With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

AUGUST
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Football is back! We've had the Euros (Won by Germany) but now the real stuff is back, and I just can't get enough

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Cardiff City 2-1 Blackburn Rovers
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Marshall, Gunter, Gibson, Morrison, Malone, Rossiter, Ralls, Kasim (Gunnarsson 63), Powell (Duelund 71), Vokes, Wilson (Saadi 54)
A decent performance to kick off the league campaign against a side who finished 8th last year, Vokes got off the mark with a penalty before ex Bluebird Craig Conway equalised for Rovers, the Ice Warrior grabbed us all three points with a tap in, no Ilori as he is playing at the Olympics

LEAGUE CUP 1ST ROUND
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Exeter City 1-3 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, John, Rossiter, Whittingham, Gunnarsson, Duelund, Vokes, Healey (Saadi 60)
An easy victory over Exeter as we advance in the League Cup, they scored with their only shot on target, it was a worldie mind, nice to see Duelund scoring following his two crucial last minute winners last season

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Reading 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Kasim, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington (Duelund 53), Wilson (Vokes 53)
1 shot on target in the whole game and they scored it, ridiculous! We deserved the 3 points but couldn't score, just "one of those days" I guess

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Cardiff City 1-2 Sunderland
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Duelund 59), Gunnarsson, Ralls, Harris, Vokes (Noone 59), Wilson
Woeful. We didn't deserve anything, not even James Wilson's goal, Sunderland battered us, very disappointing, only positive is début for youngster Mark Harris

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Middlesbrough 0-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Powell 89), Kasim (Duelund 89), Ralls (Gunnarsson 65), Noone, Pilkington, Wilson
That's more like it! A comfortable win away at Middlesbrough with James Wilson bagging his first brace for the club, only negative is a slight knock suffered by Wilson

LEAGUE CUP 2ND ROUND
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Cardiff City 1-1 Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn win 4-2 on penalties
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori (Morrison 62), Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Whittingham (Kasim 62), Ralls, Powell (Duelund 106), Vokes, Saadi
Revenge! A fairly even game saw Blackburn run out winners on penalties, not too disappointed, quite relieved to be out of the League Cup, we have bigger fish to fry. Rossiter is out for 3 weeks

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Cardiff City 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim, Powell, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington (Duelund 63), Vokes (Saadi 63)
Phew! A last minute Idriss Saadi goal was enough to see off the Seagulls today, poor performance from the lads, worried about Vokes who hasn't scored since his first day penalty

LEAGUE POSITION: 10TH
TOP SCORER: IDRISS SAADI + JAMES WILSON (3 GOALS)​
 
SEPTEMBER
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We've had a month to settle back into things, can we improve on last month?

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West Bromwich Albion 2-3 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, McNair (Matthews 53), Gibson, Malone, Kasim (Edwards 73), Powell, Ralls, Pilkington, Noone, Wilson
What a game! James Wilson wrote his name in Cardiff City folklore with a hat-trick that won us the game 3-2, a fiercely contested game, as shown by the 9 bookings and West Brom's red. We took an early lead and extended it only for Albion to peg us back before half-time, James Wilson's excellent solo effort won us the game

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Cardiff City 1-0 Rotherham United
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim, Powell, Ralls, Edwards(Duelund 78), Wilson (Keane 78), Vokes
A very poor performance as we only just beat Rotherham, fairly even game which saw James Wilson's 20th minute goal earn us all 3 points

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Leeds United 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Powell, Ralls (Kasim 65), Noone, Pilkington, Wilson (Vokes 65)
An easy win away to Leeds where we should have bagged a few more, Craig Noone's goal was enough for three points

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Cardiff City 1-2 Birmingham City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone (John 66), Rossiter, Powell, Ralls, Edwards (Kasim 55), Vokes, Wilson
A desperately poor performance, our midfield were decent but the defence were all over the shop, allowing Clayton Donaldson to score early on and Jonathan Spector put the game out of sight in the second half

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Walsall 0-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter (Kasim 11), Ilori (McNair 81), Gibson, Rossiter, Rowell, Ralls (Duelund 64), Pilkington, Wilson
A fairly standard in in front of only 6,583 at the Bescot Stadium, Wilson grabbed 2 goals, only negative is the injury to Gunter

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Cardiff City 0-0 Brentford
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Marshall, Matthews, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Powell (Kasim 57), Ralls, Noone, Duelund (Pilkington 84), Wilson (Vokes 84)
Poor, very poor

LEAGUE TABLE
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A very good start to the season, 2nd is very good at this point

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (9 GOALS)​
 
OCTOBER
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Improvement, that's what we need, can we do it?

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Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Gibson, McNair, Malone, Kasim (Edwards 69), Powell, Ralls, Noone (Duelund 69), Pilkington, Wilson
We really should have won today, especially after they went down to 10 men but for some reason we couldn't score, Mikkel Duelund missed a glorious chance to win it at the end but Bolton held strong for a point, fair play

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Nottingham Forest 1-3 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Gibson, Ilori, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 78), Powell, Ralls, Noone (Duelund 78), Pilkington, Wilson
A brace for Pilkington and another goal for James Wilson in a fairly routine victory over a struggling Nottingham Forest side, the perfect response to the disappointing draw at Bolton

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Cardiff City 0-1 Millwall
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Marshall, Matthews, Gibson, Morrison, Malone, Rossiter, Kasim (Duelund 69), Ralls, Powell, Wilson, Vokes
Very poor, very, very poor, should have been an easy win but we were beaten by Lee Gregory's second half goal

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Cardiff City 2-1 Ipswich Town
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Marshall, Matthews (Ilori 45), Gibson, Morrison, Malone, Rossiter, Kasim (Pilkington 69), Ralls, Powell, Vokes (Noone 45), Wilson
A fairly comfortable victory despite the scoreline, 62% possession, we were in complete control, allowing Ipswich to have only 4 shots

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Cardiff City 2-0 Fulham
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Marshall, Matthews, Gibson, Morrison, Malone, Rossiter (McNair 66), Powell, Ralls, Pilkington (Noone 66), Duelund, Wilson
A hard fought victory at home to Fulham in a game where we only managed 44% possession, despite this midfielders Nick Powell and Joe Ralls fired us to all 3 points

LEAGUE TABLE
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Still second, still in contention, that's all we need at this point, nobody is champion in October

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (11 GOALS)​
 
NOVEMBER
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All we need to do is keep our good form going and pick up as many points as we can

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Derby County 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Morrison, Ilori, Malone, Rossiter (Reed 72), Powell, Ralls, Duelund, Pilkington (Noone 72), Wilson (Saadi 89)
One time transfer target Cameron Jerome's first minute strike was enough for Derby despite them going down to 10 men 35 minutes in, we tried everything but couldn't score, very frustrating

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Milton Keynes Dons 1-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Reed 54), Powell, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington (Duelund 77), Wilson (Vokes 62)
[video]https://youtu.be/5ufaat233fA?t=7[/video]

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Wigan Athletic 0-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 57), Ralls, Powell [(Noone 30 (Vokes 64, injured and forced off 67)], Pilkington, Duelund, Wilson
We had four injuries in this game. FOUR. Ludicrous. Which means 2 points from 3 games and we're rapidly losing ground in the title race, we're also in danger of slipping out of the play offs

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Cardiff City 3-1 Bristol City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 76), Ralls, Pilkington, Edwards, Duelund, Wilson (Diba 62)
A fantastic brace from Duelund and a poacher's gaol from James Wilson won us the Severnside Derby, I've won all 3 since becoming Cardiff manager

LEAGUE TABLE
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Still in the mix, Wolves are creating a gap though

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (13 GOALS)​
 
Doing a great job mate, definitely looking at promotion at this rate!
 
DECEMBER
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Same as always, keep going and pick up points and we'll be in the hunt for promotion

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Aston Villa 1-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Ralls, Pilkington (Matthews 60), Powell (Kasim 74), Duelund, Wilson
A fairly routine win that became WAY to close at the end with Villa pushing for an equaliser, David Marshall pulled off a vital save from Gary Gardner's penalty, we should have sealed the game earlier and our lack of goals worries me
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Cardiff City 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison (Ilori 23), Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 62), Ralls, Pilkington, Powell (Saadi 70), Duelund, Wilson
If we lost this we would drop to around fifth and would be miles off runaway leaders Wolves so that Anthony Pilkington goal could prove vital come the end of the season, a good point against a strong side

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Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, McNair, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 60), Ralls, Pilkington, Powell, Duelund (Noone 60), Wilson
We have far too many games like this where we lose to mediocre teams who we really should be beating, that's why Wolves are top and not us

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Cardiff City 1-0 Reading
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, McNair, Malone, Rossiter (Powell 90), Ralls, Noone, Edwards, Pilkington, Wilson (Saadi 90)
A routine victory over Reading with James Wilson's goal in the 7th minute enough to get us all 3 points

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Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson (McNair 54), Malone, Rossiter (Edwards 56), Powell, Ralls, Noone, Pilkington, Wilson
Oh for Christ's sake

LEAGUE TABLE
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3rd isn't bad, hopefully this is our bad patch done and we can get back into form next month

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (15 GOALS)​
 
3 NEW SIGNINGS, NO WORK PERMITS

LAERCIO - DEFENSIVE MIDFIELDER - 18 - BRAZILIAN - SIGNED FROM SALGUEIRO FOR £45,000
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DUSAN PEROVIC - STRIKER- 18 - SERBIAN - SIGNED FROM PARTIZAN FOR £550,000
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Loaned to FC Midtjylland until the end of the season

LEONARDO BLANCO - MIDFIELDER - 18 - COLOMBIAN - SIGNED FROM ATLETICO NACIONAL FOR £130,000
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TWO LEAVE CCS
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Cardiff City have today announced the departures of winger Craig Noone and striker Will Keane

Winger Noone, 29, has left the Bluebirds to join cash-rich Leeds United, owned by Chilean tycoon Luis Rivera, for £3.5m

The English winger has joined the Yorkshire side, who sit 10th in the Championship, on a 1 and a half year contract worth £18,500 per week

Noone made 134 league appearances for Cardiff over 5 years, lifting the Sky Bet Championship with them in 2013

The other departure is former Manchester United striker Will Keane, who has joined Nottingham Forest for £350,000

The 24 year old Englishman never set the world alight at Cardiff, making just 6 appearances in just over a year at the club, he didn't score a single goal

It is believed he has been moved on to clear the path of young strikers Fresnel Diba, Mark Kennedy and Dusan Perovic, all of whom are tipped to have bright futures at Cardiff​
 
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CARDIFF DRAW SWANSEA IN FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
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Fans of South Wales rivals Cardiff City and Swansea City have today woken up licking their lips at the prospect of a South Wales derby in the FA Cup Fourth Round

Cardiff, who have squeezed into the fourth round after beating Reading 2-1 in a replay, will host the tie which will be played on the 28th of January

Cardiff City manager, Matthew Hawkins, from Cardiff, is looking forward to the tie

"It's going to be massive, we haven't played the Jacks since the Premier League so it'll be interesting when we play each other"

Many bookmakers have labelled Swansea, who are 16th in the Premier League as the favourites for the tie, with Championship side Cardiff given little chance of beating their Premier League rivals
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CARDIFF CITY V SWANSEA CITY
FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
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Hello and welcome to the BBC Radio Wales coverage of the South Wales Derby between Cardiff City and Swansea City, it will be a feisty one

CARDIFF CITY
Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Powell, Ralls, Edwards, Duelund, Wilson
SUBS: fon Williams, McNair, Forshaw, Pilkington, John, Kasim, Kennedy

SWANSEA CITY
Garratt, Fernandez, Hanley, Williams, Debuchy, Taylor, Cork, Ekdal, Sigurdsson, Gomis, Paloschi
SUBS: Tremmel, Erkin, Pasalic, Ilicic, Britton, Rangel, Eder

Cardiff will be playing an asymmetrical 4-5-1, with one defensive midfielder, two central midfielders, one attacking midfielder and a left winger, whilst Swansea will be playing 5-2-1-2 with wing backs

KICK-OFF
7th Minute-Duelund with the ball on the near side, whips in a dangerous cross, it hits Mathieu Deuchy.. saved by Garratt only as far as EDWARDS! SAVED! So close for Cardiff City
11th Minute-Scott Malone stands over the free-kick, the referee blows his whistle, hit by Malone... PALMED ONTO THE BAR BY GARRATT, what a game he's having!
34th Minute-Gibson clears the ball, its intercepted by Jack Cork who hits it... WHAT A SAVE! David Marshall keeps it at 0-0
HALF-TIME
0-0 but Cardiff have had the better of the chances
SECOND-HALF
48th Minute-David Edwards with it in the midfield, plays it to Malone, forward to Ralls, switches play to Gunter on the right hand side, played inside to Powell, now to Ralls, out wide to Scott Malone who's in acres of space on the left, Malone beats Debuchy, ball in to the near post... WILSON!!! 1-0 TO CARDIFF!!!
59th Minute-Mikkel Duelund with the free-kick just inside the Swansea half, its an out swinger to the back post.. ILORI WITH THE HEADER... GOAL!! 2-0!
60th Minute-Mario Pasalic replaces Albin Ekdal for Swansea
63rd Minute-Debuchy's throw in just inside the Cardiff half, he gets it back off Fernandez, inside to Cork, now Pasalic, Paloschi's pass is intercepted but it's won back by Williams, forward to Taylor, out wide to Debuchy, crossed back in..header back by Gunter and it's in! 2-1! Disaster for the Cardiff captain
66th Minute-Mikkel Duelund is replaced by Anthony Pilkington
68th Minute-Malone throws it Pilkington, headed back to Malone, crossed to the edge of the box, shot by Rossiter... SAVED! Garratt's fumbled it.. JAMES WILSON ON THE REBOUND... GOAL!!!! 3-1!
68th Minute-Joseph Ilicic replaces Bafetimbi Gomis
71st Minute-Paloschi pulls the ball back, headed away by Malone, straight to PALOSCHI!!!! 3-2!
73rd Minute-Matthieu Debuchy is replaced by Angel Rangel
83rd Minute-David Edwards is replaced by Mark Kennedy
FULL-TIME
CARDIFF CITY 3-2 SWANSEA CITY
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Scenes.​
 
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CITY'S JANUARY SIGNINGS, WHO ARE THEY?
Cardiff City have made 5 firs team signings in the January transfer window and the South Wales Echo asks, who are they?

ADAM FORSHAW
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25 year old Englishman Adam Forshaw has joined Cardiff City from Middlesbrough for a bargain £1.8m. The midfielder, who is comfortable playing in the middle, in the hole and on the right, will proved great versatility to manager Hawkins' squad as he pushes for a promotion spot.
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JULIO PLEGUEZUELO
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Former Arsenal defender Julio Pleguezuelo, 20, has joined Cardiff on a four year deal from Liga Adelante side Sporting Gijon. The Spanish defender has joined the Bluebirds for £1.8m, but has loaned back to Spain until the start of March as part of the agreement. A good all round defender who can play it out from the back he will be a welcome addition to Hawkins' squad
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JOE WILLIAMS
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The third signing is that of 20 year old English midfielder Joe Williams from Everton for a fee of £300,000. The 20 year old will be used primarily as backup to Joe Ralls, Nick Powell and Yaser Kasim, it is thought that Williams was held in high regard by coaching staff at Everton and it has confused many that he has been let go so cheaply
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ALAN GRAHAM
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The fourth signing is that of Scottish Under-19 international Alan Graham from Aberdeen for £160,000. The 17 year old was being monitored by clubs such as Celtic before Cardiff swooped, signing him for a snip at £160,000. Graham can play in the centre and out on the right and has the potential to be a first teamer in a few years
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DONYELL MALEN
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The final signing is that of 18 year old Dutch striker, Donyell Malen, on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season. The Dutch Under-21 international, who has scored 8 goals in 13 games for the Dutch U-21 team has joined Cardiff to play backup to strikers James Wilson and Sam Vokes and also to replace outgoing striker Idriss Saadi, who joined Palermo in a deal believed to be worth £3.8m
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JANUARY
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The month of panic buys brought us a few players, a sale and plenty of games, how did we do?

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Sunderland 1-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter (Matthews 68), Oshilaja, McNair, John, Kasim, Rossiter (Reed 67), Edwards, Saadi, Keane, Diba
An injury-hit side went up to Sunderland where we deployed a 4-3-3 due to injuries, David Edwards really dug us out of a whole here with a 25 yard screamer in the 81st minute to draw us the game, we had a few chances but couldn't score away to the Black Cats. We're really losing ground in the title/promotion race

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
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Reading 3-3 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, McNair, Malone, Kasim (Rossiter 61), Ralls, Forshaw (Powell 79), Edwards, Duelund, Wilson
We deployed a new formation, an asymmetrical 4-1-4-1 in this game and it worked-ish. Sure we let in 3 goals but we scored 3 as well, with James Wilson weaving his way into our hearts with a stunning hat-trick, God I love this guy

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Cardiff City 2-0 Middlesbrough
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Marshall, Gunter, Gibson, Ilori, Malone (John 69), Rossiter, Ralls, Powell (Forshaw 69), Edwards (Diba 88), Pilkington, Wilson
I'm starting to like this formation! James Wilson bagged another brace and continued his wonderful season as we beat an under-performing Middlesbrough side

FA CUP THIRD ROUND REPLAY
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Cardiff City 2-1 Reading
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 77), Powell, Ralls, Edwards (Forshaw 58), Pilkington, Wilson (Kennedy 63)
A game that we controlled until the final 5 minutes when Reading realised they were going out, Malone should have scored to put the game beyond doubt but at least we're through

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Brighton & Hove Albion 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Powell, Ralls (Kasim 69), Edwards, Duelund (Pilkington 69), Wilson
David Edwards' early goal was enough to win us the game here at Brighton, he's been playing brilliantly since the change in formation and long may it continue #EdwardsForBallonD'or

FA CUP FOURTH ROUND
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Cardiff City 3-2 Swansea City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Powell, Ralls, Edwards (Kennedy 83), Duelund (Pilkington 67), Wilson
Scenes.

LEAGUE TABLE
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Still chasing, but at least we aren't looking over our shoulders at the teams chasing us

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (23 GOALS)​
 
FEBRUARY
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8 games with 1 aim... Points
Oh and progression in the FA Cup

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Rotherham United 1-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls, Edwards (Powell 45), Duelund, Wilson (Malen 71)
JORDAN! 44th minute and we were cruising, my main man Dave Edwards had put us in the lead and then... JORDAN! You idiot, then Rotherham score a long range net buster 6 minutes from time to equalise. Christ's sake

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Cardiff City 2-0 West Bromwich Albion
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim (Reed 84), Powell (Forshaw 58), Ralls, Edwards, Pilkington, Wilson (Kennedy 84)
Slightly less eventful than the 3-2 at their place, a fairly routine victory as Pilkington (in for Duelund who's knackered) and Tiago Ilori score to give us all 3 points and keep up the pressure on Wolves

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Cardiff City 3-0 Leeds United
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Marshall, Gunter (Pilkington 60), Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Kasim (Forshaw 38), Ralls, Edwards (Powell 85), Duelund, Wilson
Nothing quite like dismantling Leeds live on television, more than 30,000 showed up to watch us give them a right kicking with James Wilson bagging (another) couple of goals, lovely stuff. Only negative is the injury to Yaser Kasim

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Birmingham City 1-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews (Gunter 58), Ilori, Gibson, John, Reed, Powell, Whittingham (Forshaw 58), Edwards, Duelund, Wilson (Kennedy 80)
A slightly rotated side put in an ok performance away at struggling Birmingham, they took the lead early on only for Duelund to equalise immediately, we had the lion's share of the chances but just couldn't score

FA CUP FIFTH ROUND
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Cardiff City 2-1 Sheffield United
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Ilori, Malone, Reed (Pilkington 56), Powell (Forshaw 69), Ralls, Edwards, Duelund, Wilson
Phew! A huge relief as that result was much closer than the match suggested. A game we controlled, as we soon as we broke them down, they ran up the other end and scored! Mikkel Duelund scored straight after the restart for the second time in a week, sealing our passage to the Sixth Round where we will play Arsenal

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Cardiff City 0-0 Walsall
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Ilori, Malone, Reed (Pilkington 45), Powell, Ralls (Forshaw 82), Edwards, Duelund, Wilson (Kennedy 63)
What is it with us and our inability to break down bad teams? Birmingham away, Rotherham away and Walsall home should have been at least 6 points but we've come away with 3, what's wrong with us?

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Brentford 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Ilori, Malone, Rossiter, Powell, Ralls (Forshaw 64), Edwards, Duelund (Matthews 82), Wilson
A HUGE game, absolutely massive and a 28th minute header from Tiago Ilori settled it, a decent game that was incredibly close, I feel we deserved the 3 points away to our promotion rivals.. just.

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Cardiff City 2-2 Bolton Wanderers
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Morrison, Malone (John 63), Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls, Powell (Pilkington 20), Duelund, Wilson
With 10 minutes to go I was mentally preparing how I would rip into them, how could they lose 2-1 to Bolton? Luckily the man, the myth, the legend, James Wilson came up clutch with the equaliser that keeps pressure on Wolves and keeps us from embarrassment at home to Bolton

LEAGUE TABLE
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We've cut the gap at the top to 1 point which is absolutely brilliant and a testament to the quality of the squad I've assembled here

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (27 GOALS)​
 
MARCH
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1 point seperates the top 2 as we enter the final few months of the season, who will come out on top?

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Millwall 1-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Morisson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls (Reed 57), Edwards, Duelund (Pilkington 41), Wilson (Malen 83)
Friday Night Football on Sky Sports! We played before Wolves which meant this victory put us on top, if only for a few hours, we over-powered Milwall here and ran out deserving winners

FA CUP SIXTH ROUND
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Cardiff City 0-1 Arsenal
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Kasim (Ralls 64), Powell, Forshaw, Pilkington (Vokes 74), Wilson
A tight 1-0 defeat to Arsenal is no disgrace at all. It took the holders, managed by Rafa Benitez, 69 minutes to break us down in a game that showcased our defensive solidity, we missed Mikkel Duelund for this game, which forced us to play Adam Forshaw on the right wing, his secondary position

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Cardiff City 1-0 Nottingham Forest
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone (John 84), Rossiter, Kasim, Ralls, Powell (Malen 60), Pilkington, Wilson (Vokes 60)
It was important to win after our loss to Arsenal and we did.. just. Arsenal loanee Donyell Malen bagged a goal that was both the winner and his first goal for the club, sending 24,000 in attendance under the floodlights into raptures

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Cardiff City 3-1 Derby County
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls (Reed 58), Powell, Duelund (Malen 78), Wilson
More than 29,500 saw us beat Derby 3-1 on a wet day in Cardiff. Adam Forshaw got us off to the perfect start but it took two second half goals from Wilson and Rossiter to get us over the line

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Ipswich Town 1-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone (John 54), Rossiter (Pilkington 60), Forshaw, Ralls, Powell (Edwards 62), Duelund, Wilson
An even, surprisingly open match between two teams at opposite ends of the table. Ipswich put up a good fight and deserved their point to be fair to them

LEAGUE TABLE
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We're keeping pressure on Wolves and that's all we need to do right now, because guess who we play on the last day of the season...
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TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (30 GOALS)​
 
APRIL
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This. Is. It. The final month of the season, how will we get on? Will the pressure get to us?

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Fulham 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Pilkington 76), Forshaw, Ralls, Powell (Edwards 61), Duelund, Wilson
We came, we saw, we conquered. An away game against play off chasing Fulham was always going to be tricky but we held firm for all 3 points, with James Wilson knicking it at the end

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Cardiff City 1-1 Wigan Ahtletic
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Marshall, Gunter (Pilkington 3), Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim, Forshaw (Reed 88), Ralls, Powell (Vokes 63), Duelund, Wilson
Quite a disappointing draw at home to Wigan but you can't win 'em all, I guess

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Cardiff City 1-0 Milton Keynes Dons
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Marshall, Matthews, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim, Forshaw (Reed 62), Ralls, Powell, Duelund (Malen 73), Wilson
Just about squeezing past Franchise Dons thanks in no small part to Mr Wilson and his early goal, what a player!

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Bristol City 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter (Matthews 57), Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Kasim (Reed 67), Forshaw, Ralls, Powell, Duelund, Wilson
PROMOTION! WE'VE GONE UP AND AT TRASHTON GATE OF ALL PLACES!! What an achievement, winning promotion with 3 games to spare

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Cardiff City 2-3 Aston Villa
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Marshall, Gunter, Morrison, Pleguezuelo, John, Rossiter, Harris, Whittingham (Kasim 61), Edwards, Pilkington, Malen
BUMP! Back don to Earth with a 3-2 loss to mid-table Villa, in fairness it was a heavily rotated side following the promotion on Saturday, this game was played on a Monday for some reason. Our first league loss of 2016

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Cardiff City 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Kasim 81), Forshaw, Ralls, Powell, Duelund, Wilson (Malen 81)
CHAMPIONS! David Marshall saved it from going to the final day against Wolves with a magnificent penalty save with only minutes to go. Priceless.

SKY BET CHAMPIONSHIP
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall (fon Williams 83), Gunter, Ilori (Morrison 60), Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls (Kasim 60), Edwards, Duelund, Wilson
The best defence in the league came up against the best attack and the defence came out on top, we've only conceded 33 goals this season. Incredible.

LEAGUE TABLE
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What a season! 90 points and the Championship title, incredible!

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON (34 GOALS)​
 
END OF SEASON 16/17
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What a season! Wining the league by 7 points and losing just 1 league game in 2017! Amazing

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I am a wonder maker!

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And a favoured person!

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Great FA Cup run, winning the league and in front of an average of 23,000 fans, wonderful

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Chris Gunter wins the Fans Player of the Season for the second season in a row, polling a huge 75%, David Edwards' long range strike against Sunderland was Goal of the Season and, quite predictably, James Wilson won Young Player of the Season and Signing of the Season

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James Wilson scored a huge 34 goals this season, incredible from him, Chris Gunter had a brilliant average rating of 7.56. Scott Malone, Mikkel Duelund, Chris Gunter and James Wilson were all tied in terms of assists with 8 apiece. Jordan Rossiter had the highest pass completion % with 82% and James Wilson had the most Man of the Match awards with 8

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Wilson in the team, Gunter on the bench

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James Wilson top goalscorer

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I'm Manager of the Year!

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£26m? THANK YOU VINCENT!

AROUND ENGLAND
Premier League
Winners-Manchester United
Champions League-Manchester United, Arsenal, Tottenham, Manchester City, Chelsea (EL Winners)
Europa League-Stoke, Watford, Liverpool (LC Winners)
Relegated-Norwich City, Hull City, Sheffield Wednesday

Championship
Winners-Cardiff City
Promoted-Cardiff City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Derby County (PO)
Play Offs-Brighton, Leeds United, Brentford, Derby (W)
Relegated-Ipswich, Birmingham, Walsall

League 1
Winners-Huddersfield Town
Promoted-Huddersfield, Bradford, Preston (PO)
Play Offs-Sheffield United, Charlton, Barnsley, Preston (W)
Relegated-Port Vale, Northampton, Luton, AFC Wimbledon

League 2
Winners-Leyton Orient
Promoted-Leyton Orient, Carlisle, Oxford, Shrewsbury (PO)
Play Offs-Shrewsbury (W), Rochdale, Portsmouth, Exeter
Relegated-Crawley, Wrexham

League Cup Final
Stoke City 0-1 Liverpool

FA Cup Final
Arsenal 0-1 Chelsea

EUROPE
Bundesliga
Winners-Bayern Munich
Champions League-Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen
Europa League-Wolfsburg, Mainz, Monchengladbach
Relegated-Red Bull Leipzig, Freiburg

La Liga
Winners-Real Madrid
Champions League-Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Atletico Madrid
Europa League-Valencia, Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao
Relegated-Levante, Real Sociedad, Real Zaragoza

Champions League Final
Real Madrid 0-0 Manchester City
Manchester City win 4-1 on penalties

Europa League Final
Chelsea 3-0 Galatasaray​
 
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