CARDIFF CITY SO BIG THEY CAN BE SEEN FROM SPACE: Q.P.R. stuff City on sattelite TV

A mere 13,250 crowd watch City fall to QPR. Last season this would have been considered a good turnout!

Cardiff was over run by sports fans tonight. Wales were playing Canada at rugby in the Millennium Stadium, drawing 70,000 fans into town, while City were playing Queens park rangers, drawing another 14,000 into town.

City don’t normally play on a Friday night, but the game had been rescheduled to be broadcast live on satellite TV. The rugby up the road, combined with the game being on the telly, meant the crowd was down from the recent showings, but City were still given a loud and boisterous welcome at Ninian Park. The presence of the TV cameras inspired some on to sending messages to any Swansea City fans or rugby watching and generally there was a great atmosphere.

Unfortunately, City chose this TV appearance to put in one of their least sharp performances of the season. It was end to end football for 90 minutes, but Citys finishing was always lacking. Despite hitting the bar, the ref not giving two clear penalties and a goal being disallowed, City lost to a late goal from QPR.

With Preston winning, we are still top of the league, but only for alphabetical reasons at the moment.