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Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City FA Cup 5th Round Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:54:44 +0000

Chelsea, minus John Terry, edged past a battling Cardiff City at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Didier Drogba and Michael Ballack either side of a Michael Chopra diving header. Daniel Sturridge added a third to secure Chelsea’s place in the FA Cup Quarter Finals and Salomon Kalou scored a last gasp fourth to complete the rout.

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Chelsea 1-0 Cardiff City (Drogba)

Chelsea 1-1 Cardiff City (Chopra)

Chelsea 2-1 Cardiff City (Ballack)

Chelsea 3-1 Cardiff City (Sturridge)

Chelsea 4-1 Cardiff City (Kalou)

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Newcastle United 5-1 Cardiff City Championship Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:23:24 +0000

Andy Carrol was the catalyst for a magnificent Toon Army performance at St James’ Park on Friday night. The giant Newcastle United striker scored two and laid on another all in the first 15 minutes.

Then Peter Lovenkrands put in a fantastic cameo effort for the final half hour scoring twice after coming on as a sub. The Bluebirds scored a late consolation but nothing could take the gloss off this five star show that took Newcastle United 6 points clear at the top of the Championship table.

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Bristol City 0-6 Cardiff City Championship Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:19:07 +0000

Cardiff City ran riot against Bristol City running up a six goal lead in under an hour before they took their foot of the pedal.

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Peterborough United 4-4 Cardiff City Championship Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:21:47 +0000

What a game! London Road was treated to an eight goal thriller as promotion chasing Cardiff City rushed into a four goal half time lead only to see the Posh come back from the dead and scored two goals in the last two minutes to see the game leveled.

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Arsenal Close In On Talented £5m Championship Starlet Matthews

Christian Bailey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:30:30 +0000

Wenger interested in young Welsh talent.

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The Cardiff City man is another defender reputedly on the radar, although Manchester United are also to be close to a deal. At just 17, he already has a £5m price tag which might be off-putting, but having already picked up Aaron Ramsay from the Bluebirds, Wenger may be more confident that its not a gamble ? and Matthews has already made the Wales senior international squad. (Independent)

Having already nabbed Aaron Ramsey from Cardiff City it appears that Arsene Wenger is showing interest in another of the Welsh sides prized assets in the form of right back Adam Matthews. The 17 year old Welsh Under 21 International has gone from strength to strength this term becoming an almost ever present under Dave Jones’ stewardship and it appears a great many Premier League outfits are keen on signing the teenager.

I guess the one possible obstacle in the way of such a move is whether Matthews could get lost in amongst the oddles of youthful talent at the Emirates and with the likes of Bacary Sagna, Emmanuel Eboue and Kerrea Gilbert already on offer to Arsene Wenger one wonders how much of a chance the youngster would have to fight his way into recognition.

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Swansea City 3-2 Cardiff City Championship Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:39:39 +0000

This all Welsh encounter was a truly enthralling one with Swansea coming out on top of this five goal thriller.

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1-0 Dyer

2-0 Pratley

2-1 Bothroyd

2-2 Hudson

3-2 Pratley

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Aston Villa 1-0 Cardiff City Carling Cup Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:36:05 +0000

A Gabriel Agbonlahor goal sealed the win for Aston Villa over a hard working Cardiff City side.

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Cardiff City 0-1 Newcastle United Championship Highlights (Video)

Mad Dog and Glory — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:58:53 +0000

Fabricio Coloccini’s first goal for Newcastle United was enough to win the game and take the Toon Army back to the top of the table.

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The Long Wait is Almost Over!

Nick Lustig — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:53:49 +0000

One of the greatest soap opera returns to television screens on Friday and it will provide us fans with the characters that will love and the ones we love to hate. No this is not Eastenders or Coronation Street it’s the Football LEAGUE!

The three Coca-Cola leagues, that are arguably the most competitive leagues in the world, are packed with teams all eager to hit the ground running at the weekend. The Championship is packed with teams in contention for promotion or at least a play-off spot. The fans of Ipswich Town, Sheffield Utd, Preston, Reading, Bristol City, Middlesbrough, West Brom, Nottingham Forest, and Cardiff City will all look to the season with optimism. Characters such as Roy Keane, Neil Warnock and Ian Holloway are sure to keep supporters entertained from first game to the last with rants at referees, players and probably the tea lady knowing their track record of rants. Of course the quality of football in the Coca- Cola Leagues is always inferior to that of the Premier League’s multi-million pound teams; however it provides supporters with an exciting competitive brand of football that has made the Championship the fourth most watched league in Europe.

The competitive nature of the Leagues and the way in which the Play- Off system works, gives every team a chance of putting a run together to secure a Play-Off berth and chance at gaining promotion. This was highlighted in 2004 when Crystal Palace fought back from a horrendous start to the season, where they were hovering over the relegation zone in December 2003, to gain promotion via the Play-Offs. Middlesbrough and Sheffield United kick off proceedings to the new Football League and Championship season on Friday night live on SKY. This is followed by the first of the BBC’s Saturday evening Kick Offs at The Hawthorns, where West Bromwich Albion entertain Newcastle in what is likely to be an interesting encounter after summers of both clubs since relegation from the Premier League.

League One is also division packed with big stadiums and former Premier League residents. The likes of Leeds United, Southampton, Charlton Athletic and Norwich City will be looking to fill the two automatic promotion spots and make the first step to a return to the Premiership. However Lee Clark’s Huddersfield Town, Paul Ince’s MK Dons and Kenny Jackett’s Millwall are just some of the teams that will not make the first step of any return for these teams easy. The likes of Brentford, Wycombe, Exeter and Gillingham will take heart from the exploits of Peterborough United, MK Dons and Stockport County who achieved a promotion, a Play-Off spot and safety after promotion from League Two the previous season. Since the re-design of the Football League in 2004, League One has been one of the most interesting leagues with former giant of a club Nottingham Forest, Sheffield Wednesday and now Premier League Hull City all gaining promotion from this division in the last five years. The first League One game of the season will show new Southampton manager Alan Pardew, formerly of West Ham United, first game for the Saints live on SKY at home to Millwall who will provide a stern test.

In addition to this, there has been a substantial amount of media attention on League Two this summer with the more than surprising arrival of a former England manger to the division. Much has been made of Sven Goran Eriksson’s arrival at the world’s oldest professional club; however there are no complaints being made by the Notts County fans that must be in dreamland since their takeover in mid July. Eriksson’s arrival at County has been surrounded with scepticism to how long he will stay at the club, as he has refused to rule out a return to management. Yet could this all be part of the County master plan that one manager will take them up the divisions to be replaced by Eriksson once in the top division? Well this could be the case if the Notts County master plan comes to fruition. On the other hand the likes of Bury, Shrewsbury Town and Rotherham United will be looking to halt any County master plan as they look to push for promotion from League Two.

Consequently these clubs will be all too aware of promoted Conference teams gaining a second promotion in a row. This has been highlighted in recent years with the success of Doncaster Rovers, Yeovil Town, and just last year Exeter City. Promoted clubs Burton Albion and Torquay United will look to continue the trend. One thing to note outside of the Football League this coming weekend is the game between AFC Wimbledon and Luton Town in Blue Square Conference Premier. Twenty-one years ago these two clubs provided one of the two F.A Cup Semi Finals at White Hart Lane. Much has changed to these two clubs since that day when Wimbledon defeated a strong Luton side 2-1. Luton Town have faced money problems and fought administration continuously, whilst AFC Wimbledon was born out of Wimbledon’s decision to move to Milton Keynes and rebrand themselves as the MK Dons. Therefore both clubs will be looking to ‘hit the ground running’ so to speak and aim to get as higher up the league as possible.

Names such as Eriksson, Keane, Ince, Ferguson and Clough fill Football League fans with excitement for the new season, which is shaping the Football Leagues to be one of the most interesting to watch over the next ten months.

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Everton Willing to Pay £3m for Exciting Young Midfielder

Steven Constable — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:48:26 +0000

Could be a bargain signing for the Toffees

The Rumour

Everton boss David Moyes is in a transfer tussle with Hull City for Welsh star Joe Ledley, as he tries to sign THREE new players this week.

Moyes is now willing to pay Cardiff City £3million for Ledley, which is short of their £4.5m valuation – a figure that rivals Hull have verbally said they will meet.

The Source: (Sunday People)

The Analysis

Whilst its undoubtedly true that Toffees boss David Moyes has to operate under strict financial budgets when it comes to bringing in new players I can’t see them getting away with such a miserly bid for a player tipped for great things.

We are talking a Cardiff player at age 22 has already amassed 200 plus first team appearances as well as 29 international caps. Joe Ledley is an adaptable midfielder who can play out wide left but is perhaps more effective in the centre of midfield.

He scores a fair few goals for his position and could be another crucial signing to help the Merseyside outfit to push on towards the top four. The Welsh side value him around £4.5m which to me still sounds like a bargain.

The Likelihood

Ledley to Everton: I expect Moyes to up his bid to get his man.

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