Trust News

Friendship in football was the order of the day when the Trust and the Supporters’ Club hosted our friends from Chasetown Football Club before the Middlesborough game.

The group of more than 70 from the Midlands football club, including the club chairman, manager and players, said they had enjoyed a fantastic day – apart from the result!

Cardiff City kindly provided tickets for the game while the Trust and Supporters’ Club laid on the hospitality at the Duke of Clarence pub in Canton. Landlord Eric Harmer organised skittles and table football for our guests.

At half-time Chasetown presented their hosts with a signed framed shirt. In response Vince Alm, on behalf of the Supporters’ Club, presented a signed shirt while the Trust gave Chasetown representatives a framed photograph of the new stadium. A Friendship in Football was presented by our friends John Franklin and Trevor Youngmans from Chasetown the Supporters’ Club.

And a representative from Chasetown was also given the honour of making the 50-50 draw.

The Trust will hold its first end of season party on Friday June 10th at the Duke of Clarence on Clive Road, Canton.

The party will be free to all members and in addition to this all members will be able to bring along a guest free of charge too. Any further guests will be charged £3 however this can be reimbursed against membership if they join on the night.

The end of season party will start at 7pm with a quiz which should last about an hour and a half. The quiz will then be followed by a buffet (hot dogs, burgers – all very healthy J and there will be a vegetarian option available too).

At approximately 9:30pm after the buffet there will be an ex-players discussion themed on the Real Madrid match but basically it will be a chat hosted by Rob Phillips (a great supporter of the Trust) about playing in the seventies which I can assure you, having already spoken with many of the guys coming along, will be very interesting.

The line up at the moment is:

Gary Bell

Don Murray

Leighton Phillips

David Giles

With both Richie Morgan and Steve Derrett to confirm w/c May 9^th.
Please let me know if you would like to attend as numbers will be limited. E-mail me at help@ccfctrust.org and I can reserve your place/s. Tickets will be sent out a week before the event and this will also entitle members to entry in a free draw.

In case any members cannot attend due to where you live or holidays DO NOT worry – as all members will be entered into a draw at the end of the season party and the winner will receive a signed shirt.

Thank you for your continued support

Tracey



The Trust skittles team which took on our friends from Merthyr Tydfil

Trust members enjoyed a great night of skittles with our friends at the Merthyr Tydfil Supporters Trust at Taffs Well Ex-Serviceman’s Club.

The event also provided a boost to the Fred Keenor Statue Fund – with a raffle helping to raise £156.

Thanks to everyone that took part.

Super Kevin McNaughton was a worthy winner of the Trust’s Golden Boot award.

Trust members voted overwhelmingly in favour of giving its Outstanding Achievement Award at the Cardiff City Supporters’ Club Annual Awards to the Bluebirds defender. Well done, Kev, really well deserved for a consistently high standard of performance this season.

Kevin is pictured with Trust vice chair Tracey Marsh and chair Tim Hartley

The Fred Keenor Statue Appeal Committee is today delighted to announce that Craig Bellamy, the Cardiff City captain, has agreed to become a patron of the appeal committee.

David Craig, project manager for the appeal, said:  “We’re really thrilled that Craig has signalled his support for our appeal by signing up as a patron. It is a huge boost for our fundraising efforts to have such a high profile footballer and a local lad backing the campaign.

“Fred Keenor was born in Cardiff and went on to captain his home town team and his country and that is exactly what Craig Bellamy has done. There could not be a more appropriate person to become a patron of the appeal.

“We’d like to thank Cardiff City Football Club and the Football Association of Wales for their support in this matter. It is great that the football community in Wales is pulling together to help make our statue campaign happen.

“We have some way to go to make the statue a reality but the backing of Craig Bellamy gives the fundraising a big kick in the right direction.”

The statue will cost £85,000. More than £47,500 has so far been raised and with more fundraising planned the total will rise further.

Craig Bellamy said: “Fred Keenor and the FA Cup winning team have an iconic place in Cardiff City’s football history and Fred also captained his country with distinction.

“I’m really delighted as a Cardiff lad to give my backing to the appeal and wish the fundraisers success in their efforts. I look forward to the day when Fred Keenor’s statue is standing proudly outside the Cardiff City Stadium.”

Donations to the appeal fund can be made through the Co-operative Bank:

Account name: –   Fred Keenor Statue Fund or FKSF

Account no    65392368

Sort Code     08-92-99

Cheques can also be sent c/o CCST to PO Box 4254, Cardiff, CF14 8FD. Please add the words “Fred Keenor Appeal” on the top of the envelope.