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The Bluebirds

Williams extends his loan period
The on-loan Sunderland man to stay for two more months

Millwall v Cardiff City. Match Preview.
The Bluebirds go into the game off the back of a three match unbeaten run, and will be looking to extend that at the New Den.

Links with the Lions
The match tomorrow sees two players in Cardiff shirts with close links to the South Bermondsey club

Page struggling
Robert Page had a recurrence of his rib injury whilst playing for the reserves against Reading in the week

FootyMAD's Millwall match preview
This week FootyMad's match preview focuses on the game between Millwall and Cardiff City at 15:00 on Saturday 23rd October 2004 in the Championship.

O'Neil wants to stay
The on-loan man from Portsmouth outlines his desire to stay at Ninian Park

Burnley:  Burnley 0 Derby 2
Our unbeaten run came to an end tonight when Derby won 2-0 at the Turf - more to follow

Leeds Utd.:  Win A T-Shirt With LeedsUnitedMAD
OUR friend Chico says: "The original, she was hot. This one you could fry your burrito on.

Leeds Utd.:  Leeds To Stay On South Coast
LEEDS will stay on the south coast until after the Carling Cup third-round tie at Portsmouth on Tuesday.

Gillingham:  Hess: We will NOT go down
"Five years ago when we came into this division our aim was to stay in it. We will do that again this year." Gills manager Andy Hessenthaler says the Gills WILL survive.

Coventry City:  Leacock Finds Championship A Challenge
Defender relishes the challenge

Sunderland:  Clark Signs For Hartlepool
Ben Clark has signed for League One side Hartlepool United.

 


 

Cardiff City

Honours:

 

English F.A. Cup Winners 1927
English F.A. Cup runners-up 1925
English F.A. Cup semi-finalists 1921
F.A. Charity Shield Winners 1927
Division 1 runners-up 1924
Division 2 runners-up 1921, 1952, 1960
Division 3 (south) Champions 1947
Division 3 Champions 1993
Division 3 runners-up 1976, 1983, 2001
Division 3 third place and promoted 1999
Division 4 runners-up 1988

Welsh F.A. Cup Winners 1912, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1956, 1959, 

1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1992, 1993.

European Cup-Winner's Cup semi-finalists 1968
Longest winning run 9 games - 26/10/46 - 28/12/46

 

Other Information:

 

Previous name Riverside F.C.
Longest run without defeat 21 - 21/9/46 - 1/3/47

Record League wins:
9 - 2 v Thames, D3S, 6/2/32
7 - 0 v Burnley, D1, 1/9/28
7 - 0 v Barsnsley, D2, 7/22/57
7 - 1 v Doncaster, D3, 14/3/98

Matches without a win 15 - 21/11/36 - 6/3/37
Drawn games in a row 6 - 29/11/80 - 17/1/81

Record League defeats
2 - 11 v Sheffield Utd, D1, 1/1/26
0 - 9 v Preston North End, D2, 7/5/66

Matches without a draw 17 - 25/8/62 - 17/11/62
Most goals for in a season 95 - D3 2000/2001
Longest losing run 7 - 4/11/33 - 25/12/33
All time League Apps 471 - Phil Dwyer, 1972 - 85
Clean sheets in a row 7 - 7/4/76 - 21/8/76
All time League goals 128 - Len Davies, 1920 - 23
Sequence of goalscoring matches 23 - 24/10/92 - 20/3/93
Most goals in a season 30 - Stan Richards, 1946/47
Games without scoring 8 - 20/12/52 - 14/2/53
Most goals in a match 6 - Derek Tapscott v Knighton Town Welsh Cup, 20/1/61
Start of season undeteated 11 matches - 1923/24

Record attendance
57893 v Arsenal, D1, 22/5/53
61,566, Wales v England, 14/10/61

Start of season without a win 11 matches - 1964/65

Stats from Cardiff City . com

 

  1. Anon., Lets Talk about Cardiff City, Football Handbook Series, no.14 (London, 1946).

  2. 'Citizen' (Dewi Lewis), A Short History of Cardiff City AFC (Cardiff, 1952 edn.).

  3. Crooks, John, Cardiff City Chronology, 1920-86 (Cardiff, 1986).

  4. Crooks, John, The Bluebirds: A Who's Who of Cardiff City Football League Players (Pontypool, 1987).

  5. Crooks, John, Cardiff City Football Club: The Official History of The Bluebirds (Harefield, 1992).

  6. Jackson, Peter, Cardiff City Story (Cardiff, 1974).

  7. Jenkins, Derrick & Stennett, Ceri, Wembley 1927 (Cardiff, 1985).

  8. Lloyd, Grahame, C'mon City: A Hundred Years of the Bluebirds (Bridgend: Seren, 1999).

  9. Morgan, J. H., ' ... Reviews Fifty Years of Sport in Cardiff', in Stewart Williams (ed.), The Cardiff Book, vol.1 (Barry, 1973), 19-36.

  10. Shepherd, Richard, Cardiff City Football Club, 1899-1947, From Riverside to Richards (Chalford, 1996).

 

 

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