LEIGHTON JAMES being suspended by BBC Wales as a result of his anti-Cardiff City comments was about as inevitable as Swansea City going up this season....
HE’S played in 288 Premiership games, scored 129 goals, been to a World Cup and savoured an FA Cup final, even if he did finish on the losing side when Chelsea met Arsenal in Cardiff back in 2002....
So what’s going on up north? We sent our intrepid reporter SIMON KENDAL-WILLIAMS on to the streets – and into the pubs – of Barnsley in search of some locals...
A MUSIC venue which has showcased the likes of The Manic Street Preachers and Cerys Matthews is facing a court appearance after a complaint about noise....
ARSENE Wenger is at a loss to explain how Arsenal failed to win their Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Liverpool – but he is confident his men can finish the job at Anfield next week....
GET ready for the WWW ... the Welsh Wonder Weekend of sport. The Grand Slam was great, but just three weeks on everyone can get ready for the biggest domestic 24-hour period in the entire history of Welsh sport....
CARDIFF CITY boss Dave Jones believes the exploits of his side and their Championship counterparts in this season’s FA Cup have breathed new life into the world’s oldest cup competition....
Fennerbache 2-1 Chelsea. CHELSEA midfielder Michael Ballack felt Chelsea paid for lapses in concentration in the second half of their Champions League quarter-final clash with Fenerbahce last night....
Arsenal 1-1 Liverpool. LIVERPOOL’S Dirk Kuyt insisted the referee was right not to award a penalty against him in last night’s 1-1 Champions League draw with Arsenal....
GET ready for the WWW ... the Welsh Wonder Weekend of sport. The Grand Slam was great, but just three weeks on everyone can get ready for the biggest domestic 24-hour period in the entire history of Welsh sport....
ARSENE Wenger is at a loss to explain how Arsenal failed to win their Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Liverpool – but he is confident his men can finish the job at Anfield next week....
PROMOTION or a cup final? Swansea skipper Garry Monk will be perfectly happy to secure the first option this weekend, even if it overshadowed by Cardiff’s FA Cup exploits....