The Cardiff City Herald
Match15 Aug 2026
Cardiff City tear Reading apart
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4‑0 against Reading, and it could have been more.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Nathan Trott keeps Cardiff City in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
3 goals for Yousef Salech
The match ball belongs to Yousef Salech, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Will Fish shuts the door
Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A defender's afternoon for Ben Osborn
Defensive actions: 24. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Cardiff City
Dennis Cirkin was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Alex Robertson runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
One of those days for Yousef Salech
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.15, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
The Cardiff City debt reaches $14.6M
Football clubs borrow; that is not the story. Borrowing more than the facility allows is, because from here it is the owner's money or somebody else's decision, and neither of those belongs to the board.
In brief
- Market A long bet from Cardiff City on Adam Walker
- Market Cardiff City buy the years ahead of Daniel Howard
- Market Cardiff City buy the years ahead of Luke Stewart