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#4 Cardiff City 2-1 Leeds United (6 January 2002)
Some point out this game as the beginning of Leeds United’s downfall, and they may have a point. It was the day Cardiff, then in League One, produced a great FA Cup shock as they put the Whites out of the competition - at the time when the Whites were Premier League leaders.
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Leeds were given a hostile welcome, but despite that, things started well with Mark Viduka scoring early on. Cardiff fired back, however, with Graham Kavanagh's stunning free-kick goal sending the home masses wild. The best was still yet to come, however, as Leeds looked shocked and rattled as Cardiff delivered the killer blow.
Alan Smith was sent off for lashing out at Andy Legg as the home crowd sensed the tide turning, and Scott Young's late winner from Kavanagh's corner brought about an FA Cup giant-killing act. Over the next two months, Leeds did not win a single game, before they eventually missed out on Champions League football and financial ruin was soon to follow.
