Trust News

David Melding, the South Wales Central AM, has become the eighth member of the Welsh Assembly to support the Fred Keenor Statue Appeal.

David wrote to Sp0rts Minister Huw Lewis backing the campaign for a tribute for the Cardiff City and Wales captain who lifted the FA Cup in 1927.

The others supporting the appeal are Julie Morgan,  Mark Drakeford, Vaughan Gething, all Cardiff AMs, and Mick Antoniw (Pontypridd), Jane Hutt (Vale of Glamorgan) and regional AMs Lindsay Whittle and Leanne Wood. We’re hoping Julie Morgan will meet the Minister in September to press the case further.

The fundraising committee holds its next meeting at the Ninian Park pub in Cardiff, next Tuesday at 7.30pm.

City and Wales fans welcome. Supporters willing to organise events for the statue appeal wanted and if you have any good ideas for fundraising please come along.

The Trust will be publishing the next edition of its magazine, Moving to a Different Beat, next week. It will be available only to members online through the Trust website. Includes an exclusive interview with Super Kevin McNaughton, City’s Player of The Season, a feature and interview with City legend Don Murray  while BBC Wales soccer commentator Rob Phillips writes an article for the magazine.

Among other features is the second part of Dave Sugarman’s fascinating piece on the life and times of Fred Keenor, a review of a past season, a Q&A with a Bluebirds fan and all the latest Trust news.

In the midst of the phone hacking controversy, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee published the findings of its investigation into football governance.

You can read the report by clicking on https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmcumeds/792/79202.htm

The Trust submitted evidence to MPs and you can read our submission by clicking on https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmcumeds/792/792vw12.htm

We are delighted to announce that the bucket collection in aid of the Fred Keenor Statue Appeal at the Parma game raised £669.55.

This is a great amount, particularly as the crowd was only just over 8,500.

Thanks to the 10 collectors that volunteered to help out and also to Cardiff City Football Club and its staff for their continuing support for the appeal. And, most importantly, thanks to the generosity of City fans, young and older.