The Severnside derby is a local derby in football in the United Kingdom between Welsh club Cardiff City and either of the English clubs, Bristol City or Bristol Rovers. Alternatively, it may be between Newport County and either of the Bristol-based clubs.
Bristol City and Cardiff City meet at Ashton Gate in March 2009
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