A Bit of Swazz: The Cardiff City Podcast

It's a fan question special this week, as City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte talk the burning Bluebirds' issues and much more. Now we're in the playoffs, how far can we go? What's the difference between Mick and Warnock? What were Nathan's five favourite City goals? Who took him under their wing for Wales? Expect talk of Copa Mundials, rum chasers, sweeping the Ninian Park tunnel, fans on...

Cardiff City were in the gutter but now they’re looking at the stars. Bluebirds legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte talk Cardiff City’s winning habit as, whisper it, the playoff’s creep close. Nath talks goal celebrations, toxic dressing rooms, terrace bants and shares some pre-match hip hop liveners (while Dan digs out some esoteric jams, as ever).  Check out the A Bit of Swazz playlist on...

City are back. Unbeaten. Eight points off the playoffs. Bluebirds legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte talk Mick McCarthy’s impact on Cardiff City’s confidence, culture and results. Nath tells us what it’s really like in a one-on-one with the keeper, alongside stories of shape-shifting and playing in the snow.  Expect some bangers and jams in the Top 5 and a big shout out to aerobics classes...

Director and Merthyr boy Jonny Owen joins Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte to share his Bluebirds’ back story: his first game (the infamous Ninian Park visit of Chelsea in 1984), 80s away days on trains with his mates and much more. The Don’t Take Me Home filmmaker gives the inside story on his genre-bending Cup Final Grandstand short Cardiff City: The Movie and gets Nathan to br...

After six defeats on the bounce, Neil Harris is out and Mick McCarthy is in. Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte share their thoughts on the curveball move from the Cardiff City board and much more. Nath’s well-placed, as ever, to talk truths, knowing the former Irish manager personally and winning promotion from the Championship with his no 2 TC, Terry Connor. What’s it like t...

With the Bluebirds signing League 2’s hottest property Max Watters, who better than Nathan Blake, who scored at White Hart Lane on his Premier League debut after jumping two divisions, to give the inside on how a striker makes the step up? The Cardiff City legend and Dan Tyte chat the Norwich defeat, how to arrest the alarming form and dig into the results of the fans’ poll on transfer strategy (w...

Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte chat City’s cup exit at the hands of Forest and share personal stories about their relationship with Fred Keenor’s favourite trophy. Expect the inside from Blakey on non-league changing rooms, motivational managers and balaclavas in the bar (yes, really), while Dan talks his first date with snakebite and misadventures with the Leeds’ dialling code...

But for how long? Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte talk Neil Harris’ precarious position as Bluebirds boss and unpick where it went wrong in the games against Brentford and Wycombe. The boys share some shouts for the top job and, as ever bring it back to the P word (philosophy, not promotion, we’re miles off that). Nath’s top 5 tunes are slow jams for the sofa, so let’s hope the...

Christmas is a little different for all of us in 2020. Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake lifts the lid to Dan Tyte on what the festive period’s like as a player: corn flakes for breakfast, training on Christmas Day, the gaffer who clamped down on all the trimmings, while the two talk through some memories of Boxing Day games shared by fans. Back to the current Bluebirds and the boys asses...

Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte poke through the bones of Saturday’s shocker, delving into whether the derby defeat was a blip or a the tip of a season-sinking iceberg. Expect talk of philosophy, identity and solutions for where City turn next, starting with two games in a week against Birmingham and top of the table Norwich. Bad vibes aside, Blakey shares a story of City fans t...

He’s played in them. He’s scored in them. He’s won them. Cardiff City legend Nathan Blake shares his memories of the South Wales derby and what the current crop of Bluebirds can do to take three points and bragging rights against Swansea on the weekend. Before talk turns to the derby, the boys dig into the past few games, looking at how Neil Harris turned a crisis into Championship winning form. O...

Hometown hero Joe Ledley joins Nathan Blake and Dan Tyte for the first ever episode of A Bit of Swazz, the new weekly Cardiff City FC podcast. Joe takes the boys through the highs and lows of his Cardiff career: coming through under Lennie Lawrence, cleaning Kav’s boots, scoring a Wembley winner, cup final heartache (x 2) and his controversial move to Celtic. Expect stories of his time in Scotland...