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Game ON Wales in partnership with the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust and Dynamic Sports Development has teamed again up to support  30 young people from across the South Wales to come together to promote friendship and understanding through football.

The 14-16 year olds from Bryncynon and Trallwn, Pontypridd joined colleagues from the Butetown and Grangetown areas of Cardiff at the Gol Centre, Cardiff to develop their footballing skills and to discuss issues which are important to them.

Following the event, the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust supported the young people with tickets to watch the Wales and Macedonia international at the Cardiff City Stadium.

The event was organised by Game On and Dynamic Sports Development who engage young people through football and the event was sponsored by the trust.

Trust chair Tim Hartley, said: “These young people come from very different backgrounds and some of them will have rarely ventured either out of their own communities. Getting the opportunity to engage with new people and support our National team together helps develop relationships between different cultures.”

Dane Facey from Game ON Wales said: “We are encouraging young people from a variety of Communities First areas to come together and develop positive personal experiences that can increase interaction and social development between young people.”

Ali Abdi from Dynamic Sports Development said: “This event was a fantastic opportunity for our young people to engage with others of the same age and learn, understand and appreciate similarities and respect differences.  It created a real opportunity to foster and encourage new and lasting friendships between young players from across South Wales.”

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust today called on the club to allow players to wear blue at all away games – unless there is a clash with the home team.

The appeal was made after Trust board member Keith Morgan contacted the Premier League to clarify the rules on kits and was told clubs could wear any of the approved strips at away matches.

In an email to Keith Morgan, the Premier League wrote:

Dear Keith,

When a club is at home, they must wear their home strip while the away team can wear any of their strips providing there is no clash.

I hope that clarifies the rule for you.

Kind regards,

Supporter Services, Premier League  

Keith Morgan, who is an accountant, said: “I contacted the Premier League to clarify Rule M13 and M22 concerning registered match-day kits to find out whether a club can wear any of its three registered kits.

“They have come back with a response which makes it perfectly clear there is nothing to stop that happening.

“The Trust board believes strongly that the club should wear blue shirts at all away matches in the Premier League, except if there is a clash such as games against Everton, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion. And, of course, the majority of fans who travel away wear blue.

“Given the unnecessary off-field issues of the last couple of weeks, we hope the club management, including Vincent Tan, will look to build bridges with fans and ensure our traditional blue colour shirts are worn by the Bluebirds at the vast majority of away matches. The Trust, like the majority of fans, also in the future wants a return to blue at home games.”

All Bluebirds fans can get in on the action and join in celebrations to mark the 20^th anniversary of Cardiff City’s promotion as champions of the old Third Division.

Ten players from the 1992-93 promotion squad have already indicated they will be attending.

Fans’ favourite Carl Dale has signalled his intention to join the event alongside Paul Ramsey, Jason Perry,Nick Richardson, Paul Millar, Cohen Griffith, Andy Gorman, Neil Matthews, Derek Brazil, Damon Searle, coach, Roger Gibbons and kit man Jimmy Goodfellow, although attendees are subject to change. Others may be added to the list.

The event, which takes place at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday, November 21st (7pm for 7.30pm), has been organised by the Trust’s membership group.

It will be compered by BBC Wales football correspondent Rob Phillips, a great supporter of the Trust. There will also be a raffle on the evening. Thanks to Terry Phillips of Media Wales and Damon Searle for help in bringing the players together.

Non-members can join this very special event for  £7 but if they also join the Trust it will cost only another £5 for a year’s membership. Non-members who want to attend should email members@ccfctrust.org with their names and contact details and how many tickets are needed. Collection and payment of tickets will need to be made at the Trust office before the Swansea City derby clash, otherwise places cannot be guaranteed as numbers are limited.

Tickets are free to members of the Supporters’ Trust who can also reserve their place by emailing members@ccfctrust.org

Responding to Malky Mackay’s Press conference today, Tim Hartley, chair of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust said: “We are grateful to Malky Mackay for apologising to fans for the debacle caused by the Iain Moody affair. But we don’t believe the manager himself has anything to apologise for. It is the club and its senior management who should be saying sorry.

“This episode has damaged the reputation of Cardiff City. The club needs to remember that we the fans, as paying customers, deserve a lot better. You cannot imagine John Lewis, Marks & Spencer or any other major company treating their customers like this.

“We need a new period of transparency at the club and that means providing regular information to fans. The club has to change its attitude to its supporters and end what often seems to be a bunker mentality. It needs to start talking in a meaningful way with supporter groups and fans.

“We believe there should be an elected supporter representative on the board as there is at Swansea City where it works really well and where there is excellent dialogue between the club and its supporters.”

The Trust today issued the following statement:

Tim Hartley, chair of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust, said: “Fans will be concerned with the recent behind-the-scene developments at Cardiff City which appear to put into question the future of our manager, Malky Mackay. Supporters are surprised that who appears to have little hands-on experience has been put in charge of transfers at the football club.

“Fans want Malky Mackay, who has done a fantastic job as manager taking the club to the Premier League, to remain at Cardiff City. We don’t want to see any action taken to undermine his position as manager and Cardiff City’s efforts to have a successful first season in the top division.

“There are fears that the current developments could drive Malky into the arms of another Premier League club and that would be hugely damaging for the Bluebirds. Malky is a talented manager who has huge respect among the fans for what he has delivered.

“Fans deserve a clear statement on the position from the club on what has been happening and Malky’s position needs to be made perfectly clear.”