Cardiff Football Club

An interesting find - post by Steve Borley .Might be of interest to some on here

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An interesting find during renovation works. Wonder if any historian can find any info on this club. It is not however ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CardiffCityFC</a>⁩ which was formed in 1899 as Riverside Athletic Club which later became Cardiff City AFC in 1908 <a href="https://t.co/SWn5EdxjvQ">pic.twitter.com/SWn5EdxjvQ</a></p>&mdash; Steve Borley (@SteveCMB) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveCMB/status/1554420740765655041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Apparently there was a Cardiff team admitted to the Western League in 1895, although they were thrown out for not paying league fines.
Maybe this was Cardiff Villa?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1895%E...826532033657-5

It may be rugby related perhaps? Rugby clubs were often referred to as football clubs.

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Originally Posted by JamesWales

It may be rugby related perhaps? Rugby clubs were often referred to as football clubs.

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Yep. Cardiff rugby's badges have generally had three arrows on them. Think it might be something to do with rivers but I'm not really sure.

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Yep. Cardiff rugby's badges have generally had three arrows on them. Think it might be something to do with rivers but I'm not really sure.

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it's the emblem of Glamorgan

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Originally Posted by Rjk

it's the emblem of Glamorgan

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Wonder why Cardiff rugby have generally always used it then?

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Wonder why Cardiff rugby have generally always used it then?

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because Cardiff is in Glamorgan?
I don't mean the cricket team I mean the county and before that the Welsh kingdom of morgannwg

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Originally Posted by Rjk

because Cardiff is in Glamorgan?
I don't mean the cricket team I mean the county and before that the Welsh kingdom of morgannwg

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Yes, I understood that. I had something in the back of my mind that Cardiff RFC used the three to signify the three rivers in Cardiff; Rhymney, Taff and Ely.

Someone posted this in the comments. Season ticket for the rugby https://cardiffrugbymuseum.org/objec...-ticket-189697

The three inverted chevrons was the shield identifier of the de Clare family who were gifted the lands hereabouts in the 1200s.

Gilbert also built Caerphilly castle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilb..._of_Gloucester

Clare street etc remembers the family name

There was a Cardiff FC in 1890, probably the same team that played in the Western League in 1895/96. If I remember correctly they player in red and blue shirts. I'll have to dig into my files for more information.

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

The three inverted chevrons was the shield identifier of the de Clare family who were gifted the lands hereabouts in the 1200s.

Gilbert also built Caerphilly castle

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilb..._of_Gloucester

Clare street etc remembers the family name

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no, the De Clare shield was chevrons on a yellow background.

the 3 red chevrons on a white background is the shield of Iestyn ap Gwrgant who ruled Morgannwg until it was taken over by Robert Fitzhammon and other Norman Knights a good couple of hundred odd years before Gilbert De Clare was on the scene.

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Originally Posted by Rjk

no, the De Clare shield was chevrons on a yellow background.

the 3 red chevrons on a white background is the shield of Iestyn ap Gwrgant who ruled Morgannwg until it was taken over by Robert Fitzhammon and other Norman Knights a good couple of hundred odd years before Gilbert De Clare was on the scene.

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Well I’ll be Fitzhammon embankmented !

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

Well I’ll be Fitzhammon embankmented !

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:hehe:

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Originally Posted by light up the darkness

Well I’ll be Fitzhammon embankmented !

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Well I do de Clare!

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Well I do de Clare!

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Nice one Bute!