Cardiff City [R]

[BrianCappellieri]

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First Half Photos from the Official Site (http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/today/view/breaking_news_detail/0,,10335~255183,00.html)
Second Half Photos from the Official Site (http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/today/view/breaking_news_detail/0,,10335~255204,00.html)

[BrianCappellieri]

Lennie Confirms Leo Has A Future At Ninian Park

Cardiff City boss Lennie Lawrence has told his insecure striker, Leo Fortune-West that he still has a future at Ninian Park...
Bluebirds Online (http://www.bluebirdsonline.com/bluebirdsonline/v2news.asp?newsid=496)

[funkidaniel2001]

Hope your looking forward to the dicking your gonna get on the 24th! we are on fire man!

We r top of the league, yes we r top of the league!

Dan ;)

[Blue Army]

After seeing both games I thought Swindon were the weakest team in the league. However after their start our players need to be at their best to get a result. Also here is the figures from live commentary of the offical site
1.United Kingdom 1679
2. United States 163
3. Australia 48
4. Spain 15
5. Norway 9
6. Canada 9
7. Greece 9
8. Sweden 8
9. France 6
10. Denmark 5
11. Malaysia 4
12. Belgium 4
13. Poland 3
14. Portugal 3
15. Switzerland 2
16. Singapore 2
17. Slovak Republic 2
18. Croatia 2
19. Germany 2
20. Hungary 2
21.Argentina 2
22.Japan 1
23.Iceland 1
24. Bolivia 1
25.Brazil

[funkidaniel2001]

Dont really know whats going on at town. We have had a great start to the season. Lets hope in continues. It will be a great game against your lot this weekend. I think i will avoid town on saturday night thought. Lets hope both are teams good runs continue for a long time this season!

Dan

[Blue Army]

Cardiff 1 Northampton 2
Gabbadini
Kavangh
Gabbiadini

Cardiff started really slowly. The defense did not play well at all and looked as though they ahd never played together before on a 1/2 a dozen occasions made simple errors. As good as they are individually we still need Prior or Young in the middle to add experience and organisation. Northampton took the lead after the City defense allowed a pass to bounce up and Gabbiadini struck it beautifully from 35 yards and just dropped under the crossbar. If Alexander had stayed on his line then there would have been little chance of it getting in. Cardiff equalised soon after A ball went towards the keeper and Fortune West the keeper lost it by the edge of his box and Kavangh headed over the keeper and into the net. The first half paassed with not many clear chances.

In the 2nd half City didnt learn. and soon after the fantastic Andy Legg had a good chance blocked were Northampton 2-1 ahead. A shot was blocked by Gabbidon before another was cleared on the line by Weston. The ball went sailing 10feet in the air in that time 3 cardiff defenders and Alexander didnt think of jumping or trying to clear the ball. Which left Gabbiadin free to smash the ball home from close range. At that time there was a starnge feeling around Ninian Park and it wasnt the atmosphere usually at Ninian Park. Earnshaw and Prior came on and immediatly the defense looked better although not a favourite at NP he made the defense much stronger. Earnshaw maybe tried to hard and saw his usual run down the left leaving the ball to skid out for a free kick. The rest of Cardiffs chances came from out wide Legg and Kavangh both put some good crosses in however none were finished of City battled for the last 25 minutes however didnt have the imagination you would expect from such a hot tip to run away with promotion.
Mom: Andy Legg

Att: 13,500 (give or take a few hundred)
Next up for Caridiff is Swindon away. A team Cardiff beat comfortably last year. However Swindon are looking strong at the moment with 7 points. Fromt hewri first 3 games. A much harder game than City fans expected at the start of the year.

Matthew J match report

[Peakite]

Did Paul Harsley play?

[BrianCappellieri]

A double strike from Marco Gabbiadini sent Cardiff floundering to defeat at Ninian Park...
City MAD (http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadrprt.asp?cid=MTCH&id=57397)

City fans:
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http://media.rivals.net/media/JPG/2002081700480927.JPG

[BrianCappellieri]

Bluebirds warming up...
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Cardiff began the day with two wins from two, but fell to their first defeat of the season as Northampton broke their duck with a surprise 2-1 Ninian Park success. Poacher supreme Marco Gabbiadini did the damage with both goals, with Graham Kavanagh's goal sandwiched in between.
SkySports (http://msn.skysports.com/skysports/article/0,,1860-1061197,00.html)

[funkidaniel2001]

Was surprised by the result. I expected Cardiff to win. Lets hope we dont get the backlash on saturday! Or you might even get one from us? we had a good result away at blackpool. I mean they are no mugs. Is it towns season? to early to tell. We have plenty of time yet to mess up! Fingers crossed for me and you :)

Dan

[BrianCappellieri]

Ananova (http://www.ananova.com/sport/soccer/story/sm_653599.html?menu=sport.football)Earnshaw out to prove a point

Wales striker Robert Earnshaw says he doesn't want to be remembered solely for the man who scored the winning goal against Germany.

[funkidaniel2001]

Got to man mark the little welsh demon. I think he may cause us loads of trouble with his pace. We should stick razor on him. No worries, he should be able to keep up with him ;)

Dan

[Blue Army]

Earnshaw currently isnt in the team. It is Campbell, Thorne and the very impressive Fortune West in attack. They are currently keeping Earnshaw out, expect Earnshaw on after about 65 mins. The way Fortune West is playing he will eat Ruddock up and spit him out. He really has been excellent him Legg and Croft have been the outstanding players.

[BrianCappellieri]

Saw the Northampton match highlights on Sky and I must admit their first goal was spectacular. The second was very weak, looked like a miscommunication between the defense.

It's Boston away in the Worthington Cup
Cardiff City MAD (http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=57899)
City fans get a new ground to visit

Boston Utd have beaten Bristol Rovers in the preliminary round of the Worthington Cup. They have earned themselves a home tie in the first round proper against Cardiff City.

This is Boston's first season in the football league, the clubs have never met before.

Boston Utd play at York St, the game last night against Rovers attracted 4,555 fans.

Boston is situated in deepest Lincolnshire only a few miles from The Wash, it is approx 230 miles from Cardiff and approx 125 miles from Central London.

The game wil take place on either Tuesday September 10th or Wednesday September 11th.

[funkidaniel2001]

Originally posted by Blue Army
Earnshaw currently isnt in the team. It is Campbell, Thorne and the very impressive Fortune West in attack. They are currently keeping Earnshaw out, expect Earnshaw on after about 65 mins. The way Fortune West is playing he will eat Ruddock up and spit him out. He really has been excellent him Legg and Croft have been the outstanding players.

Dont be to sure of yourself. Things are looking up for swindon. We have just come out of administration and the team for the first time in years are playing well together. We had a hard battled out draw against blackpool and the other results? well what can you say. Outstanding. Parkin, the lad from chelsea looks a class act. He has some great touches and you can see he has trained at a top premiership club. His hat trick was an unbelievable. Is he the next shearer (scoring a hat trick on all his first games?) I am looking forward to this match. If we can get a good result to you boys i will be chuffed! a draw would do me. We have started well, now i want us to keep in going for a while. Hopefully we will still be singing we are top of the league come May?

Laters Dan

[BrianCappellieri]

Line-ups
Swindon: Bart Griemink, Gareth Edds, Andy Gurney, Matthew Heywood, Steve Robinson, Adam Willis, David Duke, Danny Invincible, Stefani Miglioranzi, Jimmy Davis, Eric Sabin

Cardiff: Neil Alexander, Gary Croft, Daniel Gabbidon, Andy Legg, Spencer Prior, Rhys Weston, Graham Kavanagh, Gareth Whalley, Andy Campbell, Leo Fortune-West, Peter Thorne

FT Swindon Town 0-1 Cardiff City

Ananova (http://www.ananova.com/sport/soccer/D2/Cardiff/story/sm_656848.html?menu=sport.football.divisiontwo.cardiffcity)Fortune-West plunders points for Cardiff

Leo Fortune-West scored the winner in a fiercely competitive tussle as Cardiff claimed a 1-0 victory against Swindon.

CCFC Sleeping Giant (http://cardiffcity.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=927&p=2&stid=8272526)City moved up into third position by beating Swindon 1-0 at the County Ground. Leo Fortune-West was again the hero, scoring the winner after 28 minutes.

Cardiff City MAD (http://www.cardiffcity-mad.co.uk/news/loadrprt.asp?cid=MTCH&id=58679)Leo Fortune-West scored the only goal midway through the first half as Cardiff recorded their third win in four matches, with a 1-0 triumph at Swindon.

There was an element of luck about Fortune-West's goal in the 27th minute and there were some anxious moments for the 2,000 travelling Cardiff fans.

[Blue Army]

We deserved to win. Although we didnt play fantastic football we looked more dangerous. Our goal came against the run of play. Even though we hit the post as well as Whalley having a good shot tipped around the post before that. A very nice touch from Fortune West just vollying home from 8 yards. Swindon didnt work the keeper although had a decent shot from a free kick and dangerous cross in the 2nd half. Kavanagh should have increased the lead but his shot was tame.
Then Barry Knight failed to see one of the most obvious penalties Earnshaw was by the post knocked the ball past the defender who just jumped in for no reason has crashed into Earnshaw. I though there was going to be a riot. The the ref failed to see another incident when Fortune West who looked clear to add a 2nd was brought down, however the ref thought he dived and booked the big man.
Not a great peformance but we looked alright at the back after Gbbidon settled down. Not to optimistic about Luton as you cant go to long without winning.

[Blue Army]

Cariff 0 V Luton 0
Another dissapointing display City only created a handful of chances. The best coming in the dying minutes from substitute Earnshaw who struck the post from close range. Neail Alexander saved City again in the last few minutes with a super save in a 1 on 1 situation. A lot of Cardiff players were dissapointing throughout and really need to improve if they are to look for promotion. Its a good thing we are usually better away because on the basis of this pefromance it is going to be tough to break the better teams down at Ninian Park.

[Blue Army]

Neil Alexander has been called up into the Scotland squad to start the euro 2004 qualifiers. he comes in for Neil Sullivan who is out for 2 months.

[Blue Army]

Cheltenham 1 Cardiff 1

Cardiff made a good start and looked the better team and it was no surprise when Andy Campbell assisted by Thorne and Kavangh places a 1 on 1 shot into the net. However Cheltenham scored against the run of play with a scrappy goal which Cardiff should have cleared. From then on Cardiff didnt creat many chances and were forced to poor crosses and long throws. In the 2nd half Cardiff dominated but could not break down Cheltnhams 11 men behind the ball. Cardiff really need to find away to play effectivly because it is not working at the moment.