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Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust issued the following statement in support of the demonstration for a return to blue:

“The Trust fully supports the proposed demonstration before the Liverpool match on Saturday, March 22.

“Early returns from the Trust fans’ survey show strong opposition to the rebrand from both Trust members and non-members and an overwhelming desire for a return to blue. The full results will be published later this month.

“We have detected a hardening of attitude as a result of the off-the-field controversies which have soured the club’s return to the top division.

“The Trust supports the strong desire of the protest organisers that the march is both peaceful and focused solely on the campaign to return to blue. Our mandate is for a change of colours back to our traditional one’s and to persuade the club owner to do so.

“The Trust would condemn without reservation any personal or racist comments or chanting. They have no place in any protest and those that are thinking of making such comments would be well advised to stay away.

“We know that once the protest is over all Cardiff City fans will get fully behind the Bluebirds when they take the field against Liverpool.”

The Trust’s fans’ survey closes on Wednesday so please take a final opportunity to give your views on a range of issues about your club.

The survey can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

To complete the survey members should click on httpss://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccst2014membersurvey

Non members can also complete the survey by clicking on httpss://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccst2014survey

The Trust issued a statement in response to the Vincent Tan interview on BBC TV and Radio

Tim Hartley, chair of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust, said: “We are disappointed that Mr Tan has raised uncertainty about the future at a time when the team is fighting to retain Premier League status.

“Mr Tan talks about wanting to unite with fans. The first thing he could do to help towards achieving that would be to meet the Trust and Cardiff City Supporters’ Club as was promised in December last year. Putting that meeting into the distant future is not acceptable and shows disrespect to supporters.

“While fans are grateful for the significant investment into Cardiff City, we don’t believe fans need to apologise for campaigning for a return to our traditional blue colours.

“We are concerned that Mr Tan has yet to decide whether to convert the debt owed to him into equity which is what fans were promised in no uncertain terms.

“This season should have been an exciting experience for fans after an absence of more than 50 years from the top flight but it has been soured by continuing off-the-field distractions.

“We would also like a firm commitment from Mr Tan that a Hull City-style change of name will not be countenanced by him at any time in the future.

“Once again, Mr Tan’s interview illustrates how important it is to have strong supporter involvement in football clubs as happens at Swansea City and many other clubs across Wales and England and in Europe in countries like Germany.”

The Trust is conducting its annual fans’ survey and we’d be grateful if all members could spare a few minutes to answer the questions.

There are 15 questions, including one’s on the controversial rebrand, the match-day experience, away ticket distribution and what you would like to see the Trust prioritise in the year ahead.

To complete the survey members should click on httpss://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccst2014membersurvey

Non members can also complete the survey by clicking on httpss://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ccst2014survey

Trust chair Tim Hartley received this email from Jon Darch, Rail Seating Project Manager, Bristol Sport

It was a shame you were unable to attend the unveiling of the rail seats at Ashton Gate.

A good fifty or so, plus perhaps 30 media, did attend and got to see the rail seats first hand and hear from Bristol Sport chairman Martin Griffiths, John Leech MP and others about the benefits that we believe this new form of spectator accommodation will bring. The rail seats will be in situ now for the next 18 months, so if during that time you or any colleagues would like to come to Bristol to see them, please just get in touch and we can agree a date and time: that’s what they’re there for – to educate and inform.

In the meantime, please find several pictures of the small block of 33 rail seats in this album:

https://tinyurl.com/ch7zzmx

If you want to explain to anyone how the seats were installed, then please also share this video freely:

https://youtu.be/uiZAZwG7_jQ

A five-minute version with real-time shots and a narrative explaining what is going on will be available shortly.

We still have one or two regulatory hoops to jump through before we can definitely confirm that the rail seats will be installed in the redeveloped Ashton Gate, but we are very hopeful that we will be able to do so, thus providing the option to offer standing accommodation or to operate in all-seater configuration, as required by the rules and regulations for the respective sport/event being staged.

All being well, therefore, the first areas of rail seats for actual use rather than just for demonstration purposes should open at the ground in August 2015.