Cardiff Football Newspaper Book

Capture the history and greatest moments of ‘Cardiff City’ through the newspapers, as written at the time.

Starting with coverage of Cardiff’s 1921 FA Cup tie with Wolves, this book charts a glorious history of great games and titles through the decades of the 20th century.

Relive those glorious moments of a favourite team captured in newsprint.

From the early 1900’s to end of last season, each book affords a unique perspective on your team's colourful history. They are not written by someone looking back in time but by reporters who witnessed the games & events as they unfolded.

Each book measures 38 x 31cm bound in a beautiful premium leatherette now with stylish Charcoal cover, with team name and new football emblem and recipient's name gold embossed on the cover. The new emblem includes the words ‘Decorus Venatus’, Latin for the beautiful game. The personalised label inside the book also includes the recipient's name and a message of your choice.

Top stories include the 50th FA Cup Final vs Sheffield Utd in 1925, one of the earliest at Wembley, the glorious defeat of Arsenal to win the FA Cup in 1927, where delighted Welsh fans cheered every kick and Cardiff became the only non English team ‘ever’ to take the cup out of England.

Relive the excitement of the successful post war period, including gaining promotion to Division 1 in 1952 by beating Leeds 3-1, the fantastic 4-1 away win against Man Utd in 1953, the 5-2 defeat of Newcastle in 1956 and the 1-0 defeat of Aston Villa in 1960 where 55,000 tense Welshman watched as their team clinched victory to win promotion back to the 1st Division.

Coverage also includes European games, including the 8-0 defeat of Larnaca in the European Cup Winners Cup in 1970 and 1-0 defeat of Real Madrid in the 1971 Quarter Final.

Read about Toshack’s £100,000 move in 1970, Cardiff’s defeat of Chelsea in the 1980 and 1986 League Cups, the amazing play off finals at the Millennium Stadium in 2003 where Cardiff gained promotion to the 1st Division/Championship and much much more

Newspaper coverage continues right up to the end of last season. A unique and wonderful gift and must have for all Cardiff fans.

The book opens with a front page montage of famous Cardiff City players surrounding your own personalised label containing the recipient’s name and greetings.

As this item will be personalised, please allow a week for delivery.