Craig Bellamy Articles

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Young Bluebirds Lead Twice, But Edged Out By Blues

Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds led twice against their Sky Blue hosts in a 3-2 Professional Under-18 Development League defeat at the Alan Higgs Centre.  Manager Bellamy made two changes to his starting line-up with Ben Margetson and Siyabonga Ligendza called up. Rudy Andrew-Knott, a 15-year-old attacking midfield player, was among the Cardiff substitutes.  The former […]

Terry Phillips | Oct 06, 2018
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Isaak’s Double Leads Bluebirds To Hornets’ Victory

All five goals were packed into the last 17 minutes when Cardiff City won 3-2 against Watford in a Professional Development League under-18 match. Isaak Davies scored twice for the young Bluebirds with Trystan Jones their other scorer.  Davies, a former Aberdare Town Church in Wales Primary School pupil, has been working his way through […]

Terry Phillips | Sep 29, 2018
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Bluebirds Slip Up In Severnside Derby Against Robins

 Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds suffered their first defeat of the season when they travelled over the Severn Bridge to take on Bristol City and went down 1-0 at SGS College. Coach Bellamy and his players went into the match boasting a 100 per cent record in Premier Development League Two South. Cardiff had earned four […]

Terry Phillips | Sep 15, 2018
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Young Bluebirds Finish With 10 Players at Forest

Cardiff City sent a young team to Nottingham Forest for a Professional Under-23 Development League fixture at the City Ground. Midfield player Lloyd Humphries returned after recovering from injury, while Tyrone Duffus was also in the Bluebirds squad. Under-18 players Ben Margetson and Jac Davies were both included in the starting line-up, while Ibrahim Meite […]

Terry Phillips | Sep 11, 2018

Barry Boy Sion Shines For Bellamy’s Young Bluebirds

Man of the match Sion Spence led Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds to a 3-1 victory against Hull City in the Professional Development Under-18 League South fixture at Cardiff International Sports Stadium. City are top of the table going into the international break having won all four of their fixtures so far this season. Former Cardiff […]

Terry Phillips | Sep 01, 2018
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Bluebirds Coaches Bellamy And Harvey On Academy

Cardiff City’s under-23 development team open their 2018-19 season behind closed doors against Burnley at Turf Moor this evening (7pm). The young Bluebirds earned five pre-season wins, four of them during a week-long tour to Devon and Cornwall, and now turn to their Professional Development League Two fixtures. “It’ll be a great experience for the […]

Terry Phillips | Aug 13, 2018
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Warnock’s Bluebirds’ Academy Revolution Takes Off

Neil Warnock’s Bluebirds’ Academy revolution has started in style. Cardiff City have signed eight players on new two-year apprenticeship deals – and opened their under-18 season with a 5-0 home win against Colchester United. Dan Griffiths (2), Sam Bowen, Sion Spence and Isaac Davies scored the goals for coach Craig Bellamy’s under-18 team, while goalkeeper […]

Terry Phillips | Aug 11, 2018
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Bellamy’s Boys Ready For Swans In Youth Cup

Craig Bellamy and his young Bluebirds are out to stop Swansea City’s run of success in the Welsh Youth Cup. Manager Bellamy and his under-19 players take on the Swansea in the FAW Youth Cup Final at the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday (May 1, 7:30pm). The Swans have lifted this trophy in eight successive seasons, […]

Terry Phillips | May 01, 2018
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Former Bluebird Jobi Crushes Dragons’ Hopes

Former Cardiff City winger Jobi McAnuff played a key role in ending Wrexham hopes of promotion back to the Football League. The Dragons will cling on to mathematical hopes of clambering into the top seven and earning a play-off spot, but realistically they can start planning for another Vanarama National League season. Wrexham’s 1-0 defeat […]

Terry Phillips | Apr 21, 2018
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Bellamy’s Bluebirds Take on Swansea City In Cup Final

Craig Bellamy’s six shooters are gunning for gold. ‘Bellers’ and his Cardiff City youth team fired six goals in their FAW Youth Cup semi-final victory – and repeated the feat against Sheffield United. The young Bluebirds defeated Airbus Broughton UK in the under-19 cup and now play Swansea City in the final, while they proved […]

Terry Phillips | Mar 29, 2018
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Bluebirds Waiting In Final For Swans or Nomads

Cardiff City must wait to find out who they play in the FAW Youth Cup Final. The young Bluebirds powered into the final thanks to a 6-0 win against Airbus UK Broughton in their semi-final at Newtown’s Latham Park. Holders Swansea City and Connah’s Quay Nomads were due to play the second semi-final at Newtown […]

Terry Phillips | Mar 18, 2018
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Neil Warnock Tells Oxford Target Craig Bellamy To Start Small And Think Big

Neil Warnock has backed Craig Bellamy’s bid to start his managerial career at Oxford United. Cardiff City boss Warnock would be losing one of his own management team should Bellamy decide to leave his current role as player development manager at his former club. But Warnock- whose team extended the gap between themselves in second spot and the chasing clubs in the Championship play-off places to four points on Wednesday night with a 1-0 win at Ipswich – thinks the time is right for Bellamy to fly the nest.

Graham Thomas | Feb 22, 2018