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There’ve been developments since my blog piece went outyesterday – I’d like to thankThe Colonel on the Only One Cardiff City messageboard at https://cardiffcityforum.com/

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who has offered to host the site and so it is now available there and at https://cardiffcityforum.com/history/ccfcstart.htm

Just in case you want to install the site on your hard drive, I’m still sending out the zip file mentioned in the blog piece yesterday to anyone who requests one.

There’ve been quite a few requests for the website and if you’ve contacted me already and do not get a reply by tomorrow, please do so again, but it probably means that I missed it first time around.

If you bought either The Journey Back, the book I co wrote with Richard Holt in 2013, or my book called Real Madrid and all that which was published last year, and are the sort of person who reads Acknowledgements sections, you may remember me writing about a website I used which proved particularly valuable when researching both books.

For the rest of you who don’t bother with such things, he’s what I had to say about the website in the Acknowledgments Section for the Journey Back;-

“Mention must be made as well of whoever it was who put together the superb Cardiff City website which Michael Morris sent me ten years ago. Sadly, it never went online in the public domain for some reason, but thank you very much to the person behind it for providing a reference tool which was of huge assistance to Richard and I”.

The fact that was written in September 2013 and talks about something which was ten years old then, tells you it is quite old now, but it’s right up there with the best reference works on Cardiff City Football club I’ve seen – in fact, it’s probably the best.

The site has eight sections as follows;-

The first section is called a season by season complete first team record which begins with a “chapter”on Riverside FC covering 1899 to 1910, then it settles down into the season by season records which features a team photo, in nearly every case, a pretty lengthy report on the season and a listing of results, including friendly games, right up until season 02/03.

Next, there is a players section covering the period 1920 to 2003 with a photo of the player, in most cases, then a biography and a breakdown of appearances on a season by season basis.

Then there’s is a self explanatory section on our playing record by competition 1920-2003, before a chapter on managers up until Alan Cork which contains a photo, biographical details and statistical analysis by competition for each of them.

After that there is a season by season playing record summary, following that there is a section on individual playing and scoring club records and the final part is on international appearances by City players.

It really is a site that deserves a much wider audience than it’s had until now and so, as a way of saying thank you to those of you who have supported and read this blog in the near twelve years of its existence, I’ve decided to send a Zip file of the site to any reader who wants one. I should say that when I’ve done this before for friends it hasn’t always worked for the person receiving the file. but in the large majority of cases, there hasn’t been a problem.

So, could anyone who wants a free Zip file of the site either contact me through the Feedback section or e-mail me at paul.evans8153@hotmail.com and I’ll get one off to you.

Once again, I should emphasise that if you are interested in City’s history and that of the men who played for and managed the club up to 2003, this really is something worth having.