“ It was 21 years ago today Cardiff City “

21 years ago, a day of memories to last a life time Andy Campbell scores the Winner to take Sam Hammams Bluebirds back up to the Championship:

Cardiff have now not been lower than the Championship for 22 years.


CARDIFF CITY HAD, HAD YEARS OF MISERY WITH HOME CROWDS AS LOW AS 1,450 IN THE 1990’S:


Cardiff were relegated to the Fourth Division once in the 1985–86 season and, despite returning to the Third Division on two occasions, they finished in their lowest-ever league position in 1996—22nd of 24 in Division Three.

In 1995, Cardiff and other Welsh clubs competing in English leagues were banned from entering the Welsh Cup by the Football Association of Wales after pressure from UEFA, who did not want teams playing in two national cup competitions.

Their final match in the competition was a 2–1 defeat to Wrexham in the 1995 final.

In August 2000, Lebanese businessman Sam Hammam purchased control of the club and replaced Steve Borley as chairman who had just seen Cardiff City relegated to League 4 once again. The Kumar brothers who were the owners before Borley in the 1990’s had taken Cardiff to a new low, to the depths of League 4 finishing 22nd of League 4.

The 2000–01 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 74th season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the fourth tier of English football, finishing second,winning promotion to Division Two.

Then the following season still under Hammam’s ownership they had their 2nd consecutive promotion taking the Bluebirds to the Championship, with Andy Campbell scoring the winner against QPR in the Millennium Stadium Cardiff.

It had been 8 years since Cardiff City had last been in the Championship (Div 2) and for only the 2nd time in 18 years.

Cardiff have now not been lower than the Championship for 22 years.

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Favourite sporting memory by a long way.

Favourite sporting memory by a long way.

Simon,

Great Memories

You were with me the night we got relegated to League 4 again 1999-2000 4-1 defeat away at Gillingham another low for our club.

Success , Success after that.

Bluebirds

Favourite sporting memory by a long way.

Simon,

Great Memories

You were with me the night we got relegated to League 4 again 1999-2000 4-1 defeat away at Gillingham another low for our club.

Success , Success after that.

Bluebirds

Yeah, a sad day that one but we stuck with the club as that’s all we know. Wouldn’t change it for the world

Favourite sporting memory by a long way.

Simon,

Great Memories

You were with me the night we got relegated to League 4 again 1999-2000 4-1 defeat away at Gillingham another low for our club.

Success , Success after that.

Bluebirds

Yeah, a sad day that one but we stuck with the club as that’s all we know. Wouldn’t change it for the world

Nor me Simon.

Great day out , could of sold loads more more 19k qpr sold if I remember rightly and they only let us have 40k .

If you haven't experienced the bad times you can't really appreciate the good times

What an incredible day it was; and we did it in our own backyard (at the MillStad)

The most emotional footballing day of my life by some distance; a mixture of joy and relief in equal amounts

Andy Campbell is a Bluebird legend for that goal alone and will always get a warm welcome from me at the CCS

If you haven't experienced the bad times you can't really appreciate the good times

100% right .