Footballers who have played league football for both PNE and Cardiff
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754) Gareth Ainsworth
PNE 92 apps; 13 goals
Cardiff 9 apps; 0 goals 11/01/1992 v Shrewsbury (A) – Lost 0-2
250) Stan Davies
PNE 24 apps; 11 goals
Cardiff 13 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 30/08/1919 v Blackburn (A) – Lost 0-4
1082) Eoin Doyle
PNE 4 apps; 0 goals
Cardiff 16 apps; 5 goals
PNE debut 12/09/2015 v Derby (H) – Lost 1-2
603) Ron Healey
PNE 6 apps; 0 goals
Cardiff 216 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 11/12/1973 v Middlesbrough (A) – Lost 0-3
425) Jack Jennings
PNE 19 apps; 1 goal
Cardiff 94 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 26/09/1936 v Manchester United (H) – Won 3-1
998) Eddie Johnson
PNE 16 apps; 0 goals
Cardiff 30 apps; 2 goals
PNE debut 05/02/2011 v Bristol City (H) – Lost 0-4
680) Mick Martin
PNE 35 apps 0 goals
Cardiff 7 apps; 0 goals
PNE debut 28/09/1985 v Hereford (H) – Won 2-0
649) Jimmy Mullen
PNE 1 app; 0 goals
Cardiff 133 apps; 12 goals
PNE debut 28/11/1981 v Oxford (A) – Lost 0-3
Player Profile Eddie Johnson
Edward Abraham "Eddie" Johnson was born on 31 March 1984 in Bunnell, Florida, United States.
Johnson became one of the youngest players to sign with Major League Soccer, and was drafted by Dallas Burn as a Project-40 player in the second round of the 2001 MLS SuperDraft. In his first three years in the league, he scored 7 goals in 43 league appearnces for Dallas in those seasons
In January 2005, Benfica offered what would have been an MLS-record $5 million transfer fee for Johnson, but Johnson and the league both rejected the offer.
With Dallas in salary cap trouble, Johnson was traded to the Kansas City Wizards on February 14, 2006, for two allocations. It was announced that Johnson would be training with Premier League club Reading during the MLS offseason, but he did not sign with the club.]
In 2006 and early 2007, Johnson suffered a decline in form, scoring only twice in the 2006 MLS season and failing to make an impact with the national team. However, Johnson returned to form with the start of the 2007 MLS season, notching twelve goals and three assists in his first eleven games. On 2 June 2007, Johnson became the first player ever to score back to back hat-tricks in MLS play when he scored a hat-trick against the New York Red Bulls, following a three-goal performance against the New England Revolution the previous week on 26 May.
In July 2007, Johnson saw increased speculation over a transfer to the Premier League. Former PNE and Derby manager Billy Davies confirmed that he would explore the U.S. market. However, after MLS accepted a $6 million bid from Derby, Johnson reportedly preferred to finish his season in Kansas City. Johnson completed a transfer to Fulham on 23 January 2008 for £3 million, signing a contract extending until the summer of 2011.
His Premier League debut was a 1-0 defeat at home to West Ham on 23 February, his first win came on his fourth appearance with a 1-0 win against Everton on 16 March and made 6 appearnces.
He joined Championship side Cardiff on loan for the 2008/09 season on 22 August, making his debut for the club during a 2–1 victory over Milton Keynes Dons in the League Cup 4 days later. He went on to make his league debut on 30 August as an eighty-fifth minute substitute in a 0–0 draw with Sheffield United. He struggled to recover his goal-scoring form that he showed during his time in MLS.
However, he regained some of his form as the season progressed, and had a breakthrough week when he scored his first goal in English football on his 20 league appearance for the Bluebirds on 7 March 2009, in a 3–0 victory against Doncaster, scoring on the hour. Four days later Johnson was named man of the match for his performance in Cardiff's 3–1 victory over Barnsley.] A month later, when Cardiff hosted Derby, Johnson scored his second goal of the season and added an own goal during injury time as the Bluebirds rolled to a 4–1 victory. Johnson's goal for Cardiff also meant that he was the last ever Cardiff goalscorer under the Ninian Park floodlights. His last match for Cardiff was a 3-0 defeat at home to Ipswich on 25 April. He made 30 league appearances for Cardiff but Johnston only started in five of them.
Johnson returned to Fulham from Cardiff or the 2009/10 season. He featured in the majority of Fulham's pre-season fixtures, scoring in a friendly at Australian club Melbourne Victory, but made just 2 Premier League matches in the season.
On 31 December 2009, Johnson joined Greek side Aris Thessaloniki on loan for the remainder of the 2009/10 season. On 13 January 2010, Johnson made his first appearance for Aris, coming on as a 79th minute substitute in a 2–0 victory over Asteras Tripoli F.C. in the round of 16 of the Greek Cup. He made his Greek Super League debut, appearing as a second-half substitute against PAS Giannina F.C., on January 17, 2010. Johnson scored two goals in their playoff win over Olympiacos. Johnson scored five goals for Aris and was one of the top goalscorers in the Greek Super League Playoff with three goals.
After making 11 Premier League appearances for Fulham to take his total to 19, Johnson joined Championship club Preston on loan on 31 January. His PNE debut was a 4-0 home defeat to Bristol City on 5 February. His first victory in a Lilywhite shirt came on his tenth appearance in a 2-1 win over Coventry on 19 March.
Johnson did score for PNE against Reading from a flicked on header from a curling Keith Treacy cross. The goal was later given as an own goa by Alex McCarthy as the Royals won 2-1 on 5 April. His final game for Preston ended in a 4-0 defeat at Millwall on 23 April. He had made 16 league appearances for PNE.
On 22 December 22, 2011, it was announced that Johnson had signed with Primera División de Mexico club Puebla. However, Johnson never officially signed a contract with the team and was released from camp after training with the team three or four times due to a difference in opinions between the coach, Juan Carlos Osorio, and the team's technical staff.
Johnson signed with MLS on February 17, 2012 and was selected on February 18, 2012 by Montreal Impact via allocation process. He was immediately traded to Seattle Sounders FC in exchange for Mike Fucito and Lamar Neagle. He scored his first two goals for the Sounders in games against the Chicago Fire and the LA Galaxy. He was selected to the 2012 MLS All Star Team by coach Ben Olsen, eventually scoring the game-winning goal against Chelsea in a 3-2 victory. During the 2012 season, Johnson was selected as MLS Player of the Week two times. The first time in week 22, following a one-goal performance in a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Galaxy. He received the honour a second time in week 27, following his two-goal showing in a 2-1 comeback victory against Chivas USA.
Johnson led the Sounders in goals scored during the 2012 MLS season, netting 14 total and finishing sixth in the league's Golden Boot race. Of the 14 total goals scored by Johnson, 9 came from headers, which led all players in MLS.
For his quality performance throughout the season, Johnson was named "Comeback Player of the Year" in MLS for the 2012 season. The second time he has won this, 15 years previous with Kansas.
Johnson scored the winning goal for the Sounders against Tigres de la UANL in the quarterfinal of the 2013 CONCACAF Champions League knockout stage. The 75th minute goal put the Sounders ahead 3-2 on aggregate, and advanced the club to the semi-finals of the tournament. With the Sounders victory over Tigres, they became the first MLS side to eliminate a Mexican club in the history of the CONCACAF Champions League.
Towards the end of the 2013 MLS season, Johnson openly made pleas for an improved contract. Salary cap issues prevented Seattle from offering this and so Johnson was cut from the team with the intention of his rights been traded. Johnson was traded to D.C. United in exchange for allocation money on 17 December 17, 2013
On May 17, 2014, Johnson scored his first goal for D.C. United in the 84th minute against the Montreal Impact.
In March 2015, after an extended medical leave, it was reported that Johnson might need to retire due to a heart condition. His contract was cancelled two months later.
Internationally Johnson had success at the U-17 level, scoring 23 goals in 25 appearances and leading that team in scoring in both 2000 and 2001. This success continued at U-20 level, and in 2003 at the FIFA World Youth Championship in the United Arab Emirates he scored four goals, three from the penalty spot, and notched one assist to win the tournament's Golden Shoe as the top scorer.
Johnson received his first cap and scored his first goal for the senior United States team against El Salvador on 9 October 2004, becoming one of a small group of American players to get his first international goal in a World Cup qualifier. He then scored a hat-trick in his second appearance four days later, all within a seventeen-minute spree against Panama. On March 30, 2005, Johnson scored the game-winning goal in another qualifying match against Guatemala. He totalled seven goals in his first six World Cup qualifiers which placed him third on the U.S. all-time scoring list in World Cup qualifiers.
Johnson appeared in two matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup and also participated in the 2007 Copa América as well the 2007 Gold Cup. In the USA's opening Copa América match against Argentina he earned and then converted a penalty kick to put the United States ahead 1–0 in a game they eventually lost 4–1.
On May 11, 2010, Johnson was named to the United States pre-2010 FIFA World Cup roster; he was ultimately cut before the team travelled to South Africa.
Johnson returned to the U.S. team for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Antigua and Barbuda and Guatemala. He scored both goals in the 2–1 victory over Antigua and Barbuda, with the winner coming in the 90th minute. He also assisted on Clint Dempsey's game-winning goal versus Guatemala.
Johnson also scored the game winner in the World Cup Qualifier against Mexico in Columbus which qualified the USA for Brazil 2014. He has made 63 international appearances for USA, netting 19 goals.