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Cardiff set club transfer fee records when buying Gary Medel in 2013 and selling him a year later. Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff , Wales. The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., by members of a local cricket club, joining the Cardiff & District League the following year.
Robert Earnshaw, the club's third highest scorer of all time and the most recent player to pass 100 goals. Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., by members of a local cricket club, and joined the Cardiff & District League the following year. In 1907, they joined the South Wales Amateur ...
The club was founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C. by members of a local cricket club, before changing to Cardiff City in 1907. They made their debut in the FA Cup in 1912 and were elected into the Football League eight years later in 1920, moving into their new stadium Ninian Park.
George Latham was the only other Cardiff player to play in an international match before the First World War. [3] [4] Fred Keenor was the first player to win a cap after the war, in March 1920, while Jimmy Blair became the first Cardiff player to represent a country other than Wales when he played for Scotland against Ireland later the same year.
The list encompasses the major honours won by Cardiff City, records set by the club, its managers and players, and details of its performance in European competition. The player records section itemises the club's leading goalscorers and those who have made most appearances in first-team competitions.
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. [126] 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 of Ireland.
Snooker players from Cardiff (4 P) Pages in category "Sportspeople from Cardiff" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
Erith Gwyn Nicholls (15 July 1874 – 24 March 1939) [2] was a Welsh rugby union player who gained 24 caps for Wales as a centre. Nicholls was known as the "Prince of Threequarters". [3] Born in Westbury-on-Severn, Nicholls started his rugby career with Cardiff Star [4] before playing in the Cardiff first team from 1893.