Through the Years | First day of pre-season
First Team
23rd June
As the Bluebirds PREPARE TO return to training AHEAD OF 2024/25, take a look through the archives at the first day of pre-season FROM YEars gone by...
![Tom Heaton](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-3.jpg)
2010 | Tom Heaton prepares for his second spell as Bluebird...
![Craig Conway](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-15.jpg)
Scot Squad: Craig Conway, Don Cowie and Kevin McNaughton in 2011...
![Kevin McNaughton](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-4.jpg)
Super Kev awaits the start of the 2011/12 campaign...
![Peter Whittingham and Aron Gunnarsson](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-14.jpg)
Two City legends relax after a session of hard work in the summer of 2012...
![Federico Macheda](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-5.jpg)
New boys Adam Le Fondre and Federico Macheda in July 2014...
![Nicky Maynard](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-6.jpg)
Nicky Maynard is all smiles ahead of the 2014/15 season...
![Craig Noone](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-8.jpg)
Craig Noone puts in the hard yards in the summer of 2015...
![Peter Whittingham](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-13.jpg)
A laugh shared between Whitts and Youngy in 2015...
![Joe Ralls](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-10.jpg)
Joe Ralls is put through his paces in the summer of '16...
![Neil Etheridge](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/etheridge-preseason-16x9.jpg)
New boy Neil Etheridge shows off his stretches in June 2017...
![Danny Ward](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/wardy-pre-season-16x9.jpg)
Fellow summer signing Danny Ward ahead of our historic promotion camaign...
![Sol Bamba](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/sol-pre-season-16x9.jpg)
Sol arrives in style to prepare for the Premier League...
![Bruno Ecuele Manga...](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/bruno-preseason-16x9.jpg)
and is joined at the Vale by Bruno!
![Lee Peltier and Sean Morrison](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-7.jpg)
Moz and Pelts gear up for the 2019/20 campaign...
![Callum Paterson](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-9.jpg)
Socially-distanced settings for Patto ahead of 2020/21...
![Aden Flint](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-2.jpg)
Fresh from derby goalscoring delight, Flinty checks in for 2021/22...
![Ollie Tanner](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-11.jpg)
New boy Ollie Tanner takes a breather in the summer sun of 2022...
![Erol Bulut](https://cdn.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/sites/default/files/2024-06/preseason-1.jpg)
A flashback to June 2023, and the gaffer's first day!