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  BLUEBIRDS CONFIDENT

  CARDIFF have insisted their January recruitment won’t be affected – despite being placed under a transfer embargo. The EFL applied the sanction for “non-submission of annual accounts”. However, the League One leaders said yesterday: “The club has no financial concerns. All necessary paperwork will be submitted in the coming days,...

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  Assist king is back in old routine at Blues

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  Player Profile: Bobby Thomas – Coventry City’s central defender turned potent chance creator

  Thomas is providing vital contributions at both ends of the pitch as Frank Lampard’s side have stormed to the summit of the Championship.