' TEAM NEWS ' NORWICH v CARDIFF CITY ' MATCH THREAD '

NORWICH v CARDIFF CITY
Championship
Saturday, 10 September, 15:00
Carrow Road

City Team :Ben Wilson, Peltier, Morrison(Capt), Connolly, Richards, John, Gunnarsson, Ralls, Immers, Pilkington, Lambert.

Subs : Amos, Manga, Whittingham, Harris, Huws, Noone and Gounongbe.


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UPDATED 300 Cardiff fans now expected



09/09/16

About 270 Cardiff Fans are expected to travel to Norwich tomorrow

New striker Rickie Lambert will start tomorrow

Midfielder Joe Bennett will have to wait a while longer as a slight calf issue has ruled him out this weekend.

Central defender Sean Morrison has taken over the captaincy following Marshall's departure, and Emyr Huws is in contention to make his full debut after impressing as a substitute for Wales against Moldova.

Trollope:"Ben Wilson's played well against Reading and so he could start again against Norwich tomorrow"

No real injuries for Cardiff City, other than Stuart O'Keefe still out

08/09/16

Referee: Oliver Langford
Linesmen: Neil Davies and Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: Alan Young

Match Day referee Langford has officiated four games in 2016/17 with a return of ten yellows and zero red cards.


07/09/16
Norwich Team News

Summer signing Alex Pritchard looks set for a return to first-team duty with Norwich City, after a sparkling showing for the Canaries’ under-23s.
The £8million capture from Tottenham set up Carlton Morris for the first of City’s goals in a 2-0 win over Valencia U23s last night, in a Premier League International Cup group game at Carrow Road.



Cardiff City sold 120 tickets so far plus 50 comps.




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Latest News


Possible Lineups

Cardiff City

30 Wilson
2 Peltier
4 Morrison
16 Connolly
6 Richards
24 Harris
8 Ralls
7 Whittingham
17 Gunnarsson
10 Immers
13 Pilkington


Norwich

33 McGovern
2 Whittaker
24 Bennett
15 Klose
12 Brady
27 Tettey
17 Canos
14 Hoolahan
8 Howson
22 Murphy
7 Naismith


The Opposition



Norwich

Norwich City Football Club (also known as The Canaries or City) is an English professional football club playing in the Football League Championship. The club is based in Norwich, Norfolk. Norwich returned to the Premier League in 2015, having first been promoted to the top flight in 1972. Norwich have won the League Cup twice, in 1962 and 1985. The club has never won the top flight, but finished third in 1993.

The club was founded in 1902. Since 1935, Norwich have played their home games at Carrow Road and have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town, with whom they have contested the East Anglian Derby 134 times since 1902.

The fans' song "On the Ball, City" is regarded as being the oldest football song in the world which is still in use. The club plays in characteristic yellow and green kits and are nicknamed The Canaries after the history of breeding the birds in the area.



2016/17 Results

Cardiff

THU 11 AUG 2016 - EFL CUP Bristol Rovers 1 - 0 Cardiff
SUN 14 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 0 - 2 QPR
WED 17 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 2 - 1 Blackburn
SAT 20 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Fulham 2 - 2 Cardiff
SAT 27 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Cardiff 0 - 1 Reading


Norwich


SAT 27 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Birmingham 3 - 0 Norwich
TUE 23 AUG 2016 - EFL CUP Norwich 6 - 1 Coventry
SUN 21 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Ipswich 1 - 1 Norwich
TUE 16 AUG 2016 - CHAMPIONSHIP Norwich 1 - 0 Bristol City


Recent meetings


2014/2015 Sat 17 Jan Norwich City 3 - 2 Cardiff City Championship
2014/2015 Sat 13 Sep Cardiff City 2 - 4 Norwich City Championship
2013/2014 Sat 01 Feb Cardiff City 2 - 1 Norwich City Premier League
2013/2014 Sat 26 Oct Norwich City 0 - 0 Cardiff City Premier League
2010/2011 Sat 15 Jan Norwich City 1 - 1 Cardiff City Championship


Previous Highlights




Match Odds

Cardiff 9/2
Draw 29/10
Norwich 3/5


Tickets

Norwich City vs Cardiff City - Sat. 10th September 2016. KO: 3pm.

Tickets available to current Season Ticket Holders and Gold / Junior Bluebird Members only.

General Ticket Prices
Adults: £30.00
Seniors 65+: £20.00
Under 18: £15.00
Under 12: £10.00

Disabled Allocations
Prices as stated above and Carer: free of charge

ON SALE: 10am on Tues. 23rd August 2016

Tickets can be purchased in person at the CCS Ticket Office situated in the Grandstand, next to Corporate Entrance 2.

Alternatively, you can call the Stadium Ticket Office on 0845 345 1400. The Ticket Office is open from 9am to 5:30pm on Monday to Friday, and 9am to 3pm on non match-day Saturdays.

The easiest way is to book online - http://www.eticketing.co.uk/cardiffcity


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Norwich City 3 Cardiff City 1

' PAUL TROLLOPE SWEATING & HOPING '

Cardiff City manager Paul Trollope has been sweating and hoping that all seven of his players return without injury from their International matches.

Cardiff City have a tough away game away at Norwich City this Saturday and Trollope will want all his players fit and available.



Aron Gunnarsson was playing for Iceland and Captained them against Ukraine in Kiev.

Frédéric Gounongbe played and scored Benin's match away in Bamako on Sunday.


Bruno Manga was playing in the African Cup Nations cup udan in Khartoum and then played in a friendly against Cameron Limbe.


Jazz Richards and Emyr Huws were on duty with the Wales squad against Moldova.

Kenneth Zohore,was selected in Denmark's squad under 21 Squad.

Theo Wharton and Tommy O'Sullivan were with the Wales under 21 squad.

City have sold 120 tickets so far plus 50 comps but it is pay on the day

City have sold 120 tickets so far plus 50 comps but it is pay on the day

£30? What happened to twenty is plenty?

City have sold 120 tickets so far plus 50 comps but it is pay on the day

£30? What happened to twenty is plenty?

Terry, We would not sell that much more at £20, it was a £10 at Bristol Rovers and we never sold out and had not played there for years.

Think we may get beat here. Going for Norwich 2-0.

Cant see us getting much up there, id bite your hand off for a 0-0 but i fancy them to score at least 2 and cant see us matching that.

NCFC 1 CCFC 2 lambert and O Keefe on his return to steal victory outstanding display by the 3 cbs

City have sold 120 tickets so far plus 50 comps but it is pay on the day

£30? What happened to twenty is plenty?

Terry, We would not sell that much more at £20, it was a £10 at Bristol Rovers and we never sold out and had not played there for years.

Your probably right Annis but £30 is taking the piss!!

Lambert is bound to start if fit and I,d play Hues who was outstanding when he came on for Wales?

3-0 I'm afraid.

3-0 Norwich

2-1 City! Lambert and Immers to score

Norwich poor form going into it but I fear they are too strong for us 3-0 possibly 4 if we collapse

FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS: CARDIFF CITY

by James Baldwin


Wednesday 7th September 2016

Connections between City and their weekend opponents

CARDIFF City's boss Paul Trollope has links to the Canaries, having served on the Club's coaching staff between 2012 and 2014.

After leaving Carrow Road, Trollope was appointed as the Bluebirds' head coach in February 2015 and five months later took on a coaching role with the Welsh national team alongside his domestic duties.

Playing a prominent role in Wales' qualification for Euro 2016, the former midfielder was awarded the main job with Cardiff at the end of the 2015-16 season, replacing Russell Slade.

Doug Livermore also spent several years in a coaching role with City under a number of different managers, having previously had a distinguised playing career in Norfolk during the 1970s ahead of a two-year stint in Wales.

Of Cardiff's current roster of players, winger Anthony Pilkington spent three years with City before joining the Welsh side in 2014.

Midfielder Tom Adeyemi came through Norwich's Academy system and has been at the Cardiff City Stadium since 2014, but is currently on loan to Rotherham United.

Goalkeeper David Marshall recently joined Hull, bringing an end to a seven-year association with the Bluebirds having joined them from City in 2009.

One of Marshall's teammates in Norfolk was Robert Earnshaw, who struck 27 goals in 45 league appearances from January 2006 to the summer of 2007, having originally started his career with Cardiff.

Finally, current City striker Cameron Jerome made his breakthrough with this weekend's opponents during the 2004-05 campaign; his form there eventually earning a move to Birmingham City.

Fitness boosts for Norwich City ahead of Cardiff clash

Wednesday 07 September 2016


By David Freezer

Summer signing Alex Pritchard looks set for a return to first-team duty with Norwich City, after a sparkling showing for the Canaries’ under-23s.



The £8million capture from Tottenham set up Carlton Morris for the first of City’s goals in a 2-0 win over Valencia U23s last night, in a Premier League International Cup group game at Carrow Road.

The 23-year-old has not featured for the first team since the opening day of the season, when he strained a stomach muscle during a late substitute appearance.

The tricky midfielder was withdrawn at half-time in a pre-planned substitution, alongside fellow returnee Graham Dorrans, who is making his way back from a groin strain.

“It was always planned to give them 45 minutes, that’s what the gaffer (Alex Neil) wanted,” City’s U23s coach Dmitri Halajko said. “First half we were the dominant team, we controlled the ball and had the better chances, but second half was slightly different.”

After the withdrawal of Pritchard and Dorrans, City lost their rhythm and were thankful to another summer signing, 
goalkeeper Paul Jones, for denying Valencia with several good saves.

The 30-year-old was signed on a free from Portsmouth, after Declan Rudd’s season-long loan move to Charlton.

“There were some great saves,” Halajko continued. “That’s what goalies are there for, when they’re called upon, but he made some real good saves from chances that otherwise would have been goals for certain. So he came up trumps for us.”

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3-0

4-0 not a shot on goal by us

The Football League have now announced the Match Day officials that will take charge of the game against Cardiff City this Saturday.



Norwich City host Cardiff City on Saturday September 10 for the game at Carrow Road and the match carries a 3pm kick off.

Referee: Oliver Langford
Linesmen: Neil Davies and Mark Dwyer
Fourth Official: Alan Young

Match Day referee Langford has officiated four games in 2016/17 with a return of ten yellows and zero red cards.

He took in 41 matches in 2015-16 and in those games, across all competitions and football divisions, he handed out a total of 99 yellow cards and four red cards.

He was most card happy in the match between Burton Albion and Millwall on December 1 with a total of seven yellows being shown, along with one red.

Langford is a very experienced match official, with eight seasons as an EFL referee under his belt. As part of the PGMO development programme, he has officiated in the Dallas Cup and Algarve Cup. He has now refereed nearly 200 EFL matches.

Norwich 2-0 Cardiff City

UPDATE ON NORWICH CITY INJURIES

Norwich City V Cardiff City

3pm Saturday 10th September 2016

It could be argued that the international break came at a perfect time for Norwich City manager Alex Neil, as a number of his key players had picked up short-term injuries. Two weeks of rest and recovery will likely be enough time for most of those absentees to be ready for selection, giving Neil much-needed options in certain positions.


Summer signing Alex Pritchard looks set for a return to first-team duty with Norwich City, after a sparkling showing for the Canaries’ under-23s.
The £8million capture from Tottenham set up Carlton Morris for the first of City’s goals in a 2-0 win over Valencia U23s last night, in a Premier League International Cup group game at Carrow Road.



Longer term injuries, such as the ones suffered by Martin Olsson and Alex Pritchard, may need a while longer to get them back up to full match fitness.

PAUL TROLLOPES CURRENT CARDIFF CITY SQUAD


Goalkeepers: Ben Amos, Brian Murphy, Ben Wilson.

Defenders: Lee Peltier, Joe Bennett, Sean Morrison, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Jazz Ricards, Declan John, Matthew Connolly, Semi Ajayi, Tom James, David Tutonda.

Midfielders: Peter Whittingham, Joe Ralls, Lex Immers, Craig Noone, Anthony Pilkington, Aron Gunnarsson, Stuart O'Keefe, Matthew Kennedy, Kadeem Harris, Emyr Huws, Tommy O'Sullivan, Theo Warton.

Forwards: Frederic Gounongbe, Rickie Lambert, Kenneth Zohore.

Norwich, managed by Alex Neil, had an ideal start to life back in the Championship when they thrashed Blackburn Rovers 4-1 away from home on the opening day.

In more recent times, however, the Canaries’ fortunes have been rather mixed with a win, draw and loss from their last three outings. They narrowly beat Bristol City 1-0, drew 1-1 with arch rivals Ipswich Town before suffering a comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Birmingham City last time out.

The Bluebirds may have to be wary of Nelson Oliveira, a recent capture for the Canaries from Portuguese outfit Benfica. The striker has Championship experience, having scored nine goals in 29 appearances whilst on loan at Nottingham Forest last season.

£30 to get in, Piss Take. see you there anyhow. BLUEBIRDS!

Team News
Norwich
Norwich will assess their injury situation after the international break - John Ruddy, Ivo Pinto and Cameron Jerome could be fit again, but Martin Olsson and Matt Jarvis may need more time.
Midfielder Alex Pritchard, who has not featured since a stomach injury on the opening day of the season, played 45 minutes for the Under-23s this week.
Graham Dorrans also played in that game but this match may come too soon for him.

Cardiff
Left-back Joe Bennett and striker Rickie Lambert, signed from Aston Villa and West Brom, are in contention for debuts.
Cardiff have a decision to make in goal - Ben Wilson stepped in for Hull-bound David Marshall against Reading but new signings Ben Amos and Brian Murphy could be considered.
Midfielder Stuart O'Keefe remains sidelined with a broken arm.

We always make them look like brazil at Carrow road,gonna give this a miss and go to preston on Tuesday
Cant see us doing much at all unfortunately. 3-0 Norwich

Trollope:"Ben Wilson's played well against Reading and so he could start again against Norwich tomorrow"

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09/09/16

About 250 Cardiff Fans are expected to travel to Norwich tomorrow

Central defender Sean Morrison has taken over the captaincy following Marshall's departure, and Emyr Huws is in contention to make his full debut after impressing as a substitute for Wales against Moldova.