Cardiff City ranks second in Wales in terms of volume, behind the giant Millennium Stadium, located here in Cardiff. It is capable of simultaneously receiving more than 26,800 fans (for comparison, the Millennium's capacity is almost 80,000). The size of the playing field itself is 104 x 66 meters.
Cardiff City is the home arena for two clubs at once - football club Cardiff City and rugby club Cardiff Blues. The Wales national football team has played at this stadium twice. This is a very young and modern stadium, opened only in May 2009. It was designed by Arup Associates. The stadium's owner, Cardiff City, used to play at the historic Ninian Park Stadium, opened in 1910. In honor of the opening, the team "updated" the stadium with a game against Celtic.
It is noteworthy that huge funds were invested not only in the construction of the stadium, but also in the construction of infrastructure. Thus, several hotels were built near the Cardiff City stadium and shopping centers transport interchanges have been improved.
A noteworthy and at the same time touching monument erected at the stadium in 2012 and dedicated to team captain Fred Kenor, the famous Welsh footballer and coach, who led the Welsh team to victory in the FA Cup for the first and only time in history. The monument depicts this talented person with an award in his hands.
Coordinates: 51.47277800,-3.20305600
Millennium Stadium
The Millennium Stadium was built and opened in the center of Cardiff in 1999 - just before the dawn of the new millennium, which gave it its name. But, of course, the main reason for the opening of the stadium was not this at all, but the Rugby World Cup. The huge structure of the stadium can accommodate about 74,000 spectators, but practice has shown that this number can reach 80,000.
The stadium design was developed by a team of architects led by Rod Sherd. In practice, they got a record-breaking building in several respects at once. It is the first stadium in the UK to have a fully retractable roof, and the second largest stadium in the world to have such a roof system. In addition, Millennium broke the world record for the largest indoor stadium with natural turf. The retractable roof that cost the builders so much and made the stadium a record holder is an invaluable convenience that protects players, fans and artists from any bad weather.
The stadium is owned by Millennium PLC, which in turn is part of the Welsh Rugby Union. This national stadium of Wales, the main home arena of its national team, is widely used not only for matches of the national football and rugby teams, but also for concerts of world stars and international matches.
When no events are being held at the stadium, it can be visited by tourists who wish to view this gigantic building from the inside.
Coordinates: 51.47805600,-3.18250000
"Cardiff City" cardiff city) - the stadium of one of the two football clubs in Wales, playing in the championship of England. The arena has been the home of the Cardiff Blues rugby club for three years since its commissioning.
Intelligence
The construction of the stadium lasted for two years and ended in the spring of 2009. Two teams began to share the arena at once. The first was football club Cardiff City, who moved from the Ninian Park stadium, which has been home to the capital club for 99 years. The second owners of the stadium are the Cardiff Blues rugby club.
The cost of building the arena was around £50 million. Arup was the architect. Capacity - 25 thousand seats. The Cardiff City Stadium is the second arena in the country in terms of the number of seats, second only to the Millennium, which has a capacity of 74.5 thousand spectators. In the summer, Cardiff City Stadium was reconstructed, after which it began to accommodate up to 33.5 thousand fans.
First games
In mid-July 2009, Cardiff and Celtic played a friendly at the arena. The official debut of the Cardiff City stadium took place in August 2009, when Scunthorpe United came to visit the hosts. The match ended in a crushing victory for the Welsh with a score of 4-0.
In November of the same year, the Wales national team visited the stadium for the first time, playing a friendly match against Scotland. The game ended with a 3-0 victory for the Welsh. Almost a year later, Wales played the first official game at Cardiff City Stadium. It was a match in the framework of the selection for the Euro-2012. The team of Bulgaria became the rival of the British.
Notable matches
One of the first big clubs who came to visit the new arena of the Welsh club was Manchester City. It was a game in the 2nd round of the Premier League. The match ended with a sensational 3-2 victory for Cardiff City. At the beginning of the second half, the "citizens" took the lead, but a few minutes later the Welsh equalized, and at the end of the half, Campbell's double gave the team a big advantage. In stoppage time, Negredo set the final score for the game.
In the 12th round, Manchester United came to Wales. The match ended in a draw. In the 13th round, Cardiff City's rival was London's Arsenal. This time, the Welsh players failed to surprise the grandee. Ramsey's brace and Flamini's goal gave the Gunners a landslide victory.
In March, the Cardiff City stadium was visited by Liverpool. The match was held as part of the 31st round of the Premier League. The Merseysiders were one of the the best teams championship and contenders for the title. Game debut The match opened the scoring. A few minutes later Saures restored the status quo. In the middle of the first half, Campbell's goal once again put the Welsh ahead, but before the break, Skrtel again equalized the score. Liverpool won the second half 4-1 and won the match 6-3.
AT last round the 2013/14 season, Chelsea came to visit Cardiff City, having lost their chances for the championship a few matches before the end of the championship of England. The London Grand became the last great club to visit the Welsh stadium. The game ended with the victory of the wards 2-1. At the end of the season, Cardiff City, whose head coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed during the championship, flew to the Championship and for 3 seasons never entered the English Premier League.
UEFA Super Cup
After finishing 20th in the Premier League in 2013/14, Cardiff were relegated to the second division English football. Since then, no world-famous teams have come to the arena of the club. That was about to change after Cardiff City was chosen to host the 2014 UEFA Super Cup match between Real Madrid and Sevilla.
The game was attended by 30,854 spectators, which is still the arena's record. The arbitrator was English judge Mark Clattenburg. Real Madrid won 2-0 thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo's brace.
| Rugby ground |
| Cardiff Arms Park in the foreground and the Millennium Stadium in the background |
 Location of Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff City Center |
| Cardiff, Wales |
| Coordinates:???? 51° 28 47 N 3° 11 1 W? /? 51.47972°N 3.18361°W? /51.47972;??? -3.1836151° 28 47 N 3° 11 1 W? /? 51.47972°N 3.18361°W? / 51.47972; -3.18361 |
| 1967 |
| 1969 |
| Cardiff Sport Club |
| artificial grass |
| Osborne W Webb & Partners |
| 16500 (1969) 12500 (now) |
| Cardiff Blues 2003-2009 and since 2012 and Cardiff RFC since 1969 |
| National StadiumWelsh National Rugby Ground |
 West Stand of the National Stadium |
| Cardiff, Wales |
| 51°28? 43? N 3°10? 57? W? /? 51.47861°N 3.18250°W? / 51.47861; -3.18250 |
| 1881 |
| October 5, 1912, 1934, 1956, April 7, 1984 |
| April 27, 1997 |
| 1997 |
| Cardiff Athletic Club & WRU, since 1968 WRU only |
| Grass |
| ?9000000 |
| Osborne W Webb & Partners |
| G.A. Williamson and Andrew Scott & Co |
| 65000 (1984)53000 (1997) |
| Cardiff RFC until 1969 Wales national team rugby union since 1964 Wales national football team since 1989 |
Cardiff Arms Park (Welsh: Arfau Caerdydd Park), also known as Arms Park, is located in the center of Cardiff, Wales, primarily known as a rugby stadium, but it also has a bowling alley. Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, including a third place play-off. Arms Park also hosted the first Heineken Cup final in 1995-96 and the following year in 1996-97.
The history of ground rugby begins with the first stands appearing to spectators in the ground in 1881-1882. The park's original arms were the cricket to the north and the rugby union stadium to the south. By 1969 the cricket grounds were demolished to make way for the present day rugby ground to the north and a second rugby stadium to the south, called the National Stadium. The National Stadium, which was used by the Wales rugby team, was officially opened on 7 April 1984, however in 1997 it was demolished to make way for the 1999 Millennium Stadium, which hosted the 1999 Rugby World Cup and became the Welsh National Stadium. Rugby ground remained in the home of the semi-professional Cardiff RFC despite the professional Cardiff Blues regional rugby team moving from the Cardiff City stadium in August 2009. On 8 May 2012, it was announced that the Cardiff Blues would return to Arms Park on a permanent basis.
The site is owned by Cardiff Athletic Club and has been host to many sports other than rugby and cricket, these include Athletics, football, greyhound racing, tennis, British baseball and boxing. The site also has a bowling green to the north of rugby ground, which is used by Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club, which is the bowl section of Cardiff Athletic Club. The National Stadium also plays host to many music concerts including Michael Jackson, David Bowie, Bon Jovi, The Rolling Stones and U2.
- 1. History
- 1.1 Early history of the site 1.2 1912 redevelopment 1.3 North and South Stand for redevelopment 1.4 National Stadium 1.5 Millennium Stadium
2 Rugby ground 3 Bowling green 4 Statistics
- 4.1 Association football 4.2 Athletics 4.3 Baseball and British baseball 4.4 Boxing 4.5 Cricket 4.6 Dog racing 4.7 Rugby 4.8 Tennis
5 Music concerts 6 Singing tradition 7 See also 8 Notes 9 Links 10 External links
Story
Early history of the site
Cardiff Arms Hotel 
1927 plans for cricket and pavilion and rugby football field with a greyhound racing track
The site of the Cardiff Arms Park was originally called the Great Park, a marshy clearing behind the Cardiff Arms Hotel. The hotel was built by Sir Thomas Morgan, during the reign of Charles I. The Cardiff Arms Park was named after this hotel. From 1803, the Cardiff Arms Hotel and park became the property of the Bute family. Arms Park soon became a popular venue for sports events, and by 1848, Cardiff Cricket Club was using the site for their cricket matches. However, by 1878, the Cardiff Arms Hotel had been demolished.
The 3rd Marquess of Bute stipulated that the land could only be used for "recreational purposes". At that time the Cardiff Arms Park was cricket ground to the north and rugby ground to the south. 1881-2 saw the first stands for spectators;?.. They held 300 spectators and cost 50. Architect Archibald Leitch, famous for designing Ibrox Stadium and Old Trafford, among other things. In 1890, new permanent seats were built along the entire length of the ground, with additional stands erected in 1896.
1912 redevelopment
By 1912, Cardiff Football Ground, as it was then called, had a new South Stand and temporary stands at the north, east and west ends of the ground. the south stand was covered, while the north terrace was originally unroofed. The improvements were funded in part by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). The opening ceremony took place on 5 October 1912, with a match between Newport RFC and Cardiff RFC. The new stadium was opened by Lord Ninian of Crichton-Stewart. This new development increased the ground capacity to 43,000 and greatly improved ground facilities compared to earlier stands.
In 1922 John Crichton-Stewart, 4th Marquess of Bute, sold the entire site and it was bought by the Cardiff Arms Park Company Limited for £30,000, it was then leased to the Cardiff Athletic Club (cricket and rugby sections) for 99 years at a cost ? 200 per year.
North and South Sanitation Stand
During 1934 the cricket pavilion was demolished to make way for a new north stand. . which was built on rugby land, costing about? 20,000. However, in 1941 the new North Stand and part of the West Terrace was badly damaged in the Luftwaffe Blitz during World War II.
1934 new North Stand, Rugby Ground, Cardiff Arms Park
At a general meeting of the WRU in June 1953, the decision was made: "It is as long as the facilities at Swansea have been improved that all international matches should not be played at Cardiff". In the meantime, plans have been made for a new South Stand, which is estimated to cost? 60,000, but the tender price came out in? 90,000, a compromise was made and it was decided to build a new upper south stand at a cost of ? 64,000 instead, with Cardiff Athletic Club contributing? 15,000 and the rest coming from WRU. The new South Stand opened in 1956, just in time for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. This brought the park's total arms capacity to 60,000, of which 12,800 spectators were seated and the rest standing.
The gun park hosted the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, which was used for events around athletics but this event caused damage to the drainage system, so much so that other rugby unions (England, Scotland and Ireland) complained after the Games about the state of the field. On December 4, 1960, due to heavy rain, the Taff River overflowed its banks with Arms Park's pitch remaining up to 4 feet (1.2 m) of water. A development committee was established to address these issues on a permanent basis. They looked at various sites in Cardiff but they all proved to be unsatisfactory. They were also unable to negotiate a solution with the Cardiff Athletic Club, so they purchased about 80 acres (320,000 m2) of land on Farm Island in Bridgend, which had previously been used as a prisoner's tightrope camp. It is best known for being the camp where the biggest escape attempt was made by German POWs in Britain during World War II. Due to problems including transport issues, Glamorgan County Council never gave draft planning permission for proposals and by June 1964 the scheme was abandoned. At this stage, cricket in the north was still used by Glamorgan County Cricket Club, and rugby ground to the south was used by the Wales national team and Cardiff RFC.
Until 7 October 1966, the first lit game was played at Cardiff Arms Park, a game in which the Cardiff RFC beat the Barbarians by 12 points to 8.
National Stadium
The National Stadium, which was also known as the Welsh National Rugby Ground, was designed by Osborne V Webb & Partners and built by G. A. Williamson & Associates of Porthcawl and Andrew Scott and Port Talbot.
Following an agreement with the Cardiff Athletic Club, ownership of the south ground was transferred exclusively to the WRU in July 1968. Work could then begin at the new National Stadium. Glamorgan County Cricket Club will move towards Sofia Gardens and cricket north will be demolished and a new rugby stadium built for Cardiff RFC, which will move from south ground, allowing the National Stadium to be built, for the sole use of the national rugby team.
National Stadium
National Stadium (left) and Cardiff RFC rugby ground (right) and on the east-west alignment 
Demolition of the National Stadium only from 1970 North Stand remaining, which will become part of the Millennium Stadium
October 17, 1970, the new North Stand and ground Cardiff RFC was completed, the North Stand cost just over a million? 1. The West Stand was opened in 1977 and the new East Balcony was completed by March 1980. By the time the final South Stand was completed and the stadium officially opened on April 7, 1984, the South Stand cost £4.5 million. At the start of the project, the total cost was estimated at £2.25 million, although by the time it was completed in 1984, the figure had risen to almost four times that amount.
Both stadiums were roughly east-west aligned: rugby ground to the north (Castle Street) terminus; National Stadium in the south (Wood Street) terminus. The original capacity was 65,000, but this had to be reduced in subsequent years to 53,000 for safety reasons. 11,000 of these were on the East Terrace and the move to an all-seater stadium would have reduced the stadium's capacity even further to 47,500. This capacity would have been much smaller than Twickenham and other major rugby venues, and also less than the demand for tickets at major events.
A world record crowd of 56,000 for a rugby club match watched Llanelli RFC beat Neath RFC by 28 points to 13 points in the final of the Schweppes Cup (WRU Challenge Cup) on 7 May 1988. The very first game to be played under the floodlights took place on 4 September 1991 at 8:00 pm, between Wales and France. Last international match to be held at the National Stadium was between Wales and England on 15 March 1997, and the last ever match held at the National Stadium was on 26 April 1997 between Cardiff and Swansea, Cardiff won the Swalec Cup (WRU Challenge Cup) by 33 points to 26 points.
Millennium Stadium
West Stand article Millennium Stadium Main: Millennium Stadium
In 1997, just thirteen years after the National Stadium opened, it was considered too small and there were no funds needed at the time, and it was demolished, and new stadium, Millennium Stadium, was built in its place (completed in a north-south alignment and opened in June 1999). This will be the fourth redevelopment of the Cardiff Arms Park site. Although the Millennium Stadium is located on about two-thirds of the National Stadium, the site of Cardiff Arms Park, it is currently no longer using the Arms Park name. The official website confuses the matter, as one part states that "The Millennium Stadium is on Westgate Street in Cardiff; next to the Cardiff Arms Park". while another part specifically refers to the stadium as "Millennium Stadium, at Cardiff Arms Park"
Rugby ground
 Bmibaby Stand  Westgate Street end  South stand  River Tuff end   Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates (entrance north)  South Service Entrance  Cardiff Athletic Club |
Only Rugby Ground and the Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club now use the name Cardiff Arms Park. Rugby ground has two main stands, the North Stand, which was renamed the Bmibaby Stand in August 2002, and the South Stand. Both the Bmibaby Stand and the South Stand have terracing below the seating. The other ends of the land are the Westgate Street terminus (east), which has a row of seats below the executive box, plus a club shop, and the Taff River end (west), which has 26 executive boxes. rugby ground has two main entrances, the south entrance, and the Gwyn Nicholls Memorial Gates (North Entrance), which was opened on 26 December 1949 in honor of the Welsh international rugby player Gwyn Nichols. Cardiff Athletic Club is located in the corner of the ground between the South stand and the end of Westgate Street.
Glanmor at the Gap, formerly 1970 National Stadium North Stand, now part of Millennium Stadium
The South Stand rugby ground has formed a complete block with the North Stand of the National Stadium. Now the same South Stand structure of Rugby Ground is also physically connected to the North Stand of the Millennium Stadium. This section is known colloquially referred to as Glanmor's Gap, after Glanmor Griffiths, former chairman and president of the WRU. This was because the WRU were unable to provide sufficient funding to include the North Stand at the Millennium Stadium, and the National Lottery Commission would not provide any additional funds to be used to build a new ground for Cardiff RFC. Therefore, the Millennium Stadium was built with the old reinforced concrete structure of the National Stadium (North Stand) and the new steel Millennium Stadium built around it.
There was doubt about the future of Arms Park after 2010 after the move from Cardiff Blues to the Cardiff City stadium. Cardiff RFC Ltd., the company that operates the Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC, still has a 15-year lease on the Arms Park, but negotiations are underway to release the Rugby Club from the terms of the lease, in order for the Millennium Stadium to be repurposed with a new North Stand and adjacent conference center. However, it still has the original lease requirement that the land be used only for "recreational purposes" as stipulated by the Bute family. But the site of Arms Park is a vibrant piece of real estate in the heart of Cardiff, which means it can be difficult to sell the land to developers. The estimated value of the entire Arms Park site could be at least £25 million, although with a "recreational use" requirement, its actual value could be much less than that figure. The Cardiff Athletic Club's decision on the future of the Arms Park has yet to be made. In 2011, the Cardiff Blues regional rugby team made a £6 million bid for the park's weapons, later the WRU made an increased bid of £10 million. for site. Both applications were rejected by the trustees of the Cardiff Athletic Club. However, in 2012 Cardiff Blues announced that they would be making a permanent return to Cardiff Arms Park following a decline in attendance at Cardiff City Stadium. During the 2013 off-season, the pitch at Arms Park will be replaced by FieldTurf artificial turf in time for the start of the 2013-14 season. This change is intended to prevent any adverse weather conditions from affecting rugby.
Bowling green
Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club, Cardiff Arms Park
Club and Bowling Les Spence Memorial Gates See also: Cardiff Athletic Club
Cardiff Arms Park is best known as a rugby stadium, but the Cardiff Athletic Bowls Club (CABC) was established in 1923 and since then, the club has used Arms Park as a bowling alley. Bowls Club is a section of the Athletic Club and shares many of the facilities of the Cardiff Athletics Center Arms Park Cardiff.
Les Spence Memorial Gates were erected in memory of the former Cardiff RFU player who captained the team in 1936-37. He was born in 1907 and became Chairman of the RFU Cardiff and President of the WRU between 1973 and 1974. He was awarded an MBE and died in 1988.
The club has produced two Welsh international bowlers; Mr C Standfast in 1937 and Mr B Hawkins who represented Wales in the 1982 World Pairs and captained Wales in 1982 and 1984
Usage
Football
Riverside Football Club, founded in 1899, played a few matches at Arms Park until 1910 when they moved to Ninian Park, and then became Cardiff City Football Club.
On 31 May 1989, Wales played their first international match against West Germany at the National Stadium in qualifying match World Cup, which ended in a goalless draw. It was also the first ever international football match held in the UK that was watched by all-local viewers.
athletics
In 1958, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff. The event was (to date) the largest sports event ever held in Wales; However, this would not have been possible without the financial support given by the WRU and Cardiff Athletic Club Both the opening and closing ceremonies took place at Cardiff Arms Park, as well as all athletics, on what was a greyhound track. It would be to be in last time that South Africa would not participate in the Games until 1994. South Africa withdrew from the Commonwealth Games in 1961.
Baseball and British baseball
Baseball was originally created in Cardiff, and one of the first games to be held at Arms Park was on 18 May 1918. This was a charity match in aid of the POW treatment fund between the Welsh and American teams US Beaufort & US Jupiter. British baseball games also took place regularly at Arms Park and hosted the annual England vs. Wales international game once every four years. Games are now usually held at Roath Park.
Boxing
The first boxing contest to take place in Arms Park was on January 24, 1914, when bombadier Billy Wells beat Gaston Pigot by knockout in the first round of the 20th round of the contest. Boxing competitions were held later on June 14, 1943, August 12, 1944, October 4, 1951, and September 10, 1952.
Approximately 25,000 spectators watched international boxing on October 1, 1993 at the National Stadium with the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title fight between Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno. It was the first time that two British-born boxers fought for the world heavyweight title. Lewis beat Bruno by TKO in the 7th round in what was called the "Battle of Britain". On September 30, 1995, Steve Robinson of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) World Featherweight Champion, lost against Prince Nazim Hamed in Rugby Ground in 8 rounds.
Cricket
In 1819 the Cardiff Cricket Club was formed, by 1848 they had moved into their new house in the arms park. Glamorgan Cricket Club, at the time not a first class county, played their first match at Cardiff Arms Park in June 1869, against Monmouthshire Cricket Club. They played their first ever County Championship match there in 1921, competing there every season (except until first-class cricket was suspended during World War II), their last match directed against Somerset Cricket Club in August 1966. Cardiff Cricket Club played their final ground game against Lydney Cricket Club on 17 September 1966. Both Cardiff Cricket Club and Glamorgan then moved to the new grounds of Sophia Gardens on the opposite bank of the River Taff to Arms Park, following work to create a national rugby stadium, later named the National Stadium.
The first first-class cricket match to actually take place on the ground was between the West of England and the East of England, on 20 June 1910. In all over 240 first-class cricket matches have been played at Cardiff Arms Park.
Only one List game has ever been played in the ground, and it was only the second match of its kind. The Gillette Cup fixture of GLAMORGAN against Somerset on May 22, 1963 for the aforementioned 1910 game, the only major match not to involve Glamorgan was a trial test in July 1932, which was heavily dependent on the weather and saw play on only one of the scheduled three days.
dog racing
To help pay for the content of the site, a greyhound track was built in 1927. The first meeting took place on April 7, 1928. Arms Park (Cardiff) Greyhound Limited signed a 50-year lease in 1937, with Cardiff Athletic Club - the owners of Arms Park - not having the right to break the agreement or renegotiate the lease until 50 years had expired. the city, Cardiff closed in 1939 and the Welsh Greyhound Derby was moved to Arms Park from White City, Cardiff in 1945. It was one of three races that formed the Triple Crown along with the English Greyhound Derby and the Scottish Greyhound Derby. The track continues to host a race annually. In 1958, the entire surface required rebroadcasting after the Commonwealth Games had ended. In 1971 the Welsh Greyhound Derby was given "classic" status. In 1977, Cardiff City Council announced that the redevelopment of the Arms Park site would not include dog racing. The Welsh Rugby Union required the Arms Park track to expand the terraces at the National Stadium. The last Welsh Greyhound Derby was on 9 July and the last meeting took place on 30 July. 1,128 Greyhound fans saw Lillyput Queen, owned by Cardiff butcher Malcolm Davis and trained by Freddie Goodman, win the final race. Cardiff City Council took less than ten minutes to reject a plan to switch greyhound racing to nearby Maindy Stadium.
Rugby
In 1876 RFC Cardiff was formed and soon after they were also used by the park. On April 12, 1884, the first international match was played in ground between Wales and Ireland, when 5,000 people watched Wales beat Ireland on two tries and drop the goal to zero.
Rugby Ground Arms Park became the permanent home of the Wales rugby team in 1964. Later the National Stadium was also home to the WRU Challenge Cup from 1972 until a match held at the stadium on 26 April 1997 at a greatly reduced capacity, between Cardiff RFC and Swansea RFC. Cardiff RFC won the match 33-26.
The game (between the Barbarians and the New Zealand All Blacks) is one I will never forget, and those of us who played it will never be allowed to forget. This is a match that will live with me forever. People tend to only remember the first four minutes of the game because of the try, but what they forgot is a lot of good rugby played afterwards, many of which came from the All Blacks. After the success of the Lions tour in 1971, which captured the imagination of the whole country, it was an opportunity to bring a lot of that party together again.
Gareth Edwards
The National Stadium is best known as the venue for what is considered "the greatest attempt ever scored" by Gareth Edwards for the Barbarians against the New Zealand All Blacks in what is still called the "greatest match ever played" on 27 January 1973. The final the result was a victory for the Barbarians, the score being 23-11, which translates from 27-13 in the modern point system.
The scorers were: Barbarians: Tries: Gareth Edwards, Fergus Slattery, John Bevan, JPR Williams; Transformations: Phil Bennett (2); Penalties: Phil Bennett. All Blacks: Trying: Grant Batty (2); Penalty: Joseph Karam.
The National Stadium hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World Cup, including a third place play-off. The National Stadium was also host to the inaugural Heineken Cup final of 1995-96, when Toulouse beat Cardiff RFC 21-18 after extra time, in front of 21,800 spectators. The next final in 1996-97 was also held at the National Stadium, this time between Brive and the Leicester Tigers. Brive won the match 28-9, in front of a crowd of 41,664.
In 2008 rugby ground hosted all games in the Pool A IRB Junior World Championship in 2008 as well as the semi-final on 18 June 2008 in which England defeated South Africa 26–18.
Cardiff Blues vs Edinburgh 17 May 2009
Until February 2012, he was not supposed to last professional rugby The game to take place at Arms Park was on 17 May 2009 when Edinburgh beat the Cardiff Blues 36-14 in a Celtic League match during the 2008-09 season. [58]
However, on Tuesday 7 February 2012 it was confirmed that the Cardiff Blues would face Connacht at Arms Park on Friday 10 February 2012. Pro 12 League game The result was a victory for the Cardiff Blues 22-15 and an attendance of 8,000. The following Tuesday it was announced that the match against Ulster on Friday 17 February would also be at Arms Park, leaving the Blues to win, 21-14 and an attendance 8600. An agreement signed in 2009 bound the Cardiff Blues to a contract to play a maximum of 18 games per season for a set fee, and not per match at the 20-year-old Cardiff City Stadium. But on 23 February, it was announced that two Welsh derbies against the Scarlets and the Ospreys would play at Cardiff City Stadium rather than Arms Park, due to Cardiff Blues' expectation that attendance numbers would far exceed the maximum capacity of 9,000. 8 May 2012 year, it was announced that the Cardiff Blues would return to the Arms Park on a permanent basis after three years at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Tennis
Tennis courts were laid out in Arms Park for the Cardiff Tennis Club until the club moved to Sophia Gardens in 1967. In 2003 the club merged with the Lisvane Tennis Club to form the Lisvane Tennis Club (CAC), which is still a section of the Cardiff Athletic Club (CAC).
Music concerts
Main article: List of music concerts at the National Stadium, Cardiff Arms Park See also: List of music concerts at the Millennium Stadium
Major music concerts were also held at the National Stadium from 1987 until 1996, they included U2, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Dire Straits, Bon Jovi and REM was held last July 14, 1996. Jehovah's Witnesses held their annual conventions at the National Stadium.
Singing tradition
Cardiff Arms Park Male Choir
The National Stadium was best known as a venue for massive voices singing such anthems as "Cwm Rhondda", "Calon Lan", "Men from Harlech" and "Klitschko Hen Fy Nhadau" ("Land of my fathers" - National anthem Wales). The legendary atmosphere including the singing of the crowd, is said to be worth at least a try or aim at the home of the nation. This tradition of singing is currently being passed down in the Millennium Stadium.
The Arms Park has its own choir, called the Cardiff Arms Park Men's Choir. It was formed in 1966 as the Cardiff Athletic Men's Choir Club, and today performs internationally with a schedule of concerts and tours. In 2000 the choir changed its name to become the Cardiff Arms Park Men's Choir.
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