Cardiff City will ditch their controversial red home strip and return to their traditional blue colours and bluebird badge, the English Championship club said yesterday.

Malaysian owner Vincent Tan changed Cardiff’s home colours to red and the club crest to a dragon in 2012 in an attempt to expand the Welsh club’s appeal in international markets.

That decision angered Bluebirds supporters, however, and with attendances dwindling, Tan decided to revert to the team’s traditional blue colours after a conference call with the club’s board members.

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