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According to a podcast I watched last night, City played Merthyr over the weekend in a behind closed doors game which they won 13-1. The presenter was unable to say how strong a side Merthyr had out, but City's team was apparently a mixture of a small number of first team players and young pros who may come into first team contention, but were, in reality under 21 players. Luke Pearce scored a hat trick and Joel Colwill got two, while Rubin Colwill was described as the best player on the pitch.
yeah I saw that being mentioned on twitter yesterday, with equal numbers of people saying it happened, or it was entirely made up
was going to post this last night but wasn't sure if the game was actually played or not !Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
Strange to have played it without any mention in the 1st team or u21s pre-season schedules.
we live in a post-truth societyQuote:
Originally Posted by MOZZER2
Yeah, yeah, but who got Merthyr's goal?
Shame a proper fixture with fans couldn't have been arranged. Would probably have a decent turnout for a friendly.
According to Merthyr's website they had a friendly in Aberdare at the weekend but will play Cardiff's U21 side om 25th July.
https://www.merthyrtownfc.co.uk/pre-season-2025-2026
Mandela Effect
It was Merthyr’s under 19s that played at Lwydcoed on Saturday apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by JumpersforGoalposts
They don't always mention behind closed door games, they happen semi-regularly even during the seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Undercoverinwurzelland
Friend of a friend played in one for Cardiff Met v a City development team a few years ago, said Gary Madine was incredible (to everyone's surprise!)
He obviously wasnt a bad player, he was just a bad person with a bad attitude.Quote:
Originally Posted by City123
Brief highlights on club’s X including Robertson setting up SalechQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Salech wearing number 7??Quote:
Originally Posted by EastbourneBlue
I know it’s a behind closed doors training match, but come on.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A good workout to begin our schedule of pre-season friendlies ��<br><br>Thank you and all the best for the upcoming campaign, <a href="https://twitter.com/MerthyrTownFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MerthyrTownFC</a>! ��<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CityAsOne?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CityA sOne</a> <a href="https://t.co/FrWXl9CDLI">pic.twitter.com/FrWXl9CDLI</a></p>— Cardiff City FC (@CardiffCityFC) <a href="https://twitter.com/CardiffCityFC/status/1942222071603585219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Two players wearing number 15. Who's the big lad?
Colwill I think?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Three goals and not one tackle attempted by Merthyr and only one half arsed attempt to close down one of our players. If we can get the rest of League 1 to play like that then we could be on to something this season.
it is, best player on the pitch by all accounts, looked on fireQuote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Colwill looks like he’s filled out a bit (Ruben)
that's married life for you!Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueArmy 86