With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

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NOVEMBER
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3 games, all in the league, not that exciting, or was it?

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Derby County 3-6 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pritchard 66), Angerschmid (Parry 71), G.Boyle
Well then. Scoring 6 goals? Great. Conceding 3 goals? Not so great. What a game, with 9 goals being racked up, with Derby scoring with each of their first 3 shots on target. We dominated but let our concentration slip which allowed Derby to keep in touch until Andre Green's 69th minute goal

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 0-0 Stoke City
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale, Koulopoulos, Brown (Grant 79), Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pennock 62), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Back to reality. A huge difference between this match and the one against Derby as neither side were as potent or clinical, wasting chances that would have gone in at Pride Park last time round. Disappointing.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Nottingham Forest 1-2 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Tausendpfund, Dale, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 66), Martinez, Green (Felix 61), Odegaard, Angerschmid (Parry 61), G.Boyle
A solid victory away to Forest as our hosts barely troubled us until their late consolation goal. A very confident performance

LEAGUE TABLE
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Top of the league, what more can I say?

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (16 GOALS)
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WALES
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Our two final European League games

EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION B
Wales 0-0 Sweden
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Roberts, Pugh, Giggs, Davies, Cook, Grant, Pennock, Felgate (J.Thomas 45), Lloyd (O'Leary 79), Parry (McCoubrey 45), Al-Wadi
We created lots but couldn't finish. Ironically we were better against eleven men as Sweden shut up shop after the red card, with the game ending a disappointing 0-0. Oliver O'Leary made his debut.

EUROPEAN LEAGUE DIVISION B
Poland 1-1 Wales
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Roberts, Pugh, Giggs, Davies, Cook, McCoubrey, Grant, O'Leary 50, Bamford (Lloyd 81), Parry, J.Thomas
We were winning and cruising until Oliver O'Leary decided it was a good idea to launch into a two footed lunge on one of Poland's players. The game should have been wrapped up before the red card but O'Leary's stupidity allowed the Poles back into the game and got them an undeserved point

LEAGUE TABLE
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O'Leary cost us promotion. Oh well...

Our EURO 2028 Qualifying Group has been drawn and we willl be competing against:
Iceland (WR:71)
Denmark (WR:7)
Gibraltar (WR:206)
Albania (WR:98)
Estonia (WR:116)​
 
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DECEMBER
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Some domestic fun and a nice break to Tunisia for the Club World Championship

LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL
Leicester 3-5 Cardiff City
After Extra-Time
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Kyle, Krejci, Tausendpfund, Dale, Nakagawa, Deniz (Grant 68), Felgate, Green, Pennock, Angerschmid (Parry 109), G.Boyle
A rotated side were dragged through into the semi final by an incredible performance from Greig Boyle. The club's record goalscorer scored 4 (Yes, FOUR) to sink the Foxes who showed great courage but just couldn't handle the Magic Man from Glasgow

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 Leicester City
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Kyle, Krejci, Tausendpfund, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 79), Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Parry 79), G.Boyle
6 goals in 2 games from Mr Boyle, he'll feature fairly heavily in the nightmares of many a Leicester fan as he helps us to a routine victory over Leicester

CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI FINAL
ES Tunis 0-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair (Grant 67), Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A game that really highlighted the gulf in quality between European domestic football and African domestic football as we completely shut out Tunis, not allowing them a single shot whilst we ran riot at the other end, racking up 51 shots of our own

CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
Cardiff City 2-0 Atletico Nacional
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 75), Martinez, Green (Felix 24), Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Al-Wadi 75)
Another game, another dominant performance and another Club World Championship title! Its two in a row now as we exercise our dominance over the rest of the world's clubs

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 3-1 Leeds United
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 72), Felix, Pritchard, (Pennock 72) Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Odegaard 90)
We've brought our form from Tunisia back to Wales as we pummel Leeds, dominating the game with their goal being the only thing they did all game

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 Tottenham Hotspur
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Taylor, Brown (Grant 70), Martinez, Felix, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Hellemons 70)
Yet another routine victory as we dominate Spurs, not allowing them a single shot on target whilst we went up the other end and score two

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Cardiff City 4-0 Colchester United
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Harrop, Koulopoulos, Dale, Tausendpfund, Cook, Grant (Martinez 17), Felgate, Felix, Pennock, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Hellemons 87)
A confident, professional performance as we deal with this potential banana skin very well

LEAGUE TABLE
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Top, we're always top

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (29 GOALS)​
 
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGE
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Our group takes us to Russia, France and Germany as we face a tough group of Zenit, Monaco and Dortmund

MATCHDAY 1
Cardiff City 1-0 Borussia Dortmund
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Dale 73), Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 73), Green, G.Boyle (Hellemons 51)
A solid start to the Champions League group as we beat our biggest rivals for first 1-0. Good stuff

MATCHDAY 2
Zenit St. Petersburg 0-7 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pennock 77), Parry (Felix 59), G.Boyle (Block 77)
Amazing! We absolutely annihilated Zenit in Russia, smashing 7 goals past their helpless keeper as their defence failed to deal with Greig Boyle, Andre Green and Jamie Parry

MATCHDAY 3
AS Monaco 1-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Cook, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A disappointing draw way to Monaco, but t least we got a point and stay well on course to top the group

MATCHDAY 4
Cardiff City 3-0 AS Monaco
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 73), Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pritchard 73), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We brought Monaco back to the Cardiff City Stadium and didn't make the mistakes we made away from home as we dominated them and ran out comfortable victors

MATCHDAY 5
Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 76), Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pennock 70), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A deserved away victory in Germany secures our qualification for the next round

MATCHDAY 6
Cardiff City 1-0 Zenit St. Petersburg
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Dale, Tausendpfund, Cook, Grant, Felgate, Felix, Pennock, Parry, Al-Wadi
A heavily rotated side featuring a strong Welsh contingent (6 in total) scraped past Zenit, with Stephen Al-Wadi, who was playing Championship football last season, bagging the winner

LEAGUE TABLE
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We got through this tough group with surprising ease

CL TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (6 GOALS)​
 
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1 IN 1 OUT AT CCS
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Cardiff have announced the signing of one striker as another one leaves the club

First up, the Bluebirds announced the departure of Dutch striker Michel Hellemons, who's joined Borussia Dortmund for £3m

Hellemons, 22, joined Cardiff from PSV for £10m in 2023, making 18 league appearances and scoring 3 goals for the club

Hellemons, who has 24 caps for the Netherlands, is starting his second spell at Dortmund, where he spent a season on loan, making 22 league appearances and scoring 17 league goals for the club
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Cardiff then announced the arrival of German striker Patrick Gullenbeck from Bayern Munich for £13m

Gullenbeck, 19, made 8 league appearances for Munich, scoring 3 goals over 5 seasons with the Bavarian club.

German international Gullenbeck spent also spent time out on loan at Wolfsburg, where he scored 16 goals in 31 league appearances
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JANUARY
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Some tasty clashes this month as we attempt to progress in both cup competitions

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 4-1 Everton
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Taylor, Brown, Martinez (Pritchard 69), Felix, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Pennock 84), G.Boyle
A solid victory that was sewn up before Everton even woke up. Martin Odegaard displayed his quality with two goals and an assist while Greig Boyle just did Greig Boyle things

LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG
Manchester City 2-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Taylor, Brown (Tausendpfund 78), Martinez, Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 65), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A poor performance away to Man City gives us a lot to do in the second leg

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-0 Chelsea
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Taylor, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 81), Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 64), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A dominant performance with a deserved (if late) winner from Greig Boyle, a vital three points

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Manchester City 1-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Taylor, Brown (Tausendpfund 77), Martinez, Felix (Green 67), Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Al-Wadi 90)
A very good performance from us undone by Man City's only shot on target, which unfortunately found its way into the net, a decent point but it could have been more

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
AFC Bournemouth 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Jair, Tausendpfund, Krejci, Cook, Deniz, Martinez (Felgate 80), Odegaard (Pennock 67), Gullenbeck, Al-Wadi
Injuries forced us to try a new 5-3-2/3-5-2 formation which did alright, we dominated the game but just couldn't find the net

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Watford 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Taylor, Deniz, Martinez, Felix, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Gullenbeck 64)
Three draws in a row worries me. David Brown and Mitchell Grant were both ruled out through injury which gave Aykut Deniz a chance to impress. He didn't.

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 5-1 Rotherham United
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Kyle, Jair, Koulopoulos, Tausendpfund, Angerschmid, Green, Deniz, Martinez, Odegaard (Pennock 74), Gullenbeck, Al-Wadi
Lots of possession, lots of goals and the signs of a growing partnership between Stephen Al-Wadi and Patrick Gullenbeck. The wingers played wing-back today and it worked a treat.

LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
Cardiff City 7-0 Manchester City
Cardiff win 8-2 on aggregate
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Jair 63, Tausendpfund, Taylor, Brown, Martinez, Felix, Odegaard (Dale 63), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Wow. We sometimes have these games where we just blow teams away and we did just that today, with even a red card not being able to stop us from trouncing the Citizens. 5 goals from Greig Boyle and a perfect 10 Match Rating

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
Southend United 0-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Bellamy, Dale, Taylor, Grant (Brown 56), Martinez, Felix, Pennock, Parry, G.Boyle (Al-Wadi 56)
Some run-outs for some fringe players and a goal for left-back Roger Taylor! A brilliant cup tie, for us.

LEAGUE TABLE
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Its getting a bit tight at the top

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (46 GOALS)​
 
FEBRUARY

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The Month of Love sees us take on Benfica in the Champions League and play United in the League Cup

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 3-0 Brentford
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Tausendpfund, Dale, Taylor, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 69), Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Three goals and three different goalscorers! We like to give Greig Boyle a rest ever now and then and this was one of them, only scoring 1 against a poor Brentford side

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Newcastle United 0-2 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Dale, Tausendpfund, Taylor, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 83), Green, Odegaard (Pennock 50), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A solid performance where we were given a helping hand by England centre back Michael Keane

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Bristol City 1-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Jair, Dale, Taylor, Brown, Martinez, Green (Felix 62), Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Gullenbeck 62)
A comfortable away victory as we do the double over our rivals to the east. Spare a thought for Charlie Richardson, who has put the ball in his own net in both of the Severnside derbies this season

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 3-0 Southampton
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Kyle, Koulopoulos, Jair, Tausendpfund, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Grant 29), Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Greig Boyle got the ball rolling early on with a fifth minute goal, calming the nerves and allowing us to go on and smash Southampton 3-0

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
Cardiff City 2-0 AFC Bournemouth
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Kyle, Koulopoulos (Krejci 82), Jair, Tausendpfund, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 66), Angerschmid (Parry 82), G.Boyle
Wales hero and scorer of great goals Mitchell Grant got two today to put us through into the next round of a cup that I consider my personal property by this point

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND FIRST LEG
SL Benfica 1-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Koulopoulos, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Grant, Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 57), Angerschmid (Parry 72), G.Boyle
Another goal from Mitchell Grant got us on the scoresheet early on and calmed the nerves, allowing us to dominate Benfica and take a 3 goal lead, unfortunately they scored late on, how important could that goal be?

LEAGUE CUP FINAL
Manchester United 0-2 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Brown, Felix, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Parry 74), G.Boyle
A very dominant performance from us at Wembley wins us our third League Cup in a row

LEAGUE TABLE
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Europa League football is guaranteed, and that's the important thing.

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (52 GOALS)​
 
YOUTH INTAKE
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Well then. The academy has started pulling its weight in recent years with players like Danny Bellamy, Tom Giggs and Chris Pennock being the best players to come through our system in recent years and it looks like we have two more players to add to the list

KIERON SELLICK
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First up is Gareth Bale v2.0. This guy looks absolutely amazing and at the age of just 16 he could slot in to a Football League team. His speed isn't blistering but we can work on that, his technical ability is absolutely outstanding though, with his Corners, Crossing, Dribbling, First Touch and Free Kick Taking all ranked at 13 or above. This guy is going to be class

MARK GILES
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The second best player from the intake is Wales' next great striker, this guy could be up there with Ian Rush, John Charles and Tyler Roberts if he progresses well. Also, he's 6 foot 7 at the age of 16​
 
This is really good mate, read it in a day. I agree with banger93 and think you should go to a Conference side, you're definitely strong enough to bring them to the top and Cardiff are strong enough to hold up without your domineering presence. Maybe keep the Wales theme and monitor Wrexham?
 
IceBreaker14 said:
This is really good mate, read it in a day. I agree with banger93 and think you should go to a Conference side, you're definitely strong enough to bring them to the top and Cardiff are strong enough to hold up without your domineering presence. Maybe keep the Wales theme and monitor Wrexham?
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Cheers mate :)

Funnily enough Wrexham were who I had in mind when I thought about going to a Conference side, they're battling against relegation from League 2 at the moment so I'll see where they are at the end of the season :)
 
Relegated to conference.. Sack the manager.. Would be perfect
 
MARCH
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A pretty testing month featuring games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal. Here we go...

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 3-0 Manchester United
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Felix, Odegaard (Felgate 69), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Another dominant performance over the Red Devils ends with another comfortable victory for Cardiff! Two goals from Boyle and one from Odegaard gave us a solid 3 points

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Liverpool 1-2 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 72), Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 55), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A dominant performance from us that looked like dwindling out into a draw until academy product Chris Pennock popped up with his first goal for the club, a screamer from distance in the last minute, to beat Liverpool

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Arsenal 0-1 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez, Felix, Odegaard (Pennock 57), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A 21st minute Greig Boyle goal was enough to get us over the line at the Emirates as we go through a slight wobble, only just beating both Liverpool and Arsenal

FA CUP SIXTH ROUND
Newcastle United 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Felgate, Green (Felix 60), Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
A disappointing performance lead to a drab match and bore draw away to Newcastle in the FA Cup This just adds games to an already hectic fixture list

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FIRST KNOCKOUT ROUND SECOND LEG
Cardiff City 1-1 SL Benfica
Cardiff win 4-2 on aggregate
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Harrop, Krejci, Jair, Tausendpfund, Taylor, Grant, Martinez, Felix, Pennock, Parry, G.Boyle (Al-Wadi 70)
Our reserves got a run out as our first leg win helps us past Benfica and into the next round of the Champions League, simples

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Stoke City 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Our nearest rivals for the title managed to nullify us at the Brittania as we appeared toothless against a stern Stoke City defence. A drab match but a point is better than nothing

LEAGUE TABLE
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Cardiff then Stoke reads the top of the Premier League. Mental.

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (55 GOALS)
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WALES
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We face Iceland and then go to Denmark in a tricky start to our Euro 2028 Qualification campaign

EURO 2028 QUALIFYING GROUP C
Wales 4-1 Iceland
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Morris, Pugh, Bellamy, Davies, Cook, Grant, Pennock, Felgate (James 71), Lloyd (Bamford 63), Parry, Al-Wadi (J.Thomas 23)
We played our attacking system and tore Iceland apart, smashing four goals into Magnus Antonsson's net in front of a capacity 42,000 crowd to get off to the perfect start in our Euro 2028 Qualifying Group

EURO 2028 QUALIFYING GROUP C
Denmark 0-1 Wales
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Morris, Pugh, Davies, Bellamy, Cook, McCoubrey, Grant (O'Leary 63), Felgate, Lloyd, Parry (Bamford 63), J.Thomas
A headed goal from Kyle Davies in first half stoppage time was enough to get us over the line in Copenhagen. Denmark have a decent squad who's best days (Euro 2024 semis, 2026 World Cup quarters) are sadly behind them

LEAGUE TABLE
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A solid start to our qualifying campaign​
 
APRIL
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Its all go this month as we have matches in three different competitions

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 4-0 Nottingham Forest
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Felgate 65),Angerschmid, G.Boyle
Another game another big win, 4-0 at home to Forest with Andre Green scoring rather than creating goals for once

FA CUP SIXTH ROUND REPLAY
Cardiff City 2-0 Newcastle United
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez (Felgate 70), Felix, Pennock, Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Gullenbeck 45)
A solid 2-0 victory in the replay at home to Newcastle grans us safe passage to yet another FA Cup semi final, our eighth in past nine seasons

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Leicester City 0-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Dale 63), Nakagawa, Grant, Martinez (Felgate 63), Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Felix 63), G.Boyle
More wins! That makes me happy. Three goals make me even happier with Greig Boyle bagging another 2

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL FIRST LEG
Schalke 04 0-0 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Felix, Pennock, Angerschmid (Green 75), G.Boyle (Block 45)
A draw away in Germany is a decent result but it could have been so much more, we had the chances to end the tie tonight but it still hangs in the balance

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Leeds United 1-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Dale 66), Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid, Gullenbeck
Another top performance marred only by Leeds' late goal, fortunately Marco Angerschmid scored a late goal to regain our two goal advantage and keep the goal difference ticking over

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUARTER FINAL SECOND LEG
Cardiff City 2-0 Schalke 04
Cardiff win 2-0 on aggregate
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Grant 65), Angerschmid, G.Boyle (Block 88)
A solid victory wrapped up by the 30th minute with Schalke offering absolutely nothing offensively as we secured safe passage to yet another semi final

FA CUP SEMI FINAL
Southampton 0-4 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angreschmid, G.Boyle
Another dominant performance, another win. We absolutely battered Southampton and we were in the final by the 24th minute with Angerschmid, Boyle and Green showing why they are world class players

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 2-0 Derby County
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Felgate 80), Angerschmid (Felix 67), G.Boyle
Two goals in five minutes won us this match as we continue to dominate the league meaning one more points wins us the league. Andre Green has really stepped it up recently

LEAGUE TABLE
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1 MORE POINT. 1 MORE POINT.

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (60 GOALS)​
 
MAY
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There's no rest for us as we continue to participate in three competitions, let's do this!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Tausendpfund, Taylor, Grant, Felgate 76, Felix, Pennock (Odegaard 50 [Brown 76]), Parry, Gullenbeck (G.Boyle 50)
And we've done it! A heavily rotated side got the job done despite some scares, mainly the red card from Adam Felgate and Jair's own goal. Its four in a row for Cardiff City!

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL FIRST LEG
Cardiff City 2-0 Bayern Munich
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Koulopoulos (Dale 15), Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez 71, Green, Odegaard (Grant 71), Angerschmid, G.Boyle
We got smashed by Bayern in the European Super Cup so it was nice to get a bit of revenge here as we set ourselves a decent lead in this Champions League tie. One injury, a red card and plenty of yellows aren't good at all though

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 1-2 Manchester City
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown (Grant 86), Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Sellick 86), G.Boyle
Disappointed to have registered only our second loss of the season right towards the end, but we've the league so it doesn't really matter. Kieron Sellick made his debut

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL SECOND LEG
Bayern Munich 1-1 Cardiff City
Cardiff win 3-1 on aggregate
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair (Dale 83), Tausendpfund, Nakagawa, Grant, Felgate, Brown, Green (Felix 83), Parry, G.Boyle
We used the defensive system I use with Wales and we completely stifled Bayern Munich, producing the perfect away European performance and getting through to another final

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Cardiff City 3-3 Watford
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale, Jair, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard, Angerschmid (Parry 76), G.Boyle
10 of our players were great. Andy Kyle wasn't. Each one of Watford's shots on target went in and there was only one man at fault. He's been great this season though so we can give him this one

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
Everton 2-3 Cardiff City
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Kyle, Krejci, Dale (Tausendpfund 89), Bellamy, Cook, Grant, Felgate, Green, Pennock (Giles 81), Angerschmid (Sellick 81), G.Boyle
A poor day at the office for Greg Dale as he scores an own goal and breaks his foot in the same game. We were poor in the first half but managed to turn it around and come back from 2 down to win 2-0 with the next Gareth Bale scoring the winner in the last minute with his first ever professional goal

FA CUP FINAL
Cardiff City 3-0 Watford
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Kyle, Krejci, Jair, Tausendpfund, Nakagawa, Brown, Martinez, Green, Odegaard (Pennock 70), Angerschmid (Parry 70), G.Boyle
We really turn it on in the big games and we proved it here as we blitz Watford, winning our fourth FA Cup in a row, our sixth under my management and our seventh ever FA Cup

LEAGUE TABLE
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Four in a row, its four in a roooooow....

TOP SCORER: GREIG BOYLE (67 GOALS)​
 
2027 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
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CARDIFF CITY v SPORTING CP
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ROAD TO THE FINAL
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[TD]R16[/TD]
[TD]4-2 v Benfica[/TD]
[TD]3-3 v Man United (Away goals)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]QF[/TD]
[TD]2-0 v Schalke[/TD]
[TD]2-0 v Valencia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]SF[/TD]
[TD]3-1 v Bayern[/TD]
[TD]3-1 v PSG[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Both teams have had a route of similar toughness to the final

LINE-UPS
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Cardiff play a 4-2-3-1 while Sporting go very attacking with their 4-3-3

KICK-OFF
10th Minute-Martinez, to Brown, out wide to Krejci, played inside to Felix who hits it! Saved!

HALF-TIME
Cardiff City 0-0 Sporting CP
Cardiff have been in control so far
SUBS: Claudio Schramm replaces Antonio Russo for Sporting

SECOND-HALF
51st Minute-Joao Castro replaces Michael Funkel for Sporting
73rd Minute-Chris Pennock replaces Martin Odegaard for Cardiff
78th Minute-Angerschmid with the corner, headed clear, its brough down by Martinez, played into the box, Pennock controls it and HITS IT!!!! 1-0 CARDIFF!!!!
84th Minute-Bruno replaces Paulo Coimbra for Sporting
84th Minute-Angerschmid's corner, brought down by Martinez, Felix hits it! Saved!
86th Minute-Gauld, to Montani, he whips the ball into the back post for Munir!!! 1-1!! Its a goal at the death for Sporting!
87th Minute-Munir with the free kick on halfway pumps it into the box, Moggia heads it at goal! Saved!
88th Minute-Gauld, to Moggia, back to Gauld, to Moggia, through for Bruno.. he powers it over the bar

FULL-TIME
Cardiff City 1-1 Sporting CP

EXTRA-TIME
100th Minute-Out wide to Angerschmid now he cuts inside, rolls it across for Boyle, he turns, hits it!! SAVED!
101st Minute-Mitchell Grant replaces Alfredo Martinez for Cardiff

HALF-TIME
Cardiff City 1-1 Sporting CP

SECOND-HALF
115th Minute-Andre Green replaces Roniere Felix for Cardiff

FULL-TIME
Cardiff City 1-1 Sporting CP

PENALTIES
Boyle steps up... SCORES! 1-0
Munir hits it... SAVED! 1-0
Brown steps up... SCORES! 2-0
Gomes steps up... SAVED! 2-0
Tausendpfund steps up... SAVED! 2-0
Montani hits it... SCORES! 2-1
Green runs up to take his kick... SCORES! 3-1
Bruno has to score... SAVED!!! ANDY KYLE BECOMES A HERO!!!

Cardiff win the Champions League on penalties!

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The impossible has happened! Hearts end Celtic's dominance, with the Glaswegian side winning 15 titles in a row before Hearts' triumph

This is the first time a non-Old Firm side have won the SPL since Aberdeen won it in 1985, which was 42 years ago
 
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