Man of the match Sion Spence led Craig Bellamy’s young Bluebirds to a 3-1 victory against Hull City in the Professional Development Under-18 League South fixture at Cardiff International Sports Stadium.

City are top of the table going into the international break having won all four of their fixtures so far this season.

Former Cardiff City and Wales defender Terry Boyle was in charge of the Hull City team, but the visitors found themselves under pressure.

Spence was a livewire for Bellamy’s boys and was involved in their first goal after two minutes. It was Spence who delivered the corner and Trystan Jones scored.

Joel Bagan played his part in the second goal, picking out Spence with an accurate pass. 

Midfield player Spence, a 17-year-old from Barry who has been with the City Academy for a decade, smashed home a shot from 25 yards. His right-foot shot swept into the bottom left-hand corner.

A Ryan Reynolds shot flew wide and Daniel Griffiths’ effort was turned away for a corner by the Hull goalkeeper as Cardiff dominated.

Dan Hawkins pulled a goal back for Hull after 50 minutes and that put them back in contention.

Bellamy made a double substitution with Sam Parsons on for Jac Davies and Ben Margetson taking over from the injured Colwill.

Cardiff’s Daniel Griffiths finished the scoring when he netted his fourth goal in four games, heading home to complete the home victory.

The next match for Cardiff’s under-18 team is against Bristol City away on Saturday, September 15 followed by successive home games against Crystal Palace (September 22, 11am) and Watford (September 29, 11am).

Hull City: Robson, Taylor, Jacob, Bayram, Adamson, Greaves (capt), Thompson, Best (Wood 75), Guilfoyle, Rouse, Hawkins. Subs not used: Cartwright, Nicholls, Smith, Beckett. 

Cardiff City: Ratcliffe, C Davies, Jones, Reynolds, Bagan, Bowen (capt), J Davies, (Parsons 64), Colwill (Margetson 64), Griffiths, Spence, I Davies. Subs not used: Duffey, Kavanagh, Smith.