Arwen Y Diwrnod Mawr

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-# Yes, it's really here!

-# It has arrived, yes it's true!

-# Anything is possible!

-It's my big day on Y Diwrnod Mawr #

-I'm Arwen and this is my big day.

-On her big Y Diwrnod Mawr day,

-Arwen will meet her hero.

-She doesn't know that yet!

-She's an excellent footballer

-and she trains as often as she can.

-If I want to play football,

-I have to play with the boys.

-I like that sometimes but at

-other times, I just don't want to.

-I think I'm the only girl in this

-school who plays a lot of football.

-Football makes me feel fit.

-We play football on the yard a lot.

-Every lunchtime.

-Arwen lives in Cardiff...

-..and she supports the Bluebirds -

-Cardiff City.

-Who's the best football team?

-Wales.

-Wales.

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-No - Cardiff.

-Wales.

-Wales.

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-Cardiff.

-Barcelona.

-I want to play for Cardiff.

-Cardiff City has a men's team

-and a women's team.

-Arwen has come to Cardiff City

-Stadium to meet one of the players.

-What advice

-can Tayla Gould offer her?

-How old are you? Do you play?

-How old are you? Do you play?

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-I'm eight and I play for Danescourt.

-What position do you play?

-What position do you play?

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-I'm a defender. What about you?

-I play for Cardiff City and Wales.

-I play for Cardiff City and Wales.

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-Amazing! You must be good.

-What position do you play?

-Goalkeeper.

-Goalkeeper.

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-Do you like playing in goal?

-No, I don't like being in goal

-I'm good at it, so I play there.

-Where would you rather play?

-Where would you rather play?

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-In midfield or up front.

-I like scoring goals.

-I like scoring goals.

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-Me too, but I play in defence.

-What do I have to do

-to get as good as you?

-Train all the time

-and never give up.

-This is the home dressing room.

-That's dirty kit

-and this is my shirt.

-The goalie's shirt - number one.

-Dirty kit.

-It's dirty because the players

-have played in it.

-Craig Noone's boots.

-Craig Noone

-is one of my favourite players.

-Back home, and we can see

-just how much Arwen loves football.

-She's a real fan and she goes to

-all the home games with her father.

-I share this bedroom with my sister.

-Her name is Magi

-and she's six years old.

-I'm friends with her sometimes

-but she's really annoying.

-We're very different.

-I like football

-and she likes Frozen.

-I don't like Frozen

-and she doesn't like football.

-But we both like yellow.

-Sometimes, she wants to sit

-on my bed and I let her do that.

-I never sit on her bed though

-because I don't like Hello Kitty.

-We also have a big brother

-called Gruff.

-We both like Gruff.

-Gruff is a good big brother but

-he doesn't love football like me.

-My quilt cover is red

-with the Liverpool badge on it.

-I support Liverpool.

-That's my Cardiff City pillow.

-This is Lewis Liverpool

-and this is Billy Bluebird.

-They sleep with me

-and I dream about football.

-I usually train on Mondays with

-my team, which is called Danescourt.

-I started to play for them

-last year...

-..because Shane, my friend,

-plays here.

-We don't have any coaches at school.

-We train outside Fairwater Leisure

-Centre on the plastic pitch.

-It's plastic grass

-with a bit of sand on it.

-It hurts when I fall on it.

-When we play matches

-against different teams...

-..if the grass is wet,

-we don't play.

-This is my dad's

-match programme collection...

-..but they belong to me now.

-These are the oldest ones.

-Dad got these when he was little.

-This one cost 20p

-but today, a programme costs 3.

-Dad is very happy

-that Arwen is such a football fan.

-Arwen enjoys hearing stories about

-Cardiff City in years gone by...

-..and today, she's come to see

-an exhibition of memorabilia.

-Memorabilia is items people keep

-to remember something.

-Things like this china cup.

-'The English Cup

-won by Cardiff City 1927'.

-That's a Cardiff City v Real Madrid

-ticket and it only cost 1.

-That's an old Cardiff City shirt.

-I've never seen one of these before.

-There's no collar any more.

-This is a season ticket,

-like the one I have.

-You can get into every game

-with a season ticket.

-I usually go to the games with Dad

-and we always sit in the same seats.

-My headmaster sits behind me.

-His son sits with him.

-Everyone calls Cardiff City

-the Bluebirds.

-This is the bluebird.

-Cardiff City played in red shirts

-for a period of time recently...

-..but Arwen now needs a new shirt

-because the team's back in blue.

-Arwen goes on a soccer course

-one cold, foggy day.

-Her sister, Magi, has come along to

-see what's so good about football.

-Today, I'm in Cardiff City Stadium

-to spend the day playing football.

-This group of girls warm up

-by kicking a ball around.

-We're given a number.

-I'm number two.

-They work on their skills...

-..and learn some tricks

-to help them beat an opponent.

-Oh, no! Unlucky.

-Here's another chance.

-She shoots!

-She scores!

-Next, the group splits into teams

-to play a match.

-Can Arwen score again?

-Yes! Well done, Arwen!

-I've got quite a few

-football magazines.

-There are stories about players

-in the magazines.

-There's a lot of information

-in them, such as the ten best goals.

-These are my programmes.

-I buy a programme

-at almost every match.

-Dad pays.

-The Cardiff City programme

-is called CF11.

-I have two favourite players -

-Fabio and Craig Noone.

-Craig Noone is a really good player.

-My girls' football books

-are up here.

-They're stories

-about girls who play football.

-This is one of the stories.

-When I saw them,

-I felt really happy.

-They're perfect for me

-as a girl who loves football.

-Reading these stories

-makes me feel happy.

-Arwen listens to Tayla Gould's

-advice and she keeps working hard.

-Arwen trains every minute possible

-to make her dreams come true...

-..and play for Cardiff City

-and Wales one day, just like Tayla.

-That's for the future but today

-is Arwen's big Y Diwrnod Mawr day...

-..and she's about to have

-an amazing experience.

-Arwen and Dad

-are back at Cardiff City Stadium...

-..to collect Arwen's new shirt

-from the club shop.

-First, they talk about Fred Keenor,

-the great Cardiff City hero.

-Frederick Charles Keenor

-was the Cardiff City captain.

-Why is he the only player

-to get a statue?

-Because he lifted the FA Cup,

-back in 1927.

-Did they play better in 1927

-than they do these days?

-I'm not old enough to remember

-and neither is Granddad...

-..but they must have been

-a top team.

-And into the shop they go

-to pick up Arwen's new shirt.

-Here we go. Thank you very much.

-Here we go. Thank you very much.

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-Thank you very much.

-You've got your shirt

-at last, Arwen!

-How do you feel?

-How do you feel?

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-I can't wait to see it.

-Blue! Hold it up.

-That's the one! Perfect.

-I'll wear it to go training

-and when I go to matches.

-Dad takes a look around the stadium.

-Who's this, hiding in the stadium

-ready to give Arwen a surprise?

-OK? What's your name?

-OK? What's your name?

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-Arwen.

-You support Cardiff City

-and who else?

-Liverpool.

-Yes! The same as me.

-I've got a shirt for you here,

-which I'm going to sign.

-How do you spell your name?

-How do you spell your name?

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-A-R-W-E-N.

-Yeah?

-That's great.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

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-You're welcome.

-You play football as well?

-What position do you play?

-What position do you play?

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-Defence.

-Have a look in here.

-This is where we get ready

-before the game.

-Shall we have a kickabout?

-Very good.

-With both feet as well.

-Very good, Arwen.

-Yes! Very good.

-I had a kickabout with Craig Noone!

-This is a really big day for me.

-There you go.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

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