Following several years of regression and a lack of representation at senior level with Wales, the walls at two buildings located next to each other at the Vale Resort appear to have been bulldozed to make way for one united pathway.
For too long after being galvanised under the leadership of Neil Warnock, Cardiff City desperately failed to find a footballing identity and gradually slipped further and further down the Championship pecking order.
A mish-mash of styles, players and managers ultimately caught up with them last season as they finished rock bottom of the second tier to drop into League One for the first time since the 2002-03 campaign - or Division Two as it was then still known.
But in Brian Barry-Murphy, the Bluebirds have found a head coach who has swiftly and successfully implemented methods that can help the club build towards a brighter future.
To some extent, it has been through necessity that the Irishman has relied heavily on the club's youth talent in his debut season as boss at Cardiff City Stadium.
Indeed, Rubin Colwill, Joel Colwill, Joel Bagan, Ronan Kpakio, Dylan Lawlor, Cian Ashford, Isaak Davies, Dakarai Mafico, Tanatswa Nyakuhwa and Eli King have all featured at senior level for the Bluebirds in the league this season.
Many of those, particularly Rubin Colwill, Kpakio and Lawlor, have excelled having been thrust into the spotlight, and as such have gone on to earn the chance to impress at national team level with Wales under Craig Bellamy.
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It represents an astonishing and rapid turnaround for a club that did not have any of its players included in the senior Wales squad for the double header with Kazakhstan and North Macedonia in March, the nation's opening two 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
Fast forward to the most recent international camp and five Bluebirds were involved as Bellamy's side faced England in a friendly at Wembley before hosting Belgium in their sixth World Cup qualifier of the year.
The lack of alignment at Cardiff over recent years has unquestionably played a part in their downfall.
But that trait is now playing a key role in their upturn in fortunes - which has included a strong start to life in League One and a plethora of young local talent being utilised by Bellamy.
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And Barry-Murphy is under no illusions that the style of play of the two sides has ensured coaches in the Welsh set-up can now look at the Bluebirds with excitement as opposed to concern.
"A lot of the language that Craig uses and a lot of the way that he sees the game will be similar to ourselves," the 47-year-old said ahead of his side's clash with Reading on Saturday.
"There will naturally be different parts of it that are unique to each team but just seeing the way that he (Bellamy) previewed the (Belgium) game and the way he reflected on the England game, a lot of things that we would be saying to the players would be pretty similar.
"I think that helps, that you're not going from totally different environments into different international environments from club level, and it helps us when they come back. It's really helpful for me."
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Cardiff are far from the finished article, as evidenced by defeats to Bradford, Burton Albion and, in the EFL Trophy, Newport County, prior to the recent international break.
However, the long overdue shift is clearly helping to ensure there is a real harmony between those who call themselves neighbours in Hensol.
It can on.ly bode well for Wales, Bellamy and a Cardiff side who are at long last learning lessons in a bid to halt their slide and make their move back up the football pyramid.
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