[38] During an FA Cup fixture in 1992, 39 fans were arrested at Swansea's Vetch Field after clashes between supporters. [40] The start of the match was delayed for 40 minutes as police attempted to control the rival fans. [3][4] Swansea went on to claim the first victory between the two sides five months later when they defeated Cardiff 4–2 in the semi-final of the Welsh Cup despite trailing 2–0 at half time. He kept a club record number of clean sheets during the Swans’ 1999-2000 promotion season, at the end of which he won his only Wales cap against the might of Brazil.

The clubs' relative league positions meant that Newport have rarely played Cardiff or Swansea since 1989, though they have faced each other in cup competitions. [33] At the end of the 1969–70 season, Swansea Town changed its name to Swansea City after the area was granted city status. The following year he was part of Swansea’s team which secured a place in the Premier League, but then chose to move on to Wolves when his contract ended. 15  53.6 %, National team players: This list includes at least five goalkeepers who would go down among the greatest of all-time, as well as a few who may be less familiar to the casual football fan. [42] The violence led the FAW to ban away fans from this fixture for several years, the first fixture in Britain to do so.
13. [1] Although based in Wales, both clubs play in the English football league system and have won English honours: Cardiff the FA Cup in 1927 and Swansea the Football League Cup in 2013. The decision, along with the perceived favouritism from UK governments believed to have been shown to the city since has been credited as the starting point of the deterioration of relations between the two sides. Mel Nurse scored the only goal of the game from a penalty, the first league goal Swansea had scored at Ninian Park. Lukasz Fabianski: Any Swansea worries about losing the consistency of Michel Vorm were dispelled with the arrival of Poland star Fabianski. Cardiff's Colin Hudson was sent off for a foul with ten minutes remaining before his teammate Steve Mokone and Swansea's Harry Griffiths were also dismissed after wrestling each other to the ground and throwing mud in retaliation. The two players were arrested for public order offences, fined £2,000 and handed one-match suspensions. This resulted in a total of fifteen arrests being made during and after the match. King, the winner of one Wales cap, then emigrated to Australia and played in Sydney. The South Wales derby is a local derby between Welsh association football clubs Cardiff City and Swansea City. [26], In 1955, Cardiff was named as the capital city of Wales. [18], With football restricted during wartime, the close proximity of the two sides led to them being grouped together in regional wartime leagues. [25] The figure is the biggest crowd ever recorded for a South Wales derby in which Cardiff claimed a 1–0 victory through a goal by Tommy Best. The fans wanted to show they were the better city.

[30], Before the 1960s the rivalry was a typically a friendly one and many fans held no animosity towards their Welsh rivals. 10. [52], The first derby in just under a decade took place in the League Cup on 23 September 2008, with Swansea winning 1–0. Although based in Wales, both clubs play in the English football league system and have won English honours: Cardiff the FA Cup in 1927 and Swansea the Football League Cup in 2013. 5. by members of a local cricket club. But after suffering concussion during two games, he was advised to quit full-time football and now works in the prison service. France vs Wales Live: Kick-off time, team line-ups and score updates, Wales play a Six Nations warm-up game against France in Paris tonight ahead of next week's Six Nations Championship finale; Alun Wyn Jones equals Richie McCaw's Test cap record of 148 in France, France v Wales TV channel, live stream info, kick-off time and team news, Wayne Pivac's Wales side face France in Paris on Saturday night in a warm-up match: here's the kick-off time, team news, TV channel and live stream information, When are the final Six Nations matches? [43] Simon Chivers, a fan who attended the match and went on to become an intelligence officer on hooligan firms for South Wales Police, described the scenes at the match as "the worst violence I have ever seen anywhere in my entire life. Cardiff went on to win the match 3–2 despite being reduced to ten men within the opening 30 minutes when forward Gerry Hitchens suffered a broken leg. Willy Gueret: A folk hero at Swansea following his arrest during the after-match of League Two promotion celebrations at Bury in 2005, the Frenchman was pretty useful on the pitch as well. Kick-off times, TV channels and results so far, The Six Nations returns this weekend in Dublin and finishes next weekend for Wales, England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy. [44], Brayley Reynolds has scored more goals in competitive South Wales derbies than any other player. Won 52 Wales caps, conceding just 50 goals. 7. Brayley Reynolds scored eight times for Swansea in derby matches, more than any other player. The full list of what supermarkets can and can't sell, Welsh Government has put out a list of what you can and can't buy over the next two weeks, This is what Cardiff city centre looked like on the first night of the fire-break lockdown, People made the most of the last few hours before the national restrictions were put in place, The tragic death of a 16-year-old girl whose body was found in a derelict hotel, Kianna Patton, 16, was found on October 24, 2019, after moving out of her family's home, No-bra days and bad hair days are made for the fire-break so get your priorities straight | Carolyn Hitt, The Welsh Government has banned supermarkets from selling a number of non-essential goods, Supermarkets block off and empty aisles after being told they can't sell non-essential items, From 6pm tonight shoppers will no longer be able to buy products such as clothing or homeware, Police checkpoints to be set up on Wales-England border during fire-break lockdown, Officers will stop motorists from England travelling into Wales, 'My friend died after falling from a balcony in Magaluf and it had to stop', Georgia Hague wanted to prevent other deaths after her friend Natalie Cormack fell from the spot which became known as 'the walkway of death', Vaughan Gething's one-word answer when asked what will happen when the fire-break ends, Discussions for what will happen after November 9 are ongoing and no details have yet been given, Health Minister Vaughan Gething said fire-break gives people 'best chance' of seeing each other over Christmas, The fire-break lockdown will last for 17 days and started at 6pm on Friday, Wales' R number and how it compares to the rest of the UK as fire-break starts, Experts are now able to say with more certainty what the R rate is in Wales. The first meeting between the two sides took place in 1912, in Swansea's first competitive fixture, and ended in a draw.

The match was also the first league meeting between the two sides for 19 years, the longest gap between league matches in the derby's history. [2] With growing interest in association football in the traditionally rugby union stronghold of Swansea, the decision was taken to form a club. 6.



[27][28] In 1956, the South Wales derby was played in the final of the Welsh Cup in front of a crowd of 37,500 at Ninian Park. [13], Newport County are also a South Wales rival, regarding both Cardiff City and Swansea City as rivals, but particularly Cardiff for reasons of proximity and historic rivalry between the two cities.