The League Paper

Rookie is Robins’ prince of assists

by
The LeaguePaper Team
20 September 2026

PLAYER PROFILE RIO CARDINES BRISTOL CITY FULL-BACK
By Chris Dunlavy

BRISTOL City’s Rio Cardines hasn’t so much taken the Championship by storm as completely rewritten the record books.
When the 20-year-old’s mishit shot was turned into the net by Lorent Tolaj during last weekend’s 4-1 defeat to Southampton, he became the first player in 12 years to provide an assist in five consecutive Championship games.
He is also the youngest player in the Championship era to achieve that milestone and the first to bag five assists in his first six second-tier appeara...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Read our latest news on any of these social networks!

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Football League Newsletter Today!

Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.

Your subscription has been successful.

More in The League Paper

PARKY AND HIS DRAGONS ROAR BACK!

By Simon Peach PHIL PARKINSON was touched by Wrexham fans’ backing after ending a “difficult week” with a dramatic late victory against Southampton. Last Friday’s 6-0 thumping loss at West Ham continued the Red Dragons’ shaky start to the campaign, which prompted questions over the long-serving manager’s position, despite his...
Martin not happy after Foxes fail to ko ten Reds

By Jack Tolson LEICESTER City manager Russell Martin was left frustrated after the Foxes failed to get the better of ten-man Barnsley at Oakwell. They lead early on through Liam Cullen, and were then a man up after Luca Connell was sent off after 26 minutes, but they failed to...
CHAMPIONSHP RESULTS

... Continue reading... Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day! SUBSCRIBE Already a subscriber to our website? Login Login
ECKERT EXPECTS CLARITY SOON…

WAIT: Tonda Eckert SOUTHAMPTON boss Tonda Eckert addressed his upcoming FA hearing into the spying scandal, following his side falling to defeat at Wrexham. Gleeful home fans chanted “you only win when you’re spying” as Eckert’s men were reminded of ‘Spygate’, after co-owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac having referenced...