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BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 4:28 am

The Bluebirds rollercoaster | Cardiff City's highs and lows

May 2008: Cardiff City reach the FA Cup final for the time in 81 years, but lose 1-0 to to Portsmouth.

May 2010: Vincent Tan, a Malaysian businessman, takes over.

June 2011: Malky Mackay is appointed as their new manager.
February 2012: Cardiff reach the League Cup final for the first tim, but lose to Liverpool on penalties.

May 2012: Cardiff change the colour of their kit from blue to red and their crest from their traditional bluebird to a dragon.

May 2013: Cardiff win the Championship title and gain promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history.

December 2013: Mackay is sacked, and his replacement, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is unable to stave off relegation.

September 2014: Solskjaer is sacked. Cardiff finish eighth and then 12th the following season.

October 2016: Neil Warnock is appointed manager with Cardiff second bottom.
May 2017: Warnock guides Cardiff to finish 12th in the Championship.

May 2018: Cardiff are in second place and on the verge of automatic promotion.
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Re: BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 5:30 am

9 paragraphs , but a million stories .
I hope the 10th paragraph will be the best .

Re: BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 6:28 am

nojac wrote:9 paragraphs , but a million stories .
I hope the 10th paragraph will be the best .



Spot on my friend :ayatollah: :ayatollah: :ayatollah:

Re: BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 6:33 am

You could start it in 2003 with promotion to the Champ.

Re: BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 6:49 am

Wasn’t there a play-off final and some semis in there too?

Re: BLUEBIRDS ROLLER COASTER: HOW IT'S DEVELOPED

Sun May 06, 2018 9:59 am

CayoBluebird wrote:Wasn’t there a play-off final and some semis in there too?


I suppose you could also add the club came within a couple of weeks of going out of business and moved to a new stadium.

But I think Chris was just giving a brief synopsis and covered the main points. :D