1920–21 Cardiff City F.C. Season
The 1920–21 season was the 20th year of competitive football played by Cardiff City F.C. and the team's first in the English Football League, Football League. In a ballot by members of their new league, Cardiff were voted into the Football League Second Division, Second Division and won their first match 5–2 against Stockport County F.C., Stockport County. Cardiff finished the season tied on points with first-placed Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham, with 58 of a possible 84 points. The winner was therefore decided via goal difference, goal average, with Cardiff placing second by a margin of 0.235. The two sides were both promoted to the Football League First Division, First Division.Cardiff also reached the semi-final of the 1920–21 FA Cup, FA Cup, becoming the first Welsh side to do so and keeping six consecutive shutout#Association football, clean sheets in the process. The team caused two upset (competition), upsets by defeating First Division sides Sunderland A.F.C., Sunde ...
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Cardiff City F
Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingdom. Located in the south-east of Wales and in the Cardiff Capital Region, Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan. It belongs to the Eurocities network of the largest European cities. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is the main commercial centre of Wales as well as the base for the Senedd. At the 2021 census, the unitary authority area population was put at 362,400. The population o ...
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