Cardiff City's Rivals of '89

An overview of our 'rivals' at the time Bobbing Along was first published - some no longer exist.

 

The excitement in the City when the fixture list was published  in July 1989 was palpable as people realised they could go on holiday during any week of the season without missing anything.

Bolton, Blackpool, Fulham, Reading, Wolves, Wigan and Sheffield United have all played in the Premier league since 1989 (but still have that air of being rubbish about them) but there was little to attract the casual fan.

 After a poor start to the season, performances rose to the level of adequate and relegation was avoided. 

 

A singular highlight was seeing Steve Bull turn out for Wolves. He didn't score but had more shots on target himself than both teams managed between them. Some predictions did come true as Southend did indeed move to a new league. Football results were photocopied from a newspaper and enlarged to disguise lack of text.