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17-02-21, 21:48
Eric the Half a Bee

I never knew that

Cardiff City hold the record for most Cup Winners' Cup appearances, and successive appearances in the competition!
17-02-21, 22:22
OurManFlint II

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Great knowledge.
17-02-21, 22:22
xsnaggle

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Cardiff City hold the record for most Cup Winners' Cup appearances, and successive appearances in the competition!

time we rejoined the welsh cup. lol
17-02-21, 23:32
RonnieBird

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Doesn't surprise me at all. It was an expected part of any season to entertain some exotic foreign teams and often bear them.
18-02-21, 15:06
Moodybluebird

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And more importantly, it can never be beaten. After us with 14 appearances come a little known Spanish team called Barcelona with 13.

Fame at last !

Definitely a "Did you know" masterpiece.
18-02-21, 15:28
Trigger

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Originally Posted by Moodybluebird

And more importantly, it can never be beaten. After us with 14 appearances come a little known Spanish team called Barcelona with 13.

Fame at last !

Definitely a "Did you know" masterpiece.

Bigger than Barca
18-02-21, 15:40
lardy

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

Cardiff City hold the record for most Cup Winners' Cup appearances, and successive appearances in the competition!

Successive appearances is 68-72, if anyone's counting.
18-02-21, 15:49
life on mars

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There's a few other unique moments isn't there , around FA Cup wins/appearances and the new Wembley attendance,that may not beaten??

Were we the first club outside of Premier to broadcast live to another country?
18-02-21, 16:36
The Bloop

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Originally Posted by life on mars

There's a few other unique moments isn't there , around FA Cup wins/appearances and the new Wembley attendance,that may not beaten??

Were we the first club outside of Premier to broadcast live to another country?

The 1927 final was the first to be broadcast on the radio, was the first to have Abide with Me before kick off, and because of the radio broadcast was thought to be the origin of the phrase 'back to square one'
18-02-21, 17:40
Freitag 4.17

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Originally Posted by life on mars

There's a few other unique moments isn't there , around FA Cup wins/appearances and the new Wembley attendance,that may not beaten??

Were we the first club outside of Premier to broadcast live to another country?

89,874 still unbeaten
18-02-21, 17:57
MacAdder

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

The 1927 final was the first to be broadcast on the radio, was the first to have Abide with Me before kick off, and because of the radio broadcast was thought to be the origin of the phrase 'back to square one'

We were also mentioned on Ripping Yarns...

https://youtu.be/8gDikmEtw7o
18-02-21, 18:12
splott parker

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We won the first ever top flight Welsh derby, that fact can never change.
18-02-21, 18:31
insider

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We beat Swansea 5 times in 1 season in the inter-War years
18-02-21, 18:42
splott parker

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We beat Swansea 5 times in 1 season in the inter-War years

During WW2 wasn’t it? War time regional leagues.
18-02-21, 20:47
Freitag 4.17

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Apparently we won the 'Algarve Cup' in 2008, which is quite the achievement given google tells me this is an international womens tournament.
18-02-21, 23:40
insider

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Originally Posted by splott parker

During WW2 wasn’t it? War time regional leagues.

Yes so double has already been done.
Not sure what you call a 5 times thing
19-02-21, 00:08
SLUDGE FACTORY

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Originally Posted by insider

Yes so double has already been done.
Not sure what you call a 5 times thing

A fecking good leathering
19-02-21, 09:05
bobh

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Originally Posted by insider

Yes so double has already been done.
Not sure what you call a 5 times thing

A quintuple?
19-02-21, 09:09
life on mars

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Originally Posted by insider

Yes so double has already been done.
Not sure what you call a 5 times thing

A fifer
19-02-21, 09:31
insider

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A bunch of fives
19-02-21, 13:11
Cleve van Leef

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Originally Posted by The Bloop

The 1927 final was the first to be broadcast on the radio, was the first to have Abide with Me before kick off, and because of the radio broadcast was thought to be the origin of the phrase 'back to square one'

It was the origin of “back to square one”. The BBC printed, I believe in the Radio Times, the pitch laid out into numberedsquares with the goalkeeper in square 1. This was to give the listener info of where the play was when listening to the commentary.
19-02-21, 13:15
xsnaggle

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

It was the origin of “back to square one”. The BBC printed, I believe in the Radio Times, the pitch laid out into numberedsquares with the goalkeeper in square 1. This was to give the listener info of where the play was when listening to the commentary.

I thought the BBC but apparently it is urban myth like other things.

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/...quare-one.html
19-02-21, 16:04
MacAdder

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Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef

It was the origin of “back to square one”. The BBC printed, I believe in the Radio Times, the pitch laid out into numberedsquares with the goalkeeper in square 1. This was to give the listener info of where the play was when listening to the commentary.

Radio Wales would do well to go back to basics instead of giving us score updates in league 1 or what the centre half had for breakfast.
Luckily haven't had to suffer them much since the pandemic :biggrin:

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