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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.

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust has agreed to sponsor one of the competitions in this summer’s Unity Cup for male and female LGBT teams which is hosted by Cardiff Dragons FC.

The tournament is being held to tie in with Cardiff’s year as European Capital of Sport, with the games being played at Pontcanna Fields on June 13 and 14.

It is being supported by Sport Cardiff, Sport Wales and the Welsh Football Trust.

The Trust has agreed to provide a cup and medals for one of the tournaments following a request by Ali Mahoney, Chairperson of Cardiff Dragons FC.

Trust board member John Isaacson, who has met Ali Mahoney over sponsorship, said: “The Trust is very pleased to support one of the competitions in the Unity Cup and we hope it will attract LGBT players from across Europe.

“We’re delighted that Cardiff is the European Capital of Sport because sport has played and continues to play such an important part in the life of the city.

“The Millennium Stadium is known across the world while Cardiff City is in the Premier League, Glamorgan hosts top Test cricket and we have many great individual stars like gold medalist Geraint Thomas.”

A tournament website (www.ecs2014cardiff.com) and a Facebook page (httpss://www.facebook.com/pages/ECS2014Cardiff/160844714123797) has been established to generate interest in the European and UK LGBT football community.

The Trust responded to a request for a statement on the more than 15% hike in season ticket prices for some Cardiff City fans.

This is what Trust chair Tim Hartley said:

“While season ticket prices for many fans have been frozen for a final fifth year, some supporters will face steep increases, particularly at a time when wage increases are being held down and inflation is now under 2%. Clubs need to ensure they do not price ordinary supporters out of football.

“Fans are being asked to guarantee their seats by the end of February when we don’t even know what league we will be playing. Some supporters may feel they could bear the increase if we retained our Premier League status while it might be considered expensive in the Championship, even with four more games.

“The season ticket offer for next season for those wishing to pay on the finance deal is also not as good as last season where the club guaranteed the application. This season they are not doing so fans who are turned down for credit might not be able to afford a season ticket. This will also lose the club potential income.

“The fans are the bedrock of the club and we need a full stadium.”