IT'S OFFICIAL: BLUEBIRDS v SWANS DATE/TIME CONFIRMED
Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:12 pm
Cardiff City vs Swansea City South Wales derby to be Saturday 3pm kick-off for first time in decades
Sky have opted not to take the Bluebirds versus Swans clash for TV and police are okay with it being played on a Saturday afternoon for a change
By Paul Abbandonato
Cardiff City's return South Wales derby clash with arch-rivals Swansea City will go ahead with a traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off, the first time that has happened in decades.
In fact, you have to go back well into the last century for the last time the two teams locked horns at such a prime Saturday afternoon time.
The Bluebirds versus Swans has tended to be chosen by Sky Sports for coverage, which has often meant the fixture being moved to a Sunday with a much earlier kick-off time.
When it has remained as a Saturday match, again the kick-off time has been altered.
However, on this occasion, barring an 11th-hour change, the game between Steve Morison's Bluebirds and Russell Martin's Swans will be played out on Saturday, April 2 at 3pm, as per the Football League fixture list.
South Wales Police have confirmed the match will remain as it is.
However, police stress it will be a 'bubble' match, as per normal. That means travelling Swans fans will require a voucher for ticket exchange on official coaches which will provide transport to Cardiff City Stadium.
The coaches, laid on in Swansea, will be bussed in and out of the venue.
The decision to let the fixture go ahead with a Saturday mid-afternoon kick-off may raise eyebrows in some quarters, but the 'bubble' element for fans has worked slickly in recent years and there has been little in the way of the kind of the trouble we previously associated with this fixture.
Sky have opted not to take the Bluebirds versus Swans clash for TV and police are okay with it being played on a Saturday afternoon for a change
By Paul Abbandonato
Cardiff City's return South Wales derby clash with arch-rivals Swansea City will go ahead with a traditional Saturday 3pm kick-off, the first time that has happened in decades.
In fact, you have to go back well into the last century for the last time the two teams locked horns at such a prime Saturday afternoon time.
The Bluebirds versus Swans has tended to be chosen by Sky Sports for coverage, which has often meant the fixture being moved to a Sunday with a much earlier kick-off time.
When it has remained as a Saturday match, again the kick-off time has been altered.
However, on this occasion, barring an 11th-hour change, the game between Steve Morison's Bluebirds and Russell Martin's Swans will be played out on Saturday, April 2 at 3pm, as per the Football League fixture list.
South Wales Police have confirmed the match will remain as it is.
However, police stress it will be a 'bubble' match, as per normal. That means travelling Swans fans will require a voucher for ticket exchange on official coaches which will provide transport to Cardiff City Stadium.
The coaches, laid on in Swansea, will be bussed in and out of the venue.
The decision to let the fixture go ahead with a Saturday mid-afternoon kick-off may raise eyebrows in some quarters, but the 'bubble' element for fans has worked slickly in recent years and there has been little in the way of the kind of the trouble we previously associated with this fixture.
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Re: IT'S OFFICIAL: BLUEBIRDS v SWANS DATE/TIME CONFIRMED
Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:05 pm
Just grabbed a couple of tickets by me for my mates. 116 nearly sold out.
Seems tickets selling pretty well. Good news.
Seems tickets selling pretty well. Good news.
Re: IT'S OFFICIAL: BLUEBIRDS v SWANS DATE/TIME CONFIRMED
Tue Mar 08, 2022 6:44 pm
jimmy_rat wrote:Just grabbed a couple of tickets by me for my mates. 116 nearly sold out.
Seems tickets selling pretty well. Good news.
Good news. 116 will be bumping as I’m sure will the canton stand be. 3pm will help the atmosphere deffo
Re: IT'S OFFICIAL: BLUEBIRDS v SWANS DATE/TIME CONFIRMED
Wed Mar 09, 2022 12:33 am
This is the biggest game of the season left for Us - Must Not Lose Game 
Re: IT'S OFFICIAL: BLUEBIRDS v SWANS DATE/TIME CONFIRMED
Wed Mar 09, 2022 10:10 am
Well I wasn’t expecting that after the idiots at Ashton Gate. Hopefully this can become the norm if trouble can be avoided 
Should be a cracking atmosphere
Should be a cracking atmosphere