With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

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CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP STAGE
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Brazil, Australia and USA are our counterparts in Group B of the Confederations Cup. This is the tougher group by far with the other including Argentina, Mexico, Senegal and New Zealand

CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B
Wales 2-1 Brazil
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, Bellamy, Thompson, Grant, Felgate (McCoubrey 63), Ramsey (Wilson 63), Lloyd (Owens 66), Parry, Roberts
Our brand of "anti-football" worked to full effect here as we nullified the Brazilians before hitting them on the counter, with Jamie Parry and Gary Lloyd wreaking havoc with their runs beyond the Brazilian defence. We had 35% possession but proved that quality is more important than quantity by ruthlessly putting away our chances. The fact that Brazil's goal was a long range thunderbolt was a huge testament to our defensive performance

CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B
Australia 0-1 Wales
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, Bellamy, Thompson, Felgate, Grant, Lloyd, Pennock, Parry (G.Williams 61), Roberts (J.Thomas 61)
We deployed our more attacking formation against Australia here and dominated but struggled to break down their bank of 6 defensive players (They played 4-4-2 with 2 defensive midfielders) until Roberts glanced home a top quality Robert Pugh cross to give us the lead early in the second half There was no looking back from there as we continued to dominate against the Aussies

CONFEDERATIONS CUP GROUP B
USA 0-1 Wales
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Morris, Rees, Giggs, J.Williams, Davies, McCoubrey, Wilson, Ramsey (Pennock 69), Owens, G.Williams, Al-Wadi (J.Thomas 82)
Anti football is back! A weakened side forced America to shoot from range while Stephen Al-Wadi's shot cannoned off Tyson Brown just minutes before half-time to give us the advantage and eventual victory over 'Murica

LEAGUE TABLE
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We finish top of a tough Confederations Cup group while Brazil endure a dreadful campaign, losing to us, drawing with America and somehow managing to lose to Australia!​
 
CONFEDERATIONS CUP SEMI FINAL
Senegal 1-3 Wales
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, Bellamy, Thompson, Felgate (Wilson 67), Pennock, Grant (McCoubrey 67), Lloyd (Owens 76), Parry, Roberts
We dropped Pennock from his position in the hole into a position of a midfield three alongside Cardiff teammates Mitchell Grant and Adam Felgate and it worked a treat. We went 1-0 down due to a costly error from Adam Felgate but bounced back almost immediately through Mitchell Grant. Gary Lloyd scored the rebound after his close range shot was saved to give us the lead and Tyler Roberts scored his 35th goal for Wales to give us the victory. We will play Argentina in the final​
 
CONFEDERATIONS CUP FINAL
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ARGENTINA V WALES
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ROAD TO THE FINAL
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[TD]
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[TD]ARGENTINA[/TD]
[TD]WALES[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]M1[/TD]
[TD]Mexico 4-0 (W)[/TD]
[TD]Brazil 2-1 (W)[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]M2[/TD]
[TD]Senegal 2-1 (W)[/TD]
[TD]Australia 1-0 (W)[/TD]
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[TD]M3[/TD]
[TD]New Zealand 3-0 (W)[/TD]
[TD]USA 1-0 (W)[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD]GROUP FINISH[/TD]
[TD]1st[/TD]
[TD]1st[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]SF[/TD]
[TD]USA 2-1 (W)[/TD]
[TD]Senegal 3-1 (W)[/TD]
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LINE UPS
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Wales are forced into a few changes due to fitness issues as they play the same system that beat Senegal. Argentina will deploy the 4-3-1-2 that has been so successful for them in this campaign

KICK-OFF
4th minute-George Williams on halfway near the touchline and plays it through for Al-Wadi, hes through on goal... SAVED!
13th Minute-Acuna robs Owens on the halfway line, plays it forward to Correa, through for DYBALA!! Held by Morris

HALF-TIME
Argentina 0-0 Wales
Both sides have had chances, its been a good final
SUBS: Andres Cubas replaces Matias Kranevitter for Argentina. Wales remain unchanged

SECOND-HALF
47th Minute-Headed clear by Argentina, played back in by Felgate, its Al-Wadi, surely!! STRAIGHT AT THE KEEPER
56th Minute-Jamie Thomas replaces Stephen Al-Wadi for Wales
57th Minute-Agustin Ostoich replaces Jose Mauri for Argentina
63rd Minute-Francisco Young replaces Emanuel Rodriguez for Argentina
76th Minute-Owens picks it up in Argentina's half, he beats his man, plays it infield to Ramsey who's in acres of space, to Grant, through for Thomas!!! GOAL!!! 1-0 TO WALES!
76th Minute-Jamie McCoubrey replaces Adam Felgate for Wales
83rd Minute-Dylan Rees with the throw deep in Argentina's half, thrown to Thomas, he pulls it back to McCoubrey on the edge of the box, takes a touch, hits it... GOAL!! 2-0 TO WALES!
87th Minute-Wayne Wilson replaces Aaron Ramsey for Wales

FULL-TIME
Argentina 0-2 Wales

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BLUEBIRDS BRING SIGN FREE DUO
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Cardiff City have today announced the signing of two internationals for a fee of.. nothing

The Bluebirds, who haven't been afraid to splash their considerable levels of cash in the past, have signed midfield duo Hakan Bay and David Donnelly for nothing

First to sign was South African international David Donnelly who joined from Portuguese side Boavista, with whom he'd spent three seasons

Donnelly, 20, made 87 league appearances for Boavista, scoring five goals for them after joining from South African side Jomo Cosmos for £400,000 back in 2023

Donnelly, who's joined Olympique Lyonnais on loan until the end of the season, has 29 caps for South Africa with the 20 year old being a key player for Bafana Bafana
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Second to join was Belgian international Hakan Bay, who's signed from Real Madrid having failed to make an impact at the Bernabeu

Bay, 22, has been a long term target of City, with their first recorded interest coming back in 2020, a year or so before Bay joined Real Madrid for £3.5m

Bay began his career at Belgian side KV Kortijk, where he made 26 league appearances before joining Real Madrid

Bay never made an appearance in his four seasons at the Bernabeu, instead spending time on loan at Club Brugge and Anderlecht where he made a combined 63 league appearances

Despite his lack of first team games at Madrid, Bay made 3 appearances for Belgium, where he used his incredible versatility to his advantage, making him the supreme squad player
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CARDIFF WINGERS JOIN BAYERN
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Bayern Munich have today announced the signings of two wingers from Premier League side Cardiff City for a combined fee of £44m

The first to sign for the Bavarians was Northern Ireland winger Paddy Boyle, who joined Bayern for £29m

Boyle, 23, joined Cardiff for £185,000 from Northern Irish side Dungannon Swifts back in 2018, the Northern Irish side will receive £4m from this transfer due to a sell-on clause

Boyle made 96 appearances in all competitions for Cardiff, lifting 2 Premier League titles, 1 FA Cup, the Europa League and the Champions League

Boyle has made 19 appearances for his country, scoring 1 goal for the country where he is known as a superstar

The second to leave the Bluebirds was Brazilian wide man Ferreira, who's joined Bayern for £15m.

Ferreira, who joined Cardiff from Atletico Mineiro for £7.5m in 2021, had found his chances limited as his path into the first team was blocked by Andre Green

Ferreira made 217 appearances in Brazil before joining Cardiff, scoring 83 goals for Mineiro wher he soon became a fan's favourite.

He made 72 appearances in all competitions for Cardiff, with 47 of those coming in his first season, he scored 4 goals for the Bluebirds in those 72 appearances, chipping in with 7 assists

Ferreira started only 4 games in his last 2 seasons at Cardiff and has spent time on loan at both Schalke and Bayern, spending both of his last 2 seasons in Germany
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BLUEBIRDS CLEAR OUT DEADWOOD
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Cardiff manager Matthew Hawkins has been a very busy man since returning from Mexico, selling 11 players in what he sees as an overdue session of spring cleaning

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[TR]
[TD]PLAYER[/TD]
[TD]SOLD TO[/TD]
[TD]PRICE[/TD]
[TD]PROFIT/LOSS[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jan Kuchar[/TD]
[TD]Stoke[/TD]
[TD]£30m[/TD]
[TD]£29.8m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Stuart Lloyd[/TD]
[TD]Newcastle[/TD]
[TD]£10m[/TD]
[TD]£10m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tasos Dakoutros[/TD]
[TD]Crystal Palace[/TD]
[TD]£8m[/TD]
[TD]£8m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Aaron Ramsey[/TD]
[TD]Atalanta[/TD]
[TD]£500k[/TD]
[TD]£500k[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Darnell James[/TD]
[TD]Newcastle[/TD]
[TD]£4.5m[/TD]
[TD]£3.1m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alessio Betti[/TD]
[TD]Leeds[/TD]
[TD]£10m[/TD]
[TD]£8.1m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alexandre Lacazette[/TD]
[TD]Sevilla[/TD]
[TD]£500k[/TD]
[TD]£2.1m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cezary Rogala[/TD]
[TD]Rotherham[/TD]
[TD]£650k[/TD]
[TD]£1.7m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Reece Burke[/TD]
[TD]Nottingham Forest[/TD]
[TD]£9.5m[/TD]
[TD]£2.5m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Matthew Page[/TD]
[TD]Derby[/TD]
[TD]£4.1m[/TD]
[TD]£9.9m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zac Kearns[/TD]
[TD]Wolves[/TD]
[TD]£6m[/TD]
[TD]£6.5m[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]TOTAL[/TD]
[TD]
[/TD]
[TD]£83.75m[/TD]
[TD]£49.8m[/TD]
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AUGUST
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An action packed opening month to the season featuring 3 different competitions

COMMUNITY SHIELD
Cardiff City 3-2 Manchester United
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Ganea, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 55), Green, Oliver (Grant 79), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A game that we should have put out of sight on numerous occasions but we just kept letting United back in. Twice we lead by 2 goals but we allowed United to score, making the game cagier, tighter and more nervy than it ever should have been. 1/7th of The Septuple is complete

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 5-1 Tottenham Hotspur
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Ganea, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 66), Green, Oliver (Pritchard 66), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 73)
A performance straight out of the top drawer to kick off our league campaign as we destroy Tottenham 5-1 to start the season. We sent out a real statement to our title rivals here with Greig Boyle scoring a hat-trick as he aims to continue his incredible scoring record

EUROPEAN SUPER CUP
Valencia 0-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 75), Green, Oliver (Pritchard 75), Parry, G.Boyle
A comfortable victory over Valencia here as we win our third European Super Cup. Brown and Boyle struck again (BnB anyone?) to sink the Spaniards to continue our 100% record in the Premier League. 2/7ths of The Septuple are complete

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Leeds United 1-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 63), Green, Oliver, Parry, G.Boyle (Carlos 21)
The game was over in 21 minutes as we put Palace to the sword and complete an easy victory. Unfortunately, Greig Boyle's game was also complete in 21 minutes as he was forced off with an injury, leaving us without our best striker for the coming weeks

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-0 Southampton
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Kouopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 70), Angerschmid, Block (Felix 87)
No top class striker. No cutting edge. We battered Southampton but failed to score here as we were missing our two best strikers due to hamstring problems. We missed 6 clear cut chances today. Poor.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Derby County 0-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 71), Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid, Ali (Hellemons 77)
Welcome to the late late show! We scored 2 in the last 10 minutes to spare our blushes at Pride Park as we continue to miss the cutting edge of Greig Boyle and even Jose Carlos! Michel Hellemons scored his first goal for us since returning from Dortmund where he spent last season on loan, scoring 17 goals in 22 games for BVB

LEAGUE TABLE
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We sit top of the league at the end of August and have ticked two trophies off the list of seven we are aiming to win this season

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (6 GOALS)​
 
SEPTEMBER
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Top of the table going into the second month is very promising, hopefully we can extend our lead at the top

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-1 Hull City
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Kyle, Krejci, Grant, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown (Bellamy 58), Martinez (Felgate 85), Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A slightly weakened side due to injuries sustained during the international struggled to put Hull to bed here as we spurned chance after chance. Wales hero Jamie Thomas put Hull ahead 2 minutes in but we had our own world beater up top with Greig Boyle as he led a one-man crusade to beat the Humbersiders

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Chelsea 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Grant, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 80), Green, Oliver (Pricthard 69), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
An even but drab match where two quality strikers struck to give their sides a share of the points. Our hosts went ahead early on and forced us to come from behind, fortunately we came back and continued our unbeaten record

LEAGUE CUP THIRD ROUND
Cardiff City 5-1 Southampton
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Kyle, Krejci, Grant, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Southampton were blown away within the first 40 minutes as we put the Saints to the sword. Goals rained down as we battered them, booking our place in the next round before half-time. Greig Boyle put the cherry on the cake with his third goal of the match in the 60th minute

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 5-0 Newcastle United
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Kyle, Krejci, Grant, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid , G.Boyle (Carlos 45)
Another game that was sorted out early on. We blew Newcastle away within 25 minutes as we steamrolled the Magpies, racing into a 4-0 lead. Boyle bagged another hat-trick but was forced off at half-time due to a twisted ankle. We added our fifth in the second half to add insult to injury

LEAGUE TABLE
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Can we make it 3 titles in a row? Maybe

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (15 GOALS)
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WALES
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We're back to the qualification grind with memories of Mexico firmly in our minds

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 10
Greece 0-0 Wales
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Morris, Pugh, Bellamy, K.Davies, Thompson, Grant, Felgate, Huws (Pennock 69), Bamford (Owens 56), Parry, Roberts
A solid away victory in Greece means qualification is almost assured now. Celtic winger Martin Bamford and Leeds defender Kyle Davies made their Wales debuts in this game

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 10
Wales 3-0 Estonia
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, K.Davies (Bellamy 70), B.Davies, Grant, Huws (D.Thomas 38), McCoubrey, Owens, Parry (G.Williams 54), J.Thomas
A confident 3-0 victory over Estonia as we continue in our quest to reach our first World Cup since 1958. Unfortunately both Kyle Davies and Emyr Huws were forced off with injuries

LEAGUE TABLE
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OCTOBER
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A tough month with games against Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester United 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Grant 72), Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 67), Angerschmid, Carlos (Hellemons 77)
We were dominated slightly here as United attempted to make up some ground as they've fallen behind very early on this season. Fortunately our defence held and inexperienced keeper Andy Kyle kept an important clean sheet

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-0 Liverpool
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Jair, Tausendpfund, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate (Parry 63), Green, Oliver (Pritchard 63), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A side hit by international injuries struggled over the line against Liverpool where a solitary Andre Green goal was enough for us to get the three points

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Green (Felix 76), Oliver (Pritchard 61), Parry, G.Boyle
A side still hit by injuries visited the Emirates where Arsenal inflicted our first league defeat of the season. It was a very even game which could have gone either way, unfortunately it went the way of the Gunners

LEAGUE CUP FOURTH ROUND
Cardiff City 2-0 Arsenal
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Green (Felix 59), Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 59)
We welcomed Arsenal to the Cardiff City Stadium and turned the tables on them. Comfortably beating them 2-0 via goals from midfield pair Mitchell Grant and Adam Felgate, who scored his first goal for us today. A solid performance with our depleted side

LEAGUE TABLE
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We lead the pack at the end of October as we hope for a third in a row

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (19 GOALS)
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WALES
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A friendly and a qualifier, oh such fun!

FRIENDLY
Wales 7-0 Bhutan
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Morris, Rees (Pugh 45), Giggs, Bellamy, John, Grant, Felgate (Ramsey 45), Lloyd (Owens 64), D.Thomas (J.Thomas 45), Parry, S.Williams (Sampson 74)
A dominant performance, 7 goals and a clean sheet against Bhutan to add confidence ahead of a crucial trip to Finland. A screamer within a minute from Grant set the tone for the match as we wreaked havoc on the Bhutanese defence, with Jamie Thomas grabbing a second half hat-trick

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 10
Finland 0-2 Wales
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, Bellamy, Thompson, McCoubrey, Ramsey (Ramsey 59), Felgate, Lloyd, Parry (D.Thomas 80), J.Thomas (S.Williams 73)
Jamie Thomas scored his 31st goal for Wales to open the scoring as he rapidly chases down Gareth Bale's record of 39 goals. Chris Pennock, on the other hand, opened his account for his country with his goal, which assured the victory and has more or less confirmed qualification

LEAGUE TABLE
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That win leaves us on the verge of qualifying for our first World Cup in 68 years​
 
NOVEMBER
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We've been the pace-setters this season, we need to keep it going

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 4-0 Crystal Palace
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair (Tausendpfund 20), Ganea, Grant, Felgate, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 73), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 61)
Greig Boyle's goal in the first minute really set the tone for the match as we ran riot against the Eagles, with Greig Boyle bagging yet another hat-trick as he hunts down Len Davies' league goalscoring record of 128 league goals

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Grant, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A hugely frustrating game where we missed chance after chance while Bournemouth ruthlessly took their only one and Jair gave them a helping hand with is own goal

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 4-0 Leicester City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Grant, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 58), Green, Oliver, Parry, G.Boyle (Carlos 73)
A game that was almost the complete opposite of the Bournemouth game as we actually put away our chances, with fringe players like Jamie Parry and Jose Carlos bagging goals

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City 4-6 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulpoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 63), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 82)
What. A. Game. We were involved in an absolute classic at the Britannia where you just didn't know what was going to happen next. Hugely frustrating to watch as we dominated but looked like we'd lose it but what a game for the neutrals to see the champions go 3-1 up only to be 4-3 down 13 minutes later. Fortunately we got the win but Meret has been a bit dodgy since coming back from injury, conceding 6 in 2 games

LEAGUE TABLE
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Still top, not much more to report here

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (31 GOALS)
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WALES
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Our final two qualifiers will be played with qualification all but secured

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 10
Wales 1-0 Greece
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Morris, Pugh, Giggs, K.Davies, Thompson, Grant, Ramsey (J.Richards 64), Felgate, Lloyd, Parry (Ellis 83), T.Roberts (Osbourne 59)
A solid victory to confirm our place in Mexico for the 2026 World Cup! Our first time at a World Cup since 1958. John Richards, Michael Ellis and Philip Osbourne all made their debuts in this match

WORLD CUP QUALIFYING GROUP 10
Estonia 2-1 Wales
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Morris, Lewis, Bellamy, K.Davies, Thompson, McCoubrey, Felgate (Grant 55), Lloyd, Pennock, Hughes, T.Roberts (Osbourne 77)
A slightly experimental line-up lost out in Estonia to end our qualifying campaign. Aaron Lewis and Darren Hughes made their debuts, with Hughes scoring our goal

LEAGUE TABLE
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We made it! 1 loss, 1 draw and 6 victories!

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DECEMBER
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Time to bring our fans some festive cheer as we contest the Club World Championship and attempt to further our lead at the top of the Premier League

LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL
Cardiff City 3-0 Totenham Hotspur
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid (Felgate 66), Carlos
3 goals within 32 minutes were enough to beat Spurs and put us through to the Semi Final stage of the League Cup, The Septuple is possible!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 West Ham United
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Meret, Koulopoulos, Jair, Grant, Nakagawa, Brown (Tausendpfund 71), Martinez, Green, Oliver (Felgate 71), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Another dominant performance but one where we couldn't kill the opposition off quickly. We dominated possession but couldn't grab the vital second goal until late on when Mitchell Grant bagged a rare goal

CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
CD Guadalajara 1-5 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 70)
Another free-scoring performance from us with yet another hat-trick, this time from... Pangiotis Koulopoulos? A strange player to bag the hat-trick but he had to get one sometime didn't he?

CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
San Lorenzo 0-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Grant 72), Green, Oliver (Pritchard 53), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
34 shots, 15 on target, 2 goals and an all-round brilliant performance here to win us the Club World Championship, making us THE OFFICIAL best club side in the world, I guess. The only negative was the fact Oliver tore his hamstring and will be out for 2-3 months

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-0 Manchester City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green (Hellemons 81), Pritchard (Grant 81), Angerschmid (Carlos 81), G.Boyle
We dominated and probably should have won, but didn't, a win in this game would have all but knocked Man City out of the title race so at least a draw keeps things exciting!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Watford 0-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant45), Martinez, Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A well-fought, ground out victory at Vicarage Road marred only by the injury to David Brown, his third of the season

LEAGUE TABLE
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Top with 2 games in hand, things are going swimmingly!

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (35 GOALS)​
 
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
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Our Champions League group takes us to Germany, Belgium and Portugal as we attempt to retain our Champions League title

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Cardiff City 2-1 Bayern Munich
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Kyle, Krejci, Grant, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 73), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A top performance which should have been killed off WAY before Greig Boyle's 93rd minute to kill Bayern hearts

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Anderlecht 0-4 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 64), Martinez, Felix, Pritchard, Angerschmid, Carlos
A slightly rotated side dealt with Anderlecht fairly easily, with Jose Carlos bagging a hat-trick to beat the Belgian side

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Sporting CP 0-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos (Bellamy 77), Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Green (Felix 77), Oliver, Angerschmid (Parry 45), G.Boyle
Another solid away performance in the Champions League as we easily deal with Sporting to continue our 100% record in the Champions League this season

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Cardiff City 5-0 Sporting CP
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Green, Oliver (Pritchard 87), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Another top quality performance as we smash Sporting once again, with Greig Boyle scoring FOUR goals to beat the Portuguese side

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Bayern Munich 1-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Green, Oliver (Grant 73), Parry, G.Boyle
A game very similar to the one we played at home, with us dominating and winning by 2 goals to 1

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP H
Cardiff City 4-0 Anderlecht
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Ganea, Brown, Martinez, Green (Parry 66 [Carlos 82]), Oliver, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We continue to dominate our Champions League group, this time not allowing Anderlecht a single shot on target while we ruthlessly scored 4 goals to finish our group stage campaign in style

LEAGUE TABLE
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A 100% record with 20 goals scored and only 2 conceded, almost perfect

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (11 GOALS)​
 
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FOREST BUY BLUEBIRDS DUO
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Nottingham Forest have decided to pay for the next few Christmas parties with their recent purchases of Cardiff City fringe players for a combined fee of £34m

The first and most expensive signing was that of attacking midfielder/striker Nicky Reed for a fee of £21m

Reed, 21, joined Cardiff from boyhood club Sheffield Wednesday for a fee of £2m back in 2021 at the age of 17, he failed to make an appearance for Cardiff, instead spending time on loan at Exeter, Portsmouth, MK Dons, Chesterfield, Blackburn, QPR, Wolves and West Ham, making 121 league appearances and scoring 41 league goals

Cardiff will have the option to buy him back for £27m at any time

The second to join Forest was Romanian international left-back Silviu Ganea, who's signed for £13m

Ganea, 24, joined Cardiff for £1.3m in 2019 from Romanian lower league side CFM Cluj and made 30 league appearances for the Bluebirds, winning the Club World Championship, European Super Cup, the FA Cup and two Europa League titles during his time in the Welsh capital

Ganea constantly found his first team chances limited at Cardiff due to Japanese left-back Yusuke Nakagawa and has left in search of first team football
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JANUARY
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We enter 2026 with 3 trophies under our belt already this season, we currently sit top of the league and have a semi-final this month, could we make this the season of dreams?

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Tottenham Hotspur 0-2 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez, Green, Pritchard (Felgate 81), Angerschmid (Parry 65), G.Boyle
An early header and a late Andre Green goal were enough to beat Spurs at New White Hart Lane, we were dominant but need to be more ruthless with our chances

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Portsmouth 1-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Harrington, Tausendpfund, Bellamy, Ganea, Felgate, Martinez, Felix, Pennock, Parry, Carlos
A heavily rotated side overcame League 1 Portsmouth fairly comfortably here at Fratton Park as we run out 3-1 winners despite missing a penalty. An assured performance from our youngsters. The ages of the starting XI were: 23, 20, 21, 20, 23, 21, 23, 20, 19, 19, 23. Amazingly, despite the ages, there were 8 full internationals in the starting XI

LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG
Cardiff City 3-0 Stoke City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Pritchard, Grant, Green, Vuljanko (Martinez 45), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We handed young Croat Mihael Vuljanko his first start today before a fitness issue forced him to come off. After that, it seemed, we really kicked on, with England international (Grrr) Gareth Pritchard scoring 1 and assisting 1 to help us run out 3-0 winners

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 Leeds United
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez, Green, Pritchard (Felix 67), Angerschmid (Parry 67), G.Boyle
Two goals in ten minutes from Gareth Pritchard and Greig Boyle were enough for us to overcome oil-rich Leeds United as we continue our impressive league form

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 1-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 77), Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid (Felix 77), G.Boyle
A brace from Greig Boyle and a late goal from Andre Green sandwiched the first league goal we've conceded this month. Annoying.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Southampton 0-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez, Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid (Felix 54), G.Boyle
It was a bit touch-and-go for a while here as we failed to put away our chances against Southampton, fortunately Panigotis Koulopoulos bagged a rare goal to ease our tension before Andre Green and Greig Boyle added 2 goals late on to make it a convincing win

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Nottingham Forest 2-4 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 75), Martinez, Green, Pritchard (Felgate 75), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Forest managed to score 2 with one shot on target! Jair gave them a helping hand with an own goal while ex-Bluebird Nicky Reed bagged a late consolation to make the scoreline appear less convincing than it should have

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 5-1 Derby County
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulpoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 67), Martinez, Green (Felix 67), Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 74)
A solid victory over Derby than had the shine taken off of it by their last minute consolation evading the grasp of Alex Meret. Jair made up for last game's error by putting the ball in the right net.. twice! David Brown started the scoring with a screamer with his replacement ending it with another one, good win

LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
Stoke City 1-2 Cardiff City
Cardiff win 5-1 on aggregate
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 58), Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We knew all we had to do here was not lose by more than 3 and we did that! A solid victory here has set us up with a date at Wembley against.... Derby.

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Derby County 0-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 40), Martinez, Green (Felix 72), Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A win is all we needed to get to the next round and that's what we got, with Greig Boyle (who else?) getting the all-important goal to defeat The Rams. Another injury to David Brown though, frustrating.

LEAGUE TABLE
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A mammoth month ends with us on top having won all 10 of our games this January

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (43 GOALS)​
 
FEBRUARY
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We lead the way in the league and have FA Cup matters to deal with, also the small matter of a Champions League game

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 4-1 Chelsea
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Meret, Krejci, Koulopoulos (Bellamy 76), Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez, Green, Pritchard (Felgate 65), Angerschmid (Parry 65), G.Boyle
Huge win! We batter Chelsea here with Greig Boyle showing everyone why he won the Ballon D'Or, scoring an impressive hat-trick against a (usually) stern defence

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United 1-0 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 65), Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
2 shots. 1 on target. 1 goal. Those were Newcastle's stats as they pulled of an unlikely victory as we spurned chance after chance. Hugely disappointing following the victory over Chelsea

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Hull City 0-3 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felix 68), Green, Pritchard (Felgate 68), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
That's more like it! We dispatch Hull fairly easily as we run riot against a club glued to the foot of the table, Greig Boyle broke the all-time league goalscoring record of 128 set by Len Davies almost 100 years ago. Boyle has scored 129 league goals in 198 league games for the club. Legend.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-0 Manchester United
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Bellamy 90), Nakagawa, Grant (Tausendpfund 63), Martinez, Green, Pritchard, Angerschmid (Parry 63), G.Boyle
We've had some titanic clashes with United over the years and this wasn't one of them. We dominated United who are a mere shadow of what they once were and we really should have scored more

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
Cardiff City 3-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant (Brown 74), Martinez, Green, Pritchard (Oliver 77), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Carlos 63)
A comprehensive victory over Wolves coupled with the kind of performance you'd expect as we dominated possession, allowing them just one shot as they attempted to kick us off the park, racking up 26 fouls over the course of the 90 minutes. Onto the next round!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND FIRST LEG
SL Benfica 0-1 Cardiff City
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Meret, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 86), Green (Felix 86), Pritchard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Hellemons 61)
A tense match which was decided by a late goal by forgotten man Michel Hellemons, who replaced injured superstar Greig Boyle, we need to improve in the second leg

LEAGUE TABLE
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We've made top spot our own this season and look good value for a third successive title

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (48 GOALS)​
 
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