City, but the request was rejected for not playing at a high enough level. To overcome this they set to join the South Wales Amateur League in 1907 and the following year they were given permission to change the club's name to Cardiff City.
With increasing stature, they were forced to resist the opportunity to join the newly formed Second Division in the Southern Football League due to lack of facilities in their Sophia Gardens field. Over the next two years, Cardiff played a friendly against several English professional teams, including Middlesbrough, Bristol City and Crystal Palace, with matches played in various fields in Cardiff and nearby cities.
The club finally secured the land to build their own stadium, moved to Ninian Park in 1910, and made its first signing of the following year by acquiring Jack Evans from a Welsh Cwmparc team.
With a new place in place, Cardiff joined the Southern Football League Division II, and appointed their first manager at Davy McDougall, who became the player's manager. They went on to finish in fourth place in their first year in the league but the council decided to replace McDougall with Fred Stewart, who had previous managerial experience in Stockport County.
Stewart began to adopt a more professional approach, signing several players with the Football League experience, including brother John and George Burton and Billy Hardy, and leading the team for promotion in his second season, winning the Second Division title. They remained in the 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.
The 1920s were successful and then declined (1920-1945) Edit In 1920, the club submitted a successful application to join the Football League and placed in Division II for the 1920-21 season. Stewart brought in some players with Football League experience, breaking club transfer records on two occasions to sign Jimmy Gill and then Jimmy Blair from The Wednesday.
They played their first game in the Football League on 28 August 1920, beating Stockport County 5-2, and finishing the season in second place to win promotion to the First Division, finishing behind Birmingham City with an average of goals, and also reaching the FA Cup semi- . In their third season at the top level, the team finished runners-up to Huddersfield Town for an average goal difference of 0.024, which made their last game 0-0 as a club record. Scorer Len Davies missed a penalty.
The next season was the first time Cardiff City appeared at Wembley Stadium, reaching their first FA Cup final, losing 1-0 to Sheffield United after goals from England international Fred Tunstall. Although the 1926-27 season was Cardiff's worst performance at the top level of English Football as they had won promotion six seasons before, completing the 14th position, they reached their second FA Cup final within two years. On St George Day, April 23, 1927, at Wembley Stadium in London, Cardiff became the only non-English team to win the FA Cup by beating Arsenal 1-0 in the final, Hughie Ferguson scoring the only goal of the game. In the 74th minute, he received a ball from Ernie Curtis and rushed a benign shot towards the Arsenal goal.
And Lewis, the Arsenal keeper, seemed to collect the ball but, under pressure from forward Len Davies, awkwardly let the ball slide in his grasp. In a further effort to take the ball Lewis only managed to knock the ball with his elbow into his own net. Captain Fred Keenorm receives the FA Cup trophy at the end of the match from King George V just seven years after Cardiff City have entered the Football League.
The side also won the Welsh Cup in 1927 defeating Rhyl 2-0 and will continue to win the FA Charity Shield after defeating the 2-1 Corinthians amateur team at Stamford Bridge. However, the club soon suffered a setback after their trophies success and were relegated from the First Division in the 1928-29 season, despite getting fewer goals than any other team in this division, and experiencing second degradation two years later, falling into the Southern Three Division for the first time since they join the Football League.
During their time in the division, Cardiff recorded their biggest win as they beat Thames by 9-2 but, after finishing the 1932-33 season in 19th place, manager Fred Stewart submitted his resignation from office after 22 years in charge of the team .
The founder of the club Bartley Wilson stepped in for Stewart; But the results continued to disappoint, and in March 1934, Ben Watts-Jones was given the opportunity to manage the club he supported as a youngster. However, he was unable to change the team's fate around at the end of the season, which meant Cardiff City were forced to apply for re-election after completing the bottom of the division.
Watts-Jones remained in charge for three more years until he was replaced by Bill Jennings but Cardiff remained in the South Third Division until the Football League was suspended following the outbreak of World War II.
THE EUROPEAN COMPETITION (1945-1990)
In his first season since the return of the Football League, Cardiff completed the 1946-1947 season as the third Southern Division champion under new manager Billy McCandless and returned to Division II. McCandless soon left the club and was replaced by Cyril Spiers who led the team to promotion in the 1951-52 season, returning to the top level of English football for the first time in 23 years.
However, despite spending five seasons in the First Division, the team continued to struggle at the bottom of the table and was eventually demoted in 1957. They returned to the First Division for two seasons between 1960 and 1962 before returning to relegation.
During the 1960s, Cardiff began to qualify for European competition for the first time as a result of winning the Welsh Cup. Their first European competition was in the European Cup Winners Cup during the 1964-65 season against Denmark's Esbjerg fB, winning 1-0 on aggregate with two legs, the only goal 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 team is still struggling in league competition under the management of Jimmy Scoular, finishing in position 20 in the Second Division. Two years later the team will continue to reach the Cup Winners' semi-finals, the farthest from the Welsh team that progress in European competition, after victories over Shamrock Rovers, NAC Breda and Torpedo Moscow set up ties with Germany's Hamburg team, whose squad contains a number of international players Germany.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, more than 43,000 fans packed Ninian Park to watch Hamburg win 3-2. 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 Cardiff's most famous wins when Brian Clark headed to give Cardiff a 1-0 win, although they were subsequently eliminated after losing the 2-0 second leg. The team remained in the Second Division for 19 of the 20 seasons between 1962 and 1982, relegated to the Third Division for a season during the 1975-76 season.
After falling into the Third Division, Cardiff was constantly in the lower two Football League divisions between 1985 and 1993 because the club appointed several managers in an attempt to stabilize the team's performance. They were relegated to the Fourth Division in the 1985-86 season and, despite returning to the Third Division twice, in 1996 completed their lowest league position - 22 of 24 in the Third Division. In 1995, Cardiff and other Welsh clubs competing in the English league were banned from entering the Welsh Cup by the Wales Football Association after pressure from UEFA, who did not want the team to play in two national cup competitions. Their last match in the competition was a 2-1 defeat of Wrexham in the 1995 final.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT (2000-NOW)
In August 2000, Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam bought control of the club. Shortly after taking over, Hammam controversially promised to make the entire Welsh country support Cardiff by renaming the club "The Cardiff Celtic" and changing the club's colors to green, red and white. However, after long talks with senior players and fans, he decided that the best policy was not to change the name of the club; But the top of the club was redesigned.
The new design combines Cardiff City bluebirds in front of Flag of Saint David; and featuring the nickname of a club superimposed on top of the summit. Hammam invested heavily in the team, funding the transfer of several new players who saw Lennie Lawrence guiding Cardiff to promotion through the Second Division playoff victory in 2003 against Queens Park Rangers, substitute Andy Campbell coming off the bench to score. just a goal in extra time and ensure Cardiff return to Division One after a 18-year absence.
Bluebirds formed themselves in the First Division but, having failed to get a new stadium plan agreed by Cardiff Council due to financial security concerns in 2006, Hammam agreed to take over by a consortium led by new chairman Peter Ridsdale and leader of the new stadium developer, Paul Guy. During the takeover, Hamamm was accused of "greed and self-interest" by the club council and they revealed the spiraling cost had left the club paralyzed with debt.
During the 2007-08 season Cardiff reached the FA Cup semifinals for the first time in 81 years after beating Middlesbrough 2-0 on March 9, 2008. After going through their semi-final against Barnsley with a 1-0 win at Wembley Stadium on April 6 with a goal from Joe Ledley, they eventually lost 1-0 to Portsmouth in the final.
In May 2010, Malaysian Datuk Chan Tien Ghee took over as chairman of the club, with Vincent Tan also investing and joining the board of directors. The following year, the club appointed Malky Mackay as manager, who took the team to the League Cup final for the first time in club history during his first season. The following season, Cardiff won the 2012-13 Championship title and with it getting promoted to the Premier League for the first time, returning to first level for the first time in 52 years.
On 18 August 2013, Cardiff played their first Premier League game at West Ham United, losing 2-0. Cardiff won just three games in the first half of the season and, on December 27, 2013, Mackay was fired by Vincent Tan after the bout and was replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Despite the changes, Cardiff relegated to the Championship after a season following a 3-0 defeat of Newcastle United.
Solskjær himself was sacked on September 18, 2014 after a disappointing start to the next Championship season, and was replaced by Leyton manager Orient Russell Slade. In October 2016, Neil Warnock was appointed Cardiff's first team manager. Warnock took over the team with Cardiff second bottom of the table after two wins from 11 games, however, Cardiff finished the 2016-17 season 12 after running a good form. The start of the 2017-18 season saw Cardiff break the club record to win their first three league fixtures in a single season, the first time in the club's 107-year professional history.
MAIN STADION CARDIFF CITY
In June 2009, the club completed the construction of a 26,828 seater sophisticated stadium at the site of the Cardiff Athletic Stadium which has now been dismantled at a cost of 48 million pounds. The project requires the rebuilding of an athletic stadium, to be known as Cardiff International Sports Stadium, on the opposite side of Leckwith Road in Cardiff.
On September 20, 2007 it was announced that Cardiff Blues rugby clubs will leave their Cardiff Arms Park home to become Cardiff City tenants at the new Leckwith stadium, a move that has caused controversy among rugby club fans. The land was eventually named "Cardiff City Stadium" and three of the four tribunes will keep the names used in Ninian Park, Grange End, Canton Stand and Grandstand and the fourth tribune will be called Stand Ninian.
The naming rights of the land are expected to be sold, with the club hoping to generate up to 9 million revenues with that right, but remain unsold. Although the pre-season game against Chasetown was played in a field with limited capacity to test safety features, the stadium officially opened with a friendly against the Celtic Scottish team on July 22, 2009.
The first competitive match to be played on the pitch saw Cardiff record a 4- 0 over Scunthorpe United on August 8, 2009, opening day of the 2009-10 season. In August 2014, the expansion plan was completed, increasing the stadium's capacity to 33,316. However, in March 2015, it was announced that the Ninian Stand extension closed in the 2015-16 season due to bad ticket sales, down from capacity to 27,978.
Founded in 1899 as Riverside AFC, the club was renamed 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, did so in 1927.
They have also reached three other final trophies in the English competition, the 1925 FA Cup Final against Sheffield United, the 2008 FA Cup Final against Portsmouth and the 2012 League Cup Final against Liverpool, suffered defeats on every occasion, and have won the Welsh Cup on 22 occasions , making them the second most successful team in the history of the competition behind Wrexham.
The longest period of the team at the top level of English football occurred between 1921 and 1929 and they have spent seven seasons at the top since this period, the latter being in 2013-14, relegated after one season.
Since 1908, the club's house colors have been blue and white, leading to the nickname of The Bluebirds, except for the period between 2012 and 2015 when club owner, Vincent Tan, changed the club's name and changed the house's color to red. They returned to their traditional blue color in January 2015.
IN THE YEAR (1899-1920)
The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside AFC, after a meeting at Bartley Wilson's home in Cardiff, as a way to keep players from the Riverside Cricket Club together and in shape during the winter months. Their first season saw them play friendly against local teams in their Sophia Gardens gardens, but in 1900 they joined Cardiff & the District League for their first season.
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In 1905, Cardiff was granted city status by King Edward VII, and as a result, the club submitted a request to South Wales and the Monmouthshire Football Association to change their name to Cardiff City, but the request was rejected for not playing at a high enough level. To overcome this they set to join the South Wales Amateur League in 1907 and the following year they were given permission to change the club's name to Cardiff City.
With increasing stature, they were forced to resist the opportunity to join the newly formed Second Division in the Southern Football League due to lack of facilities in their Sophia Gardens field. Over the next two years, Cardiff played a friendly against several English professional teams, including Middlesbrough, Bristol City and Crystal Palace, with matches played in various fields in Cardiff and nearby cities.
The club finally secured the land to build their own stadium, moved to Ninian Park in 1910, and made its first signing of the following year by acquiring Jack Evans from a Welsh Cwmparc team.
With a new place in place, Cardiff joined the Southern Football League Division II, and appointed their first manager at Davy McDougall, who became the player's manager. They went on to finish in fourth place in their first year in the league but the council decided to replace McDougall with Fred Stewart, who had previous managerial experience in Stockport County.
Stewart began to adopt a more professional approach, signing several players with the Football League experience, including brother John and George Burton and Billy Hardy, and leading the team for promotion in his second season, winning the Second Division title. They remained in the 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.
The 1920s were successful and then declined (1920-1945) Edit In 1920, the club submitted a successful application to join the Football League and placed in Division II for the 1920-21 season. Stewart brought in some players with Football League experience, breaking club transfer records on two occasions to sign Jimmy Gill and then Jimmy Blair from The Wednesday.
They played their first game in the Football League on 28 August 1920, beating Stockport County 5-2, and finishing the season in second place to win promotion to the First Division, finishing behind Birmingham City with an average of goals, and also reaching the FA Cup semi- . In their third season at the top level, the team finished runners-up to Huddersfield Town for an average goal difference of 0.024, which made their last game 0-0 as a club record. Scorer Len Davies missed a penalty.
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And Lewis, the Arsenal keeper, seemed to collect the ball but, under pressure from forward Len Davies, awkwardly let the ball slide in his grasp. In a further effort to take the ball Lewis only managed to knock the ball with his elbow into his own net. Captain Fred Keenorm receives the FA Cup trophy at the end of the match from King George V just seven years after Cardiff City have entered the Football League.
The side also won the Welsh Cup in 1927 defeating Rhyl 2-0 and will continue to win the FA Charity Shield after defeating the 2-1 Corinthians amateur team at Stamford Bridge. However, the club soon suffered a setback after their trophies success and were relegated from the First Division in the 1928-29 season, despite getting fewer goals than any other team in this division, and experiencing second degradation two years later, falling into the Southern Three Division for the first time since they join the Football League.
During their time in the division, Cardiff recorded their biggest win as they beat Thames by 9-2 but, after finishing the 1932-33 season in 19th place, manager Fred Stewart submitted his resignation from office after 22 years in charge of the team .
The founder of the club Bartley Wilson stepped in for Stewart; But the results continued to disappoint, and in March 1934, Ben Watts-Jones was given the opportunity to manage the club he supported as a youngster. However, he was unable to change the team's fate around at the end of the season, which meant Cardiff City were forced to apply for re-election after completing the bottom of the division.
Watts-Jones remained in charge for three more years until he was replaced by Bill Jennings but Cardiff remained in the South Third Division until the Football League was suspended following the outbreak of World War II.
THE EUROPEAN COMPETITION (1945-1990)
In his first season since the return of the Football League, Cardiff completed the 1946-1947 season as the third Southern Division champion under new manager Billy McCandless and returned to Division II. McCandless soon left the club and was replaced by Cyril Spiers who led the team to promotion in the 1951-52 season, returning to the top level of English football for the first time in 23 years.
However, despite spending five seasons in the First Division, the team continued to struggle at the bottom of the table and was eventually demoted in 1957. They returned to the First Division for two seasons between 1960 and 1962 before returning to relegation.
During the 1960s, Cardiff began to qualify for European competition for the first time as a result of winning the Welsh Cup. Their first European competition was in the European Cup Winners Cup during the 1964-65 season against Denmark's Esbjerg fB, winning 1-0 on aggregate with two legs, the only goal 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 team is still struggling in league competition under the management of Jimmy Scoular, finishing in position 20 in the Second Division. Two years later the team will continue to reach the Cup Winners' semi-finals, the farthest from the Welsh team that progress in European competition, after victories over Shamrock Rovers, NAC Breda and Torpedo Moscow set up ties with Germany's Hamburg team, whose squad contains a number of international players Germany.
After a 1-1 draw in the first leg, more than 43,000 fans packed Ninian Park to watch Hamburg win 3-2. 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 Cardiff's most famous wins when Brian Clark headed to give Cardiff a 1-0 win, although they were subsequently eliminated after losing the 2-0 second leg. The team remained in the Second Division for 19 of the 20 seasons between 1962 and 1982, relegated to the Third Division for a season during the 1975-76 season.
After falling into the Third Division, Cardiff was constantly in the lower two Football League divisions between 1985 and 1993 because the club appointed several managers in an attempt to stabilize the team's performance. They were relegated to the Fourth Division in the 1985-86 season and, despite returning to the Third Division twice, in 1996 completed their lowest league position - 22 of 24 in the Third Division. In 1995, Cardiff and other Welsh clubs competing in the English league were banned from entering the Welsh Cup by the Wales Football Association after pressure from UEFA, who did not want the team to play in two national cup competitions. Their last match in the competition was a 2-1 defeat of Wrexham in the 1995 final.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT (2000-NOW)
In August 2000, Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam bought control of the club. Shortly after taking over, Hammam controversially promised to make the entire Welsh country support Cardiff by renaming the club "The Cardiff Celtic" and changing the club's colors to green, red and white. However, after long talks with senior players and fans, he decided that the best policy was not to change the name of the club; But the top of the club was redesigned.
The new design combines Cardiff City bluebirds in front of Flag of Saint David; and featuring the nickname of a club superimposed on top of the summit. Hammam invested heavily in the team, funding the transfer of several new players who saw Lennie Lawrence guiding Cardiff to promotion through the Second Division playoff victory in 2003 against Queens Park Rangers, substitute Andy Campbell coming off the bench to score. just a goal in extra time and ensure Cardiff return to Division One after a 18-year absence.
Bluebirds formed themselves in the First Division but, having failed to get a new stadium plan agreed by Cardiff Council due to financial security concerns in 2006, Hammam agreed to take over by a consortium led by new chairman Peter Ridsdale and leader of the new stadium developer, Paul Guy. During the takeover, Hamamm was accused of "greed and self-interest" by the club council and they revealed the spiraling cost had left the club paralyzed with debt.
During the 2007-08 season Cardiff reached the FA Cup semifinals for the first time in 81 years after beating Middlesbrough 2-0 on March 9, 2008. After going through their semi-final against Barnsley with a 1-0 win at Wembley Stadium on April 6 with a goal from Joe Ledley, they eventually lost 1-0 to Portsmouth in the final.
In May 2010, Malaysian Datuk Chan Tien Ghee took over as chairman of the club, with Vincent Tan also investing and joining the board of directors. The following year, the club appointed Malky Mackay as manager, who took the team to the League Cup final for the first time in club history during his first season. The following season, Cardiff won the 2012-13 Championship title and with it getting promoted to the Premier League for the first time, returning to first level for the first time in 52 years.
On 18 August 2013, Cardiff played their first Premier League game at West Ham United, losing 2-0. Cardiff won just three games in the first half of the season and, on December 27, 2013, Mackay was fired by Vincent Tan after the bout and was replaced by Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Despite the changes, Cardiff relegated to the Championship after a season following a 3-0 defeat of Newcastle United.
Solskjær himself was sacked on September 18, 2014 after a disappointing start to the next Championship season, and was replaced by Leyton manager Orient Russell Slade. In October 2016, Neil Warnock was appointed Cardiff's first team manager. Warnock took over the team with Cardiff second bottom of the table after two wins from 11 games, however, Cardiff finished the 2016-17 season 12 after running a good form. The start of the 2017-18 season saw Cardiff break the club record to win their first three league fixtures in a single season, the first time in the club's 107-year professional history.
MAIN STADION CARDIFF CITY
In June 2009, the club completed the construction of a 26,828 seater sophisticated stadium at the site of the Cardiff Athletic Stadium which has now been dismantled at a cost of 48 million pounds. The project requires the rebuilding of an athletic stadium, to be known as Cardiff International Sports Stadium, on the opposite side of Leckwith Road in Cardiff.
On September 20, 2007 it was announced that Cardiff Blues rugby clubs will leave their Cardiff Arms Park home to become Cardiff City tenants at the new Leckwith stadium, a move that has caused controversy among rugby club fans. The land was eventually named "Cardiff City Stadium" and three of the four tribunes will keep the names used in Ninian Park, Grange End, Canton Stand and Grandstand and the fourth tribune will be called Stand Ninian.
The naming rights of the land are expected to be sold, with the club hoping to generate up to 9 million revenues with that right, but remain unsold. Although the pre-season game against Chasetown was played in a field with limited capacity to test safety features, the stadium officially opened with a friendly against the Celtic Scottish team on July 22, 2009.
The first competitive match to be played on the pitch saw Cardiff record a 4- 0 over Scunthorpe United on August 8, 2009, opening day of the 2009-10 season. In August 2014, the expansion plan was completed, increasing the stadium's capacity to 33,316. However, in March 2015, it was announced that the Ninian Stand extension closed in the 2015-16 season due to bad ticket sales, down from capacity to 27,978.
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