With My Little Pick and Shovel - A Cardiff City Story

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YOUNGSTERS TO JOIN CITY
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PREMIER LEAGUE Cardiff City have today announced the signings of 5, FIVE, youngsters for a combined fee of £3.5m

The youngsters, some of whom regarded as the future of their nation's national teams, are highly rated and the signings are being considered as quite a coup by Cardiff, so who are they?

GREIG BOYLE - STRIKER - SCOTTISH - SIGNED FROM RANGERS FOR £1.8M
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First up is the most expensive and most highly regarded of the bunch, 16 year old Scottish Under 19 international Greig Boyle from SPL side Rangers for £1.8m

The 16 year old, who scored 1 goal in 4 starts for the Glaswegians last season, is known as a quality finisher who is as determined a player as you're ever likely to meet

DARNELL JAMES - ATTACKING MIDFIELDER - ENGLISH - SIGNED FROM MK DONS FOR £1.3M
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A very good player for his age, 16 year old Darnell James is hopeful Cardiff will be a great place for his career to develop, he said:

"It's a great place to be at the moment, there's a great vibe around the city and hopefully this club will help me become the best I can be"

SHOTA BREGADZE - LEFT SIDE OF PITCHER - GEORGIAN - SIGNED FROM TORPEDO KUTAISI FOR £12,000
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Shota Bregadze's deal was agreed ages ago but he has finally arrived in the Welsh capital, the Georgian international signing for just £12,000

A team player with a high work rate, Bregadze has been loaned to Swedish affiliate club Halmstads BK until he gains his Work Permit

JHONNY TORRICO - STRIKER - BOLIVIAN - SIGNED FROM TAHUICHI AGUILERA FOR £5,000
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Bolivian striker Jhonny Torrico has signed for peanuts and could be sold for diamonds, at least that's what manager Hawkins thinks

He's got it all, he can run, he can shoot, all he hasn't got is a work permit, but City are working on that

IBRAHIM DOSSO - GOALKEEPER - IVORIAN - SIGNED FROM AFAD DJEKANOU FOR FREE
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WORK PERMITS!!! Loaned out as well, good core goalkeeping abilities, will be the successor to David Marshal at Cardiff City
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LOANEES STAY WITH BLUEBIRDS
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Cardiff City have today announced that they have kept 3 integral players in their promotion push for at least another season
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Midfielder Jordan Rossiter has joined Cardiff permanently from Liverpool for a fee believed to be £11.5m

The 20 year old was vitally important last season as Cardiff won the league with 90 points. He has been signed with an initial fee of £5m, with £6m believed to be paid in add-ons
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Top scorer James Wilson has joined on loan for a second season in a row, but this time the transfer includes a release fee that can be activated at any time in the loan

Tiago Ilori has also rejoined the Bluebirds, this time joining from Liverpool on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract at Liverpool
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He has said he's happy to have joined Cardiff due to his passion for the club
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OLIVER SIGNS FOR CARDIFF CITY
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Premier League side Cardiff City have today announced the signing of Atletico Madrid attacking midfielder Oliver Torres for a fee of £2.2m

The midfielder, 22, who has played 26 games for the Spanish Under-21 side, has been signed on a cut-price deal from the Spanish side
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The attacking midfielder, known for his flair and technique, has joined Cardiff on a 4 year deal believed to be worth £13,000 per week

It is believed he will be available for Cardiff's first game of the season, which will be away to rivals Swansea on the 6th of August
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SWANSEA CITY V CARDIFF CITY
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Hello and welcome to the Liberty Stadium for Sky Sports' live coverage of the first South Wales Derby of the season

Its a beautiful day here in South Wales as the teams prepare to come out into a hostile atmosphere at the Liberty Stadium

Swansea will be hoping for payback following their 3-2 defeat at the Cardiff City Stadium in the FA Cup in January

LINE-UPSSWANSEA CITY
Fabianski, Debuchy, Williams, Fernandez, Taylor, Ekdal, Slavchev, Cork, Sigurdsson, Dost, Paloschi
SUBS: Garratt, Hanley, Ilicic, Gomis, Tavernier, Miazga, Cattermole

CARDIFF CITY
Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Ralls, Pilkington, Oliver, Duelund, Wilson
SUBS: fon Williams, Morrison, Kasim, Boyle, Matthews, Forshaw, Vokes

Swansea play a 4-3-1-2 whilst Cardiff line up with an 4-2-3-1

KICK-OFF
HALF-TIME
Swansea City 0-0 Cardiff City
Nothing of note has happened thus far
SECOND-HALF
65th Minute-Long ball forward by Cardiff, mistake by Fernandez.. Oliver is through... SAVED!
81st Minute-Good cross by Taylor GOMIS WITH THE HEADER!! SAVED!
83rd Minute-Wilson switches play out wide to Duelund, good ball in, Williams sticks out a leg, it's in! An own goal by Ashley Williams! 1-0!
87th Minute-Gunter wins the ball in the midfield, over the top for Wilson, he's through on goal.. FOULED BY WILLIAMS! PENALTY! Scott Malone steps up for Cardiff City... GOAL! Straight down the middle from Scott Malone and that surely seals it!
90th Minute-Over the top by Cattermol, Ilicic surely! SAVED!
FULL-TIME
Swansea City 0-2 Cardiff City
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CITY SIGN 3

Cardiff City have today announced the signing of three players, just a week before the end of the summer transfer window

The trio, believed to have cost less than £5m put together are, in keeping with Hawkins' philosophy and recruitment strategy, all quite young, with the oldest being 21 year old Welsh international George Williams

George Williams has joined the club from Championship Fulham for £1.7m. The winger has been brought in to put pressure on under-performing Danish winger Mikkel Duelund, 20.
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Williams has been on Hawkins' shortlist for some time now, having been targeted in each transfer window since his fist in charge so Hawkins is delighted to have finally got his man

The second signing is that of Danish international, Soren Johansen, from Danish champions FC Midtjylland for a fee of £165,000
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Hawkins has been tracking the midfielder since his loan stint at Brentford and, with his contract winding down, decided that now would be a good time to prise him away from the Danish champs

The third and final signing is the most expensive one, Polish wonderkid Daniel Zielinski has joined Cardiff on a 3 year deal, having joined from Polish side Lech Poznan for £2.5m
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The midfielder, 16, rejected contract offers from Juventus and others before signing for Cardiff, proof that the Bluebirds are a club with great pulling power
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BLUEBIRDS LOAN WICKHAM
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Cardiff City have signed Crystal Palace striker Connor Wickham on loan until the end of the season

The former Sunderland striker, 24, has joined the Bluebirds to provide backup to James Wilson following a breakdown in talks with Watford's Odion Ighalo, who has now joined Olympique Lyonnais in France for £4m

Wickham, who has scored 40 goals in 213 appearances throughout his career, was once touted as the future of English football

Unfortunately for Wickham, his career has not gone as planned, and Cardiff are his fifth club since leaving Ipswich for Sunderland in 2011 for £8.25m

He hopes to feature regularly off the bench for Cardiff and help keep them in the Premier League
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AUGUST
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Football is back! And this time we're in the Premier League, not the Championship! Bring it on!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Swansea City 0-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Ralls, Rossiter, Pilkington (Forshaw 63), Oliver (Boyle 76), Duelund, Wilson
Amazing. Absolutely amazing. First game back in the Premier League and it's away to Swansea, nothing happened until the last 10 minutes when Ashley Williams scored an own goal

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Cardiff City 3-0 Crystal Palace
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls, Oliver (Powell 72), Duelund (Boyle 66), Wilson
Capacity crowd. Premier League football. 24 shots. 3 goals. Welcome back Premier League, we've missed you. Greig Boyle scored as well, loving it

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Burnley 0-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori (Morrison 73), Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls, Oliver, Duelund (Boyle 61), Wilson
A good solid draw away to Burnley. We need to win at home and pick up as many points as possible away from home, we also need a solid defence, which is one of the foundations our promotion was built on

LEAGUE CUP SECOND ROUND
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Swindon Town 2-0 Cardiff City
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fon Williams, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Zielinski (Rossiter 49), Forshaw, Johansen, Powell (Oliver 49), Duelund (Wilson 58), Boyle
Less games, I couldn't care less that we're out of the League Cup

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Manchester United 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw (Oliver 58), Ralls, Pilkington (Powell 80), Duelund (Vokes 80), Boyle
No Wilson so 16 year old Greig Boyle lead the line at Old Trafford, he didn't do to badly to be fair. David Marshall was Man of the Match with a 9.3 Match Rating. To lose only 1-0 away to the holders is amazing and a testament to the strength of our defence and our solidity

LEAGUE TABLE
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4th in the league one month in, good. 7 points from 4? Good. One goal conceded in 4 games? Brilliant

TOP SCORER(S): JAMES WILSON, SCOTT MALONE, ADAM FORSHAW, GREIG BOYLE (1 GOAL)​
 
SEPTEMBER
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Our squad is set, the players are fit and we're on a 2 game losing streak, not bad

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Cardiff City 1-3 AFC Bournemouth
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Ralls, Oliver, Duelund (Wickham 66), Wilson
A fairly even game, but they were much more clinical than us, showing their Premier League experience and quality, they kept us at arms length after going 2 up, fair play

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Cardiff City 3-0 Everton
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw (Wickham 81), Johansen, Oliver (Zielinski 72), Duelund, Wilson (Boyle 61)
What a result! Scott Malone's penalty gave us a huge boost before half-time and gave us the confidence to go out and put the game to bed. Mikkel Duelund scored a great curling effort before Connor Wickham scored his first for the club in the 90th minute

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Ralls (Powell 41), Johansen, Pilkington (Wickham 79), Duelund, Wilson (Zielinski 90)
What a game! We did extraordinarily well to draw away at second placed Spurs, yes Spurs, who boasted the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli. Pilkington scored a wonderful free-kick to get it back to 1-1 only for Kane to score to make it 2-1 Spurs. Connor Wickham cemented his place in all our hearts with a last minute equaliser, could have won it at the death, but, oh well

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Cardiff City 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Morrison, Malone, Zielinski, Forshaw, Johansen (Powell 64), Oliver, Duelund (Wickham 72), Wilson
Connor Wickham is godly! Super sub, super sub, super sub! He's scored a goal in the stoppage time in each of the last three games and his goals have earned us 4 points in the last 2! Legend.

LEAGUE TABLE
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5th in the league, wow, this is unexpected

TOP SCORER: JAMES WILSON + CONNOR WICKHAM (3 GOALS)​
 
OCTOBER
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We're doing unbelievably well so far in out fist season back in the top flight, can it continue?

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Newcastle United 2-3 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Morrison, Malone, Rossiter (Zielinski 80), Forshaw, Johansen, Pilkington, Duelund (Boyle 82), Wilson (Wickham 52)
We played brilliantly for 71 minutes. We were 3-0 up away from home and cruising with 15 minutes to go, only for us to let our guard down and allow Newcastle to score 2 goals in 8 minutes. We held on but that was disappointing

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Cardiff City 1-0 Derby County
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Johansen (Ralls 61), Oliver, Duelund (Williams 61), Wilson (Wickham 61)
We dominated this match and should have scored so much more, Derby are woeful. It looked like it wasn't going to be our day until Welsh international George Williams scored the winner on his début for the club! Scenes.

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Cardiff City 1-0 Stoke City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw (Wickham 72), Ralls, Oliver, Duelund (Wililams 59), Wilson
Monday Night Football! A tightly contested game between two sides performing well beyond expectations this season, decided by a goal from our Spanish magician, Oliver.

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This is just getting silly, 3rd in the league after 11 games, incredible

TOP SCORER: CONNOR WICKHAM (4 GOALS)​
 
Rejoice! Dusan Perovic finally has his work permit, which means he is now available for the first team!

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Just look at him...

If anyone would like screenshots of any of the players, just let me know! :D
 
NOVEMBER
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I'm a bit nervous as we enter a tough run of fixtures in November/December, wish me luck!

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Watford 0-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Ralls 77), Johansen (Williams 61), Oliver, Forshaw, Duelund, Wilson (Wickham 77)
George Williams digs us out of a hole again! The Welsh international is proving to be worth the £1.7m we paid Fulham for his services already!

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Cardiff City 1-2 West Ham United
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Boyle 82), Forshaw, Johansen, Oliver, Duelund (Wickham 45), Wilson (Edwards 60)
Our 7 game unbeaten streak (6 wins and 1 draw) has finally come to an end! We dominated the game but just weren't clinical enough, James Wilson needs to buck up his ideas as Connor Wickham scores again

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Manchester City 2-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Gibson, Ilori, Malone, Rossiter (Vokes 69), Ralls, Johansen, Pilkington, Duelund, Wickham (Boyle 35)
£253m vs £43m, that's the amount these 2 have spent on transfers in the past 3 years, Manchester City blowing us out of the water with the transfer fees they've paid and it showed, Raheem Sterling and Kevin de Bruyne scoring (who cost £98m between them) the goals that gave Manchester City all three points.

LEAGUE TABLE
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We've slipped to fourth! The shame, oh the shame. In all seriousness this has been a magnificent effort from the players and I think we're in no danger of relegation

TOP SCORER: CONNOR WICKHAM (5 GOALS)​
 
DECEMBER
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Can we improve on last month's poor form as we enter the busiest part of the season? I hope so...

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Cardiff City 1-1 Liverpool
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Marshall, Gunter, Gibson, Ilori, Malone, Rossiter, Forshaw, Johansen (Williams 74), Oliver, Duelund (Wilson 63), Perovic
A tale of 2 penalties, Mikkel Duelund converting ours following Liverpool's early penalty, conceded by Ben Gibson, Serbian wonderkid Dusan Perovic made his debut for us today after scoring 9 goals in 10 games on loan at Halmstads

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Cardiff City 1-1 Chelsea
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Ralls, Rossiter (Zielinski 73), Forshaw, Johansen, Oliver, Duelund (Williams 66), Perovic (Boyle 66)
Joe Ralls had to fill an at left-back due to injuries to both Declan John and Scott Malone and did a pretty decent job to be fair, Zouma's own goal was from a Perovic strike and I believe it should have gone down as his goal but whatever...

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Arsenal 2-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Ilori, Gibson, Ralls, Rossiter, Forshaw (John 68), Johansen, Oliver, Duelund (Wickham 60), Perovic
Domination. Arsenal battered us from start to finish and were deserving of their 3 points, Perovic opened his account for the club with a stunning 25 yarder on live television so every cloud...

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Southampton 2-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Matthews, Ilori, Gibson, Ralls (John 63), Rossiter (Williams 63), Forshaw, Johansen, Pilkington, Duelund, Perovic
We were brilliant for about 54 minutes of this match and absolutely dominated a poor Southampton side, but something strange happened, allowing Southampton back into the game and to take all 3 points, Dusan Tadic won them the game with an absolute wonder-goal

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Cardiff City 1-1 Leicester City
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Marshall, Gunter (Matthews 66), Ilori (Morrison 66), Gibson, John, Rossiter (Powell 86), Forshaw, Johansen, Oliver, Pilkington, Perovic
We welcome Jamie Vardy (who's scored 24 goals in 20 league games this season) and his high-flying Foxes to the Cardiff City Stadium in what was a very entertaining, evenly-matched game. Vardy put Leicester ahead with a typical poacher's effort only for our very own poacher, a certain Mr Dusan Perovic to score the equaliser 8 minutes from time, he is going to be some player

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Cardiff City 3-2 Swansea City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Zielinski, Forshaw, Johansen (Powell 66), Oliver, Pilkington (Duelund 66), Perovic
What a lovely way to end the month. We were without Jordan Rossiter (who the media have labelled a wonderkid) for this match due to suspension and his replacement, Polish wonderkid Daniel Zelinski, did just fine, bagging the first goal on our way to an easy victory over the Jacks. We dominated Swansea who, rather worryingly, scored with their only attacks of the game

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We slip but we're still going strong! A great performance in the league and long may it continue!

TOP SCORER: CONNOR WICKHAM (5 GOALS)​
 
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TRIO JOIN CITY

Cardiff City have today announced the arrivals of 3 youngsters for a combined fee of less than £600,000

Left winger Olger Gamboa and midfielders Fabrice Soumahoro and Steffen Hansen have joined Cardiff, each of them hailing from a different continent, so who are they?

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Olger Gamboa is an 18 year old Costa Rican international, with 9 caps and 1 goal to his name already

The winger, who has joined from Costa Rican side Saprissa for £375,000, was spotted by Cardiff in 2016 and the deal was made back then, Gamboa, however, had to wait to join due to rules surrounding under-18s in Costa Rica
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The pacey winger was known for his determination and team ethic in Costa Rica and Hawkins hopes it will translate onto the pitch in the Premier League, he has been sent on loan to Halmstads in Sweden in order to gain a work permit

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The second player to join is 18 year old Ivorian Under-20 international midfielder, Fabrice Soumahoro

The Ivorian midfielder has joined Cardiff for £130,000 from Ivorian side ASEC Mimoas, for whom he averaged a 7.39 match rating over 34 games in his début season
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Another determined player, Soumahoro combines his high natural fitness with a good first touch and vision to tear defences apart, he too will be sent to Halmstads

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Last but certainly not least is Danish midfielder Steffen Hansen, who has joined the Bluebirds on a free transfer from Esbjerg

The tough tackling defensive midfielder, 20, will join a growing contingent of Danes at the Cardiff City Stadium, which is already home to Danish internationals Mikkel Duelund and Soren Johansen
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Cardiff fans will hope that Hansen will make the same impact as his contrymen

One player leaving Cardiff City, however, is midfielder Yaser Kasim, who has joined Championship side Sheffield Wednesday for £2.5m

The 26 year old Iraq international, who joined Cardiff on a free from Swindon, made 30 appearances in the Bluebirds Championship-winning season and will be fondly remembered by City fans
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JANUARY TRANSFERS
We've spent a bit this January, not a lot, but a bit on 4 players, here they are

TIN JEDVAJ
Signed from Bayer Leverkusen for £9m
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22 year old Croatian international Tin Jedvaj joined us on deadline day on a cut price deal from Bayer Leverkusen following his transfer listing

Tin can play anywhere across the back line, wing back on both sides and in midfield, the perfect young utility player to help drive us forwars in the years to come

HARRISON REED
Signed from Southampton for £875,000
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Harrison was out of favour at Southampton and joined us on another cut price deal, signing for less than £1m

He can play anywhere in the middle, be it attacking or defensive and can play on both wings, another utility player that will be great on the bench

YOON DAE-DONG
Signed from Suwon Samsung Bluewings for £950,000
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We signed Yoon on the cheap as his contract was running out in a year

Bigger clubs than us were scouting the young Japanese midfielder so we had to strike to quickly in order to get his signature, this £950,000 could be the best I've spent in a few years time, after he gets his work permit of course

MARIO PASALIC
Signed from Chelsea on loan
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There's a trend here, midfielders. We need top quality midfielders to back up Ralls, Johansen and Forshaw and we've signed them

Mario is another Croatian international and is only costing us £4,000 per week. Steal.

I've also terminated the loan contracts of James Wilson and Connor Wickham, combined the two were costing us £60,000 per week and they just weren't good enough for that money​
 
JANUARY
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Silly season brought us some players, can they help us rise up the league?

FA CUP THIRD ROUND
Brentford 2-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Zielinski, Ralls (Johansen 38), Forshaw, Edwards, Williams (Duelund 75), Boyle
We really didn't deserve to lose, we battered Brentford but just couldn't score, infuriating.

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Cardiff City 0-0 Burnley
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Rossiter, Forshaw (Ralls 76), Johansen, Oliver, Pilkington, Perovic (Wilson 68)
A tight game with few chances that ended with us grabbing a solid point against a decent Burnley side, not bad

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Crystal Palace 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Rossiter, Forshaw, Oliver, Pilkington (Ralls 64), Duelund (Wilson 64), Perovic
We battered them and couldn't score, exactly like the Brentford game, Wilson missed a series of glorious chances and they scored their only one

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AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Rossiter (Zielinski 60), Forshaw, Ralls, Harris, Oliver (Pilington 60), Perovic
Another tight game, this time on the South Coast, both sides played well but it took a Matt Ritchie wonder-strike to equalise for the Cherries, bad luck. Youngster Mark Harris made his Premier League début

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Everton 2-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Rossiter (Zielisnki 63), Forshaw, Johansen, Harris, Oliver, Perovic
We blew it 12 minutes. 1-0 up and looking good only for Everton to score a first-time volley from a corner and a first-time volley from a free-kick. Disappointing.

LEAGUE TABLE
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That horrific month has left us in 10th, we really need to improve otherwise we may be dragged into a relegation dogfight

TOP SCORER: DUSAN PEROVIC (4 GOALS)​
 
FEBRUARY
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A horror show last month, hopefully we can improve on that this month, if not...

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Cardiff City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Reed, Forshaw, Pasalic, Johansen, Duelund, Oliver, Perovic
Experimented with a 3-5-2 formation and it didn't do that badly against second in the league Spurs, will probably shelve it but could make a re-appearance

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Cardiff City 0-2 Manchester United
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori (Jedvaj 79), Gibson, John, Rossiter, Pasalic (Powell 45), Johansen, Oliver (Ralls 79), Pilkington, Perovic
Not bad, they're top of the league and score loads, was worried when they scored 3 minutes in but luckily we held firm and created a few chances of our own, I just want the season to end at this point

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone (Jedvaj 59), Zielinski 81, Pasalic (Ralls 59), Johansen, Oliver, Pilkington, Perovic
We've lost 2-1 to bottom of the league Wolves.
Wolves.
Wolves.
F*cks sake

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Cardiff City 0-0 Newcastle United
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori (Jedvaj 64), Gibson, Malone, Reed, Pasalic, Johansen (Forshaw 64), Oliver, Duelund, Perovic
Would have preferred a win but I'm just glad to have stopped the losing streak, hopefully we can turn things around from here

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Derby County 2-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter (Zielinski 39), Pasalic (Ralls 8), Johansen, Forshaw, Duelund (Boyle 79), Perovic
Oh for Christ's sake. 2 injuries. Not bad, we can recover. 2-0 up with 10 to go, good. Full time 2-2. Bollocks. Nice to see Greig Bole score though.

LEAGUE TABLE
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0 wins in 2016 has led to a dramatic drop in the league, hurtling down the table. We need to turn this around

TOP SCORERS: DUSAN PEROVIC + ANTHONY PILKINGTON (4 GOALS)​
 
MARCH
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A win, can we have a win? Just one, please...

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Stoke City 2-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Reed (Oliver 61), Ralls (Powell 76), Johansen, Forshaw, Duelund, Perovic
An even game, we went for it in the second half and they scored on the counter, to be expected really

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Cardiff City 1-4 Manchester City
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Marshall, Jedvaj (Matthews 63), Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Reed, Forshaw, Johansen, Oliver, Duelund, Perovic
Despite the scoreline, we deserved a whole lot more. A 50/50 game where they were just much more clinical than us. 4 goals in the last 20 minutes. Disappointing

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Cardiff City 0-0 Watford
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Morrison, Gibson, Malone, Zielinski, Forshaw, Johansen, Oliver, Duelund, Perovic
At least we got a point, I guess

LEAGUE TABLE
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Still 0 wins in 2018. Horrible, please let it stop

TOP SCORER: DUSAN PEROVIC (5 GOALS)​
 
APRIL/MAY
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2018 so far for Cardiff City in the League: 0 Wins, 5 Draws, 7 Losses, 5 Points
Our dreadful form has made us an outside bet for relegation, we can't go down, can we?

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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West Ham United 2-2 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Malone (John 63), Rossiter (Ralls 79), Zielinski, Johansen, Cook, Williams, Perovic
It looked like we would get our first win of 2018, four months and 12 games after it begun but no. Dimitri Payer scored a wonder goal to grab a point for the Hammers and keep their Champions League hopes alive, sound familiar? The wait for a win goes on

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Liverpool 1-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Johansen (Ralls 67), Oliver, Forsaw, Duelund (Boyle 81), Perovic
A game as dull as it was meaningless, Alex Neil's Liverpool side putting in the kind of performance that is pushing him nearer the sack each day whilst we, well...

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Cardiff City 1-1 Arsenal
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Rossiter, Johansen (Ralls 58), Oliver, Cook, Duelund (Harris 72), Perovic
WHAT A RESULT! We played surprisingly well at home to Arsenal, crafting 5 clear cut chances, it looked like it wasn't going to be our day as we squandered these chances but Spanish wizard Oliver popped up to grab us a point with his second goal of the season!

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Chelsea 2-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Malone (John 64), Rossiter, Johansen, Oliver (Ralls 64), Cook, Williams, Perovic
Very poor. We didn't turn up today and only registered 1 shot on target, pitiful compared to Chelsea's 10. We just couldn't touch them today

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Leicester City 2-0 Cardiff City
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Marshall, Jedvaj, Ilori, Gibson, Malone, Zielinski, Forshaw, Oliver, Cook, Duelund (Williams 70), Perovic (Vokes 70)
A surprisingly even game against Europe chasing Leicester. Unfortunately for us their quality shined through a fairly scrappy game, with Shinji Okazaki and Riyad Mahrez scoring two screamers

BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE
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Cardiff City 3-0 Southampton
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Marshall, Gunter, Ilori, Gibson, John, Zielinski, Reed (Ralls 69), Cook, Harris (Powell 69), Williams, Perovic
FINALLY! Our first win of 2018 is in the final game of the 2017/18 season and what a win it was. A fairly weak team was fielded by us, allowing fringe players George Williams, Declan John, Rhys Cook, Mark Harris and Harrison Reed their moment in the sun and boy did they make the most of it! Wonderkid (In my eyes) Dusan Perovic put us ahead early in the second half following some good pressure from us. Cardiff boy Mark Harris then scored the second, his first for his hometown club, set up by another Cardiff boy in Rhys Cook. Ben Gibson then wrapped it up with a header just over an hour in

LEAGUE TABLE
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If you'd offered me 14th at the beginning of the season, I'd have bitten your hand off and it's a good finish, unfortunately it could have been so much better

TOP SCORER: DUSAN PEROVIC (7 GOALS)​
 
END OF SEASON 17/18
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A brilliant first half and a dreadful second half to our first season back in the Premier League since THAT season in red a few years back. We gained 32 points in our first 19 games and 10 in our last 19. Here's the 2 finishes we could have had...

1st Half Form: 4th/5th on 64 Points
2nd Half Form: 20th on 20 Points

Ridiculous.

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As you can see, our form tailed off dramatically in the second half of the season, going from the European spots to lower mid-table in half a year, we also fared quite poorly in the cups

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Chris Gunter won Player of the Season (For the 3rd year in a row), Soren Johansen won Young Player of the Season in his first season with us after joining from FC Midtjylland for £160,000. Tiago Ilori won Signing of the Season, despite this being his third continuous season at the club and Dusan Perovic won Goal of the Season with a wonder-goal against Liverpool

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Dusan Perovic was the team's top scorer this season with 7 goals, Spanish attacking midfielder Oliver was the top assister with 7 assists, Chris Gunter had the highest Average Rating with 7.53, surprisingly high based on our season. He also had the most Man of the Match awards

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We actually made a profit this year! A profit!

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£48m. Oh Vincent you filthy man

AROUND ENGLAND
Premier League
Winners-Manchester United
Champions League-Manchester United, Manchester City, Tottenham, Arsenal
Europa League-Stoke City, Chelsea, West Ham
Relegated-Derby, Swansea, Wolves

Championship
Winners-Norwich City
Promoted-Norwich, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa (PO)
Playoffs-West Brom, Aston Villa (W), Blackburn, Brighton
Relegated-Bradford, Huddersfield, Rotherham

League 1
Winners-Ipswich Town
Promoted-Ipswich, Charlton, Scunthorpe (PO)
Playoffs-Sheffield United, Oldham, Scunthorpe (W), Barnsley
Relegated-Colchester, Cambridge, Carlisle, Bury

League 2
Winners-Bristol Rovers
Promoted-Bristol Rovers, Rochdale, Luton, Portsmouth (PO)
Playoffs-Exeter, Portsmouth (W), Port Vale, Crewe
Relegated-Accrington Stanley, Northampton

League Cup Final
Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United

FA Cup Final
Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace

EUROPE
Bundesliga
Winners-Bayern Munich
Champions League-Munich, Leverkusen, Dortmund, Schalke
Europa League-Monchengladbach, Mainz, Stuttgart
Relegated-Kaiserslaurten, Hertha Berlin

La Liga
Winners-Real Madrid
Champions League-Real, Barcelona, Atletico, Valencia
Europa League-Sevilla, Athletic Bilbao, Villarreal
Relegated-Deportivo, Cordoba, Elche

Champions League Final
Manchester City 1-0 Bayern Munich

Europa League Final
Porto 4-1 Sevilla​
 
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MASS EXODUS IN CARDIFF

The past few days have seen a mass exodus of the old guard from the Cardiff City Stadium.

Five members of Cardiff's 2016/17 Championship winning squad have left the club for a combined fee of £7m

First to leave the club was attacking midfielder Nick Powell, who joined recently-relegated Derby County for £3m

The 24 year old midfielder joined Cardiff on a free transfer from Manchester United in 2016 and made 47 league appearances for the Bluebirds over 2 years, scoring three goals in the process

Second to leave was left-back Scott Malone, who joined another recently-relegated Midlands side for £3m

The 27 year old has re-joined Wolves, 6 years after leaving for £150,000. The Englishman made 128 league appearances over 4 years for Cardiff, for whom he has developed an affinity, he is also leaving manager Matthew Hawkins whom he has described as "one of the best in the business"

The third player sold was 32 year old Welsh international David Edwards, who has joined League 1 side Walsall for £125,000.

The attacking midfielder, capped 27 times by his country, made 22 league appearances for Cardiff, 21 of those in the Championship

The fourth player to leave Cardiff was winger Anthony Pilkington, who joined West Bromwich Albion for £400,00

The Irish international, who joined Cardiff from Norwich in 2014, made 97 league appearances for the Bluebirds, scoring 12 goals

The last player to leave the Bluebirds was 28 year old Welsh striker, Sam Vokes, who joined Italian Serie A side Bari for £1m

The Wales international made 60 league appearances for Cardiff after joining from Burnley in 2015 scored 25 goals for the Bluebirds over 3 seasons, with 23 of those coming in his first season
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