Neil Warnock has admitted he shed tears with Bruno Manga when it became clear the big defender was leaving Cardiff City. Manga has signed for French Ligue 1 club Dijon FCO, leaving City’s pre-season tour to North America this week, and Warnock said: “Tears were shed between Bruno and I. “It was disappointing because I […]

Plymouth Parkway 1, Cardiff City 5 Former Stoke City trainee Laurence Wootton scored twice for Cardiff City’s development team in their convincing win against Plymouth Parkway at Bolitho Park. The young Bluebirds completed their three-match pre-season tour to Devon and Cornwall with a 100 per cent record, having scored 15 goals and conceded three. City […]

New Mexico United 1, Cardiff City 1 Omar Bogle reminded Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock what he has to offer by scoring  a stunning goal in North America. The Bluebirds were 1-0 down against New Mexico United when Bogle whipped a free-kick into the top corner. Former Wigan Athletic forward Bogle, aged 26, is a […]

When Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman clinched the signing of Bruno Manga five years ago he told me the Gabon international was the ‘final piece of the Bluebirds’ jigsaw’. Nobody can fault Dalman’s logic because City swept back into Premier League football, but now it is time to build again. London-based Dalman has abandoned any […]

Barry Town United have pulled off a signing coup by snapping up National League midfield player Keyon Reffell for the new season. Playmaker Reffell, a former Cardiff City trainee, turned down a contract offer from Hereford FC to sign for Welsh Premier League Barry. “This move has probably been 10 years in the making,” says […]

Bodmin Town 2, Cardiff City Development 3 The Bluebirds were hit by a Tornado in Cornwall, but they stood up to the battering in a fiercely contested and physical pre-season fixture. Cardiff City also had a surprise visitor when first team defender Sol Bamba turned up at the team hotel, the St Million Resort near […]

The Bluebirds have allowed one senior striker to leave Cardiff City, while centre-forward Kenneth Zohore looks certain to complete an £8m transfer to West Brom. Rhys Healey has joined MK Dons in a full transfer, while Zohore has left City’s pre-season tour in North America to have a medical at West Brom’s training ground. The […]

AFC Tavistock 0, Cardiff City 7 Hat-trick hero Gary Madine and playmaker Lee Tomlin teased and tormented hosts AFC Tavistock in the opening fixture of Cardiff City’s under-23 tour to Devon and Cornwall. Centre-forward Madine scored three times in the first 30 minutes, two of them created by the ever-dangerous Tomlin, who weighed with in […]

Englishman Darren Powell, head coach of American team San Antonio, is backing Cardiff City to bounce straight back into Premier League football. Nottingham-born Powell, speaking after the Bluebirds earned a 1-0 win against United States League San Antonio, says: “I’ll upset my family boy saying this, but I genuinely hope they earn promotion again.” Nottingham […]

  Merthyr Town FC 2, Swansea City U-23 0 The Martyrs used 21 players during their first pre-season fixture at the MetCoaches Stadium including manager Gavin Williams. Kieran Lewis and Lee Lucas scored first half goals for the Martyrs, who were without new signing Ben Swallow. Goalkeeping duties for Southern League Premier team Merthyr were […]

Taffs Well 1, Cardiff City 5 The Bluebirds visited FAW Championship South club Taffs Well for their opening pre-season match and 2,500 spectators turned out at the Rhiw’r Ddar ground. Cardiff City included new signings Curtis Nelson and goalkeeper Joe Day in their team and used 22 players over the 90 minutes. Nelson, a composed […]

Cardiff City play their first pre-season fixture when manager Neil Warnock sends his Bluebirds out against Taffs Well at their Rhiw’r Ddar ground on Friday (7pm). Many first team players are due to attend the fixture, although City are likely to field members of their under-23 squad. This is the third successive year that Warnock […]