On Sunday evening, a fundraising event for the Motor Neurone Disease Association was held at the Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. Seven former Cardiff City players gave up their time for a very worthy cause and they clearly enjoyed the lengthy Q&A sessions as much as the fans did. It was a great night with the guys telling loads of interesting and funny stories from their playing days.
The ex-players in attendance were Nathan Blake, Tony Bird, Roger Gibbins, David Giles, Cohen Griffith, Chris Pike and Damon Searle. Naturally enough, a lot of the talk revolved around the 1992/93 campaign, when the Bluebirds won the Third Division championship and the Welsh Cup under Eddie May’s management.
Ahead of the event, I’d prepared a few trivia questions regarding the 92/93 season. My mates proved utterly hopeless when it came to answering them, but gentleman and scholar Cohen Griffith scored 100%.
The questions were as follows:
1) One member of the City squad made just a single league appearance in 92/93, but he scored an important goal in the game concerned. Name the player, the opposition and the final score.
2) Which Bristol City player scored a hat-trick against the Bluebirds in a Coca Cola Cup first round second leg tie at Ashton Gate?
3) Name the Cardiff player whose only first team appearances during 92/93 came in the two European Cup Winners’ Cup first round ties against Admira Wacker of Austria.
4) Which non-league club beat City 3-2 in an FA Cup first round game at Ninian Park in November 1992?
5) Carl Dale netted four goals as City hammered Caerau 9-0 in a Welsh Cup fourth round tie at Ninian Park in December 1992. Name the other Bluebirds player who scored a hat-trick during that match.
Good luck and no Googling...
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