Cardiff City - 13 March 2010

Manager        Dave Jones

Founded       1899   Ground         Cardiff City Stadium

Address        Sloper Road, Cardiff,

Capacity       26,828

Highest Gate          57,893 v Arsenal, 1953; 62,634, Wales v Eng 1959

Squad:

1        David Marshall          Goalkeeper 

2        Kevin McNaughton    Defender 

3        Mark Kennedy          Midfielder 

4        Gavin Rae                Midfielder 

5        Mark Hudson            Defender 

6        Gabor Gyepes           Defender 

7        Peter Whittingham    Midfielder 

8        Michael Chopra         Striker 

9        Jay Bothroyd            Striker 

10      Stephen McPhail       Midfielder 

11      Chris Burke              Midfielder 

12      Tony Capaldi            Midfielder 

14      Paul Quinn               Defender 

15      Anthony Gerrard       Defender 

16      Joe Ledley               Midfielder 

17      Kelvin Etuhu             Striker (on loan from Man City)        

18      Solomon Taiwo         Midfielder 

19      Riccardo Scimeca      Midfielder 

20      Peter Enckelman       Goalkeeper 

23      Darcy Blake             Midfielder 

24      Miguel Comminges     Defender 

26      Warren Feeney         Striker 

27      Adam Matthews        Midfielder 

28      Aaron Wildig             Midfielder 

29      Josh Magennis          Striker 

32      Aaron Morris            Defender 

44      Ross McCormack       Striker 

49      Jonathan Meades      Midfielder    

We have tried our best to ensure factual accuracy at the date of going to press – apologies in advance for any errors or out of date information.

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Sheffield Wednesday 2 City 0

We could all have predicted this result.  After the euphoria of the win against Forest last week, City came down to earth with a bump.  The warning signs were all there:  Wednesday had got a hiding at Reading last Saturday, Pearson won the manager of the month award for February and Gallagher won the player of the month.  All designed to mean City were bound to lose.

They did not disappoint in that regard, although they were a huge disappointment in every other way.  The same team who beat Forest so comprehensively started the match but the performance was completely different.  According to the BBC website we had six attempts on target but I can only remember two – and one of these was obscured by the stanchion in front of me. 

They weren’t too bad in the first half, considering they went down by a goal in the sixth minute, but they huffed and puffed to little effect.  In the second half, they were frankly awful, just punting long balls upfield, which were promptly returned, and for most of the half I thought they were playing head tennis.  There was little sign of the passing game they usually play and I don’t really think the pitch had much to do with it, as Pearson said.....