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Bluebirds struck down by Owls

Sun 03 May, 03:52 PM


Jermaine Johnson's stunning volley robbed Cardiff of a Championship play-off place in cruel circumstances as they lost 1-0 to Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough.

Jamaica international Johnson thundered home a spectacular volley that floored the Welshmen midway through the second half and they never recovered.

Dave Jones' Bluebirds needed at least a draw to guarantee themselves a top-six finish, but once Johnson's rocket flew in they looked a crestfallen lot.

This gut-wrenching last-day defeat, coupled with Preston's 2-1 home win over QPR, sees the Lancashire side pip them to a play-off spot by the narrowest of margins.

Both sides finished on 74 points with identical goal difference, but Jones' boys missed out by virtue of having scored a goal less than Preston.

Cardiff have taken only one point from their last four matches, conceding 12 goals in the process, and will look back at their shocking 6-0 defeat to Preston last month as the day they threw their season away.

 

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  1. ahorler.....Here we go again....Cardiff City Finished­ higher than The Foreign legion down the road.so­ therefore you are the second best team in Wales­ OFFICIAL!. if you have any problems with that ask your­ teacher to explain (if you have them on your camp site)­ And yes Cardiff are not good enough to go up but every­ season we are getting closer. Swansea played some great­ football all season and out played Cardiff on all­ occasion's but its a point business and ccfc­ finished higher and will do so next season.

    From limo1wales L, on Mon 4 May 11:35AM
  2. limo1walesl cardiff @#$% are no where good enough for­ premiership they failed to reach play offs failed to­ beat the jacks so how come you think they good enough­ for premiership you obviouslly know nothing about­ football and have got your just deserts NOTHING what a­ @#$% head . jacks for promotion next year with pure­ football . come on the jacks lol

    From ahorler, on Mon 4 May 9:46AM
  3. I have been a Cardiff fan all my life, but after they­ threw away the chance for promotion I will never watch­ them again. Cardiff do not want premiership football,­ they are happy where they are, and that is not fair on­ their fans. I hope next season they get less than a­ thousand supporters every game. Then maybe if they are­ in a possision for promotion they don't blatantly­ throw it. Their last four results could not have been­ more obvious. The only way Preston could have cought­ them was to get the result they did against Cardiff, a­ side that had not lost by more than one goal all­ season, that was not nerves but sabotage on their own­ behalf. If they were going to throw it then they could­ have' at the very least' did it in the final of­ the playoffs.

    From ROY, on Mon 4 May 8:53AM
  4. TULIP: If you judge your season on finishing one place­ above a team in its debut season in the Championship­ then it is no wonder that your team failed to reached­ the the play-offs (let alone automatic promotion) with­ fans like you.

    What a very sad way for a Cardiff fan­ to view the season - The 'Jacks' will be­ looking back at this season with a little­ dissapointment that their wonderfull passing game didnt­ get them to the play-offs but, can be happy they gained­ many plaudits for the way they played all season. ­ Remember, this was their first season in the second­ tier for many years (not forgetting knocking you out of­ the Carling Cup and having a great FA Cup run) and next­ season I truely believe they will be stronger and­ pushing for automatic promotion. How many seasons have­ Cardiff been in the division now and the best they can­ come up with is one place above their poor, local­ rivals.....oh dear

    From IAN, on Mon 4 May 12:13AM
  5. cardiff are not good enough by a long way for the­ premiership chopra has been useless should of giving­ eddie johnson a fair chance instead of bringing him on­ with a few minutes to go wat player is going to shine­ in that situation we are just an ordianary championship­ side nothing special and we will struggle next year­ thats for sure with probably are best player of the­ season is roger johnson we need to keep hold of him the­ rest are just average players as simple as that. over­ and out cardiff city over rated one pissed off­ cardiff city fan and even the rugby lost today they­ got a new stadium now they just need 10 descent players­ to fill it now.

    From kevin m, on Sun 3 May 11:27PM
  6. ha ha ha you got what you deserved after your loud­ mouth fans went on radio the radio 4 weeks ago gobbing­ off about how you would be getting automatic promotion­ and how easily you would despatch preston and you would­ win all your remaining games. the whole league is­ laughing at you and your mindless muppet fans

    From Phil, on Sun 3 May 7:59PM
  7. up the owls ..next season get on us to reach play offs­ ....seriously

    From paul john l, on Sun 3 May 7:37PM
  8. Bad day for the Blues but we finnished higher than the­ Jacks!

    From tulip, on Sun 3 May 7:22PM
  9. Ahorler you N0b head Look at the table "CCFC THE­ BEST TEAM IN WALES AGAIN"

    bAZ9707 Completely­ agree.....But each year were getting closer....New­ manager in to take us all the way.

    From limo1wales L, on Sun 3 May 5:52PM
  10. cardiff a team not good enough for the prem

    From baz9707, on Sun 3 May 4:57PM
  11. didnt deserve to go up not good enough only second best­ team in wales

    From ahorler, on Sun 3 May 4:53PM
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