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Football News for 28 April 2008

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Katherine Jenkins will sing Welsh anthem at FA Cup final

Apr 28 2008

KATHERINE Jenkins will become a Cardiff City fan for at least one day when she sings the Welsh National Anthem at the FA Cup final....

Bauza has a Swans ball and tells the fans ‘see you next season’

Apr 28 2008

HAT-TRICK hero Guillem Bauza is already relishing life in the Championship after signing off his debut season at the Liberty Stadium in superb style on Saturday....

Swans save their best until last

Apr 28 2008

Swansea City 4-1 Leyton Orient. SOME people do their talking in front of independent tribunals, but for Swansea City a breathtaking demolition of Leyton Orient was the perfect way to say, “We are the champions.”...

Last-gasp heartache for youth

Apr 28 2008

CARDIFF City's young guns suffered heartbreak in the last minute of last night's Welsh Youth Cup final against Swansea City at Ninian Park....

Real battle for Welsh crown

Apr 28 2008

ONLY three points separate the top four teams in the MacWhirter Welsh League and Dinas Powys manager Mark Jones says: “It’s the closest and best title race for years.”...

City must wait on two captains

Apr 28 2008

CARDIFF City must wait to find out the fate of two captains as they prepare for the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, May 17....

Moyes pleased with Toffees’ performance

Apr 28 2008

DAVID Moyes believes his Everton side are returning to the levels that made them such a force earlier in the season....

FA probe into Stamford Bridge bust-up

Apr 28 2008

Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United. THE Football Association will ask to see “all details and TV footage” of the post-match bust-up between Manchester United players and Chelsea staff....

Wigan are on edge as points trickle in

Apr 28 2008

Wigan Athletic 0-0 Reading. THE spectre of a must-win final match of the season against Manchester United may start to haunt Wigan’s dreams....

Young players earn place at Wembley

Apr 28 2008

DAVE Jones’ team will not be the only football representing Cardiff at Wembley....

Cardiff City’s single outsells Kylie and Co

Apr 28 2008

CARDIFF City’s FA Cup final single has begun to outsell its main rivals by three-to-one in terms of pre-sales orders....

Keegan vows to help United

Apr 28 2008

West Ham 2-2 Newcastle United. NEWCASTLE manager Kevin Keegan has promised Manchester United he and his players will do their best to end Chelsea’s title hopes....

Hughes hails his hitman Roque

Apr 28 2008

Portsmouth 0-1 Blackburn. BLACKBURN manager Mark Hughes saluted Roque Santa Cruz as the best pound for pound striker in the Premier League after his 21st goal of the season ended FA Cup finalists Portsmouth’s hopes of a fifth-place finish....

Southgate after a big Boro finish

Apr 28 2008

Sunderland 3-2 Middlesbrough . MIDDLESBROUGH boss Gareth Southgate has urged his players to use the pain of derby defeat as their motivation for Barclays Premier League survival....

Survival would give Nolan a last laugh

Apr 28 2008

Tottenham 1-1 Bolton Wanderers. KEVIN NOLAN is determined to secure Premier League survival to have the last laugh on critics who want Bolton to go down....

Sven facing crunch talks

Apr 28 2008

Manchester City 2-3 Fulham. SVEN-GORAN ERIKSSON must hope Thaksin Shinawatra’s faith in him is as great as that in Manchester City as a whole....

DIC deny Mourinho rumours

Apr 28 2008

Birmingham 2-2 Liverpool. LIVERPOOL fans’ groups have been assured that Jose Mourinho has not been offered Rafael Benitez’s job as boss at Anfield....

Barry’s delight at Villa’s vital point

Apr 28 2008

Everton 2-2 Aston Villa. ASTON VILLA captain Gareth Barry hailed his side’s “exceptional” performance in coming from behind twice to draw 2-2 with European rivals Everton....

Cole’s actions mar great battle

Apr 28 2008

Burnley 3-3 Cardiff City. ANDY Cole let himself down at Turf Moor. His actions in agitating for Darren Purse to be sent off, chasing the Cardiff City skipper down the tunnel and then holding an abusive post-match press interview were out of order....

‘Ledley was a super sub for City in second half’

Apr 28 2008

“THE first half at Burnley was a typical end of season game, but it really picked up after half-time....

Howard sels it for Swans

Apr 28 2008

Cardiff Youth 0-1 Swansea Youth...

Wrexham misery goes on

Apr 28 2008

Wrexham 1-3 Accrington Stanley. IF anything summed up Wrexham’s miserable season it was Accrington’s opening goal....

Cymru Alliance round-up

Apr 28 2008

BALA look set to finish runners-up to Prestatyn in the Cymru Alliance after Llandudno could only record a goalless draw with Penrhyncoch....

King’s are crowned

Apr 28 2008

Merthyr 0-2 Kings Lynn. THE Martyrs played second fiddle to a promotion party at Penydarren Park for King’s Lynn, the Norfolk side securing a 2-0 victory to lift the Southern League Premier Division title....

Welsh league round-up

Apr 28 2008

GOYTRE went to the top of the Welsh League in the most convincing of fashions with a 5-0 romp at Newport YMCA....

Reds stay on treble trail

Apr 28 2008

Llanelli 2-0 Rhyl. LLANELLI completed the second part of a unique domestic treble when they landed the Loosemores’ League Cup for the first time in their history at Newtown....

Beadle axe after play-off failure

Apr 28 2008

Newport County 1-2 Fisher Athletic. NEWPORT COUNTY have sacked manager Peter Beadle after they failed to make the play-offs by losing to Fisher Athletic 2-1 in the final league fixture of the season....

‘We can’t afford to give away so many cheap goals’

Apr 28 2008

‘WE are disappointed to draw a match we should have won comfortably....

Martyrs looking to future

Apr 28 2008

MERTHYR completed their Southern League campaign with a defeat on Saturday and finished the season in 13th place in the Premier Division – one spot higher than last time around....

United stars provoked during Chelsea brawl

Apr 28 2008

MANCHESTER United players have accused Chelsea staff of provoking a brawl at Stamford Bridge by abusing defender Patrice Evra....

Beadle pays high price for County’s failings

Apr 28 2008

NEWPORT County sacked manager Peter Beadle yesterday after failing to make the play-offs by losing to Fisher Athletic 2-1 in the final league fixture of the season....

Bluebirds' boss FA Cup headache

Apr 28 2008

DAVE Jones has been handed an FA Cup selection conundrum ahead of the visit of Barnsley on Sunday....

Pompey worried by injury to James

Apr 28 2008

FA CUP finalists Portsmouth have been handed a major fitness scare over England goalkeeper David James ahead of next month’s Wembley showdown with Cardiff City....

Ridsdale denies United move for Ramsey

Apr 28 2008

CARDIFF City have rejected reports that Manchester United are ready to swoop with a £10m offer for teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey....

A short back and our side’s going to win the cup, please

Apr 28 2008

CUSTOMERS at Village Barbers in Whitchurch, Cardiff are left in no doubt about which team the staff support....

Cardiff boss brands Cole a ‘disgrace’

Apr 28 2008

CARDIFF CITY manager Dave Jones last night branded former England and Manchester United striker Andy Cole “disgraceful” as a war of words erupted in the wake of his side’s 3-3 draw with Burnley on Saturday....

Weekend of ecstasy and agony

Apr 28 2008

SWANSEA’S Guillem Bauza and Cardiff’s Darren Purse typified the highs and lows of a breathless football weekend....

We are true champs, insists Martinez

Apr 28 2008

ROBERTO MARTINEZ last night pointed to Swansea City’s five-strong presence in the League One PFA team of the year as proof his buoyant side are the true champions of their division....

Jones struggles to keep team focused on league

Apr 28 2008

Burnley 3-3 Cardiff City. BLUEBIRDS boss Dave Jones witnessed his side fight out an epic draw at Turf Moor – then revealed how difficult it has been to keep his side focused on the league....

Angry Cole lays into Purse

Apr 28 2008

LONG after the final whistle of this ultimately tempestuous encounter there were just three of us left working in the Turf Moor press room....

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