" CARDIFF CITY ON THE VERGE /SO SURELY NOW NO "

" SO THIS COULD BE OUR LONGEST UNBEATEN HOME RECORD FOR 13 YEARS/ SO SURELY NOW NO MORE EXCUSES NOT TO TURN UP AND WATCH THE MIGHTLY BLUEBIRDS IN BLUE "


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How Cardiff City quietly amassed longest unbeaten home record in almost 13 years

Thursday 18th Feb 2016


BY CHRIS WATHAN



The Bluebirds can extend their unbeaten record to 12 by avoiding defeat against Brighton this weekend



Cardiff City could make it a undefeated dozen against Brighton this weekend and extend an unlikely record – just months after almost entering the history books for the wrong reasons.

Last March, Russell Slade’s beleaguered Bluebirds had to beat Birmingham to avoid equalling the worst home run since the Second World war after seven consecutive defeats in front of their own fans.


Slade’s side dodged that dubious tag but still needed to win against Blackpool in their final Cardiff City Stadium clash of the season to stop them recording their lowest home points tally since winning promotion to the Championship in 2003.



Yet now – and almost unnoticed – Cardiff have clocked up their longest unbeaten record at home since returning to the second-tier almost 13 years ago having gone 11 league matches without defeat on their own patch.

Cardiff City

Unbeaten in games at home

11 games

6
Wins
5
Draws



The Bluebirds have not lost in Leckwith since coming unstuck against Steve Bruce’s table-topping Hull back in September, some five months ago. Indeed, that loss to the Tigers is the only time Cardiff have lost in front of their own fans this term; only Hull themselves and a resurgent Sheffield Wednesday join Cardiff in suffering a solitary defeat at home this season.

Wednesday are the only side to have enjoyed a better unbeaten stretch at home this season, their current Hillsborough run standing at 13 matches, but Cardiff’s home run of 11 is a longer than even that recorded by Malky Mackay’s promotion winners in 2013 whose best unbeaten run was 10.


Hull City were the last team to win at the Cardiff City Stadium in the league
Of course, that run of ten was a perfect return whereas the current South Wales stretch is a fairly straight split of victories and draws. Indeed, it is perhaps why the achievement has gone unnoticed; there has not been great cause for celebration in being recently held by relegation-threatened Rotherham and MK Dons in successive home fixtures which came after a miserable home FA Cup defeat to Shrewsbury.

Furthermore, there is still the seemingly perennial criticism of the side’s performances at home that have failed to lift atmosphere or attendances despite the side staying within a fighting chance of a play-off spot.




But if the record hasn’t been anything to shout about, at the very least it has given them a platform that all must hope can be used in the final few months of the Championship season. They have shown some steel and strength with the home results of this spell – promotion-chasing Boro beaten and both Burnley (currently 4th) and Wednesday (5th) held.


Cardiff manager Russell Slade and Paul Trollope have presided over a long unbeaten run at home
Already Cardiff are close to overtaking the home points haul they mustered last term – the side currently on 28 having only managed 35 in 2014/15, a tally that was critically undermined by a run of just 14 points from the final 42 on offer.

Annis, I never realized that we have only lost once at home this season, that's a great read by the way
Can't wait for Saturday now in The Sports Cafe watching our beloved Bluebirds against Brighton. A win would be awesome

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shit kick off time annis but ill be there would have had a biggar crowd if it was three oclock

The author sites Sheffield Wednesday as the only team with a better home record, yet that's only half the story, Wednesday have regularly put 3 and 4 goals past opposition, not only winning games, but doing it in style. They even put 3 past Arsenal in the cup.

shrewsbury

Surprised to read that, now we need to get the crowds

I was at Charlton and our fans were good, about 850 of us and much better noise than I've heard at CCS for a while.

Won't be there on Saturday due to work but will be at Boro away and Preston at home. Hopefully we can get a decent crowd for Preston as well, they're creeping up on the top-six so a big match in the battle for the top six

Live games on sky affected our attendance even when we were getting 20k plus every week

It's a decent record to have but not very impressive as we have drawn a lot.

The author sites Sheffield Wednesday as the only team with a better home record, yet that's only half the story, Wednesday have regularly put 3 and 4 goals past opposition, not only winning games, but doing it in style. They even put 3 past Arsenal in the cup.

This is very true!
It's all good and well having an unbeaten run but if the football on display is predictable and boring, you aren't going to impress much people.
I'll be there as usual but I don't think that this record will bring back the crowds until we see exciting football to go with these sort of results.

The author sites Sheffield Wednesday as the only team with a better home record, yet that's only half the story, Wednesday have regularly put 3 and 4 goals past opposition, not only winning games, but doing it in style. They even put 3 past Arsenal in the cup.

This is very true!
It's all good and well having an unbeaten run but if the football on display is predictable and boring, you aren't going to impress much people.
I'll be there as usual but I don't think that this record will bring back the crowds until we see exciting football to go with these sort of results.

This

The football over the last two years has been turgid at times; some interludes of optimism but generally awful.Coupled with all that has gone on it is not too difficult to understand apathy.This is not just a CCFC problem however, rather it is a general malaise in football that we the fans are customers feeding a business and more importantly a business model.Midday is crazy !!
But there again Sky dictates most things now.It is easy to call people plastic whatever, as many on here do, yet where is this sport heading ???? All I witness is a growing frustration with the whole sport in general.Apologies for such thoughts but it is what I feel.