Founded in 1899 as Riverside A.F.C., the club was renamed Cardiff City in 1908 and joined the Southern Football League two years later. The side was elected into the Second Division of the Football League in 1920, winning promotion to the First Division in its first season. The team finished as runners-up in the 1923–24 season, missing out on the title by the closest margin in First Division history. They reached their first FA Cup final the following year before becoming the only non-English team to win the trophy in the 1927 final when they defeated Arsenal 1–0 after a goal from Hughie Ferguson.