June
Newsfile

Newsfile Archive

City's changed games now read as

Bristol City v Cardiff City. Now Tuesday 28th Aug @ 7:45pm.
Cardiff City v Wigan Ath. Now Friday 12th Oct @ 7:45pm.
Swindon T v Cardiff City. Now Sun 21st Oct @ 1pm.
Stoke City v Cardiff City. Now Wed 19th Dec @ 7:45pm.

There are doubts over Cardiff City v Wrexham in March as it clashes with the England v Wales 6 nations rugby game and cancellations are expected on football international weekends with City having something in the region of 7 / 8 U21 internationals in the squad.

Report from Stoke.
Police and fans have welcomed Stoke City's decision to move the club's home game against Cardiff City from a Saturday afternoon to a Wednesday night.
It is hoped the switch will avoid a repeat of the ugly scenes which marred the fixture the last time the two clubs met at the Britannia Stadium.
The tie was originally to take place on Saturday, December 22.
But on the advice of Staffordshire Police the two teams will play three days earlier on Wednesday, December 19, with a 7.45pm kick-off.
Sergeant Peter Aston of the force's football intelligence unit, based at Hanley, welcomed the decision to move the fixture.
He said: "We negotiated with both clubs and the Football League and decided to move the date of the fixture.
"We felt that the Saturday before Christmas was an inappropriate date for this match and it will now be held on the previous Wednesday, while the return leg was already scheduled for mid-week.
"We will be basing the policing arrangements for the fixture on intelligence we receive but we will obviously be keeping in close contact with both clubs and our colleagues at South Wales Police."
Twelve police officers and 27 members of the public were injured when violence erupted after Stoke's game against Cardiff on April 30 last year.
Staffordshire Police subsequently set about the biggest crackdown on football hooliganism ever undertaken in the UK, which led to a number of people being imprisoned and over 100 banned from matches.
Stoke supporter Chris Shenton, secretary of the True Supporters Against Violence group, said: "Although fans would never want to swap games around, the history of the two clubs and incidents like last season unfortunately means it is a necessity.
City's chief executive Jonathan Fuller said: "We are all agreed on the change of date."
The Saturday before Christmas is never the best time to be hosting a game anyway, but obviously there is the other factor involved here and after talks with the police and Cardiff City we are all agreed on the change of date."