Old rivals serve up derby delight
These south Wales rivals had not met in a league match since 1999 and the venom which habitually infected their clashes in the past inevitably bubbled to the surface yesterday, as both sides finished a frantic game with 10 men.
The red cards — for Cardiff’s Stephem McPhail and Swansea’s Leon Britton — overshadowed an entertaining contest which ebbed and flowed from the first whistle.