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Cardiff City was founded in 1899 and is the only non-English side to win one of the three major English competitions. The 1920s were glorious years for ‘The Bluebirds’ not only winning the FA Cup in 1927 but also finishing runners up in the English League in 1923/24. There FA Cup victory was the first final to be broadcast by the BBC on radio. It’s the mixture on distant glory and detail from the recent past that make this Cardiff City gift book such a pleasurable gift.

This unique Cardiff football souvenir is packed with memorable coverage for all the decades that Cardiff City has been competing including a 2:1 victory over Liverpool in 1930, a 5:1 demolition of Southampton in 1947, and a 4:1 thrashing of Manchester United in 1953. Incidents and behind the scenes stories abound in this comprehensive treasure trove of football memories. An ideal book to dip into for fresh anecdotes for any committed fan.

Cardiff City was formally known as Riverside A.F.C. and founded to keep the cricket players from the Riverside Cricket Club fit during the winter months.

This Cardiff football book contains many of the key moments of Cardiff’s impressive qualification for the European cup included are games against Sporting Lisbon, Real Zaragoza, and Torpedo Moscow. The 8:0 thrashing of Larnaca in 1970 gets full coverage.

Insights into the club include the 1970 move of John Toshack for £100,000 in 1970 and a clutch of matches against Chelsea in the 1980s that resulted in two draws and one win for Cardiff

All our football gift books are hand-made to order. Once you choose your football gift and send it to us our team of craftsmen and women will assemble your personal book. Enter your personalistation details online, including the name of the recipient and a greeting and we’ll do the rest. For a small fee we can add a gold embossed name to the cover of this tabloid-sized book, to make even more of an impact.

Coverage also includes the Division 2 playoff final against QPR, the 1:1 draw with Blackburn in the FA Cup in January 2005, and the 0:0 draw with Spurs in the FA Cup 3rd Round of 2007. A history of Cardiff is an ideal gift idea that will be treasured for years.

All in all this is a great guide to Cardiff history for the true fan to add to his collection of Cardiff memorabilia and dip into for memorable anecdotes and action.

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