Huseklepp luckily fails to shine, but Kanu is thorn in our side 31/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Andrew Taylor, Erik Huseklepp, Nwankwo Kanu, Portsmouth
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Portsmouth 1 Cardiff City 1
Flashback: Saturday the 16th of April 2011. Outside the Cardiff City Stadium. The Portsmouth players arrive for an away match against promotion chasing Cardiff. The first players who come out of the coach are greeted by Bluebirds supporters wanting their autographs. Then Nwankwo Kanu appears. Instant booing and bantering erupts! The reason was of course that Kanu was the player to win the 2008 F.A. Cup final at Wembley for Portsmouth against Cardiff when he scored the only goal of the match. On Saturday Kanu netted against us again, but this time it only ment securing a draw for Pompey. Luckily Portsmouth’s Norwegian newcomer Erik Huseklepp did not have a good home debut, and Cardiff could head home to South Wales with a point.
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Norwegians failing to make Championship impact 27/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Abdisalam Ibrahim, Bjørn Helge Riise, Erik Huseklepp, Jonathan Parr, Joshua King, Petter Vaagan Moen, Steffen Iversen, Torbjørn Agdestein
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Erik Huseklepp has become the latest Norwegian in the Championship signing for today’s Cardiff opponents Portsmouth, and it’ll be interesting to see if he succeeds. The Norwegians turning out in the Championship last season all failed to make an impact.
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Late night cup drama 27/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City.Tags: Alan Lee, Don Cowie, Craig Conway, Huddersfield Town, Joe Ralls
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Cardiff City 5 Huddersfield Town 3 AET, League Cup 2nd round
My plans to go to bed early were squashed Tuesday night by two teams eager to progress to the third round and possibly be drawn against Premier League opposition in the next round.
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Reality kicks in 23/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Brighton And Hove Albion, Burnley
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Cadiff City 1 Brighton And Hove Albion 3
Burnley 1 Cardiff City 1
The honeymoon period is over for Malky Mackay and all his new players and staff. It’s good to know that there are still 42 League games remaining and that, like Dave Jones liked to put it, there’ll be a lot of twists and turn before the end of the season. There will probably be quite a few new signings, both permanent and loans, between now and May as well. At the moment I’m preparing for a season of mid-table nothingness though.
The swan song has already started 16/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City.Tags: Sergio Agülero, Swansea City, Wayne Routledge
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After a first half where the Jacks manage to do a lot of what they to best – pass the ball neatly around without achieving anything – it was good to see Manchester City let their complete superiority count after the interval to end up deserved 4-0 winners yesterday.
Wurzel-thrashing and the return of the somersault 14/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Bristol City, Robert Earnshaw
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Cardiff City 3 Bristol City 1
The 1-0 victory away against West Ham was the perfect start to the season. Today’s comprehensive Severnside derby win was the perfect follow up and a great way to start the season at home. That Robert Earnshaw scored and got to do his trademark somersault celebration in front of the home crowd was particularly pleasing.
Youngsters and reserves get us through 14/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Alex Evans, Aron Gunnarsson, Darcy Blake, Dekel Keinan, Don Cowie, Gordon Conway, Ibby Farah, Joe Mason, Kenny Miller, Kevin McNaughton, Malky Mackay, Nat Jarvis, Peter Whittingham, Robert Earnshaw, Rudy Gestede, Solomon Taiwo
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Oxford United 1 Cardiff City 3 A.E.T.
A perfect start 10/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: David Marshall, John Carew, Kenny Miller, Malky Mackay, Rudy Gestede, West Ham
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West Ham United 0 Cardiff City 1
A fortunate win perhaps, but still a win and what a brilliant one!
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The Championship 2011/12 season is underway 06/08/2011
Posted by NB in Cardiff City, season 2011/12.Tags: Craig Bellamy, Malky Mackay, Michael Chopra
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The Championship season 2011/12 is underway with Michael Chopra notably grabbing a brace for his new club Ipswich. Tomorrow it’s our turn!
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