You may prove me wrong. Lucien Favre leaves the club & his ex-assistant Edin Terzic takes over the Dortmund reins until the end of the season. Inevitably the story is more popular down west than in the capital. Chelsea FC - Cardiff City FA Cup Cardiff soul crew vs Chelsea headhunhters 13 02 2010 Some are born of envy, history, even politics. Bowen scored with a diving header. “Swim Away.” Ok, let’s get this one out of the way first. In the premier league,chelsea qpr is sureli buildin up..manu and chelsea fans are always at ech oda 2 as dey wer d 2 title contenders for a decade..bt if european championships r concerned after 2009 and 2012 debacles,r main rivals in europe have 2 b barcelona…!!! Chelsea have been drawn at home against League Two Morecambe in the third round of this season’s Emirates FA Cup. Biggest Rival: Tottenham (50%) These two sets of supporters just don’t get on at all. Webb added the fuel last season when he handed his team two insane penalties. It’s worth noting that the rivalry with QPR has flared up considerably over the last year (what with the John Terry-Anton Ferdinand saga) but QPR are still not a club that can challenge for even a top 10 League finish. ... Chelsea vs Tottenham. Three hopes and one fear for Welsh football, Mitro looks on as Fulham secure EPL play-off place, Nottingham Forest look to end losing run against in-form Swansea City, Magic Yan Dhanda – the trailblazing sorcerer in South Wales. Ben Chilwell Impresses Lampard with a Show of Talent Leading the Blues to Victory. Or have the capital city followers never really forgotten that it was their former hero John Toshack who took Swansea City to the heights of the football world, while they wallowed in the shadows. “Judas 30” on their shirts. David Giles played, and scored, for Cardiff, Wrexham, Swansea City, Newport County and Wales. This year it has to be tottenham what with AVB and all but in europe, ya its definitely barca! Some of these boys are viewed as traitors. Liverpool vs Chelsea: the birth of a very modern rivalry By Leo Moynihan 26 September 2018 As Liverpool and Chelsea prepare to face one another … It will be our first ever meeting with Morecambe who are currently 15th in their division. https://www.prostinternational.com/2020/12/15/lets-talk-southampton-and-throw-ins/, Here are a few photos from Melissa Levin from last week’s Western Conference Final. But memories fade fast in football. The “Jacks” of Swansea and the Bluebirds of Cardiff. Many years ago I recall being especially impressed by a young lad tearing things up down the wing for Swansea at Ninian Park. Player of the Year in 2000 as relegation climaxed 15 years of failure and average home attendance stalled at 6,895. As a penalty shoot out unfolded though, sections of the home support could not resist reminding him of his 124 appearances for Swansea City. Capital counterparts West Ham United and the Blues also have a bit of history as well. There are plenty of reasons for Chelsea to class all of the before mentioned teams as rivals, but who would you say is our main rival and why? 2007 - 2008 Doll Can Chelsea Win the 2020/2021 Premier League? However, when you have two top sides up there battling for the main silverware year in, year out, then they instantly become rivals. Lol Even Messi doesn't sound his humble self when he talked about Chelsea recently. Leicester City fans have had their fair share of run-ins with Chelsea down the years and then there’s Tottenham Hotspur. Discussion in 'Soccer Videos' started by banok, Feb 13, 2010. banok Member. Sometimes fierce, yet sometimes forgiving. This is some feat. Both are held in high affection down west. Chelsea . They taint each result with “yeh, but how did that lot down the road do today?” They throw our fortunes together, in ever decreasing circles. He played 207 games for Swansea and 209 for the Bluebirds and is arguably the most popular player to have bridged the divide. How The Chelsea-QPR Rivalry Has Re-Emerged Since The Last Season, Manchester City move was not a plan, assures Frank Lampard, Chelsea confirm the signing of Cesc Fabregas, Jose Mourinho presser: Another dig at Wenger and Arsenal ahead of London Derby, Match Report: Manchester City 2-0 Chelsea – FA Cup 5th Round. Mourinho's shushing of the Liverpool fans in Cardiff and his continued bitterness about Luis Garcia's so-called ghost goal at Anfield kickstarted the rivalry between the two clubs. Traditionally Chelsea’s main rivals are their nearest and dearest Queen’s Park Rangers and Fulham and that will never change in the minds of the more senior fans. Tosh tells a lovely tale of how, as a talented Cardiff City apprentice, he was asked to help move a piano from the social club at Ninian Park to a supporter’s house in nearby Grangetown. Beautiful. Barcelona definitely hates us and my friends are all their fans,it makes me sick. May 26, 2005 Budapest #1 banok, Feb 13, 2010. Curtis later scored an almost identical goal at The Vetch Field in a Welsh Cup Final against Wrexham for Cardiff City. Association football derby matches in the United Kingdom are often heated affairs, and violence is not uncommon. However, the game has moved on considerably since the Anfield giants ruled the game and you could say it was a bit of sour grapes on the Scousers’ part, but would you class the men in red as your main rival? 2018 - 2020 Favre Mal Pope, lifelong Swans fan and Executive Producer of the hit movie “From a Jack to a King,” still proudly tells of his appearances alongside James for Brynmill Colts! Lampard vs Bielsa: 'Spygate' breathes new life into Chelsea-Leeds rivalry; More teams. 100%’ers all. 2015 - 2017 Tuchel In this topical piece, David examines the links between two great South Wales football rivals, drawing on anecdotes and recollections from across the 40 mile divide, players and places remembered and recounted. Women's Rivalry Forum NSR. Cardiff fans like commitment. Often naughty, even nasty. Cardiff City (44) Swansea City (36) 28. He even scored for Swansea against Cardiff in 1980. He had made five appearances for Swansea City on loan from Coventry City. The rivalry really took centre stage and in … 109. A wonder goal against Leeds is cemented forever into the Swansea legacy as Curtis led the club’s transformation through history. Tottenham ground out a 0-0 draw at Stamford Bridge that lifted them top of the Premier League on goal difference. Well, that's if you don't count throw-ins. In the Premier League it's definitely our top four rivals. I used to love Gilligan in his Ninian Park days. Cardiff City and Swansea City though, the rivalry is characterised by an animosity rarely seen in other aspects of Welsh culture. Premier League Match Report for Cardiff City v Arsenal on 2 September 2018, includes all goals and incidents. Cardiff City weren’t even playing. Traditionally Chelsea’s main rivals are their nearest and dearest Queen’s Park Rangers and Fulham and that will never change in the minds of the more senior fans. Third biggest: Chelsea (17%) Lastly, Cardiff City supporters nominated Chelsea to complete their top three with teams coming from the “Big Six”, in absence of their traditional rivals. Alan Curtis and Robbie James formed an integral part of the Swansea City success story under Toshack. I had quite a hard time when we knocked them out last term. In 1989, Cardiff boss Frank Burrows left the Ninian Park hot seat for Portsmouth, quickly taking Gilligan with him for £215,000. His non football writing includes the whimsical yet informative “Little Book of Cardiff” . Rivers even describes how teams such as Millwall and Wrexham have sung about it against Cardiff City to try and provoke a reaction – which worked. Even Swansea players/ex players have been known to decorate goal celebrations against the Bluebirds with swimming gestures. Police forces from Gower to Gatwick might puff out their cheeks with unwitting relief. Lampard Admits Pulisic May Be Required to Play Out Of Position, Former Chelsea Goalkeeper Courtois Makes Sensational Claim, Chelsea Star Scores Double For England Under 21s, Chelsea Defender Set to Exit Stamford Bridge for Galatasaray on Loan, Chelsea FC Legend Signs Brand New Deal with Asia Casino BK8.Com, Sorry Cahill Situation Comes to an End as Defender Fires Parting Shot at Sarri, Sarri Urges Hudson-Odoi to “Respect” Chelsea. David Collins is a South Wales based football writer, broadcaster and author. https://twitter.com/blackyellow/status/1338125713883492354, A beginner’s complete guide to the Swansea/Cardiff rivalry, “Cardiff City and Swansea City though, the rivalry is characterised by an animosity rarely seen in other aspects of Welsh culture.”, Previous encounters between Leicester and Everton makes their clash at the King Power one to look forward too, Palace aim for series of hat-tricks in visit to West Ham, Stoke held to goalless draw at out of sorts QPR. They cannot escape one another. Finally, there’s a striker who has scored for Cardiff against Swansea, and for Swansea against Cardiff. So we see above, many examples of the great rivalry. Is it a jealousy thing down west; the “Cardiff gets Everything” syndrome? His portfolio of work includes an earnest attempt to justify his obsession, a contemporaneous dairy of life in the Premier League and several football quiz books. The statue of Graham Taylor outside Vicarage Road showing a sign of the times, Dortmund coaches since 2000: Stories differ as to the numbers involved but the overall gist of the tale is true. Grimes deflected effort enough for Swans as Rotherham hard done by. The inevitable “YJB” taunts went up from sections of the 1,960 home supporters. Cardiff recorded two early-season wins against Chelsea in September 1961, winning 5-2 at Ninian Park and 3-2 at the Bridge but the Welsh side were relegated along with us at the end of the 1961/62 season and didn’t regain their top-flight status for over half a century. The Hammers hate former midfielder Frank Lampard for supposedly “turning his back” on them and they give him dog’s abuse every time they meet. Liverpool vs Chelsea has grown into a fierece modern rivalry but it's a contest that doesn't quite compare to the great traditional battles of the British game, the ones akin to … But romances do not always last for ever. The Cardiff lads ended up fleeing into the sea. you forgot MILWALL??? It’s a question that I won’t attempt to answer, rather I will take a look at all our rivals & you can decide for yourself. Hats off to the singer/songwriters of Cardiff though. Dimi’s achievements in the game have been largely unremarkable, yet for inspiring this chant alone, he remains memorable. Sometimes.“Dad, do you know the Piano’s on my Foot? For lovers of the oval ball, it’s a case of “As Long as we Beat the English we Don’t Care.”, [As Long as we Beat the English  – by the Stereophonics, See Also: It’s not fair but I don’t care, as long as we Beat New Zealand]. And when they see such enthusiasm in a blue shirt from a guy who played 200 times for Swansea, well, respect is due. Two goals against Swansea City and the second in that “Curtis Goal” 1988 Welsh Cup Final described above, all helped cement his place in my heart. However you need to be playing each other on a regular basis in order to host a healthy rivalry and QPR haven’t been in Chelsea’s league for a long time, while Fulham have hardly been a threat to Chelsea over the past decade. His, busy, hustling style earned him many admirers. Indeed. A 2008 report showed that West Bromwich Albion vs Wolverhampton Wanderers was the number one rivalry in English football. Bowen turned out for Newport County at Ninian Park in a 2008 FAW Premier Cup tie….one of five former Bluebirds in the County line up that night. Neil Warnock will face no Football Association action for staring down the match officials following Cardiff City's controversial defeat by Chelsea. Inevitably it was Gilligan who grabbed the winner that day, collecting a ball hooked through from a certain Andy Legg. © 2011 - 2020 Chelsea FC 360. My next two choices are 100% Swansea legends, though between them, they also made over 170 appearances for Cardiff City towards the end of their playing days. The bust, located next to the ticket office, was made possible by fans raising nearly £7,000 in memory of the midfielder, who played almost 400 games for the club. He also talks of dodging the “Cardiff City psychopaths” at a 1984 encounter between Newport County and the Swans. In the 60s and 70s, it seemed that many former Bluebirds ended their careers down at The Vetch, Don Murray above for instance. The Neath born battler also earned the POTY award the following season. We have an old rivalry with Chelsea as well as Millwall and Cardiff, but that’s off the pitch stuff. In 1988, a number of Swansea based fans chased their capital counterparts after a game. There is a clamour among England fans to see Grealish with the national team and in the starting lineup. 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