Cardiff City’s uneasy truce is over. Now mutiny is afoot

An owner who created a rift in the club’s history, a management issue that lingered for too long, and those in

authority taking aim at the worries of the most devoted fans

One thought comes to me as the game begins: the word “Cardiff” is written across from me on the blue seats of the Ninian Stand.

When Dafydd Iwan performed Yma o Hyd during one of the Wales national team’s spectacular performances, I felt

as though I was assimilating Welsh heritage through emotional osmosis. I’ve attended significant Cardiff City games

where the crowd of over 25,000 made a lot of noise. I’ve been here while the Ninian’s upper tier’s red seats are empty

and draped in enormous banners. However, I’ve never witnessed it this way.

A long list of explanations exists:It’s midweek; it’s frigid; the opponent isn’t glamorous (sorry, supporters of the

Preston North End); it’s live on TV; and Christmas is approaching to eat up discretionary income.

A little over 15,000 people are expected to attend, but season ticket holders must be included because the Cardiff

City Stadium feels more deserted and empty than that.

But it goes beyond all of that: Cardiff is at a breaking point, and if things don’t improve, you can see the tipping point approaching.

Even though I want to enjoy every 92 game this season, this one is so awkward that it’s disgusting, like when a

character in a play forgets their lyrics. Preston hasn’t won in ten games and hasn’t won on the road in the league

since March. Despite playing poorly in practically every game, they win handily. Cardiff scores the opening goal for

Preston, and a disastrous backpass gives them the second.

Cardiff has returned to the bottom three of the Championship at full time.

It would be incorrect to characterise the atmosphere as mutinous, but only because the most irate people have long

since fled, reasoning that it is too chilly for this. The low-level moans at everything negative are considerably more

common than the thunderous boos at the finale and the infrequent calls to the manager of “Riza, sort it out.” This is nearly everything.

However, complaining everytime the ball is passed backwards serves as the evening’s primary soundtrack. This

never occurs at rude fitness clubs, where passing is accepted as a necessary step rather than as risk-averse tactical

cowardice. A club moving backwards is symbolised by jeering at the team that is playing backwards.

We must comprehend the interplay between short-term worries and longer-term mistrust in order to comprehend

Cardiff and this present suffering. The angst is about what happened twelve years ago and what is happening right now.

Two years after purchasing Cardiff City, in May 2012, Vincent Tan essentially promised the public that he would

boost his investment in the team provided he was allowed to switch the club’s emblem from the traditional bluebird

to a dragon and the uniform colour to red. The fact that tradition and heritage were being trodden underfoot

naturally infuriated Cardiff supporters. Tan abandoned the plan, but a few weeks later he changed it nevertheless.

In February 2014, Tan expressed his displeasure with the Cardiff City rebranding and accused the UK media of

racism for criticising his ownership of the team.

“I will never turn it back to blue while I’m the owner. Maybe they can locate a blue-loving owner, pay them, and buy me out. Yes, they are free to go ahead and alter it to blue. I’m going to construct another red club somewhere.

Tan transformed the dragon to a bluebird then it back to blue in January 2015.

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