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 […]

Bluebirds captain Sean Morrison reckons Neil Warnock could stay in football management for another two decades. ’Mozza’ insists manager Warnock,  now aged 70, retains a burning desire for success with Cardiff City and a love for the game. “You only need to have 20 seconds with the gaffer to realise how much he wants to […]

Neil Warnock has praised his Bluebirds for being ‘fitter than ever’ when they returned for pre-season training. Cardiff City’s manager says: “I’ve never seen a group come back from the summer break as physically fit as our lads have.  “They are aware of their physical responsibilities. Those days where you slapped the weight on in […]

Cardiff City management and players are supporting Bluebirds club doctor Len Nokes in a personal quest. Manager Neil Warnock, captain Sean Morrison and the entire first team squad gathered at Cardiff City Stadium for the launch of a new book written by Nokes (Only Time Will Tell: A Father’s Journey). “I was emotional and shed […]

Teenager Evan Press, Barry Town United’s highly talented defender, celebrated his 19th birthday by making his European debut. Cardiff-born Press, a former Bluebirds and Newport junior, was flawless at the heart of Barry Town’s disciplined and organised Europa League performance against Belfast club Cliftonville. The first leg tie ended 0-0, with the return at Cliftonville’s […]

Will Vaulks insists he has joined the “biggest club in Wales” after completing his move to Cardiff City. The Bluebirds – who have also confirmed the signings of targets Joe Day from Newport County and Curtis Nelson from Oxford – have tied up their deal with Rotherham for Vaulks for a fee which will rise to £3m with add-ons. Midfielder Vaulks made his international debut in March and won his third Wales cap in the recent 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying defeat to Croatia.

Welshman Dave Cole celebrates almost exactly 30 years with his home town club this month. Cole has experienced the heights of football ecstasy with Barry Town and, when he thought the club was going out of existence, the depths of despair. This evening, at Cardiff International Sports Campus, he will proudly watch Barry return to […]

The Welsh Sports Hall of Fame will induct new faces into their number tonight (Wed) at their annual dinner in Cardiff. Lynn Davies – one of the originals – tells Graham Thomas why this particular honours system is worth the effort. When Lynn Davies jumped into history in 1964 he did more than simply become the first Welsh athlete to win an individual Olympic gold medal. Lynn the Leap – a nickname he was famously given then and is still stopped in the street by now – also provided the perfect illustration of why a sporting nation should honour its heroes.

Cardiff City striker Mark Harris has signed for National League Wrexham on a season-long loan. Wales Under-21 international Harris, nicknamed ‘Sparky’, has previously spent time on loan with Newport County and Port Vale. “Cardiff City rang me to say Wrexham were interested a couple of weeks ago,” said Harris. “I spoke to the gaffer (Bryan […]

Former Cardiff City goalkeeper Michael Oakes has returned to Wrexham FC as goalkeeping coach. The former Aston Villa, Wolves and Bluebirds goalkeeper, aged 45, was most recently coaching at Walsall and returns to the club in time for pre-season training with our shot-stoppers Rob Lainton and Christian Dibble. Also joining Wrexham’s backroom staff is sports […]