Archive for the 'Football' Category

Cardiff Goes F.A. Cup Crazy: Bluebirds Flying High

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

HUNDREDS of Cardiff City fans have queued outside a city centre megastore to meet their heroes and get their hands on copies of Bluebirds Flying High, the club’s official FA Cup song.
Popstar James Fox and City players, Roger Johnson, Peter Whittingham, Joe Ledley and Darren Purse turned up to greet fans at HMV on Queen […]

Leeds Utd Points Tribunal Starts Today

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

An independent tribunal considering Leeds’ 15-point deduction is set to start today.
Leeds were docked the points by the Football League for allegedly breaking competition rules on insolvency.
But the club denied any wrongdoing and agreed to the independent arbitration hearing after initially serving the League with a High Court writ.
A three-man panel reviewing the penalty is […]

Wales Beat Luxembourg In Scrappy Friendly

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

It doesn’t sound like it was the most enjoyable international friendly you’ll ever watch, but Wales came through in the end with a comfortable 2-0 victory against a hard-working, but uninspired Luxembourg team.
After the game, Wales boss, John Toshack said:
It wasn’t the best game I’ve seen I must admit and we certainly had a few […]

Cardiff City March On To Wembley F.A.Cup Semi-Final

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Cardiff City, the only Welsh football team to take the F.A.Cup out of England, impressively disposed of Barclays Premier League Middlesboro to book a semi-final trip to Wembley and give themselves every chance of making it all the way to the final for the first time in 81 years.
Veteran Cardiff striker, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, admitted […]

Norway Swept Aside By Young Welsh Side

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

Following on from the success of the Welsh Rugby team last Saturday, a young Wales team swept aside a lackluster Norwegian eleven and scored their first victory over Norway in nine meetings and 26 years.
The Wales goals came from discarded Crystal Palace midfielder Carl Fletcher (his first international goal ) after 15 minutes and […]