Nine games without a win and out of the play offs.


By BTTB
December 30 2006

They huffed and puffed and even fluffed what chances they created but the Bluebirds again failed to beat the Eagles at a wet Ninian Park. The crowd was a poor 13,704. Cardiff drop out of the top six for the first time this season. Two months ago they were six points clear at the top!

Woeful finishing and poor work in the final quarter proved Cardiff's undoing - the stay away fans who will no doubt be there for the Spurs game next week probably made the right choice!

Cardiff: Alexander, Gilbert, McNaughton (Cooper 77), Purse, Loovens, McPhail, Flood (Blake 90), Ledley, Scimeca, Thompson (Campbell 90), Chopra.
Subs Not Used: Johnson, Wright.

Booked: McNaughton, Thompson, Gilbert.

Crystal Palace: Flinders, Lawrence, Ward, Hudson, Butterfield, McAnuff, Watson (Reich 75), Kennedy, Fletcher, Scowcroft, Morrison (Kuqi 84).
Subs Not Used: Wilkinson, Freedman, Cort.

Booked: Morrison.

Att: 13,704

Ref: M Jones (Cheshire).

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