Updat:‘ Cardiff City will this season compete in a New Cup ‘

UPDATED:


@CardiffCityFC will travel to @CambrianBgc in the #NathanielMGCup First Round.

R1 fixtures to be played July 21/22. Further details to follow in due course.




WELSH NATHANIEL MG CUP:

Cardiff City will compete in this seasons Welsh Nathaniel Cup:


CardiffCityFC have been confirmed as the wildcard entry for the 2023/24 #NathanielMGCup.

The first round draw will be broadcast at 7pm tonight.



The full list of clubs entering the competition in round one is as follows:

Northern Section

Bangor 1876

Buckley Town

Caersws

Chirk AAA
Denbigh Town
Gresford Athletic
Guilsfield
Holywell Town
Llandudno
Llanidloes Town
Mold Alexandra
Porthmadog
Prestatyn Town
Ruthin Town

Southern Section

Abergavenny Town
Abertillery Bluebirds
Afan Lido

Ammanford

Baglan Dragons

Briton Ferry Llansawel
Caerau Ely
Cambrian & Clydach Vale
Cardiff City
Carmarthen Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Llanelli Town
Llantwit Major
Pontardawe Town
Swansea City
Taffs Well
Trefelin BGC

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First Team:

Cardiff City’s Main Two Pre-Season Home games:



Penybont and TNS in the Cardiff City Stadium

Cardiff this season extending on from last season are increasing their players going out to Welsh League Clubs on loan.

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I was hoping that this would mean a route into Europe, can you imagine

Oh well, we could dream!

Apparently the winner does not get into Europe but are entered into the Scottish Challenge Cup

I was hoping that this would mean a route into Europe, can you imagine

Oh well, we could dream!

Apparently the winner does not get into Europe but are entered into the Scottish Challenge Cup

We can only dream, there is more chance of us joining the Welsh League the way we are heading under the Cardiff City Committee.

English Football League Championship clubCardiff City has been confirmed as an entry for the 2023/24 Nathaniel MG Cup.


44 spaces are allocated to the 12 JD Cymru Premier clubs, 16 JD Cymru North clubs and 16 JD Cymru South clubs for the competition, while clubs outside of the top two tiers can apply for a wildcard space.

It will be a debut in the competition for Swansea City, while it is the second time that Cardiff City will feature after they were selected as a wildcard entry in 2020/21 but did not re-enter for 2022 & 2023 seasons.

A Bluebirds team containing the likes of Rubin Colwill and Isaak Davies won 2-0 over Taffs Well in the first round before the competition was cancelled for the rest of the campaign due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The draw for the first round of the 2023/24 Nathaniel MG Cup – split into Northern and Southern Sections – will take place on Tuesday 27 June and broadcast on the JD Cymru Leagues Facebook page at 7pm. Fixtures will be played on the weekend of 21/22 July.

The full list of clubs entering the competition in round one is as follows:

Northern Section

Bangor 1876

Buckley Town

Caersws

Chirk AAA
Denbigh Town
Gresford Athletic
Guilsfield
Holywell Town
Llandudno
Llanidloes Town
Mold Alexandra
Porthmadog
Prestatyn Town
Ruthin Town

Southern Section

Abergavenny Town
Abertillery Bluebirds
Afan Lido

Ammanford

Baglan Dragons

Briton Ferry Llansawel
Caerau Ely
Cambrian & Clydach Vale
Cardiff City
Carmarthen Town

Cwmbran Celtic

Goytre United

Llanelli Town
Llantwit Major
Pontardawe Town
Swansea City
Taffs Well
Trefelin BGC

Two clubs from the JD Cymru South and two clubs from the JD Cymru North will be drawn to receive byes into the second round. The wildcard clubs are exempt from receiving a bye.

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I was hoping that this would mean a route into Europe, can you imagine

Oh well, we could dream!

Apparently the winner does not get into Europe but are entered into the Scottish Challenge Cup

Even if the winners DID get a European place, we wouldn't.

"Cake and eat it" scenario.

I was hoping that this would mean a route into Europe, can you imagine

Oh well, we could dream!

Apparently the winner does not get into Europe but are entered into the Scottish Challenge Cup

Even if the winners DID get a European place, we wouldn't.

"Cake and eat it" scenario.

Exactly.

Have you seen some of the shall we say villages / towns that we may play?

How does this help our players compete against good competition in the future?

I’ve just been told apparently after this coming season, the club are getting even closer ties with us entering the Welsh Cup with our first team, But still NO Europe.

already a hectic schedule, made even more hectic with this cup, we will be expecting to win it, but either way, i'll enjoy a few trips to random places, and a few midweek night games for £5er.

already a hectic schedule, made even more hectic with this cup, we will be expecting to win it, but either way, i'll enjoy a few trips to random places, and a few midweek night games for £5er.

Expecting to win it? You do realise the jbs are in it

already a hectic schedule, made even more hectic with this cup, we will be expecting to win it, but either way, i'll enjoy a few trips to random places, and a few midweek night games for £5er.

Expecting to win it? You do realise the jbs are in it

And imagine losing three games to them in one season, the treble.

Couple of quid for one of the small clubs in there if they get the plum draw of us or JBs.

already a hectic schedule, made even more hectic with this cup, we will be expecting to win it, but either way, i'll enjoy a few trips to random places, and a few midweek night games for £5er.

Expecting to win it? You do realise the jbs are in it

And imagine losing three games to them in one season, the treble.

Imagine being the first to win the treble.

We'll obviously use it for fringe players and players from the development squad to play, as well as match practice for those coming back from injury.

I don't really see the issue with us using this competition for that.

Erol Bulut is obviously not going to see it an important competition.

He will still focus on the league, FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The first team squad, excluding those that I mentioned such as players who aren't playing and those coming back from injury, will have zero involvement in this competition.

We'll obviously use it for fringe players and players from the development squad to play, as well as match practice for those coming back from injury.

I don't really see the issue with us using this competition for that.

Erol Bulut is obviously not going to see it an important competition.

He will still focus on the league, FA Cup and EFL Cup.

The first team squad, excluding those that I mentioned such as players who aren't playing and those coming back from injury, will have zero involvement in this competition.

100%

Fringe and youth players should mostly be playing. Keeping them sharp and providing additional experience.

We have been drawn away to Cambrian and Clydach

@CardiffCityFC will travel to @CambrianBgc in the #NathanielMGCup First Round.

R1 fixtures to be played July 21/22. Further details to follow in due course.

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Can't see the point in this - apart from giving the U21's : players coming back to fitness and anyone else who is not getting game time ...a kick about

Can't see the point in this - apart from giving the U21's : players coming back to fitness and anyone else who is not getting game time ...a kick about

Tony,

We have the U21 games v Championship, league 1 & 2 already and we struggle big time.

Perhaps they want us to look good when we beat these village sides.

Turn up, pay the opposition respect, put 7 on them (Rubin Colwill 6 + 1 assist), win the cup, open tour bus. Tidy.

Whilst I agree, on the whole, that these games are pretty pointless German sides often play amateur sides in pre-season and you will regularly see 10-0 or more wins.

The issue is that a win against these sides shouldn't even be considered a win unless we win by five goals. Its all in the mentality. The games should be used for both fitness and to get into the habit of putting the ball in the net.

The mentality needs to be right when approaching these type of games. We need to take the "no mercy" approach and stop being soft touches in these types of games.

Ok for the youngsters and when I say youngsters I don't mean 22 and 23 year olds like the clowns in the media keep saying as younsters. I'm talking of 19 and under will be playing and the stand sitters from the under 21s or 1st team. That's my guess.

Ian,

I think it will be better if we put out our U16’s.

Cardiff City’s opponents in this New Welsh Competition

They are asking again.

Perhaps we can loan them players as well.

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Unless Cardiff have a long term plan that they think over time this may give them a chance of getting a European place by entering the other Welsh cups I can see no benefit whatsoever
One of the teams in our section is my local team and I think from my user name you can work it out The standard at best is just about a very good parks team level. My son has played for them and compared to another one of my sons who was in Cardiff City academy the levels are so vastly different.
All we will see is our youngsters playing against guys who will be out to bully them o. the pitch but will not match them for football ability.
Some will say the toughening up of the lads getting kicked etc will be good learning g curve thou

Unless Cardiff have a long term plan that they think over time this may give them a chance of getting a European place by entering the other Welsh cups I can see no benefit whatsoever
One of the teams in our section is my local team and I think from my user name you can work it out The standard at best is just about a very good parks team level. My son has played for them and compared to another one of my sons who was in Cardiff City academy the levels are so vastly different.
All we will see is our youngsters playing against guys who will be out to bully them o. the pitch but will not match them for football ability.
Some will say the toughening up of the lads getting kicked etc will be good learning g curve thou

Honestly it shows that The Board / Gavin Chesterfield / Darren Purse have NO intentions of our players playing higher standard football , we are going backwards season after season, i still fear for us big time.

to be fair, in the premier league i think certain academies qualify to allow their under 23's or 18s (cant remember which) can enter and play the Johnsons Paint Trophy or whatever it is called now. we probably have decided to put ours in the welsh cup just to toughen them up, boys vs men sort of thing. it will also be good for some of our returning from injury players during the season, as i think we can only play 2 or 3 over 21 year olds i believe

Age restricted football holds back our players. After U-18's it should be men's first football at whatever level you can regularly play

Man city's u21 don't get that far in the johnson paints as a mens L2 outfit are too physical for them. The kids need to play against men who mean it. Too many U21 & U23 games are 60% intensity glorified exhibition games based on technique and structures.

Colwill needs to learn he needs to do things quicker, a spell as an 17/18 year old against semi pro's would give him that urgency otherwise he gets hurt. Too much pussy footing around nowadays.

youth- reserves - first team worked fine at our level.

The big boys are protecting their assets, so bury them in cotton wool and loan for a fee with the view to selling on, so the U21/U23 circuit is great for them.

I would love to see a Cardiff city side in the Cymru premier league. Call them Dinas Caerdydd, allow us and the jacks permission to loan them 18 players for the season and see if they are good enough for the next stage of their career. This would be aimed for 16~19 year olds.