The man in the middle: Kevin Friend, or foe?
Kevin Friend has been appointed to referee Cardiff’s City game against Bournemouth on Saturday 11th August in what will be their first game back in the Premier League since the disastrous 2013/14 campaign. What can we expect from the man in the middle? The last time Cardiff City supporters saw Kevin Friend referee one of […]
Josh Murphy: “I’m raring to go”
Josh Murphy, Cardiff’s summer recruit from Norwich City, impressed in the recent friendly against Real Betis, notching a fantastic goal in the first-half. The winger spoke to the media after the game – this is what he had to say. Josh Murphy on Cardiff’s performance against Betis: “Our fitness is getting there. It was a […]
Cardiff City 1 – 2 Real Betis: Match Report
Neil Warnock paid tribute to goalscorer Josh Murphy after Cardiff City’s home defeat in their final pre-season friendly. Murphy was given a standing ovation when he went off, making way for Kenneth Zohore, and Bluebirds manager Warnock said: “He is improving all the time and is more of a team player now. “In the last […]
Jordon’s joy and Mutch more besides
Jordon, take us back to the start of your career at Cardiff City. How did the move to the bluebirds come about? “I knew Malky before I moved to Cardiff because I originally had a loan move at Watford. At the end of the season, when we didn’t get promoted with Birmingham through the playoffs, […]
Cardiff City Development 0-3 Wealdstone FC: Match Report
Wealdstone FC 3, Cardiff City Development 0 Teenage Portuguese winger Bruno Tavares was one of seven trialists in Cardiff City’s development squad for their pre-season fixture against Wealdstone at Grosvenor Vale, London. The 16-year-old right-winger from Lisbon plays for SP Sporting Juvenis and is a Portuguese youth international. Midfield player Brandon Burrows, aged 18, in […]
What last year’s stats tell us about Cardiff’s upcoming Premier League season
With the Premier League season almost upon us, we cast our eye back to last season’s success. Promotion was never the expectation, but it’s what Neil Warnock delivered. We look at the stats behind Cardiff City’s incredible promotion season and what they tell us about the upcoming Premier League season. Average ball possession With an […]
Danny Gabbidon on his special relationship with Cardiff City
Danny “Gabbs” Gabbidon sat down with Paul Gronow to reminisce over a sterling professional career spanning almost 20 years, including two spells at the Bluebirds. A firm fan favourite, everything is on the table; from his favourite managers to that unexpected time in the dugout at Cardiff City. Pour yourself a cuppa and enjoy an […]
Warnock’s Wisdom: Part 2 of Neil’s revelations from recent fan engagements
Neil Warnock has been mixing it with the fans recently and we were lucky enough to be in attendance. Check out part one here and crack on with part two below: Neil Warnock on playing formations: ‘We played 4-3-3 last season, while there will be times when we switch to 4-4-2 or 5-3-2, similar to […]
Warnock’s Wisdom: Part 1 of Neil’s revelations from recent fan engagements
Bluebirds manager Neil Warnock has been out meeting the fans. He attended a Q&A evening at Nathaniel Car Sales, and was also the main guest for a charity event at Cardiff’s Radisson Blu Hotel in aid of Cancer Research Wales. Warnock also spent time chatting to supporters and posing for photographs before and during City’s […]
Madine the Marmite man
It’s around 21:35 on April 6th 2018 in the Cardiff City Stadium and a 27 year old man dressed in blue cuts a lonely figure in front of a broiling Canton Stand. That man is Gary Madine and the occasion is a top of the table clash between Cardiff City and Wolverhampton Wanderers in what […]