MATCH THREAD: " CARDIFF CITY v SWANSEA CITY " MATCH THREAD

CARDIFF CITY v SWANSEA CITY
Saturday 2nd April, 3pm
Sky Bet Championship
Cardiff City Stadium 



ITS PAY ON THE DAY FOR CARDIFF FANS:



PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE / NOT ON TV / 3pm kick off

UPDATED TUESDAY 29th MARCH 2022

Over 27,000 Tickets now been sold including 2,000 Jacks





Plenty of red seats Available / Ninian Upper Stand.

Let’s keep pushing and get 29,000.






Friday 1st April 2022:

Latest team news:

Yeah everyone is fine. Today is our first session as a group - so as long as that goes OK we are all fit and healthy.

Steve Morison




CARDIFF CITY TEAM NEWS:


Cardiff City will welcome back Alfie Doughty for the clash with Swansea City after he was eligible for Stoke City game , due to the left-back being ineligible to feature against his parent club.




Fully fit squad available

How's the squad's fitness? Any concerns?

"We have got a fully fit squad. It’s a nice problem to have."

Steve Morison






"Everyone’s fit. Nelson is back on the grass for the last week,touch wood it’s a clean bill of health. Apart from the long-term injured we’ve got a full squad to pick from."


Max Watters is still out and looks like missing the rest of the season.


Isaac Vassell and Sean Morison are long term injuries.



Can I stream or watch the match on TV?

Not live on TV in the UK.

The Opposition's Manager - Russell Martin

Martin has been in charge of Swansea since August, following the departure of Steve Cooper.

This season they have been free of relegation danger, whilst not seriously troubling the top six.

He had previously been manager of MK Dons for nearly two years.

Opposition Dangerous Players

Joel Piroe has 15 league goals this season. He also scored in the previous meeting this season.

Previous Meeting 

Swansea beat us 3-0 in October.

No team have ever completed a league double in this fixture.

Team News - Predicted Line-Ups

Cardiff City: Smithies, Drameh, Ng, Flint, McGuinness, Bagan, Wintle, Ralls, Doyle, Harris, Hugill

Swansea City: Fisher, Burns, Naughton, Cabango, Christie, Smith, Grimes, Wolf, Ntcham, Obafemi, Piroe

Form - Last Three Competitive Games

Cardiff City 2-1 Stoke City
Cardiff City 0-0 Preston North End
QPR 1-2 Cardiff City

Swansea City 0-0 Birmingham City
Peterborough United 2-3 Swansea City
Blackpool 1-0 Swansea City

Match Odds

Cardiff City - 5/4
Swansea City - 9/4
Draw - 9/4

Predictions

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CARDIFF CITY TEAM NEWS:


Cardiff City will welcome back Alfie Doughty for the clash with Swansea City after he was eligible for Stoke City game , due to the left-back being ineligible to feature against his parent club.




Fully fit squad available

How's the squad's fitness? Any concerns?

"We have got a fully fit squad. It’s a nice problem to have."

Steve Morison



Team News:


"Everyone’s fit. Nelson is back on the grass for the last week,touch wood it’s a clean bill of health. Apart from the long-term injured we’ve got a full squad to pick from."


Max Watters is still out after rolling his ankle in training.

Sean Morrison and Isaac Vassell have both been ruled out for the season.

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PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE / NOT ON TV / 3pm kick off

Tickets sold: so far 23,000.

PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE / NOT ON TV / 3pm kick off

Tickets sold: so far 23,000.

where you got 23,000 from??
i spoke to ticket office today for my digital ticket and they said over 29,000 sold including jacks??

PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE / NOT ON TV / 3pm kick off

Tickets sold: so far 23,000.

where you got 23,000 from??
i spoke to ticket office today for my digital ticket and they said over 29,000 sold including jacks??

Really ?

I'd be amazed if that's true. With segregation and not a full away allocation that's just about sold out already. I think they would have made an announcement by now if the numbers of tix left were that low.

PLENTY OF TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE / NOT ON TV / 3pm kick off

Tickets sold: so far 23,000.

where you got 23,000 from??
i spoke to ticket office today for my digital ticket and they said over 29,000 sold including jacks??

Really ?

I'd be amazed if that's true. With segregation and not a full away allocation that's just about sold out already. I think they would have made an announcement by now if the numbers of tix left were that low.

yeh they mentioned only tickets left are both upper stands,
probs about 2000 for segregation and about 1500 tickets left then

UPDATED MONDAY 28th MARCH 2022


Over 26,000 tickets now sold incl 2,000 Jacks.

Plenty of red seats Available / Ninian Upper Stand.

Let’s keep pushing and get 29,000.

UPDATED MONDAY 28th MARCH 2022


Over 26,000 tickets now sold incl 2,000 Jacks.

Plenty of red seats Available / Ninian Upper Stand.

Let’s keep pushing and get 29,000.

Planet Slums are running a result prediction poll and Cardiff are currently ahead for a win.

Let's see if we can get it up to 60%+! You don't have to register to submit your vote, takes 10 seconds.

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/forum/vie ... f=2&t=8095

Downs is there key player according to a Jack I know….reckons their keeper won’t like it one bit if we press and pepper their box with balls. If we sit back and let them have the ball they will love that and grow. Hope Morison knows all this hey

Ryan Manning (LWB) also misses this game with his 4 game ban. He's rated as one of their ball players too so a loss.

SWANSEA CITY THIS SATURDAY
3PM KO
They have just opened the last couple of blocks in ninian stand remaining for sale. Please act quick to avoid dissapointment. The CCS is going to be bouncing on derby day!! Get your tickets below

https://tickets.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/Sta ... ventId=500

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Just a quick one for any lads travelling down from the Valleys

Trains will be replaced by buses from Pontypridd southbound - be aware that this will probably add a tumpload of time onto your journeys.

I've now got to convince SWMBO that she needs a shopping trip with the daughter to IKEA/shops down that end via dropping me and the lad to the CCS, then she can pick us back up on her way through or after her obligatory saunter round Costco - she can drop us on the sliproad then rejoin to get to IKEA so she doesn't get tagged by the ANPR car park nazis on the drop off and doesn't mess herself up for her Costco look.

I can't believe TfW can keep naffing up the trains on home weekends - bloody inconvenient for the footie. SWMBO can't always be relied upon for a little shopping trip or just a look see. I understand they are doing the Metro thing, but they are working every night, surely retailers etc in Cardiff are feeling this a bit - I won't take the car into Cardiff centre anymore - its a lot less stressful on the train, and costs about the same as parking using a Friends and Family railcard as we normally drag the kids along.

UPDATED TUESDAY 29th MARCH 2022

Over 27,000 Tickets now been sold including 2,000 Jacks

MATCH OFFICIALS:
Referee: Josh Smith
Assistants: Ian Cooper & Sam Lewis
Fourth Official: Dean Whitestone

Planet Slums are running a result prediction poll and Cardiff are currently ahead for a win.

Let's see if we can get it up to 60%+! You don't have to register to submit your vote, takes 10 seconds.

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/forum/vie ... f=2&t=8095

Done. 162 votes for Cardiff win

being the "Old Git" that I am, when I was a lad back in the 60/70s British Rail or whatever they called them selves at the time used to run a football special down every valley and into Ninian Park Holt. I remember travelling up to Bargoed on a nine-carriage train where they could not get the whole train onto all of the platform in some stops Surely at TFW is now supposed to be a totally WELSH based train company then bringing back the football specials would help with less people on the road and could be a win/win position, could make matches more accessible for fans

Planet Slums are running a result prediction poll and Cardiff are currently ahead for a win.

Let's see if we can get it up to 60%+! You don't have to register to submit your vote, takes 10 seconds.

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/forum/vie ... f=2&t=8095

Done. 162 votes for Cardiff win

Nice one Nubbs. I'm hoping it gets it to 80%

Come on lads, get clicking!

Planet Slums are running a result prediction poll and Cardiff are currently ahead for a win.

Let's see if we can get it up to 60%+! You don't have to register to submit your vote, takes 10 seconds.

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/forum/vie ... f=2&t=8095

Done

Planet Slums are running a result prediction poll and Cardiff are currently ahead for a win.

Let's see if we can get it up to 60%+! You don't have to register to submit your vote, takes 10 seconds.

https://www.planetswans.co.uk/forum/vie ... f=2&t=8095

Done

Cheers Ponty

69% now !!

69% now

Nice one chaps. I've started a separate thread just in case folks don't see it on this one. Psychological warfare.

28,000+ sold

City 3 jacks 1

Referee for South Wales derby announced




Josh Smith has been announced as the referee for Cardiff’s home game against Swansea this Saturday, April 2.

Smith comes from a long family line of referees, as he started officiating aged 14, following in the footsteps of his dad and grandfather, who refereed football and rugby league respectively.

He oversaw the first game back in the EFL after Covid, the League Two play-off semi-final between Colchester United and Exeter City. Smith was appointed to the ‘select group two’ of match officials ahead of the 2020-21 season.

He has refereed Cardiff twice so far this season, in a 3-2 EFL Cup win against Sutton United and a 1-0 league loss to Bournemouth at home. This campaign, he has handed out 131 yellow cards and four reds in a total of 34 matches.

He will be assisted by Ian Cooper and Sam Lewis, while Dean Whitestone will be the fourth official for the South Wales derby.

Swansea sold out???

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Looks like they're now selling block 517 which, I think, was the last one to be released. Unless they are holding back other parts of the ground looks like only around 800 under capacity at the moment based on the map on the ticket website.

Has anyone got more of an insight ? I'm surprised it's jumped up so quickly if that is right.

BREAKING: SWANSEA CITY HOME AS CARDIFF
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Looks like they're now selling block 517 which, I think, was the last one to be released. Unless they are holding back other parts of the ground looks like only around 800 under capacity at the moment based on the map on the ticket website.

Has anyone got more of an insight ? I'm surprised it's jumped up so quickly if that is right.

Probably people starting to get their 'attendance' figures up ahead of season tickets being released and Gareth Bales arrival at the club...????

Seriously, I know the club release block by block, so it might be a little misleading. However, we understand that sales are well in excess of original estimates and are currently in excess of c.27,000+