Editing Cardiff Arms Park (section)

=== Association football ===
The Riverside Football Club, founded in 1899, played some matches at the Arms Park until 1910, when they moved to [[Ninian Park]],<ref name="Record Office" /> and later became [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City Football Club]].

On 31 May 1989, [[Wales national football team|Wales]] played its first international game against [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] at the National Stadium in a [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|World Cup qualifying match]], which ended goalless. It was also the first ever international [[Association football|football]] match held in Great Britain that was watched by all-seater spectators.<ref name="Football">{{cite document|last=Pursey MBE |first=Ivor |date=31 May 1989 |title=History in the Making: Wales V. West Germany. A Message from the President of the F.A.W. |publisher=Football Association of Wales Match Programme }}</ref>

The adjoining Cardiff Rugby Club ground has also been used for Association Football. In July 1995, [[Ton Pentre F.C.|Ton Pentre]] played two [[Intertoto Cup]] games there, against Heerenveen (Netherlands) and Uniao Leiria (Portugal) as their own ground was not suitable. The Heerenveen game - the first ever soccer match to be played there - kicked off at 6pm on Saturday 1 July 1995 and resulted in the Dutch side winning 7–0. The Wales U-21 team have also played a home game there in the late 1990s.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

On 5 April 2017, the ground was used to host the men's and women's football matches as part of the 2017 [[Welsh Varsity]], between [[Cardiff University]] and [[Swansea University]]. The women's game finished in a 1-1 draw, while the men's game resulted in a 1-0 win for Swansea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/gairrhyddsport/status/849641908225933314|title=Gair Rhydd Sport on X}}</ref>