05-03-2024, 22:55
After the battle of the John Smith's, Andre Breitenreiter leads his men to Glamorgan to face up against the bluebirds of Cardiff with the fire of the red dragon in the bellies.
The terriers will be recovering from the wounds of the fiercely contested derby, it was an admirable performance considering the fact that we played with 10 men for a fair portion of the game, in truth it was a good point against a team aiming for promotion and a tenth straight win, but results around us went against, with QPR beating Leicester, Millwall winning once again and Sheffield Wednesday beating a Rotherham side who look destined for league one. The bottom of the league is so tight now, with anyone from bottom up to teams in midtable all being at risk of the drop. Luckily for town, our form is fairly healthy, whilst QPR are rumoured to have a points deduction hanging over them, Sheffield Wednesday are prone to burst bubbles, Millwall are having a new manager bounce which if Neil harris' record is owt to go by, could end with a mighty drop, then Blackburn and Stoke appear to be well out of form, to the extent stoke are considering reappointing tony pullis as manager. His last job was steering Sheffield Wednesday towards league one.
A few of the teams that are in the battle with us play a day before we do, with Rotherham travelling to Coventry, Stoke marching together to Leeds, Blackburn and Millwall facing each other, as do Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday, whilst Hull hopefully maul Birmingham. Wednesdays fixtures see QPR host West Brom, whilst once promotion hopefuls Middlesborough host Norwich, knowing that on current form, they aren't anywhere near safe either.
Cardiff sit in 11th place and they too cannot claim to be safe yet, despite being on 47 points, they do however come into the game on the back of two wins, the most recent being a 1-0 derby win over Bristol City. Despite hitting Town for four earlier in the season, goals don't appear to be the goalden commodity for the Bluebirds, with defender Perry Ng and Kion Etete leading the way with 6 goals apiece, former Town forward Karlan Grant has only 5 goals this season, but you wouldn't put it past him to bag tomorrow night. He did sit out the game against Bristol after picking up an injury against Stoke, Etete's opener in that game was the first home goal that Cardiff have registered in 2024, so it could be fair to say that they have struggled a bit, and it should be something that Town look to work on. Elsewhere in the side, midfielder Siopsis has just returned from injury, whilst Welsh international Aaron Ramsay is still expected to be missing, whilst Irish forward Callum Robinson is also expected to miss out. Callum O'Dowda continues his return from injury, getting ten minutes last time out.
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January saw the Welsh side make the most of the transfer window, with the club signing David Turnbull from Celtic after a few injury ravaged seasons in Glasgow, Nat Phillips joined on loan from Liverpool, whilst Josh Wilson-Esbrand joined on loan from Man City. Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath came in to take the number one jersey, joining from Nottingham Forest after they signed a shed load of goalkeepers for no apparent reason. The club also signed former Bristol City striker Famara Diedhiou on loan from Spanish side Granada, he's been struggling for goals since the 21/22, having managed to score only once since that campaign, and that was last season in the Copa Del Rey. In terms of outgoings, the Bluebirds weren't really active, with the most notable departures being Ebou Adams who joined Derby on loan and Andy Rinhomota who joined Rotherham.
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In terms of line up, i cant see there being much change for the blue birds, with Perry Ng being a key man down the right flank, he also gives freedom to another key player in Josh Bowler as he doesn't have to offer as much defensively. Down the left highly rated Ruben Colwill stepped in for Grant and it would see like he will keep his place if Grant doesn't return for the game.
As for Town, we know that Hogg will be out following his red card at the weekend, whilst Nakayama was in a brace after being on the receiving end of a rash challenge from Hogg. Helik made his comeback and should be fit enough to start, Spencer was subbed off after being ill but should be fine for wednesday. Headley continued his comeback, as did Danny Ward, Balker could be involved from the bench, but Sunday seems the most likely for his return. Rhys Healey is back on an idividual training program and should be seen in the next few weeks. Otherwise it seems as if it will be as you were for town.
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 362,310 in 2021 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff. The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is a major centre for television and film production (such as the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sherlock) and is the Welsh base for the main national broadcasters. Caerdydd (the Welsh name of the city) derives from the Middle Welsh Caerdyf. The change from -dyf to -dydd shows the colloquial alteration of Welsh f [v] and dd [ð] and was perhaps also driven by folk etymology. This sound change probably first occurred in the Middle Ages; both forms were current in the Tudor period. Caerdyf has its origins in post-Roman Brythonic words meaning "the fort of the Taff". The fort probably refers to that established by the Romans. Caer is Welsh for fort and -dyf is in effect a form of Taf (Taff), the river which flows by Cardiff Castle, with the ⟨t⟩ showing consonant mutation to ⟨d⟩ and the vowel showing affection as a result of a (lost) genitive case ending.
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Here's a nice link if you want a trip down memory lane of our past meetings
As for getting there, don't bother, its on the red button, but if you insist, Access to Cardiff City Stadium from the M4 is easy. Leave the M4 at junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit the A4232 onto the B4267 turnoff, signposted towards Cardiff City Stadium.
Home supporters should take the first exit onto Leckwith Road (B4267) before turning right onto Ffordd Fred Keenor at the second set of traffic lights.
Away supporters should take the second exit onto Hadfield Road and then the third left in to Bessemer Road. Travel to the end of Bessemer Road and turn left at the traffic lights onto Sloper Road. Travel along Sloper Road and turn left up Clos Parc Morgannwg towards the away supporters dedicated car park. Electronic vehicle management signage and brown football signage to help guide you to Cardiff City Stadium will be in place from the M4.
If following a Sat Nav, it may take you through the City Centre which will add at least 30 minutes to your journey.
A dedicated drop off point is located at the Fred Keenor Statue at the main roundabout.
Car Parking
Cardiff City Stadium has 78 accessible parking bays available to home supporters. All bays are allocated/sold on a seasonal basis. To be added on a waiting list please email Ben Jones or contact the ticket office on 033 33 11 1920.
If you hold a blue badge stewards will do their best to allocate you a space on the end of a row and as close to your gate entrance as possible. Please do not park in the accessible bays as they are all allocated/sold.
There are 20 accessible parking bays within the away supporter car park. These permits will be issued to the visiting club with their ticket allocation so they can allocate to their supporters. Permits cost £10.
The parking surface is flat and is tarmacked. There are no ramps to negotiate.
The stadium car park will close 30 minutes prior to the advertised kick off time and up to 30 minutes after the full-time whistle.
Sloper Road from the junction with Virgil Street to Leckwith Road will be closed post-match for up to an hour and from Leckwith Road to Atlas Road/Wellington Street.
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Some anagrams of Cardiff for you, the answers to Saturdays will appear soon.
1) Vacant gin days
2) Napkin Rain
3) Sorer Mansion
4) cant invent
5) winner cloak
6) knightly pan notion
The terriers will be recovering from the wounds of the fiercely contested derby, it was an admirable performance considering the fact that we played with 10 men for a fair portion of the game, in truth it was a good point against a team aiming for promotion and a tenth straight win, but results around us went against, with QPR beating Leicester, Millwall winning once again and Sheffield Wednesday beating a Rotherham side who look destined for league one. The bottom of the league is so tight now, with anyone from bottom up to teams in midtable all being at risk of the drop. Luckily for town, our form is fairly healthy, whilst QPR are rumoured to have a points deduction hanging over them, Sheffield Wednesday are prone to burst bubbles, Millwall are having a new manager bounce which if Neil harris' record is owt to go by, could end with a mighty drop, then Blackburn and Stoke appear to be well out of form, to the extent stoke are considering reappointing tony pullis as manager. His last job was steering Sheffield Wednesday towards league one.
A few of the teams that are in the battle with us play a day before we do, with Rotherham travelling to Coventry, Stoke marching together to Leeds, Blackburn and Millwall facing each other, as do Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday, whilst Hull hopefully maul Birmingham. Wednesdays fixtures see QPR host West Brom, whilst once promotion hopefuls Middlesborough host Norwich, knowing that on current form, they aren't anywhere near safe either.
Cardiff sit in 11th place and they too cannot claim to be safe yet, despite being on 47 points, they do however come into the game on the back of two wins, the most recent being a 1-0 derby win over Bristol City. Despite hitting Town for four earlier in the season, goals don't appear to be the goalden commodity for the Bluebirds, with defender Perry Ng and Kion Etete leading the way with 6 goals apiece, former Town forward Karlan Grant has only 5 goals this season, but you wouldn't put it past him to bag tomorrow night. He did sit out the game against Bristol after picking up an injury against Stoke, Etete's opener in that game was the first home goal that Cardiff have registered in 2024, so it could be fair to say that they have struggled a bit, and it should be something that Town look to work on. Elsewhere in the side, midfielder Siopsis has just returned from injury, whilst Welsh international Aaron Ramsay is still expected to be missing, whilst Irish forward Callum Robinson is also expected to miss out. Callum O'Dowda continues his return from injury, getting ten minutes last time out.
January saw the Welsh side make the most of the transfer window, with the club signing David Turnbull from Celtic after a few injury ravaged seasons in Glasgow, Nat Phillips joined on loan from Liverpool, whilst Josh Wilson-Esbrand joined on loan from Man City. Goalkeeper Ethan Horvath came in to take the number one jersey, joining from Nottingham Forest after they signed a shed load of goalkeepers for no apparent reason. The club also signed former Bristol City striker Famara Diedhiou on loan from Spanish side Granada, he's been struggling for goals since the 21/22, having managed to score only once since that campaign, and that was last season in the Copa Del Rey. In terms of outgoings, the Bluebirds weren't really active, with the most notable departures being Ebou Adams who joined Derby on loan and Andy Rinhomota who joined Rotherham.
In terms of line up, i cant see there being much change for the blue birds, with Perry Ng being a key man down the right flank, he also gives freedom to another key player in Josh Bowler as he doesn't have to offer as much defensively. Down the left highly rated Ruben Colwill stepped in for Grant and it would see like he will keep his place if Grant doesn't return for the game.
As for Town, we know that Hogg will be out following his red card at the weekend, whilst Nakayama was in a brace after being on the receiving end of a rash challenge from Hogg. Helik made his comeback and should be fit enough to start, Spencer was subbed off after being ill but should be fine for wednesday. Headley continued his comeback, as did Danny Ward, Balker could be involved from the bench, but Sunday seems the most likely for his return. Rhys Healey is back on an idividual training program and should be seen in the next few weeks. Otherwise it seems as if it will be as you were for town.
Cardiff is the capital and largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of 362,310 in 2021 and forms a principal area officially known as the City and County of Cardiff. The city is the eleventh largest in the United Kingdom. A small town until the early 19th century, its prominence as a port for coal when mining began in the region helped its expansion. In 1905, it was ranked as a city and in 1955 proclaimed capital of Wales. Cardiff Built-up Area covers a larger area outside the county boundary, including the towns of Dinas Powys and Penarth. Cardiff is a major centre for television and film production (such as the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, Torchwood and Sherlock) and is the Welsh base for the main national broadcasters. Caerdydd (the Welsh name of the city) derives from the Middle Welsh Caerdyf. The change from -dyf to -dydd shows the colloquial alteration of Welsh f [v] and dd [ð] and was perhaps also driven by folk etymology. This sound change probably first occurred in the Middle Ages; both forms were current in the Tudor period. Caerdyf has its origins in post-Roman Brythonic words meaning "the fort of the Taff". The fort probably refers to that established by the Romans. Caer is Welsh for fort and -dyf is in effect a form of Taf (Taff), the river which flows by Cardiff Castle, with the ⟨t⟩ showing consonant mutation to ⟨d⟩ and the vowel showing affection as a result of a (lost) genitive case ending.
Here's a nice link if you want a trip down memory lane of our past meetings
As for getting there, don't bother, its on the red button, but if you insist, Access to Cardiff City Stadium from the M4 is easy. Leave the M4 at junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit the A4232 onto the B4267 turnoff, signposted towards Cardiff City Stadium.
Home supporters should take the first exit onto Leckwith Road (B4267) before turning right onto Ffordd Fred Keenor at the second set of traffic lights.
Away supporters should take the second exit onto Hadfield Road and then the third left in to Bessemer Road. Travel to the end of Bessemer Road and turn left at the traffic lights onto Sloper Road. Travel along Sloper Road and turn left up Clos Parc Morgannwg towards the away supporters dedicated car park. Electronic vehicle management signage and brown football signage to help guide you to Cardiff City Stadium will be in place from the M4.
If following a Sat Nav, it may take you through the City Centre which will add at least 30 minutes to your journey.
A dedicated drop off point is located at the Fred Keenor Statue at the main roundabout.
Car Parking
Cardiff City Stadium has 78 accessible parking bays available to home supporters. All bays are allocated/sold on a seasonal basis. To be added on a waiting list please email Ben Jones or contact the ticket office on 033 33 11 1920.
If you hold a blue badge stewards will do their best to allocate you a space on the end of a row and as close to your gate entrance as possible. Please do not park in the accessible bays as they are all allocated/sold.
There are 20 accessible parking bays within the away supporter car park. These permits will be issued to the visiting club with their ticket allocation so they can allocate to their supporters. Permits cost £10.
The parking surface is flat and is tarmacked. There are no ramps to negotiate.
The stadium car park will close 30 minutes prior to the advertised kick off time and up to 30 minutes after the full-time whistle.
Sloper Road from the junction with Virgil Street to Leckwith Road will be closed post-match for up to an hour and from Leckwith Road to Atlas Road/Wellington Street.
Some anagrams of Cardiff for you, the answers to Saturdays will appear soon.
1) Vacant gin days
2) Napkin Rain
3) Sorer Mansion
4) cant invent
5) winner cloak
6) knightly pan notion
Another day, another door, another high, another low
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