Quote Originally Posted by DryCleaning View Post
I'm not sure of what your argument is. There aren't any of this thread that are arguing the city are a big football club. in fact, most accept that historically and at present, we're a middling 2nd tier club.
Cardiff City's highest-ever ranking in the national attendance lists was fifth in 1921/22. That's as good as it ever got.

The top ten that year were:

1 - Chelsea
2 - Liverpool
3 - Tottenham
4 - Newcastle
5 - Cardiff
6 - Everton
7 - Aston Villa
8 - Manchester Utd
9 - Arsenal
10 - Sheffield Utd

From there, City's rankings were as follows:

1922/23 - 8th
1923/24 - 7th
1924/25 - 13th
1925/26 - 20th
1926/27 - 29th
1927/28 - 30th
1928/29 - 29th
1929/30 - 37th

In 1952/53, City were back in the top ten at 8th, but it didn't last. By 1956/57, the club was 30th in the rankings despite still playing in the top flight.

Here's an interesting attendance stat - in 1926/27, the season City won the FA Cup, the club was playing in the First Division but had an average attendance of just 15,424. Swansea Town were in the Second Division and were next in the national rankings with an average of 14,286. Meanwhile, Bristol City were playing in the Third Division (South), but had a higher average than both Cardiff and Swansea with a figure of 16,360.