Neil Warnock insisted he has not been hurt by painful splinters as he labelled Cardiff City’s victory over West Ham as their biggest of the season. The Bluebirds stayed in touch with the clubs above them as they beat the Hammers 2-0 at home thanks to goals from Junior Hoiliett and Victor Camarasa. It was […]
Cardiff City 3, Nottingham Forest 2 Kieron Evans, a 17-year-old midfield player from Brithdir, New Tredegar, scored the winner for Cardiff City in their under-18 clash with Nottingham Forest. Evans, a pupil at Heolddu Comprehensive School in Bargoed, netted on the hour to earn young Bluebirds victory. City twice fought back from a goal down […]
Neil Warnock has turned from chiropodist to psychologist over his 40 years in football management and is banking on his tough mental approach keeping Cardiff City in the Premier League. When he first took over as manager of non-league Gainsborough Trinity he was working as a chiropodist, but rose through the managerial ranks to earn […]
Welsh Youth Cup semi-final Swansea City 1, Cardiff City 0 Oli Cooper, the teenage son of former Cardiff City, Wimbledon and Wolves player and coach Kevin, sent the Bluebirds crashing out of the FAW Youth Cup at Llanelli’s Stebonheath Park stadium. Cooper, aged 19, struck just before half-time in in fiercely contested semi-final, earning the Swans […]
The Swans and the Bluebirds clash in a Welsh Youth Cup semi-final at Llanelli’s Stebonheath Park stadium on Wednesday evening (March 6, 7.30pm). Swansea City are looking to win the trophy for a 10th successive season, having beaten Cardiff City on penalties in the final at Liberty Stadium last season. Swansea’s 18-year-old Dutch midfield player […]
Sol Bamba has dealt Cardiff City a crushing blow after being ruled out for the rest of the season with ruptured knee ligaments. The Bluebirds defender suffered the injury in last weekend’s Premier League defeat at Wolves when he was forced off on a stretcher.
Cardiff City battled to a 1-1 draw in their Professional Development League under-23 match against Sheffield United. The Bluebirds included senior players Greg Cunningham, Stuart O’Keefe, Rhys Healey and goalkeeper Alex Smithies in their starting line-up. Healey scored Cardiff’s goal to put them ahead, but they drew 1-1 and have taken seven points from their […]
Stuart O’Keefe is set to celebrate his birthday by playing for Cardiff City in their under-23 match this evening (Monday). The young Bluebirds are intent on earning a third successive Professional Development League win when they entertain Sheffield United at Cardiff City Stadium (7pm). Sion Spence, Danny Williams and Dan Griffiths scored for City in […]
The Bluebirds have to hammer the Hammers. That’s the only way to start easing their current plight near the foot of Premier League football. Cardiff City are in trouble. Awful trouble. But there is still hope – and a win against West Ham at home next Saturday would fire up expectation. Decisions have gone against […]
Cardiff City’s under-18 team, leaders of their Professional Development League division, suffered a 2-1 defeat against Ipswich Town in Suffolk. Captain Sam Bowen fired the young Bluebirds in front at Playford Road, but Ipswich hit back to win thanks to goals from Lounes Foudil and Zak Brown. It was an eventful day for 18-year-old Felixstowe-born […]
Neil Warnock never likes to leave anyone wondering about what he thinks and his Cardiff City players got a piece of their manager’s mind in a behind-closed-doors session this week. On the back of two heavy home defeats to Watford and Everton, and having slipped back into the relegation zone, it was a timely reminder to the players what is at stake.
Gylfi Sigurdsson enjoyed his Welsh home-coming but says Cardiff City can only survive in the Premier League if they sort out their form on their own patch. Sigurdsson returned to Wales with Everton on Tuesday night and scored two typically classy goals as the Bluebirds were humbled 3-0 in front of their own fans. It was the Icelander’s first trip back over the border since he left Swansea City in a £45m move 18 months ago – an acrimonious departure that saw him refuse to go on the club’s pre-season tour of the USA.