Has Cardiff ever been a 'big club'?

[Temujin]

In top 10 in the country in terms of support etc.

Teams from South Wales have always had to compete with the interest in rugby, not neccesarily the crowds, but the partisanship of enjoying the 'other' sport and the press that accompanies it.

Now as rugby wanes significantly the clubs are up against the internationalism of football support and the blanket TV coverage, the timing is terrible.