Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
In the 'modern era' of football, ie since TV money and rich owners dominated the game in the top 2 divisions, it's been easier but much more competitive, to achieve a decent level of success. It's enabled clubs like Bournemouth, Watford, Swansea, etc., to have significant spells in the PL with crowds barely touching 20k. This season has been frustrating, especially as it's obvious there's not a lot of football know-how within the club, but pretty much 20 out of the 24 Championship sides can have aspirations of reaching the play offs, so I'd concur. What's a sad indictment of the Club since 1962 however is that we've had just 2 seasons in the top flight out of 58 - a poor return for a City of Cardiff's status.
Here's all the sides that have spent more time in the top division than us since the 60s.

Huddersfield Town
Bristol City
Notts County
AFC Bournemouth
Hull City
Oldham Athletic
Brighton & Hove Albion
Wigan Athletic
Portsmouth
Swansea City
Blackpool
Luton Town
Charlton Athletic
Watford
Wimbledon
Sheffield United
Bolton Wanderers
Burnley
Fulham
Crystal Palace
Derby County
Birmingham City
Queens Park Rangers
Middlesbrough
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Norwich City
Sunderland
Ipswich Town
Stoke City
Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield Wednesday
West Bromwich Albion
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
Leeds United
Coventry City
Southampton
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
Manchester City
West Ham United
Chelsea
Liverpool
Arsenal
Manchester United
Tottenham Hotspur
Everton