By Chris O'Brien
May 14 2002

Here's a look at who Cardiff will be playing next season in what I hope will be another drive for promotion to the First Division. The 23 teams that Cardiff will face next season in the Nationwide Division Two are:

Barnsley
Blackpool
Brentford
Bristol City
Cheltenham Town
Chesterfield
Colchester United
Crewe Alexandra
Huddersfield Town
Luton Town
Mansfield Town
Northampton Town
Notts County
Oldham Athletic
Peterborough United
Plymouth Argyle
Port Vale
Queens Park Rangers
Stockport County
Swindon Town
Tranmere Rovers
Wigan Athletic
Wycombe Wanderers

A couple of decent sides amongst those, although early betting seems to make Cardiff one of the favourites for promotion.

In my opinion, Barnsley, Bristol City, Crewe, Huddersfield and Stockport will be amongst the teams with serious promotion credentials. With teams such as Brentford, Tranmere and Wigan possible mounting a go.

But, if more money is spent on the squad I am quite sure we'll be in the top 2 come the end of the season.