Edited sentence: Following the conclusion of the game, a riot broke out both inside and outside the stadium, and a number of arrests were made.On this occasion, Cardiff (then a Second Division side) beat Premier League Leeds 2–1, and shortly after the late winning goal was scored (but before the full-time whistle had blown), Cardiff's then-chairman Sam Hammam walked around the edge of the pitch, gesturing to the crowd – an act Leeds fans saw as his gloating over their defeat.Relations between the two clubs have also not been helped by the presence of former Leeds chairman Peter Ridsdale, now in charge of Cardiff.Ridsdale is widely held responsible for the reckless spending that plunged the Yorkshire club into financial meltdown and relegation.Similarly, there has also been a signifcant amount of bad feeling between Cardiff and Leeds United, which stems from the FA Cup tie at Ninian Park on 6 January 2002.Three years later on 15 January 2005, Cardiff played Leeds at Elland Road in a Championship fixture, and a hardcore hooligan element amongst the Leeds fans saw this as an opportunity for revenge; again there was rioting, leading to a high profile court case two years later, in which several dozen so-called Leeds fans received banning orders