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Aggregate Final January Window Scoreline: Other Clubs 6, Swansea City 0
Swansea City failed to sign a single player in the January transfer window after the club’s plan to bring in West Bromwich Albion striker Karlan Grant on loan backfired. In the dying minutes of Tuesday night’s window, Swansea's attempt to secure a loan for the West Brom forward fell through. The deal was expected to see Grant join the Swans on loan for the remainder of the season – filling some of the gaps exposed by the six players who have left the club this month.
Warren Gatland Happy For Few People To Rate His Blend Of Old And New . . . Especially In Ireland
Warren Gatland believes Wales will relish being underdogs for Saturday’s Six Nations opener against Ireland. The Principality Stadium encounter kicks off Gatland’s second stint as Wales head coach, with his previous reign between 2008 and 2019 yielding four Six Nations titles, three Grand Slams and two World Cup semi-finals. Ireland will arrive in Cardiff as the world’s top-ranked team following a memorable year when they beat New Zealand twice, South Africa and Australia.
Rhys Webb has taken inspiration from football greats Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo after ending more than two years in the international rugby wilderness. Ospreys scrum-half Webb is on course to make his first Wales appearance since November 2020 in next Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Ireland. Webb, who toured New Zealand with the 2017 British and Irish Lions, featured on just five occasions during Wayne Pivac’s 34-Test reign as Wales head coach.
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Merthyr Town Snap Up Four Bluebirds' Legends
Merthyr Town have signed four former Bluebirds players in Jason Bowen, Andy Legg, Scott Young and Danny Gabbidon.
The quartet won’t be pulling on the Martyrs’ shirt, but they will be in the MetCoaches Community Stadium for an evening of Bluebirds’ talk.
They played getting on for 1,000 appearances in the Cardiff... Read More
Martyrs Return To Scene Of 'Saddest, Proudest' Day
Merthyr Town will remember one of the saddest and yet proudest days in the club’s history when they open their EvoStik Southern League season on Saturday (3pm).
The Martyrs were thrashed 13-1 on their last visit to the Meadow in Buckinghamshire after a financial crisis rocked the club a few days... Read More
Bluebirds' Opener Attracts Record Capacity Attendance At Taffs Well
Taff’s Well 0, Cardiff City 1
Bluebirds fans turned out in force for their club’s opening pre-season match against Taff’s Well at the Rhiw Ddar Stadium.
A capacity attendance of almost 3,000 spectators watched Cardiff City take on the Welsh League Division One Wellmen.
Proceeds from the match are being shared by Velindre,... Read More
Bluebirds Hit-man James Waite Hits Four In Seven Goal Win
Cardiff City 7, Watford 1
Striker James Waite scored four Bluebirds goals in their crushing under-23 Development League win against Watford at Cardiff City Stadium.
Waite’s four plus goals from Macauley Southam, Robbie Patten and Robbie Bird earned City a convincing victory.
Talented winger Waite played through the middle in attack and caused... Read More
Craig Bellamy and Scott Young Watch Young Bluebirds Hit For Seven
Craig Bellamy and Scott Young watched Cardiff City’s under-18 youth team dismantled by Coventry City at Cardiff International Spots Campus.
The Sky Blues swept to a seven-goal win with teenage goals ace Jordan Ponticelli, a product of Gordon Strachan’s Football Foundation, netting five times.
Bellamy and Young were in charge of the... Read More