Cardiff City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., the club changed its name to Cardiff City in 1908 and entered the Southern Football League in 1910 before joining the English Football League in 1920. The team has spent 17 seasons in the top tier of English football, the longest period being between 1921 and 1929. Their most recent season in the top flight was the 2018–19 Premier League season.
Cardiff City playing Oxford United at Ninian Park in 1983
Manager Neil Warnock and players lift the 2017–18 EFL Championship runner-up trophy
Cardiff City fans performing "the Ayatollah" in 2011
Referee Mike Dean receiving treatment after being struck by a projectile in a South Wales derby in 2009
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, but will play in the 2024–25 EFL Championship following their relegation from the 2023–24 Premier League. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at Bramall Lane since their formation. For most of the club's history, United have played in red and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their main rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby.
The United team from 28 September 1895 before a match against Stoke City
United conceding the third goal in the 1901 FA Cup Final against Tottenham Hotspur at Burnden Park in Bolton
Prince Abdullah at Sheffield United in 2013
Sheffield United playing against Cardiff City in 2010