The south Wales derby record books were re-written once more with a 2-0 win by SWANSEA CITY.
Russell Martin's side, who achieved the first league double in the fixture's history last season, became the first team to win three successive games in a row in over a century.
The two goals from Michael Obafemi sealed the victory.
The hopes of restoring some derby pride were undermined by the stupidity of Robinson.
The forward's dismissal, for throwing the ball at Ben Cabango's face, leftCardiff a man light for 83 minutes, as they triumphed with something to spare.
The recent record in the game that matters most to supporters of both clubs is that of Cardiff.
The visitors' misery was compounded by the fact that Cooper was rejected many times by Cardiff, for whom Kevin was a player.
Mark Hudson's Cardiff remain 20th after a third successive defeat, despite their seventh victory in nine Championship games.
Martin's men have the most league wins in this fixture with 26 compared to 20 for the Bluebirds.
In the past eight encounters with their biggest rivals,Swansea have won six and scored 15 goals, compared to one conceded.
Robinson's rash moment changed the mood of the game as they pressed high and troubledSwansea in the opening exchanges.
Robinson retaliated by throwing the ball at the SWANSEA defender after he was pushed by Cabango.
After the red card, Cardiff sat back, allowingSwansea to take control of the game.
The hosts should have gone ahead when Obafemi tried to pull but was shot wide.
Steven Benda was the first to make a save of the game when he saved Tom Sang's volley.
The Bluebirds got lucky, as the man who pushed the cross clear with his left fist was not reprimanded.
As Nkounkou could only clear as far as Cundle, the Swans flooded forward once more, even though they should have been given a penalty.
Cooper's curling effort went in off the underside of the bar after he failed to get a shot away.
The son of Kevin, who used to play for the club, was picked up by the club after a number of failed trials.
Before the break, Obafemi couldn't get enough on Jay Fulton's centre and Cooper didn't connect properly with the cross.
Obafemi forced a save from Allsop after turning sharply on the edge of the area.
Mark Harris had a rare sight of the home goal at the start of the second half, but headed over from a cross.
There was little danger as Fulton fed the excellent Grimes in the middle, but his perfect pass sliced through the defense and Obafemi was on hand to score his third goal in just two appearances.
The score could have gotten ugly as Allsop pushed over Cabango's drive and Obafemi shot across the face.
The misses didn't matter forSwansea.
The neighbours were upset by the party.
Russell Martin is the head coach ofSwansea.
It was a great day. The early red card aided us. We spoke to our players about not getting involved in any of that because of the number of young ones in the team.
It's easy to make a mistake when the atmosphere is such a big deal.
It was important to stick to our game-plan more than ever. We should get more goals in the beginning. It took a while to get the first one, but it was about sticking to the plan again.
We got a bit excited and rushed to get the second. They had a chance to become heroes.
We were able to get the game under control and I enjoyed the last half hour. I'm really happy. The crowd and the players were connected.
The interim manager is Mark Hudson.
After a tough Wednesday night against 11 men with 10, we prepared as well as possible. The players came into the game with a plan. The game changed after seven minutes and it became hard to play.
The players showed a lot of fight. It would have been easy to think the world was against them, but they fought for each other.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with the red card." It's about controlling your aggressiveness during a game.
Robinson has been brilliant since he joined the club, he's brilliant with the players, and he's been brilliant in the build-up towards it.
I can only look at the players who were on from seven onward. They fought for each other, they fought for the club, and they fought for the badges, which is all you can ask for.
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