Eduardo's instincts in the final third should ensure he endures a seamless transition to centre forward in the absence of Robin van Persie.
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No sooner did Robin van Persie get the hang of this goalscoring lark, he became the latest player in Arsenal's history under Wenger's tenure to fall foul to the November injury jinx.

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Burley won just three of his 14 games in charge and his sacking follows the 3-0 friendly defeat in Cardiff on Saturday. Click to continue reading...

Burley's assistants, Terry Butcher and Paul Hegarty, were also released, 48 hours after Scotland succumbed to a 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. The SFA had decided against dismissing Burley last month following a review of the national squad's failure to reach the World Cup qualifying play-offs. But Saturday's humiliation in Cardiff proved . Click to continue reading...

The superb website Mirko Bolesan, named after an Italian midfielder who enjoyed a single appearance for Cardiff City a few years ago, is a great port of call for an assessment of some of football's oddities. Amongst the varied topics discussed can be counted a masterly account of 2009-10 kit sponsors, club badges (didn't we call them "crests" in the seventies? Click to continue reading...

Jogaram amistosamente no Cardiff Stadium, em Cardiff, as seleções do País de Gales (78º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Escócia (46º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Eliminatórias Copa do Mundo:
1986
Cardiff
10/09/1985
WAL
1:1 (1:0)
SCO
First stage
1986
Glasgow
27/03/1985
SCO
0:1 (0:1)
WAL
First stage
1978
Liverpool
12/10/1977
WAL
0:2 (0:0)
SCO
First stage
1978
Glasgow
17/11/1976
SCO
1:0 (1:0)
WAL
First stage
1954
Glasgow
04/11/1953
SCO
3:3 (2:0)
WAL
First stage
1950
Glasgow
09/11/1949
SCO
2:0 (1:0)
WAL
First stage
Eliminatórias Eurocopa:
1968
Glasgow
22/11/1967
SCO
3:2 (1:1)
WAL
Preliminary round
1968
Cardiff
22/10/1966
WAL
1:1 (0:0)
SCO
Preliminary round
Amistosos:
2004
Cardiff
18/02/2004
WAL
4:0 (2:0)
SCO
1997
Kilmarnock
27/05/1997
SCO
0:1 (0:0)
WAL
1984
Glasgow
28/02/1984
SCO
2:1 (1:0)
WAL
1983
Cardiff
28/05/1983
WAL
0:2 (0:1)
SCO
1982
Glasgow
24/05/1982
SCO
1:0 (1:0)
WAL
1981
Swansea
16/05/1981
WAL
2:0 (2:0)
SCO
1980
Glasgow
21/05/1980
SCO
1:0 (1:0)
WAL
1979
Cardiff
19/05/1979
WAL
3:0 (2:0)
SCO
1978
Glasgow
17/05/1978
SCO
1:1 (1:0)
WAL
1977
Wrexham
28/05/1977
WAL
0:0
SCO
1976
Glasgow
06/05/1976
SCO
3:1 (2:0)
WAL
1975
Cardiff
17/05/1975
WAL
2:2 (2:0)
SCO
1974
Glasgow
14/05/1974
SCO
2:0 (2:0)
WAL
1973
Wrexham
12/05/1973
WAL
0:2 (0:0)
SCO
1972
Glasgow
24/05/1972
SCO
1:0 (0:0)
WAL
1971
Cardiff
15/05/1971
WAL
0:0
SCO
1970
Glasgow
22/04/1970
SCO
0:0
WAL
1969
Wrexham
03/05/1969
WAL
3:5 (2:2)
SCO
1965
Glasgow
24/11/1965
SCO
4:1 (3:1)
WAL
1964
Cardiff
03/10/1964
WAL
3:2 (1:2)
SCO
1963
Glasgow
20/11/1963
SCO
2:1 (1:0)
WAL
1962
Cardiff
20/10/1962
WAL
2:3 (1:1)
SCO
1961
Glasgow
08/11/1961
SCO
2:0 (1:0)
WAL
1960
Cardiff
22/10/1960
WAL
2:0 (1:0)
SCO
1959
Glasgow
14/11/1959
SCO
1:1 (0:1)
WAL
1958
Cardiff
18/10/1958
WAL
0:3 (0:1)
SCO
1957
Glasgow
13/11/1957
SCO
1:1 (1:0)
WAL
1956
Cardiff
20/10/1956
WAL
2:2 (2:2)
SCO
1955
Glasgow
09/11/1955
SCO
2:0 (2:0)
WAL
1954
Cardiff
16/10/1954
WAL
0:1 (0:0)
SCO
1952
Cardiff
18/10/1952
WAL
1:2 (1:1)
SCO
1951
Glasgow
14/11/1951
SCO
0:1 (0:0)
WAL
1950
Cardiff
21/10/1950
WAL
1:3 (0:1)
SCO
1948
Cardiff
23/10/1948
WAL
1:3 (1:3)
SCO
1947
Glasgow
12/11/1947
SCO
1:2 (1:2)
WAL
1946
Wrexham
19/10/1946
WAL
3:1 (0:0)
SCO
1938
Edinburgh
09/11/1938
SCO
3:2 (1:1)
WAL
1937
Cardiff
30/10/1937
WAL
2:1 (2:0)
SCO
1936
Dundee
02/12/1936
SCO
1:2 (0:1)
WAL
1935
Cardiff
05/10/1935
WAL
1:1 (1:1)
SCO
1934
Aberdeen
21/11/1934
SCO
3:2 (1:0)
WAL
1933
Cardiff
04/10/1933
WAL
3:2 (2:0)
SCO
1932
Edinburgh
26/10/1932
SCO
2:5 (0:4)
WAL
1931
Wrexham
31/10/1931
WAL
2:3 (1:2)
SCO
1930
Glasgow
25/10/1930
SCO
1:1 (1:1)
WAL
1929
Cardiff
26/10/1929
WAL
2:4 (0:2)
SCO
1928
Glasgow
27/10/1928
SCO
4:2 (2:1)
WAL
1927
Wrexham
29/10/1927
WAL
2:2 (1:2)
SCO
1926
Glasgow
30/10/1926
SCO
3:0 (2:0)
WAL
1925
Cardiff
31/10/1925
WAL
0:3 (0:0)
SCO
1924
Edinburgh
16/02/1925
SCO
3:1 (2:1)
WAL
1922
Glasgow
17/03/1923
SCO
2:0 (1:0)
WAL
1921
Wrexham
04/02/1922
WAL
2:1 (2:0)
SCO
1920
Aberdeen
12/02/1921
SCO
2:1 (1:1)
WAL
1919
Cardiff
26/02/1920
WAL
1:1 (1:0)
SCO
1914
Glasgow
28/02/1914
SCO
0:0
WAL
1913
Wrexham
03/03/1913
WAL
0:0
SCO
1912
Edinburgh
02/03/1912
SCO
1:0 (0:0)
WAL
1911
Cardiff
06/03/1911
WAL
2:2 (1:1)
SCO
1910
Kilmarnock
05/03/1910
SCO
1:0 (0:0)
WAL
1909
Wrexham
01/03/1909
WAL
3:2 (3:0)
SCO
1908
Dundee
07/03/1908
SCO
2:1 (0:1)
WAL
1907
Wrexham
04/03/1907
WAL
1:0 (1:0)
SCO
1906
Edinburgh
03/03/1906
SCO
0:2 (0:0)
WAL
1905
Wrexham
06/03/1905
WAL
3:1 (1:0)
SCO
1904
Dundee
12/03/1904
SCO
1:1 (1:0)
WAL
1903
Cardiff
09/03/1903
WAL
0:1 (0:1)
SCO
1902
Greenock
15/03/1902
SCO
5:1 (1:0)
WAL
1901
Wrexham
02/03/1901
WAL
1:1 (0:0)
SCO
1900
Aberdeen
02/02/1900
SCO
5:2 (4:1)
WAL
1899
Wrexham
18/03/1899
WAL
0:6 (0:1)
SCO
1898
Motherwell
19/03/1898
SCO
5:2 (4:1)
WAL
1897
Wrexham
20/03/1897
WAL
2:2 (1:1)
SCO
1896
Dundee
21/03/1896
SCO
4:0 (2:0)
WAL
1895
Wrexham
23/03/1895
WAL
2:2 (1:2)
SCO
1894
Kilmarnock
24/03/1894
SCO
5:2 (1:1)
WAL
1893
Wrexham
18/03/1893
WAL
0:8 (0:5)
SCO
1892
Edinburgh
26/03/1892
SCO
6:1 (4:1)
WAL
1891
Wrexham
21/03/1891
WAL
3:4 (2:1)
SCO
1890
Paisley
22/03/1890
SCO
5:0 (3:0)
WAL
1889
Wrexham
15/04/1889
WAL
0:0
SCO
1888
Edinburgh
10/03/1888
SCO
5:1 (1:1)
WAL
1887
Wrexham
21/03/1887
WAL
0:2 (0:1)
SCO
1886
Glasgow
10/04/1886
SCO
4:1 (2:0)
WAL
1885
Wrexham
23/03/1885
WAL
1:8 (0:3)
SCO
1884
Glasgow
29/03/1884
SCO
4:1 (1:1)
WAL
1883
Wrexham
12/03/1883
WAL
0:3 (0:2)
SCO
1882
Glasgow
25/03/1882
SCO
5:0 (1:0)
WAL
1881
Wrexham
14/03/1881
WAL
1:5 (1:4)
SCO
1880
Glasgow
27/03/1880
SCO
5:1 (2:0)
WAL
1879
Wrexham
07/04/1879
WAL
0:3 (0:1)
SCO
1878
Glasgow
23/03/1878
SCO
9:0 (6:0)
WAL
1877
Wrexham
05/03/1877
WAL
0:2 (0:0)
SCO
1876
Glasgow
25/03/1876
SCO
4:0 (1:0)
WAL
O quarteto de arbitragem foi de:
Referee: Cyril Zimmermann (Switzerland)
Assistant referee 1: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Assistant referee 2: Bruno Zurbrugg (Switzerland)
4th official: Ceri Richards (Wales)
Aos 17 minutos do primeiro tempo, David Edwards abriu o placar para o País de Gales. Click to continue reading...

Bad day for England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland who all lost today.The Republic who lost 1-0 at home to France in their World Cup play-off 1st leg at Croke Park to leave them with an uphill task to qualify for South Africa next summer, away leg on Wednesday.England played the mighty Brazil without alot of injured players in Quatar and lost to a Nilmar goal on 47 mins. Click to continue reading...

It's official then.
Hadrian's wall was built for a reason.
The Premiership doesn't want the Old Firm on their manor.
This is a local game for local people.
Well apart from Cardiff and Swansea that is.
"Neither desirable nor viable".
I presume that refers to the proposal as opposed to the Scots themselves. Click to continue reading...

The big news for the Premier League today is that Premier League clubs have rejected a proposal to admit Scottish teams Celtic and Rangers into the English top flight.
It is being reported that over 14 of the Premier League chairmen have rejected this idea. Click to continue reading...

Our Manchester theme of the week continues, and United fans welcome City to their stadium with a not-so-subtle dig.

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Fotoğraf 2001 yılındaki FA Cup finalinden. Wembley inşaat sahası olduğu için Cardiff'deki Millenium Stadyum'unda oynanmıştı Arsenal-Liverpool finali. Ljunberg'in golüyle öne geçmesine rağmen o dönemler Liverpool'un en öldürücü silahı olan Owen'ın son 10 dakikada attığı iki gol ile Liverpool'a 2-1 kaybetmişti Arsenal. Click to continue reading...

We lined up unchanged from last week's heroics at Cardiff with Billy again playing McGoldrick as a lone striker in front of a packed midfield. Campo Gunter Morgan Wilson Cohen McKenna (c) Moussi Garner Majewski Anderson McGoldrick The game itself started with an impeccably observed minute's silence for Remembrance Sunday today. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton claims that the team's focus was the key to Newcastle United's win over Peterborough yesterday. Cardiff lost away to derby rivals Swansea and West Brom managed to beat promotion hopefuls Leicester, which means a bit of a gap has opened up between the top 2 and the chasing back. After the game, Hughton said: "We have [. Click to continue reading...

MLS on Fox Soccer Channel: New England - Chicago at 8pm. EPL on ESPN2: Spurs - Sunderland at 10am. Setanta has Manchester City - Burnley at 10am and Blackburn - Portsmouth at 6:45pm. On Fox Soccer: Aston Villa - Bolton at 10am and Wolves - Arsenal at 12:30pm. Championship on Setanta: Swansea - Cardiff at 7:45am. Click to continue reading...

Among the performers who have lit up this burgeoning Championship campaign are some familiar names. Michael Chopra has so far justified every last dime of his weighty fee, Kevin Nolan has buckled down and rehabilitated his reputation as an all purpose midfielder-cum-forward, and Adam Johnson's sleek skills on the Middlesbrough wing have helped Smogheads forget the injured Stewart Downing. Click to continue reading...

Following a fairly successful appearance on BBC2 yesterday (doesn't Gabby Logan look a bit like a lion?), the nation's favourite broadcaster has offered us some tasty reaction to the Cardiff v Forest match. Firstly, an audio interview with Lewis and Chrissy Cohen, and a few words from Billy lamenting the inability to take chances and the [. Click to continue reading...

The great Dylan Thomas once wrote, "Wales is the land of my fathers, and my fathers can have it." Under Cardiff Skies, it was clear that the inhabitants were somewhat more passionate with the fans in good voice ahead of their side, Cardiff's tie with Nottingham Forest. The teams strolled out, once again, as with the Forest [. Click to continue reading...

I managed to catch a live match courtesy of the Beeb for the first time this evening. Having missed out on their previous offerings for a variety of reasons, I made sure to be in for Cardiff's late afternoon home game against Forest, and I thought that it was well worth it. Terrestrial TV is usually best avoided at 5pm on the Sabbath, but a bit of Championship football proved to be the perfect Click to continue reading...

U-17 World Cup on ESPNU and Galavision: USA - UAE at 10am. MLS playoffs: Chicago - New England on Fox Soccer Channel at 2pm and Chivas USA - Los Angeles on ESPN2 at 5pm. EPL on Fox Soccer: Birmingham Ciry - Manchester City at 11am. Championship on Setanta: Cardiff - Forest at noon and West Bromwich Albion - Watford at 5pm. Click to continue reading...

I woke up this morning on top of the world.
Well 2nd in the Championship - which is much the same thing.
OK we had played an extra game to most of those around us, so could only expect it to last a few hours.
But even after this afternoon's play we are still third. Click to continue reading...

It has emerged that referee Chris Foy booked the wrong da Silva win during Man United's 2-0 win over Barnsley. Fabio played in central defence and Rafael was playing in midfield.
Foy booked Fabio for a challenge on Barnsley's Jamal Campbell-Ryce, but it was Rafael who fouled the player. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United are remain on top of the English Football League Championship table after 14 rounds of matches and are currently in fine form. Championship powerhouse West Bromwich Albion and a revitalized Cardiff remain in hot pursuit for the top spot. On the other end of the spectrum, Roy Keane's Ipswich Town continues to struggle and [. Click to continue reading...

With those at the top of the table experiencing an autumnal crisis at the moment and Middlesbrough taking dramatic steps to offset this earlier today, it was my chance to assess the progress of one of the pretenders last night. Queen's Park Rangers' start to the season had been sluggish, with too many stalemates peppering their progress, but a notable win at Cardiff and hefty hammerings of Click to continue reading...

Now that the championship season is well underway I thought it would be fitting to give you a list of the ten top players who have set alight the championship this season. The quality of the championship is phenomenal these days and has become a training ground for top up and comers, as well as one of the most entertaining leagues in the world.

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Jogaram pelo grupo 4, das eliminatórias da Europa, em Helsinki, no estádio Olímpico, para um público de 14.000 pessoas, as seleções da Finlândia (57º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção do País de Gales (78º no ranking da FIFA).
Próximo jogo do País de Gales contra a Escócia e a Finlândia ainda não tem amistoso marcado. Click to continue reading...

As it's a quiet Arsenal week with the international break and I'm currently in transit from Asia to Africa in Dubai, I thought I might blog today on the prospects for England's World Cup bid for either 2018 or 2022.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">

The bid was recently launched at Wembley.

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As it's a quiet Arsenal week with the international break and I'm currently in transit from Asia to Africa in Dubai, I thought I might blog today on the prospects for England's World Cup bid for either 2018 or 2022.

The bid was recently launched at Wembley. It being Blighty, things couldn't go smoothly of course.

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So far the Premiership old boys are showing their class, occupying the top 3 places. After paying out £2 million compensation to Keegan Newcastle failed to score for the first time this season against Bristol City. Fans can only hope that any takeover, made more likely by the compensation pay out, causes minimum disruption.

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Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season, but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom of the table at the moment.

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New football book titles out this month include an autobiography of former Saints' icon Matt Le Tissier Taking The Tiss: My Autobiography, a biography of Eric Cantona Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King and a book on African football Feet Of The Chameleon.
Other new books published in September are Celtic's Lost Legend an autobiography from George Connelly and No Smoke, No Fire by David Jones, an account of the false accusations of child abuse brought against the former Stockport County, Southampton, Wolves and now Cardiff manager. Click to continue reading...

12 goals from defense the past two seasons, beat that Vermaelen
Our Funny Feeling Friday selection this week - an unpopular (by fantasy terms), underrated, or out of form player who we think will start producing in the coming weeks is Birmingham's central defensive summer signing Roger Johnson. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez's rather dubious explanation for Yossi Benayoun's perennial bench status over the last two seasons is (arguably) as ludicrous as it is inaccurate.
In a recent interview, Rafa made the following observations:
'I was talking to Yossi about how he has always been fantastic coming off the bench and he told me he could do even more if I gave him a chance from the start'. Click to continue reading...

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Chris hughton makes two changes that sees Nicky Butt come in for the suspended Alan Smith, and Andy Carroll replaces Nile Ranger in the lone attacking role. Smith was sent off in the dying seconds of Sunday's 1-0 win at Cardiff and will serve his one-match ban tonight. Ranger, meanwhile, drops down to the bench at [. Click to continue reading...

This is a game Newcastle must not lose if they are to keep up their initial strong challenge for promotion this season. And the Newcastle team will no doubt be going all out for a win to keep their place at the top of the Championship table. A win by Cardiff will see them leapfrog the [...] Click to continue reading...