The stubbornness of the Cardiff City chairman holds no bounds over the financial suicide with his lucky red rebrand even with his deep pockets it must hurt.
While the official red top hangs gathering dust in the club shop anything blue linked to Cardiff City the Bluebirds is being snapped up by eager fans. The club via its owner ‘allegedly’ is keeping fans short of the blue away kit and even so, fans have problems with the badge. However, Vincent Tan will be in the director’s box come the new season looking out at a sea of blue knowing he didn’t make a penny from the shirts, t-shirts, and scarves.
For added competition to the chairman’s red the Cardiff City Supporters Trust have come up with their own blue shirt and after a vote in the local press to find the fans favourite of four designs the winner can be seen in the photo. Orders have been flooding out according to the Trust up to 1,000 since they went on sale with demand so high that at one stage the website crashed.
Counting the orders, long-standing Cardiff fan Phil Jones said; “The total currently stands at just under 1,000, which is not bad for the first week.”
He added; “We expect a lot more people to buy them once they have seen other fans wearing them and once they have had a chance to try them on.”
The shirts are priced at £22 for a child’s, and £27 for adults the short sleeved version while you have to paid an extra £2 for the long sleeved tops. South Wales children’s hospice Ty Hafan will get £5 from every sale and in the coming weeks, the Trust will be delivering shirts to Ty Hafan shops right across South Wales.
All the supporters groups are behind the project and there are other fans expected to bring out shirts and t-shirts.
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