This season sees the publication of a new history of Cardiff Arms Park.
This definitive volume tells the story of the area’s evolution from a pre-sporting public space to the home of the current national and club grounds. The book looks in detail at the rich history of events that have taken place there but, unlike most traditional sports histories, the focus is on the development of the Arms Park itself.
The book tells the tale of how rugby, cricket and other sports came to shape its use and of the many and varied alternate plans that were put forward for the site. It also explores the development of the Arms Park within the broader context of the history of sports stadia and speculates on what future developments at the ground will need to feature in order to maintain its prominence in world rugby. As well as making extensive use of archive material, the book contains over 400 images and features many rarely seen photographs and drawings.
‘This fantastic, informative book is the Encyclopaedia Britannica of the Arms Park. It’s a must for anyone with an interest in the history of Cardiff and Welsh rugby and, for me as player, it rekindled many fond memories of our spiritual home’
Sir Gareth Edwards
‘This new book underlines why heritage defines the blue and blacks…it evokes the history of the Arms Park in meticulous detail through 400 pages of prose and pictures’
Carolyn Hitt
The publication of Cardiff Arms Park, An Architectural and Social History coincided with the launch of Cardiff Rugby and is sure to quickly become a collector’s item. It is available in two limited editions: a clothbound, numbered and signed edition of 250 copies and a hardback general edition of 750 copies. The full amount of every sale will go to the Cardiff Rugby Community Foundation.
The signed edition retails at £34.99 and the normal hardback £24.99. It can be purchased from the Members’ Lounge at Cardiff Arms Park 0r online from https://www.cardiffrugby.wales/armsparkbook
