Cardiff City are down, condemed to relegation and unable even to take their fight to the final game. Jake Maddaford was on hand to witness the final agonies

Aaron Ramsey delivered hope, but not the three points Cardiff City craved from his first match in charge and now they have reached the cliff edge.

Cardiff City are staring down the barrel in the relegation shoot-out after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Oxford United in Aaron Ramsey's first match in charge.

Swansea City are now the form team in the Championship following four straight victories and caretaker manager Alan Sheehan wants to stay at the helm.

It’s looking increasingly bleak for Cardiff City who are four games without a win at the very time they need victories to stay in the Championship.

Cardiff City are still in grave danger of relegation after they threw away a winning position at home to Sheffield Wednesday.

World Cup qualifiers tend to come along in pairs and Craig Bellamy will be hoping victories follow the same pattern as Wales head to North Macedonia.

Craig Bellamy remains unbeaten as Wales manager and the World Cup qualification campaign is up and running - but not without the odd scare.

Cardiff City manager Omer Riza called the result “exactly what we needed” and praised Callum Robinson after the Bluebirds secured a vital 2-1 victory against fellow Championship relegation battlers Derby County. The result sees Cardiff move up to 18th, four points clear of the relegation zone, now occupied by Derby. And Riza acknowledged how vital the result was to his side. “This was a really important game,” Riza said.

Callum Robinson proved once again he is the main matchwinner for Cardiff City as he returned to net two goals for the Bluebirds in their 3-0 triumph over Swansea City in the South Wales derby. Robinson missed his club’s last three games through suspension following a red card against Coventry City, but he announced his return to the team with two brilliant left-footed strikes. Added to Dimitrios Goutas’ header, it was enough to give Cardiff an emphatic victory and  riposte to those who felt this fixture has meant more to their rivals in recent years.

Cardiff City manager Omer Riza admits there’s nothing to be done about their position in the table – other than to start winning. The Bluebirds’ 2-0 home defeat to Sheffield United makes it no wins in their last eight matches under Riza. The Londoner, who was given the permanent manager’s job until the end of the season at the start of the month, knows his side are in a precarious position ahead of a crunch clash with fellow strugglers Oxford United on Boxing Day.

Cardiff City interim manager Omer Riza has told fans they are going to have to wait for the board’s decision regarding his future after his side’s 3-1 loss to Blackburn Rovers. Despite his desire to get the job permanently, his future in the dugout is still uncertain with supporters starting to get restless about who will be their next permanent gaffer. A victory might have nudged Riza nearer towards having his name on the office door, but Cardiff went 2-0 down and although they pulled back a goal to suggest they might get something out of the game, they finished by conceding a third.