U17 Match Centre | Cheltenham Town vs. Cardiff City

U17 Match Centre
Our U17s continue their campaign in the EFL PDL Cup with a clash against Cheltenham Town.

The fixture will take place on Wednesday, January 21st, with a kick-off time of 6:30pm.

Tiger Tobin
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The young Bluebirds started their PDL Cup campaign with a dominant 6-0 victory over Port Vale at Cardiff International Sports Campus.

A clash at Walsall followed in which City produced a dogged performance to record a point in a goalless draw.

In the final group game, the side hosted Cheltenham Town in Leckwith, falling to a narrow 4-3 defeat in a seven-goal thriller.

Tom Hutton
PRE-MATCH | TOM HUTTON

Ahead of the game, we caught up with coach Tom Hutton.

"The group stages were a really good experience for us. We were able to play against teams that we normally wouldn't play against in our usual games programme. 

"The way we prepared for those games provided a challenge because it was a new opponent. The boys had some positive results and experiences. It bolsters our games programme and gives us that variety. We always look forward to these games.

"Cheltenham Town are a team that we've played before so we're well aware of their strengths and how they will challenge us. We respect that and have prepared accordingly. 

"We're going into it off the back of a good performance on Saturday so we'll be looking to take forward all those positives."

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