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The worldwide buzz is far from the norm, and certainly a far cry from the most recent league meeting between the duo on 22 March 2002 – when goals from Scott Young, Peter Thorne and Danny Gabbidon earned the Bluebirds a 3-2 victory over the Red Dragons.
Just shy of 16,000 supporters were at Ninian Park on that occasion, and nearly double that amount will be in attendance at Cardiff
Swansea City have agreed to sign Celtic centre-back Stephen Welsh on a free transfer.
The 26-year-old will arrive on a two-year deal with the option of a further 12 months on 1 July after agreeing to terminate his contract at Celtic Park.
Welsh, who impressed while on loan at Motherwell last season, is Championship club Swansea’s first new recruit of the summer and will give head coach Vitor Matos a
Celtic defender Stephen Welsh is poised to become Swansea City’s first signing of the summer.
Welsh, 26, came through the youth ranks at Celtic and has made 70 appearances for the Glasgow giants.
He spent the majority of the 2025-26 season on loan at Motherwell, making 29 appearances for Celtic’s Scottish Premiership rivals.
In the previous campaign he had a loan stint at Belgian side Mechelen, while he also had
It is not only on the clubs’ official accounts that there has been interaction.
Supporters of each side have had a fair bit to say about the other on social media ever since Wrexham’s promotion from League One meant they would be in the same division for the first time since 2002-03.
Back then, it was Swansea who were really struggling, as they only avoided relegation to non-league on the
Modric will be involved at a Championship club which posted a pre-tax loss of £15.2m in the latest financial year.
That was a drop of £2.7m compared to the pre-tax loss of £17.9m posted for the previous financial year.
Swansea posted a turnover of £21.5m for the year ending 30 June, 2024.
In a statement accompanying their annual financial status, Swansea said: “The board acknowledges that whilst the magnitude of
Both managers made two changes to their starting XIs as two of the form sides in the Championship met at a ground that has generally been a happy hunting spot for the Bluebirds.
Cardiff headed to Elland Road not only unbeaten in nine games, but having lost just one of their previous 13 away league games at Leeds, winning seven times.
However, Leeds, unbeaten in 11, are currently the team
As well as generating more money for football in Wales and raising the domestic game’s profile, the FAW hopes that having the EFL clubs represent Wales in European competition could improve the country’s poor Uefa coefficient ranking, currently 49th out of 55.
Welsh teams tend to struggle in Europe but, in this season’s Europa Conference League, Cymru Premier champions The New Saints became the first side from the Welsh pyramid
Cardiff and Newport games off as Welsh sport falls to Storm Darragh
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The clubs do not want to do anything which would compromise their places in the English pyramid and have sent a letter to the FA seeking assurances over their participation in the English system.
The matter is also set to be discussed at the next meeting of the Professional Game Board (PGB), a committee of the FA board that handles subjects related to the Premier League and Football League (EFL),
