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Cardiff City 1 Stockport County 1 ( Football League 1) Saturday 24 January 2026

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Cardiff           A high -octane encounter at the Cardiff City Stadium , saw County emerge from a rain and wind-swept visit to the Principality with a very meritorious share of the points against   League One leaders Cardiff City today. It must be said that , at times ,the blues points haul looked more likely to be 3 from a game that saw them recreate the dominance they established last September against the Bluebirds- a side ram jam full of players with Championship experience and in some cases quality. But all that experience and quality hardly amounted to a hill of beans in the first 25 minutes as County went into the lead via   another   nerveless finish by   Kyle Wootton, and then built on it ,slowing the game down whilst gradually forcing the Welsh side further and further into their shell. Then the game changed in a heartbeat-as a tackle by Brad Hills on the highly rated Yousef Salech put the Cardiff man   out of the game....

Sunday 18/01/25 FC Sydney (the Sky Blues) 0 - Wellington Phoenix (the Nix) 2 - A League Australia

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      Sunday 18/01/25 FC Sydney (the Sky Blues) 0 - Wellington Phoenix (the Nix) 2   Allianz Stadium (Moore Park) -  5pm kick off Attendance: 13,678 All images used in this article supplied by and the property of @machinsports                                       ........................................................................................................ This was a first visit to the magnificent  Allianz stadium next to the cricket ground (the less said the better) with Sydney challenging to top the league with a game in hand but 2 points behind Auckland. The A-League has 10 teams from Australia and 2 from  New Zealand.  The club was formed in 2004 as Sydney’s original A-League club and have won 34 trophies across all domestic and international competitions making them the most successful club.      Wellington Phoe...