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 MONTHLY NEWSFILE |
Sunday 28th December 1997 Shrewsbury Town 3 - 2 Cardiff City - Report. Friday 26th December 1997 Cardiff City 1 - 1 Exeter City - Report. Thursday 25th December 1997 Merry Christmas to everybody. Tuesday 23rd December 1997 RESULT City drew away at Newtown tonight with Gareth Stoker equalising for Cardiff in the second half. Part timers Newtown took the lead early on through Jonathon Williams. Russell Osman played the full ninety minutes and it was his clever reverse pass that set Stoker up for his goal. From the brief TV highlights it seemed that Osman played quite well. He too the corners which were varied and had an early free kick go just wide. Poor defending from a back three of Harriott, Jarman and Eckhardt, allowed Newtown to take the lead, a ball from the right cleared the central defender and there was no cover so Williams was able to volley home unchallenged. In fairness the conditions were atrocious. You would not put a dog out in the rain they played in last night. The pitch was full of mud puddles and to get through 90 mins was an achievement. Tony Philliskirk has joined Conference leaders Halifax on a months loan. FAW Cup action tonight with City looking to score for the first time in four and a half matches. Saturday 20th December 1997 RESULT All women and children will be admitted free to Ninian Park on Boxing Day for the game v Exeter. You must collect the vouchers from the S.Wales Echo. Tuesday 16th December 1997 RESULT A very cold and windy Penydarren Park witnessed a goalless draw between Merthyr and Cardiff. City played with a very changed team form the one that drew at Ninian Park last Saturday. In came Elliott, Harriott, Rollo, White, Jarman, Stoker and Phillips. Off the bench came Nugent, Earnshaw and Cadette. Andy Saville is being rested for tonights FAW Invitation Cup clash with Merthyr. Steve White will replace him up front. Jimmy Rollo, Lee Phillips and Tony Elliott are added to the squad. Monday 15th December 1997 Striker Glenn Crowe has returned to first division Wolves after six weeks at Ninian Park. Crowe scored in his first match but did not put the ball in the net again. City thank him for his contribution. Tomorrow nights FAW Cup game away at Merthyr Tydfil is live on BBC 2 Wales. Kick off 7:00pm. Saturday 13th December 1997 RESULT City keeper Jon Hallworth kept Cardiff in todays game with a string of second half saves that left the crowd on their feet giving him a standing ovation. He was rightly voted sponsors Man of ther Match. Cardiff had the better of the first half but were under serious pressure from Peterboro in the second. This was a good entertaining football game which should have been an away win but for Hallworth. City played well at times and created chances but none were converted. Poor refereeing did not help either side. Thursday 11th december 1997 Cardiff's rearranged away game at Colchester (March 24th) has now been brought forward to Tuesday January 20th. ko 7:45pm. The Football League have insisted on the change. This now means Cardiff's FAW game with Merthyr planned for the same night will have to be rescheduled. Wednesday 10th December 1997 Defender Scott Paterson has been recalled by Bristol City. The Scottish born defender play a half dozen games for Cardiff and impressed all with his ability. Tuesday 9th December 1997 RESULT City have been beaten 2 - 0 tonight by Millwall in the Autowindscreen Trophy. A goal in each half was enough to see Millwall through to round 2. Cardiff can now concentrate on the League and the FA Cup. City are planing to rest players for tonights Autowindscreen game at home to Millwall. Kenny Hibbitt is concentrating more on the vital 3rd division clash with Peterborough at Ninian Park this coming Saturday. Barry Fry's team, currently second in the third division, are 12 points ahead of Cardiff, but they have played a game more. Robert Earnshaw has been included in the squad and its likely that Steve White, Lee Jarman and Gareth Stoker will all get first team action. Scott Paterson's loan spell has officially ended. The Bluebirds are currently trying to extend the deal and have up until Thursday to do so. Sunday 7th December 1997 Cardiff have been draw at home to second division Oldham Athletic in the 3rd round of the FA Cup. The match is to be played w/e of 3rd January. The full draw is as follows: Portsmouth - Aston Villa; Saturday 6th December 1997 RESULT Carl Dale scored twice (21 and 45) with one inbetween from Andy Saville (41) to give City a 3 - 0 first half lead. This proved to be too big a challenge for Hendon who did pull one back on 86 mins from Naseem Bashir but never looked like threatening the 3rd round draw. Cardiff will be waiting with baited breath for the draw at 6:15pm (GMT) on Sunday. The third round takes place w/e 2/3/4.1.98. City are due to play away at Chester on the 3rd. I presume it will be postponed and rearranged for a later date. Cardiff are aiming to be the second Welsh team through to the third round after Wrexham beat Chester 2 - 0 at the Deva Stadium last night. Friday 5th December 1997 The postponed match against Colchester this week has been rearranged for Tuesday March 24th 1998. Thursday 4th December 1997 Hendon arrive in Cardiff tomorrow with their band of part time footballers looking for a notable FA Cup scalp. The team is made up of the usual Clerks, insurance salesmen etc. One of the team works in Kensington in pest control. The rat catcher is looking to snare the Cardiff players in his trap. Local bookmakers Jack Brown are offering odds of 4-9 on cardiff winning on Saturday with Hendon at 6-1 (must be worth a pound). The draw is 13-5. Mark Harris and Scot Young are both trying to overcome injury in time to play on Saturday. City will be without Scott Paterson and Glen Crowe who are both ineligable for cup matches. Kevin Nugent is making good progress and could feature in City's Auto Windscreen Cup game next Tuesday at home to Millwall. Jeff Eckhardt will be slightly longer. Jason Fowler could also be back by next Tuesday. Tuesday 2nd December 1997 Colchester Utd v Cardiff City - POSTPONED. Bad weather in Essex has caused the postponement of todays game in Colchester. City yesterday signed 23 yeard old Marvin Harriott on a non contract basis. Harriett is a defender who for the past year or so has been playing for Fortuna Dusseldorf. He has been involved with Russell Osman in the past at Bristol City. He will come to Cardiff when needed but in the meantime will probably play with a non league outfit in the London area.
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Copyright Michael Morris 1997.