Cardiff City fans renewing their season tickets for the 2011-12 season are being offered the opportunity to make a donation for the Fred Keenor Statue Appeal.

In letters sent out by the football club, they are being invited to make a contribution of £2 or more to help the appeal to raise £85,000 for a lasting tribute to Fred Keenor and the rest of the 1927 FA Cup winning team.

David Craig, Project Manager and Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust board member, said: “We’re really delighted that Cardiff City agreed to offer supporters the opportunity to make a donation to the appeal when they renew their season tickets.

“The support we have received from the club for our appeal, which has topped £41,000 – almost half-way to our target of £85,000 – has been great.

“We hope that many thousands of Bluebirds’ season ticket holders will make a donation of at least £2 or perhaps £5, £10 or more if they can afford it. Fans have been so generous up to now and we hope they will be able to dig a little deeper into their pockets.

“This appeal has been very much a grassroots fans initiative and that will continue. But we’d like to see businesses in South Wales come forward to back our campaign with donations. That would help us reach our target quicker.”

David said that the Fred Keenor fundraising committee hoped to be in a position to ask Llantwit Major-based sculptor Roger Andrews to make a start later this year on creating the iconic image of the Cardiff and Wales skipper.

Season tickets went on sale on Tuesday, 1 February.

How many countries starting with the letter K can you name, and who scored most goals for the City in the 1999 – 2000 season? They’re just two of the questions asked at the Trust quiz at the Rose and Crown in Pontypridd. A good crowd came to Ponty to raise money for the Trust and for the Fred Keenor statue appeal. The aptly named Trust Us team won the quiz with a special prize going to the WAGs for their competitive spirit.

Special thanks must go to the landlord Snowy for giving us such a welcome and providing some lovely food. In total £614.70 was raised which included a donation of £80 from the Rose and Crown, £200 from Scrumpo and £100 from SAG Solutions.

Brilliant stuff! So who was City’s top goal scorer in the 1999-2000 season? Well I guess you just had to be there to find out!

Winning team "Trust Us"

Chair of Trust Tim Hartley with Snowy

Winner of the Raffled Signed Shirt

“Penarth Kev” was a trust member and this is a tribute to him from our membership secretary Paul Evans:

“I never met the person who posted on the Cardiff City Online messageboard as “Penarth Kev”, but, over the years I came to regard him as a friend, so the news of his untimely death yesterday at the age of only 52 came as a complete shock. Kev was known mainly for his superb “Deep in the Bowels of the CCS” series of messages which were his light hearted take on how meetings between manager Dave Jones and former Chairman Peter Ridsdale concerning newsworthy events at the club might have gone. Here is a link to one of Kev’s “Deep in the Bowels” messages. I didn’t select that one because it was the best or most memorable of the series, the truth is, they were all very enjoyable as far as I am concerned and it’s just taken at random – Kev was a very funny man.

Away from his “Deep in the Bowels” series, Kev’s messages often brought humanity, optimism and a much needed sense of perspective to a forum which can get quite heavy and personal at times – my condolences go out to his family and friends.

RIP Kev, there’ll be more laughs heard in heaven from now on.”

Keith Morgan, Trust Chair

Who are you? Keith Morgan.

Where do you live? Penarth

What do you do for a living? Chartered Accountant

Why did you join the Trust? To give a voice to the “quiet fan” whose views and opinions might otherwise not be heard as an individual.

Why would you encourage fans to join the Trust? So that they may belong to a sensible, democratic organisation, properly constituted and controlled and whose rules enable them to represent fans of the club without any hidden or personal agendas.

Why did you seek election to the Trust Board? So that I could assist the Trust as best I could by contributing whatever skills and experience I have in its decision making.

What is your aim for the Trust over the next 12 months? To help raise the profile of the Trust and communicate better to its members and potential new members its aims and benefits.

How long have you supported City? Since 1962 (so missed out on the club`s most recent season playing in the top flight by 1 year!!).

What was your favourite City match? Probably the victory over Real Madrid.

Who is your favourite City player/s? Current favourite Kieffer Moore. All-time favourite Ian Gibson.

Calling all Trust members!

OPEN MEETING

 
 Upstairs bar, Deri Inn

Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff

7:30pm, Tuesday 25 January
 
 
Have you ever thought about joining the Supporters’ Trust Board? Well, elections for the new Board come up again in April and we are keen to get as many people as possible involved in the work of the Trust. We are holding an open meeting for you to meet the current Board members and hear what the Trust has been doing on behalf of the membership over the last few months. We want to hear what more you think the Trust should be doing as well as tell anyone interested what’s involved in becoming a Board member.
 
Your Trust needs you – so see you next week!