Cardiff go back to blue

Cardiff City will change their home kit back from red to
blue with immediate effect, owner Vincent Tan has
confirmed.
The decision to alter the team's home colour to red in
June 2012 proved unpopular with many of the club's fans
and, following a meeting between Cardiff officials and
supporters on Thursday night, Tan has bowed to pressure
by agreeing to revert to a blue home kit.
Tan's move came on the back of a record-low Cardiff City
Stadium crowd of just over 4,000 for the FA Cup third-
round tie with Colchester, plans for anti-red protests and
the threat of thousands of season tickets not being
renewed.
There was unanimous support at the meeting for the Sky
Bet Championship club to make the change, with the
traditional Bluebird crest replacing the dragon as Cardiff's
primary emblem.
In a statement, Tan said: "The Christmas and New Year
period has given me time to reflect on the events of the
last year. Spending time with my family had a profound
effect upon me. My mother, Madam Low Siew Beng, a
devout Buddhist, who attended Cardiff City Football Club
to watch them play, spoke to me on the importance of
togetherness, unity and happiness.
"Cardiff City Football Club is important to me and I wish to
see it united and happy. With the guidance, blessing and
influence of my mother, I asked my Chairman, Mehmet
Dalman and Chief Executive Officer, Ken Choo for their
advice and to consult with a good cross-section of the fan
base.
"This meeting took place last night (Thursday), when
some 70 representatives of our supporters were present.
My thanks and gratitude to those who gave up their
evening and time to be there. I am informed that this was a
very productive and frank exchange of views, but all with
the same objective to strengthen our club. These views
were also added to by a large number of emails that were
sent to the club over the last 24 hours from our wider
supporter base.
"To paraphrase John F. Kennedy: 'Let us never compromise
out of fear. But let us never fear to compromise.'
"My wish is to unite and make the club successful and in
order to achieve this I fully support the Board's decision
to implement the following changes.
"Starting from Saturday, 10 January 2015 and until the end
of this season, our home kit shall be blue. Our away kit
shall be red. I would like to thank the Football League for
their approval to facilitate my request.
"For the 2015-16 season, Cardiff City's home kit colour
shall be blue. Our away kit colour shall be red. The club
badge will be redesigned to reflect the dominance of the
Bluebird, while celebrating the proud history and heritage
of the club. I also wish to incorporate elements
representative of my culture and beliefs, which I hope are
respected."
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