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The blue plaque which will be unveiled at Fred Keenor’s old school

Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay is to unveil a blue plaque a week today at the city school where the legendary Fred Keenor  was a pupil.

Fred Keenor captained the football team at Stacey Primary School in Roath. He went on to skipper the Bluebirds to FA Cup Final success in 1927, as well as captaining the Welsh international side.

The ceremony will take place on Tuesday, November 12,  almost a year to the day (November 10, 2012) after the statue of Fred Keenor at the Cardiff City Stadium was unveiled by two pupils from Stacey school, Carla Shore and Yassin Mohamed.

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust had launched an appeal to raise £85,000 for the tribute.

David Craig, project manager of the Keenor appeal and a member of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust board, said: “We had funds left over after the statue was erected so we felt it would be entirely appropriate to provide an inscribed blue plaque dedicated to Fred for the school.

“We are thrilled that Malky Mackay is happy to take time out from his busy schedule to unveil the plaque to honour Fred. We are sure the pupils are looking forward to welcoming a modern day Bluebirds hero in Malky Mackay to their school.

“This event is the conclusion of the work by the Trust’s Fred Keenor fundraising committee to mark the legendary status of Fred.”

The Journey Back – Cardiff City’s Rise through the Divisions 1991-2013, a book chronicling seasons 1991-92 to 2012-13 written by Trust members Paul Evans (the Other Bob Wilson) and Richard Holt, is now on sale.

With Paul writing reviews for each season of at least 3,000 words and Richard the statistical input, which includes team line-ups (for both sides) for every competitive match played by City during the period covered, the Journey Back has 368 pages plus another 16 pages of colour photographs, including team groups for 18 of the 22 seasons covered.

The book can be bought from the Trust Office (near Gate 5) tomorrow from 2-3.45pm and then from 6-6.30pm tomorrow. Anyone unable to attend the Swansea match, will be able to purchase it before the Manchester United and Arsenal games and, hopefully, at the Wales v Finland match on Saturday, November 16, while it will also be on sale at the Trust’s 1992-93 promotion celebration event https://www.ccfctrust.org/?p=3181 at Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday, November 21.

The Journey Back can also be bought now on Paul’s blog: https://mauveandyellowarmy.net/

Just click on the words “The Journey Back – Cardiff City’s Rise through the Divisions 1991-2013 now on sale” at the top of the page and then you can order the book.

Finally, the Journey Back costs £19.50, but Trust members can get it at the discounted price of £17.50 – it’ll make a great Christmas present for any Bluebirds fan.

Game ON Wales in partnership with the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust and Dynamic Sports Development has teamed again up to support  30 young people from across the South Wales to come together to promote friendship and understanding through football.

The 14-16 year olds from Bryncynon and Trallwn, Pontypridd joined colleagues from the Butetown and Grangetown areas of Cardiff at the Gol Centre, Cardiff to develop their footballing skills and to discuss issues which are important to them.

Following the event, the Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust supported the young people with tickets to watch the Wales and Macedonia international at the Cardiff City Stadium.

The event was organised by Game On and Dynamic Sports Development who engage young people through football and the event was sponsored by the trust.

Trust chair Tim Hartley, said: “These young people come from very different backgrounds and some of them will have rarely ventured either out of their own communities. Getting the opportunity to engage with new people and support our National team together helps develop relationships between different cultures.”

Dane Facey from Game ON Wales said: “We are encouraging young people from a variety of Communities First areas to come together and develop positive personal experiences that can increase interaction and social development between young people.”

Ali Abdi from Dynamic Sports Development said: “This event was a fantastic opportunity for our young people to engage with others of the same age and learn, understand and appreciate similarities and respect differences.  It created a real opportunity to foster and encourage new and lasting friendships between young players from across South Wales.”

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust today called on the club to allow players to wear blue at all away games – unless there is a clash with the home team.

The appeal was made after Trust board member Keith Morgan contacted the Premier League to clarify the rules on kits and was told clubs could wear any of the approved strips at away matches.

In an email to Keith Morgan, the Premier League wrote:

Dear Keith,

When a club is at home, they must wear their home strip while the away team can wear any of their strips providing there is no clash.

I hope that clarifies the rule for you.

Kind regards,

Supporter Services, Premier League  

Keith Morgan, who is an accountant, said: “I contacted the Premier League to clarify Rule M13 and M22 concerning registered match-day kits to find out whether a club can wear any of its three registered kits.

“They have come back with a response which makes it perfectly clear there is nothing to stop that happening.

“The Trust board believes strongly that the club should wear blue shirts at all away matches in the Premier League, except if there is a clash such as games against Everton, Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion. And, of course, the majority of fans who travel away wear blue.

“Given the unnecessary off-field issues of the last couple of weeks, we hope the club management, including Vincent Tan, will look to build bridges with fans and ensure our traditional blue colour shirts are worn by the Bluebirds at the vast majority of away matches. The Trust, like the majority of fans, also in the future wants a return to blue at home games.”

All Bluebirds fans can get in on the action and join in celebrations to mark the 20^th anniversary of Cardiff City’s promotion as champions of the old Third Division.

Ten players from the 1992-93 promotion squad have already indicated they will be attending.

Fans’ favourite Carl Dale has signalled his intention to join the event alongside Paul Ramsey, Jason Perry,Nick Richardson, Paul Millar, Cohen Griffith, Andy Gorman, Neil Matthews, Derek Brazil, Damon Searle, coach, Roger Gibbons and kit man Jimmy Goodfellow, although attendees are subject to change. Others may be added to the list.

The event, which takes place at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday, November 21st (7pm for 7.30pm), has been organised by the Trust’s membership group.

It will be compered by BBC Wales football correspondent Rob Phillips, a great supporter of the Trust. There will also be a raffle on the evening. Thanks to Terry Phillips of Media Wales and Damon Searle for help in bringing the players together.

Non-members can join this very special event for  £7 but if they also join the Trust it will cost only another £5 for a year’s membership. Non-members who want to attend should email members@ccfctrust.org with their names and contact details and how many tickets are needed. Collection and payment of tickets will need to be made at the Trust office before the Swansea City derby clash, otherwise places cannot be guaranteed as numbers are limited.

Tickets are free to members of the Supporters’ Trust who can also reserve their place by emailing members@ccfctrust.org