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LAST TIME OUT



FORM GUIDE

CITY 8 PNE 10

MANAGER

Coaching career
Morison earned his first coaching badge at Protec Football Academy during his playing career.[4] He subsequently earned his UEFA Pro Licence and, after retiring as a player in October 2019, began coaching at the academies of former clubs Northampton Town and Millwall.[100][110]

Cardiff City
Morison was appointed as the lead coach of the Cardiff City under-23 team on 10 February 2020, joining up with Cardiff manager Neil Harris, who he played alongside and was managed by at Millwall.[110] Following the sacking of Mick McCarthy in October 2021, Morison was placed in temporary charge of the first-team.[111] His first match as caretaker manager was a 3–3 draw away at Stoke City with the team having been 3–0 down with 25 minutes remaining, this result ending Cardiff's club-record run of eight defeats in a row.[112] In Morison's third match in caretaker charge, Cardiff earned their first win in 10 matches with a 2–1 victory against Huddersfield Town on 6 November 2021.[113] He was appointed first-team manager on a contract until the end of the 2021–22 season on 12 November 2021, with club owner Vincent Tan stating that he had been impressed by the more attacking brand of football played during Morison's three matches as caretaker manager.[114] On 2 March 2022, Morison signed a contract extension until the summer of 2023 after leading the team to be sixteen points clear of the relegation zone and impressing the board of directors with a progress and clearly identifiable playing style.[115] This new contract was rewarded with three victories and a draw across March leading to Morison being awarded the EFL Championship Manager of the Month award.[116]

Cardiff places

Cardiff Castle (Welsh: Castell Caerdydd) is a medieval castle and Victorian Gothic revival mansion located in the city centre of Cardiff, Wales. The original motte and bailey castle was built in the late 11th century by Norman invaders on top of a 3rd-century Roman fort. The castle was commissioned either by William the Conqueror or by Robert Fitzhamon, and formed the heart of the medieval town of Cardiff and the Marcher Lord territory of Glamorgan. In the 12th century the castle began to be rebuilt in stone, probably by Robert of Gloucester, with a shell keep and substantial defensive walls being erected. Further work was conducted by the 6th Earl of Gloucester in the second half of the 13th century. Cardiff Castle was repeatedly involved in the conflicts between the Anglo-Normans and the Welsh, being attacked several times in the 12th century, and stormed in 1404 during the revolt of Owain Glyndŵr.

After being held by the de Clare and Despenser families for several centuries, the castle was acquired by The 13th Earl of Warwick and Comte de Aumale in 1423. Lord Warwick conducted extensive work on the castle, founding the main range on the west side of the castle, dominated by a tall octagonal tower. Following the Wars of the Roses, the status of the castle as a Marcher territory was revoked and its military significance began to decline. The Herbert family took over the property in 1550, remodelling parts of the main range and carrying out construction work in the outer bailey, then occupied by Cardiff's Shire Hall and other buildings. During the English Civil War Cardiff Castle was initially taken by a Parliamentary force, but was regained by Royalist supporters in 1645. When fighting broke out again in 1648, a Royalist army attacked Cardiff in a bid to regain the castle, leading to the Battle of St Fagans just outside the city. Cardiff Castle escaped potential destruction by Parliament after the war and was instead garrisoned, probably to protect against a possible Scottish invasion.

In the mid-18th century, Cardiff Castle passed into the hands of the Stuart dynasty, Marquesses of Bute. John, 1st Marquess of Bute, employed Capability Brown and Henry Holland to renovate the main range, turning it into a Georgian mansion, and to landscape the castle grounds, demolishing many of the older medieval buildings and walls. During the first half of the 19th century the family became extremely wealthy as a result of the growth of the coal industry in Glamorgan. However, it was the 3rd Marquess of Bute who truly transformed the castle, using his vast wealth to back an extensive programme of renovations under William Burges. Burges remodelled the castle in a Gothic revival style, lavishing money and attention on the main range. The resulting interior designs are considered to be amongst "the most magnificent that the gothic revival ever achieved".[5] The grounds were re-landscaped and, following the discovery of the old Roman remains, reconstructed walls and a gatehouse in a Roman style were incorporated into the castle design. Extensive landscaped parks were built around the outside of the castle.

In the early 20th century, the 4th Marquess of Bute inherited the castle and construction work continued into the 1920s. The Bute lands and commercial interests around Cardiff were sold off or nationalised until, by the time of the Second World War, little was left except the castle. During the war, extensive air raid shelters were built in the castle walls; they could hold up to 1,800 people. When the 4th Marquess died in 1947, the castle was given to the City of Cardiff. Today the castle is run as a tourist attraction, with the grounds housing the "Firing Line" regimental museum and interpretation centre. The castle has also served as a venue for events, including musical performances and festivals.

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Preston North End and Cardiff City will meet for the 100th time in all competitions when they come head to head in South Wales on Saturday.

In The Dressing Room

Ryan Lowe confirmed Álvaro Fernández is back on the grass and there’s a chance he could make the matchday squad for the first time since the Carabao Cup first round tie against Huddersfield Town.

The manager also said Andrew Hughes’ shoulder is still feeling stiff, and the Welshman will be assessed ahead of the trip to Cardiff.

Sean Maguire is back with the squad in training, but is still some way off being match fit, while Bambo Diaby is also out on the grass.

A Look At Our Hosts

The Cardiff City side which PNE will face on Saturday is a very different one to the team which played the last time the two met just five months ago.

Only two players who started that game featured for the Bluebirds in their last Championship outing – a 2-0 defeat at Bristol City last weekend – given their extremely busy summer of recruitment.

Championship experience in the likes of Callum O’Dowda, Cédric Kipré and Mahlon Romeo has been brought to the squad, and like PNE, they’ve taken seven points from their opening five games.

Going Head To Head


Games played: 99
PNE wins: 36
Draws: 24
Cardiff City wins: 39
Last meeting: Cardiff City 0-0 PNE, 12th March 2022

One To Watch



After his contract at Bristol City came to an end, Callum O’Dowda joined Cardiff City on a three-year deal in June 2022.

The Republic of Ireland international, capped 23 times for his country, has enjoyed a good start to life with the Bluebirds, having opened his account against Reading, while he put in a man of the match performance against Birmingham City.

The 27-year-old winger is well versed in the second tier, having now made well over 150 appearances in the Championship since his move to the higher level from Oxford United in 2016.

Match Officials

Experienced official Andy Woolmer is the man in the middle for this fixture.

Woolmer actually took charge of this game during the 2021/22 campaign, when the two sides met in the FA Cup at the Cardiff City Stadium, while his last PNE league game was the 2-1 victory at Middlesbrough last November.

The official has shown 19 yellow cards and one red in the four games he has taken charge of so far this season.

Cardiff newbies

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MACS VIEW

Hate to say this but this has got 0-0 written all over it, not won in Cardiff since Super Tommy Clarke's last minute winner about four years ago, difficult place to go. With the amount of signings they have made may take time for their side to gell as for us we are playing well without the finisihing touch

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Cardiff City 0 Preston North End 0

Cardiff City line-up: Allsop; Romeo, Ng, Kipré, O’Dowda (Nkounkou, 45); Sawyers (Whyte, 90+2), Vaulks, Ralls (Rinomhota, 70); Philogene (Harris, 70), Watters, Colwill (Ojo, 88), Subs not used: Alnwick, Simpson.

PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson (McCann, 63), Brady; Browne (Woodburn, 63), Johnson (Riis, 35); Parrott (Evans, 78). Subs not used: Cornell, Bauer, Slater.

Attendance: 17,922.

Referee: Mr A Woolmer.
Preston North End extended their run of Championship clean sheets to six, however couldn’t find a goal at the other end, as they played out a 0-0 draw at the Cardiff City Stadium.

The hosts had the better of the chances overall, with captain Joe Ralls coming closest for the home side in the second half as he struck the post, but North End again showed their strength in defence to keep out the Bluebirds.

PNE so nearly had a late winner, courtesy of a Cedric Kipré defensive header which hit his own woodwork, but the ball somehow stayed out.

Ryan Lowe made one change from last weekend’s draw at home to Watford, with Greg Cunningham starting in place of the injured Andrew Hughes.

It was the hosts who started brightly and had three efforts at goal inside the opening ten minutes, with the best of them being Perry Ng’s strike from just more than 20 yards out, which landed inches wide.

PNE’s first real foray forward came on 12 minutes, with Troy Parrott and Daniel Johnson linking up well, and the former tried to pull the ball back for onrushing bodies, but Ng got there first to put it behind for a corner.

Cardiff were the side on top in the first half, ending the opening 45 minutes having had 13 shots, but the manager didn’t wait until the break to make a change, as he brought Emil Riis on in place of Johnson on 35 minutes.

The Bluebirds had a couple of shouts for a penalty early in the second half, both of which were waved away, before a North End counter saw Riis fire a low shot wide of goal.

Skipper for the hosts, Ralls then had the best effort of the game so far on 52 minutes as he curled a first-time, left-footed effort against Freddie Woodman’s post.

A double change for North End then saw Ali McCann and Ben Woodburn introduced, and the latter played a brilliant ball over the top to Parrott who took the ball down well, however his shot was blocked by a defender.

North End were left wondering how they didn’t take the lead in the 86th minute, as Potts sent a cross into the box, and Kipré – facing his own goal – headed against the post, and the ball then hit goalkeeper Ryan Allsop before being cleared.

Niels Nkounkou tested Woodman in the closing stages, but he made sure he left South Wales as the first PNE goalkeeper to have started a league season with six clean sheets.

Cardiff manager Steve Morison said: "It was an excellent performance, we just didn't cap it off with a goal.

"They defended their box really well and, if we keep playing like that, we'll win more than we lose.

"Performance first and the result will follow. To a man, we were fantastic but just didn't have that one [chance] fall to us.

"Everyone in our team had a chance today and they [Preston] put their bodies on the line and defended really well. It was just one of those days."

Preston manager Ryan Lowe said: "I didn't think it was one of our better performances.

"I thought Cardiff were superb in everything they did and we were second best all over the park.

"My three centre-backs and goalkeeper were outstanding to keep another clean sheet, and we just weren't at our fluent best creating chances.

"I'm disappointed with the performance but pleased we've haven't conceded and pleased we've got a point without playing well."

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