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1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season

season of football team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ4584892 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 1988–89 season was Cardiff City F.C.'s 62nd season in the Football League. They competed in the 24-team Division Three, then the third tier of English football, finishing sixteenth.

Players

First team squad.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

League standings

Results by round

Fixtures and results

Third Division

Source

League Cup

FA Cup

Welsh Cup

Sherpa Van Trophy

UEFA Cup Winners Cup

See also

List of Cardiff City F.C. seasons

References

Bibliography

Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-462-0.

Crooks, John (1986).

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“1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season” enters the record as season of football team. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cardiff, City and season can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1988, 2006, 1986—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Cardiff, City and season.
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This entry incorporates text from “1988–89 Cardiff City F.C. season” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.