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Dilwar Ali of the Nahin Spice Centre in Caerphilly Road, Cardiff, who is providing the curry at the Frank Hennessy night at the Cardiff City Stadium on November 17th, has donated a signed Cardiff City ball from 2007 to the raffle. Great picture in today’s Echo with the story. See https://www.walesonline.co.uk/cardiffonline/cardiff-news/2011/11/05/curry-guaranteed-to-have-a-kick-91466-29723388/. Thanks again to Dilwar for his continuing support for the statue appeal.

Representatives of the Trust will be meeting the club next week.

If Trust members have any issues they would like us to raise with the club please send them to help@ccfctrust.org

From the Palace game we will be selling old programmes from the Trust office in aid of the Keenor appeal.

Programmes include City homes and aways, Wales homes and aways, FA Cup finals, big games, non-league including Merthyr Tydfil, even Swansea programmes. From 20p upwards. They’ve all been donated to the appeal for fundraising.

Come and have a look and if you’ve got children why not start them on a lifetime of collecting programmes?

Brian Mertens, the Trust board member with responsibility for the new office at the Cardiff City Stadium is pictured right with fellow Trust member, Clive Prigg.

The Trust office opens from around 90 minutes before kick-off until 15 minutes before matches start.

At the office you can sign up for the Trust from just £12 a year, with children under-16 free, buy T-shirts, miniatures and pin badges in aid of the Fred Keenor Statue Appeal. And from the Crystal Palace game we’ll be selling old  programmes donated to the appeal. The Trust office is near Gate 5 (Canton and Ninian Stands).

The UK Government has published its response to the parliamentary inquiry into football governance.

We, as a Trust ,offered evidence to this inquiry which considered the way football is run, the financial accountability of clubs and the role of supporters’ trusts.

Trust Chair Tim Hartley said: “The report from the Select Committee and the government’s response aims to help the football authorities to address the many challenges facing the game. We at Cardiff know that supporters’ trusts can be part of the solution for many clubs.

“It is now for the government to ensure authorities do actually reform themselves.  If they do not, then we repeat our call for a Football Law to be passed to ensure the viability of individual clubs and to ensure football is protected for the benefits of the whole community rather than simply for private business interests.”

The government response said: “Football in this country is unrecognisable from the position of two decades ago – better teams, safer and more family-friendly stadia, and growing success against racism and discrimination. Yet it has also changed into a multi-billion pound business whilst the corporate governance structures still look like they belong to another era. … The welcome global popularity of the English game has posed challenges which the existing structures do not yet appear to be equipped to respond to effectively…  At the same time, supporters’ expectations are at an all-time high, both in terms of their club and national team success but also their links and involvement with the club.’

The full government response can be viewed here: https://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/Football_governance_15427_Cm_8207_2.pdf

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee report can be viewed here: https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/news/football-governance-report/

Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust’s evidence can be viewed here: https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmcumeds/writev/792/fg12.htm