Cardiff city football club began life as riverside afc in 1899 as a way of keeping the players from the riverside cricket club fit during the winter months they eventually changed their name to cardiff city in 1907 and the bluebirds claim cardiff city stadium as their homegroundkids t shirt design reads 1899 the birth of football sophia gardens riverside football clubwe lovingly print all of our kids t shirts onto 100 cotton soft style loose fitting unisex t shirts for boys and girls