We have been made aware of problems on the Kukri site which have now been resolved.
The link to use to order is https://www.teamshopbuilder.co.uk/cardiffcitysupporterstrust
Trust member Phil Jones, who has spearheaded the initiative, said: “Free postage is available if buyers insert the code FREEPOSTCCS.”
Phil has been told by the manufacturers that all fans that have paid postage up until now will have it refunded.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
The fans have had their say on the alternative blue shirt that they would like the Trust to have produced – and the famous 1970s shirt was the narrow winner over the traditional blue. https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/revealed-cardiff-city-alternative-blue-7271543
The fantastic support of fans and Wales Online and the South Wales Echo must send an even stronger message to club owner Vincent Tan – RED IS DEAD.
Supporters are now urged to continue the campaign by buying the winning designed shirt from sports manufacturers Kukri – and remember £5 from every sales goes to the wonderful work of the children’s hospice at Sully, Ty Hafan. This is a win-win situation.
Special thanks should go to Trust member Phil Jones for his tireless work to make this happen. Thanks also to all other supporter groups and message boards for their backing and we urge them to encourage their members and regular users of the message boards to buy the shirt.
Fans now have a choice – and really it is no choice – between Mr Tan’s dreadful red and the Trust shirt complete with a large Bluebird on the shirt. And the shirts we have been shown are an excellent quality.
For those who missed today’s Metro you might like to hear the views of a Bluebirds’ Ben James https://metro.co.uk/2014/06/15/cardiff-city-supporters-trust-blue-shirt-is-a-brilliant-idea-4762674/
The shirts can be ordered at https://www.teamshopbuilder.co.uk/cardiffcitysupporters . If you have any queries about sizes you can contact the firm on phone or by email on their main website. Kukri have told us they aim to deliver in four weeks, so please be patient.
Commenting on the resignation of Simon Lim as chief executive of Cardiff City, Keith Morgan, a board member of Cardiff City Supporters’ Trust and a football finance expert, said: “We wish Simon Lim good luck for the future. As a Trust, we always felt that Simon, although always polite, did not have the power to act in the way one might normally expect of someone in such a senior role such as a chief executive.
The Trust is delighted to announce that we will be offering Cardiff City fans an alternative blue shirt for next season.
Fans can vote for their favourite design out of four options which can be viewed at https://tinyurl.com/o52djzy and in the South Wales Echo from Monday.
The high quality shirt is the brainchild of Trust member, Phil Jones, who said: “The embryonic idea was to develop a well designed, good quality blue shirt with the added benefit of supporting a great local charity. Since then it’s just snowballed. I’m delighted that it will become a reality.”
The shirt chosen by fans will be available post-free from the shirt manufacturers, Kukri, the official kit suppliers to the England team for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. They will be manufactured in the British Isles.
Shirts will cost £27 for adults and £22 for children with £5 from every shirt sold going to the Ty Hafan hospice. The shirt will be available through online order only and full details of how to order will be provided next week.
They will feature the Trust’s Bluebird badge on the front and the logos of Ty Hafan and Supporters Direct on the sleeve.
It is expected that the shirts will take no more than 20 working days to be delivered from order, ensuring fans get their shirt well in time for the new season.
The Trust board has unanimously backed the alternative shirt, which is also supported by Cardiff City Supporters Club, Bluebirds Unite, the 1927 Club and messageboards – CCMB and Cardiff City Forum.
Trust chair Tim Hartley said: “It’s great to see fans coming together in support of the blue shirt, while also raising money for Ty Hafan. This is a constructive way that fans can show their feelings and we again call for the views of the majority of supporters to be listened to.”
See the four shirt designs below
The Against League 3 campaign issued a Press Release today which is reproduced below.
Since launching our campaign 2 weeks ago, Against League 3 has generated fantastic support from all areas of the national game. AL3 continues to stand against, and offer vocal opposition to the FA Commission’s proposals to introduce ‘B’ teams into the English competitive football pyramid.
Supported by Supporters Direct and The Football Supporters Federation, we have now also received backing from a number of fans groups and supporters trusts from across the country. In addition to this, a number of clubs and chairmen based in lower leagues continue to speak out against the plans.
The Manchester United Supporters’ Trust said: ”The game in this country exists for the enjoyment and benefit of the entire footballing community, whatever the size of the club and its fan-base. For the FA Commission to want to impose such radical and potentially damaging changes to the underpinning football pyramid without so much as a word of consultation with representative supporter groups, such as the Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct, is totally unacceptable.”
Spirit of Shankly said, “We are opposed to the formation of a new league and B-teams. It is in solidarity with supporters and clubs further down the league pyramid, that we oppose such changes. We are disappointed and angry, though not surprised, at the lack of consultation and engagement with national supporter organisations or individual trusts. We will be encouraging our members to work closely with the FSF and Supporters Direct and attend their forthcoming Summit. We will discuss a similar protest to the one of June last year, against the football authorities who so willingly try to ignore and exclude us.”
We have now emailed the FA, asking for official recognition of our campaign, and the number of people standing against the proposals. In that email we asked to meet with the FA to talk about our concerns as fan views have not yet been taken into account at any point since the creation of the commission itself.
The correspondence we have received from fans has asked us for organised action. We continue to plan that aspect of our campaign, but we see no reason why the FA would refuse to communicate with us when our aims are essentially the same: we all want to improve the national game.
AL3 is incredibly grateful to all those who have backed our campaign.