Pada Jun 2012, pemilik Cardiff City yang juga seorang ahli perniagaan Malaysia, Tan Sri Vincent Tan telah menukar warna rasmi Cardiff dari biru kepada merah. Perubahan itu dilakukan adalah untuk menjadikan Cardiff lebih nampak ‘garang’ dan untuk tujuan pemasaran global. Bukan itu sahaja, logo dan maskot Cardiff juga turut diubah dari seekor burung layang-layang biru kepada naga merah.

Setelah hampir 3 tahun cuba membuat perubahan itu – mendapat tentangan kebanyakkan penyokong Cardiff – akhirnya TS Vincent akur kepada kehendak peminat dan penyokong ‘The Blue Bird’.

Perubahan dari biru ke merah sebenarnya tidak langsung mendapat sokongan peminat dan juga penyokong Cardiff. Sebarang permintaan dan pendapat tidak diterima oleh TS Vincent. Dia berkeras masih mahu mengekalkan warna merah.

Macam mana dia boleh berubah?

TS Vincent berubah fikiran atas nasihat dan pandangan ibunya.

Berikut adalah kenyataan rasmi dari TS Vincent dipetik dari cardiffcityfc.com.uk

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, when some seventy 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:

1. 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.

2. For the 2015/16 season, Cardiff City’s home kit colour shall be Blue. Our Away Kit colour shall be Red.

3. 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.

4. As the Chairman has explained, the debt to equity resolution is not straightforward. We will deal with this in due course, with all decisions made in the best interest of the Club.

5. For the 2015/16 Season, Non Price Freeze Season Tickets will be reduced and Price Freeze Season Tickets shall be adjusted accordingly to match these prices.

I very much hope these steps will bring unity, success and happiness to our Club.

The challenge ahead for us is enormous and I truly believe we will overcome these obstacles as a united Club. I believe with divine blessings, Cardiff City Football Club will achieve great success.

Warm regards

Vincent Tan Chee Yioun

Keharmonian dan kesepakatan antara penyokong dan pemilik kelab perlu ada. Bila wujudnya keharmonian, barulah aura positif akan wujud dalam pasukan. Pemilik perlu mendengar keluhan dan pendapat dari penyokong. Selain pemain, penyokong juga adalah aset penting kepada kelab. Mungkin sebab itu, ibu TS Vincent mahu dia mendengar pendapat peminat supaya keharmonian itu wujud antara kelab dan peminat.

Semoga Cardiff akan lebih ‘Ong’ di musim 2014/15 ini nanti dan kembali ke EPL.

//Sumber : cardiffcityfc.co.uk