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Cardiff City’s fabulous season in video

Fri 21st May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Turn off the sub-U2 backing drone of Futuretown’s ‘What Are We Waiting For’, stick on some slamming drum’n’bass, Pistols or The Clash, and soak up this glorious video showing Cardiff …

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Cardiff City awaydays: Colchester United, 1993 – with pitch invasion!

Thu 20th May, 2010Mon 25th March, 2013 - by editor - 1 Comment

With Cardiff preparing for their third trip to Wembley in as many years, away trips like these seem a distant memory, but die hard City fans will have memories of …

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What kind of fan are you? And how do you cope with failure?

Thu 13th May, 2010Thu 13th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’d forgotten about these comic strips I’d drawn for the Cardiff City Bluebird Jones football comic a years ago, but I’ve certainly been some of the characters portrayed. For the …

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Cardiff City beat Leicester – we’re in the Championship play-off final!

Thu 13th May, 2010Sat 15th May, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Man, this was an incredible game. I watched in the Brixton Hootenanny and it was a mighty strange place to watch such a vital match. The Fulham game was on …

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Leicester v Cardiff: Whittingham whaps in a winner!

Sun 9th May, 2010Sun 9th May, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Oh yes! Watch Peter Whittingham’s stunning free-kick slam into the Leicester net as Cardiff City take the advantage in the first leg of their Championship play-off semi-final. Return match is …

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Cardiff City awaydays: Northampton Town 2002

Fri 16th April, 2010Fri 16th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Here’s another of my occasional series of photo reports from long-forgotten Cardiff City matches, with this one recalling the 2-1 victory over Northampton Town on the 2nd March, 2002.

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Crap away trips: Cambridge Utd vs Cardiff City, 2001

Tue 13th April, 2010Tue 13th April, 2010 - by editor - 3 Comments.

Ah, the delights of lower division football. On 15th September 2001, I took a trip with the 1927 Club to see the mighty Cardiff City take on the titans of …

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Cardiff City 2 Swansea City 1. A beautiful day.

Mon 5th April, 2010Mon 5th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Rarely has a birthday present been better that this one: Cardiff beating arch rivals Swansea to hoist the team into fourth place, with the prospect of a play off place …

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Not so great Cardiff City FC moments: Rochdale away, 1997

Wed 31st March, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

It takes a certain type of fan to willingly set off on a 350 mile round trip to the bleak, wintry wastelands of Rochdale in the middle of winter.

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Great Cardiff City FC moments: the 1993 tranny pitch invasion

Wed 31st March, 2010Wed 31st March, 2010 - by editor - 1 Comment

Away days don’t get much better than this. By the end of the 1992-3 season, Cardiff had assured their promotion out of Division Three, with a win away at Scunthorpe …

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Football all the time, everywhere! Sky Sports parody

Sat 27th March, 2010Wed 12th May, 2021 - by editor - Leave a Comment

After watching the testosterone-packed, hyperbolic nonsense that is Sky Sports this afternoon, I simply had to post up this superb parody from comedians Mitchell and Webb one more time. “Football …

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Chelsea vs Cardiff City: FA cup, pics

Wed 17th February, 2010Sat 13th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We came. We saw. We outsang the home fans. We put up a bit of a decent fight but were finally overwhelmed. Here’s some pics from Cardiff’s away trip to …

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cardiff / football / Places / Wales

Goodbye Cardiff’s Ninian Park

Tue 29th December, 2009Mon 15th March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some photos of Cardiff City’s half demolished stadium – a place full of memories for me!

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Modern football is rubbish

Wed 7th October, 2009Mon 10th November, 2014 - by editor - Leave a Comment

[Rant] So, I fancy taking my girlfriend to see a game at Cardiff. Until recently this meant having a few pints at the pub and then turning up at the …

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Coping with failure: Cardiff City FC

Mon 4th May, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

In a remarkable run of ultra-crapness, my beloved Cardiff City FC – who recently looked destined for a guaranteed play-off place (if not automatic promotion) – conspired to turn into …

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Charlton Athletic 2 Cardiff City 2

Wed 22nd April, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Phew! This was a nail-biting game alright! Even though Charlton were already relegated from the Championship and had nothing much to play for, Cardiff failed to match their high-flying league …

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Crystal Palace 0 Cardiff City 2

Sun 12th April, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

We went down to Selhurst Park yesterday to see the mighty Cardiff City take on Crystal Palace. The game wasn’t short on thrills or incident and turned out to be …

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This is what full time after a 4-0 defeat looks like.

Tue 17th February, 2009 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Cardiff fans aren’t angels, but we certainly know how to party! Here’s the view from the terraces after we were thumped 4-0 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. As the …

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Cardiff City: View from the Bob Bank

Tue 30th December, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

I’ve stood on these terraces man and boy, but with a soon-come move across the road to a shiny, corporate friendly box, I thought I’d grab a few photos of …

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Swansea Youth – comedy gold!

Sun 19th October, 2008Fri 26th March, 2010 - by editor - 2 Comments.

I know I should feel a little guilty for laughing at my fellow Welshmen, but when they’re as stupid as this lot of failed football hoolies, I feel it’s my …

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Cardiff City 0 Bristol City 0 – photos

Wed 17th September, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

On Saturday we popped down to Ninian Park for what will probably be our last cross-Severn derby with Bristol City – next season we should have moved across Sloper Road …

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Brighton “Fans United” remembered, 1997

Wed 17th September, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Back in 1997, Brighton & Hove Albion were deep in financial trouble, courtesy of dodgy directors and iffy land deals, and with the prospect of the club going under for …

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FA Cup Final – some pics

Sun 18th May, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Some photos from yesterday’s game. We may not have won but the boys did us proud on the pitch, the atmosphere was great and the City fans sang their hearts …

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Cardiff 3 Barnsley 0

Wed 7th May, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

The game was a whole load more fun than our recent Wembley semi final clash with Barnsley and it was a great way to end the season. Who would have …

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Cardiff City win FA cup semi final vs Barnsley

Sun 6th April, 2008Wed 31st March, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Oh joy! In a tense (and, let’s be honest) frankly dull game, the mighty Cardiff City beat Barnsley at Wembley 1-0 to go through to the final of the FA …

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Brixton / football / snow / stuff

Brixton: Rock’n’Roll, Fire and Snow

Sun 6th April, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

There was an almighty night at the Albert on Friday with two top bands – the DeBretts and I Wanna Be Sedated, a UK film premiere of the Last Days …

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FA Cup: Middlesbrough 0 Cardiff City 2

Sun 9th March, 2008 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Oh yes indeedy! Thanks to two first half goals by Peter Whittingham and Roger Johnson, the mighty Bluebirds out-hustled, out-skilled and outplayed the Premiership team today. You could almost hear …

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FA Cup: Spurs 4 City 0 – the Pain!

Thu 18th January, 2007Sun 11th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

FA Cup 3rd Round replay: Tottenham Hotspur 4 Cardiff 0. Yowch! That was a thumping! We were rubbish for all but the first 20 mins, but at least the Cardiff …

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FA Cup. Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 1

Sun 8th January, 2006Wed 14th April, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

FA Cup. Arsenal 2 Cardiff City 1 Well, we didn’t manage to pull off a cup upset, but it was a great day out – and the Cardiff fans brought …

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cardiff / football / Places

Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2

Tue 18th October, 2005Wed 14th July, 2010 - by editor - Leave a Comment

Brighton 1 Cardiff City 2 It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Cardiff win, but I was a happy bunny on Saturday, even if the ‘field of dreams’ looked …

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