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#3 Cardiff City
It would have hurt Cardiff that their great rivals Swansea became the first Welsh side to reach the EPL in 2010 but they joined them only three years later. Whereas Swansea have successfully stayed in the league ever since, playing some attractive football, Cardiff would manage only one season.
They spent big, breaking their transfer record to sign Danish striker Andreas Cornelius for £7.5 million, before breaking it two more times to sign Steven Caulker and Gary Medel.
While they won the first ever South Wales EPL derby, manager Malky Mackay was soon sacked, replaced by former Manchester United striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
He had impressed in management in his native Norway but the EPL was a step too far for him at this point, and he could nothing to save Cardiff.
They ended up bottom with only seven wins, but some solace has presented itself this season: Cardiff are second in the Championship and look very likely to gain automatic promotion to the EPL.
