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Banners and chanting at the Sunderland game

We have received a number of complaints regarding what was described as heavy handed stewarding during Saturday’s match against Sunderland. Banners were removed and some members said they had been asked to stop singing certain chants.
We contacted the club and here is the response of the Stadium Manager.

“We do not allow banners into the stadium that are political, discriminative, offensive or inflammatory.

I AM SURE THE TRUST WELCOME THIS POSITION?

The Safety Officer or I determine the threshold, particularly for the latter two categories for we are named persons on the safety certificate with the responsibility for providing a safe environment.

I can confirm that stewards were told to confiscate ‘Tan out’ banners & remove them from the bowl where possible.

After a fight almost broke out in the Canton Stand between somebody holding up a thank you Malky banner and fans who could not see the game. We advised that all large banners should be taken down (I’m sure fans had got their point across with thank you banners pre-game).

Nobody was ejected or is being viewed for chanting or simply having a banner.
There was 1 ejection for bad language which SWP are viewing for a racial public order offence and another fan is being warned pre game at the next match about his constant 4 letter tirade after complaint from fellow supporters and his behaviour will be monitored.

We can’t stop people airing their views and as long as it is not offensive, indecent, inflammatory, discriminatory or racist we will not look to take any action.”

Fancy a game of skittles?

 

The Trust will be playing a skittles match against the Merthyr Tydfil Trust on Friday, January 10th, at 7.30pm at the Taffs Well Ex-Servicemen’s Club.

If you would like to take part let us know.  It would be great to see you there.  The cost of taking part will be £5 per player and all proceeds from the evening will go to Ty Hafan.

We are hoping to have a team of 12 players so get your response in quickly to members@ccfctrust.org

 

Vincent Tan calls off meeting with Trust and Supporters’ Club

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust tonight expressed its dismay that a scheduled meeting tomorrow involving owner Vincent Tan and the Trust and Cardiff City Supporters’ Club has been called off.

Chairman Tim Hartley said: “We are very disappointed that this meeting has been postponed at a time of great instability at the club. We’ve been told that Mr Tan will meet the Trust when the new manager is appointed and we now look forward to that meeting.

“Given the recent off the field debacle, we believe it is more important than ever that Mr Tan engages with supporter groups and the fans generally. This meeting provided Mr Tan with an immediate opportunity to start building bridges with fans and that opportunity has been missed.

“There are many questions the fans still want answered, around corporate governance and transparency, the club’s financial future and the rebranding. We will put these to Mr Tan at our rearranged meeting which needs to be held as soon as possible.”

Trust pays tribute to Malky Mackay for his work at Cardiff City

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust issued the following statement today:

We are not surprised at the departure of Malky Mackay which looked inevitable following the breakdown in the relationship between Malky and Mr Tan.

“We’d like to thank Malky sincerely for his massive contribution to Cardiff City. He will always be fondly remembered by Bluebirds fans as the manager who took Cardiff City to the Premier League for the first time. He is undoubtedly one of the best and most popular managers in Cardiff City’s history.

“The Trust always found Malky very approachable and he was passionate about doing his best for Cardiff City. He had an excellent rapport with fans and appreciated the importance of supporters to any football club.

“Recent off the field controversies have damaged the relationship between the club and fans.

“One way Mr Tan could build bridges with supporters would be to return the playing kit to blue at the earliest opportunity.

“This whole episode highlights once again the need for strong supporter engagement in football clubs at all levels. Our friends in the Swansea City Supporters’ Trust have an excellent working relationship with the senior management of their club and a supporter director sits on the board. We’d like to see Cardiff City move towards that in the future.

“We urge Cardiff City fans to join the Trust and strengthen further the voice of the fans.”

Trust responds to City chairman’s statement

The Trust tonight issued a statement tonight in response to the comments today of Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman:

Tim Hartley, chair of the Trust, said: “After the turmoil of the last week, the club needs stability and we are pleased that Malky Mackay is to remain as manager of Cardiff City. We also look forward to a dialogue now taking place between Mackay and Vincent Tan.

“Mr Tan should let the manager of the team get on with the job of keeping Cardiff City in the Premier League. I’m sure the strength of feeling shown by fans before and at the Liverpool game sent a clear message to him, as did the outspoken comments of many other managers and commentators throughout the UK.

“What this debacle has illustrated once again is that Mr Tan must engage in regular dialogue with supporter groups and fans generally. We will be making that point strongly when we meet Mr Tan on Saturday before the Sunderland game.

“One way he could build bridges with supporters would be to return the home playing kit to blue at the earliest opportunity.

“This episode highlights once again the need for strong supporter engagement in football clubs at all levels. Our friends in the Swansea City Supporters’ Trust have an excellent working relationship with the senior management of their club and a supporter director sits on the board. We’d like to see Cardiff City move towards that in the future.

“We urge Cardiff City fans to join the Trust and strengthen further the voice of the fans.”

Read the Cardiff City statement at https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news/article/dalman-open-dialogue-is-key-1250825.aspx