It was 10 years before then in April 1989 that City last played a league game. The Bluebirds won that day, 1 - 0 in the old Third Divison.
Overall the clubs have met in 27 league seasons. Sheff Utd have won 16 of the 27 games at Bramall Lane with Cardiff earning 7 victories.
City go to South Yorks on Saturday looking to recover from the defeat at Reading. United on the other hand are bouyant after beating local rivals Rotherham 5 - 0.
We proved that going to one of the "big" clubs and getting a result is a possibility after our win at Nottingham Forest. Hopefully City can consolidate their place in the top 10 with a result in Sheffield.
United were beaten play off finalists last season. Wolves beat them 3 - 0 at the Millennium Stadium the day after City's triumph. They along with West Ham, West Brom and Sunderland and favourites to be battling it out at the end of this season.
United in their last game v Rotherham lined up
Gerrard, Kozluk, Jagielka, Morgan, Harley, Ndlovu, McCall, Montgomery, Tonge, Ward, Peschisolido. Subs: Armstrong, Whitlow, Rankine, Parkinson, Allison.
Some familiar names in that line up. Jagielka, Ndlovu, McCall, Ward, Peschisolido.
City are likely to be unchanged but there is a slight doubt over John Robinson. We will get most accurate team / squad news on Friday.
Sheff Utd are averaging gates over over 22,000 so far this season and with a large following of Cardiff fans expected to travel they could see their biggest gate of the season. The highest at the moment is 24,285 for the visit of Norwich City.
Sheffield Utd v Cardiff City
Bramall Lane, Sheffield.
Saturday 20th September, 3:00pm.