Cardiff City Women return to Cardiff City Stadium to face off against Swansea City in the next fixture of the Adran Premier season.
The Bluebirds come into the fixture sitting top of the league on goal difference, with the match set to kick off at 2pm on Sunday, 28th September.
TICKET NEWS
Tickets for Sunday’s match are now available.
Adult tickets cost £5 and £1 for Under 16’s.
The Ticket Office will be open on matchday from 12pm until kick-off.
VISIT THE SUPERSTORE ON MATCHDAY
The Cardiff City FC Superstore will be open on matchday from 10am to 2pm.
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OPPOSITION FOCUS
The visitors come into the clash sitting in second place after winning both of their league matches this season.
After an opening day away win over Barry Town United, Sunday's opponents backed it up with a 2-0 win over Aberystwyth Town.
Goals from Aimee Deacon and Eilish Mitchell saw them claim victory.
In the home fixture against the Swans last season, City recorded a 1-0 win thanks to a winner from Lily Billingham.
PRE-MATCH | IAIN DARBYSHIRE
Ahead of Sunday's return to CCS, head coach Iain Darbyshire said: “I’m really looking forward to the game this weekend. It’s amazing to be back at Cardiff City Stadium playing in front of our supporters.
"The players, the staff, everybody is excited for it and we know that we if put in the good work this week and prepare the way we want to, we’ll be capable of a good result on the weekend.
"We want to put on a show so that fans come back and support us every week.”
PRE-MATCH | LAURA CURNOCK
Following her brace last time out against Barry Town United, Laura Curnock added: “It’s always a massive occasion for us playing in the derby. We want to keep a clean sheet and bring the three points home.
“It’s always a great day playing at CCS, everyone loves being able to play in a stadium like that. It’s a great opportunity to showcase what we are about in front of our fans. They’re extremely important to us, they follow us home and away and there’s nothing better than them coming to our stadium and being able to watch us play.
“On a personal level, it will be great to be back there, in my first run out at the stadium last season, I got my first goal for the Club. It’s a moment I look back on quite often and it’s a great memory to have. It led to a great season last year where we ended up winning the double. Coming to the Club, off the back of a treble-winning season, it was extremely appealing to join and try and recreate some of the successes and we did that.
“We’re feeling good and confident. We came away from the TNS game a bit disheartened as we felt we deserved more from the game, but we’ve reacted well. To win the last two, scoring five goals in each, I think we are showing what we’re about now and we’ll try and continue that run into the weekend.”
REACHING THE GROUND
Supporters planning to attend Sunday’s fixture should use the following address:
Leckwith Rd, Cardiff, CF11 8AZ
By Car: Access to Cardiff City Stadium from the M4 is easy. Leave the M4 at junction 33 and take the A4232 towards Cardiff/Barry. Exit the A4232 onto the B4267 turnoff, signposted towards Cardiff City Stadium.
Home supporters should take the first exit onto Leckwith Road (B4267) before turning right onto Ffordd Fred Keenor at the second set of traffic lights.
Away supporters should take the second exit onto Hadfield Road and then the third left in to Bessemer Road. Travel to the end of Bessemer Road and turn left at the traffic lights onto Sloper Road. Travel along Sloper Road and turn left up Clos Parc Morgannwg towards the away supporters dedicated car park. Electronic vehicle management signage and brown football signage to help guide you to Cardiff City Stadium will be in place from the M4.
If following a Sat Nav, it may take you through the City Centre which will add at least 30 minutes to your journey.
A dedicated drop off point is located at the Fred Keenor Statue at the main roundabout.
By Train: The nearest train stations are Ninian Park and Grangetown which are both serviced by Cardiff Central, provided by National Rail.
Ninian Park station is located off Leckwith Road, approximately 0.2 miles from the stadium. Trains depart half-hourly in both directions Mon – Sat. Please note trains do not run on Sundays to this station. Access to this station is via steep ramps from the pavements.
Grangetown station is located off Penarth Road, approximately 0.7 miles from the stadium. Trains depart more frequently than from Ninian Park and services reach Cardiff Central in 5 minutes. Services are reduced on Sundays with two trains per hour to Cardiff Central. The station is only reachable via steps.
Cardiff Central station is located in the City Centre approximately 1.5 miles from the stadium. Cardiff Central has direct rail links to many cities in the UK including London, Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton.
By Bus: You can travel to Cardiff by National Express coach from most UK cities. There are also Megabus routes into Cardiff from London, Birmingham Airport, Manchester and Newcastle.
Stagecoach in South Wales provides local bus services throughout South East Wales with services running through Blaenau Gwent, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Merthyr, Newport, Monmouthshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon Taf & Torfaen.
The X10 bus route is the express coach service from Swansea to Cardiff (via Bridgend). The service runs up to 12 times a day.
Cardiff Bus is Cardiff’s leading bus operator with services running in the city, the Vale of Glamorgan and to and from Newport. The Cardiff Bus app is a convenient way to find out everything you need to know about using the bus and buying mobile tickets.