# Cardiff Civil Service F.C.
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{{Short description|Former Welsh football club}}
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'''Cardiff Civil Service Football Club''' was an [association football](/source/association_football) club based in [Cardiff](/source/Cardiff), [Wales](/source/Wales). The team joined the Second Division of the [Welsh Football League](/source/Welsh_Football_League) in 1990 and won promotion to the First Division in its first campaign. The side remained in the First Division for more than a decade before dropping out of the Welsh Football League.
The club played its home matches at the Civil Service Grounds on Sanatorium Road in [Ely, Cardiff](/source/Ely%2C_Cardiff), Wales.[{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/cardiff-city-confirm-search-new-2496881.amp |title=Cardiff City confirm search for new training ground continues |work=WalesOnline |publisher=Media Wales |last=Al-Mudalall |first=James |date=8 January 2013 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}]
==History==
Cardiff Civil Service joined the Second Division of the [Welsh Football League](/source/Welsh_Football_League) for the 1990–91 season. The side finished the campaign as champions of the division, scoring 100 goals in the process and winning promotion to the First Division.[{{cite web |url=https://fchd.info/CARDIFCS.HTM |title=Cardiff Civil Service |publisher=Football Club History Database |accessdate=11 March 2020}}] The Civil Service initially adapted well to the higher tier, finishing in the top eight in four of its first five seasons in the higher tier. This included a fourth-placed finish in the 1995–96 campaign, the club's highest placed finish in the Welsh Football League. However, a gradual decline led the side to finish in the bottom half of the table for the majority of its time in the First Division.[{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/CARDICS2.HTM |title=Cardiff Civil Service Reserves |publisher=Football Club History Database |access-date=11 March 2020}}]
The club gained media attention following the progress of Welsh footballer [Gareth Bale](/source/Gareth_Bale), who began his career in the club's youth sides. He was subsequently spotted by scouts as an eight-year old playing for the Civil Service's six-a-side team in [Newport](/source/Newport%2C_Wales) by scouts from [Southampton](/source/Southampton_F.C.).[{{cite web |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/football-in-wales/2010/10/22/mentor-s-advice-to-gareth-could-come-to-fruition-as-foreign-legion-close-in-91466-27521941/ |title=Mentor's advice to Gareth could come to fruition as foreign legion close in |work=WalesOnline |publisher=Media Wales |date=22 October 2010 |accessdate=28 December 2010 }}][{{cite news |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/gareth-bale-inside-story-real-5825438 |title=Gareth Bale: The inside story on Real Madrid's new signing by those who know him best |work=WalesOnline |publisher=Media Wales |last=Gaskell |first=Simon |date=1 September 2013 |accessdate=11 March 2020}}]
==Honours==
*[Welsh Football League Division Two](/source/Welsh_Football_League_Division_Three) (Tier 3 of the [Welsh Football League](/source/Welsh_Football_League))
**Champions (1): 1990–91