Here's your round-up of all the latest Cardiff City headlines for Wednesday, October 5.
Kipre hails growing team spirit following Rovers win
Cedric Kipre claims Tuesday's win over Blackburn Rovers shows there's now a growing level of understanding within Cardiff City's new-look squad.
Kipre produced a magnificent man-of-the-match display as his side claimed a deserved 1-0 win over the visitors at a wet Cardiff City Stadium, handing interim boss Mark Hudson his first win at the Bluebirds helm.
The centre-back was one of 17 players to arrive in the capital during a hugely busy summer, but says there is a growing level of team spirit inside the City dressing room.
"We've got a big squad, a new squad, but everyone gets on with each other, and it feels like we've known each other for a long time," he said.
"I think we've started feeling that on the pitch now, which is great. I hope we keep going that way.
"The fans are great. They've been patient with us, and even if we miss a couple of chances, they are still behind us. This is very important for us as a team, and I hope they keep going that way.
"The games are coming really quick. We just need to play, recover, and go again. I think we're ready for it."
Borley - Whitts will inspire next generation of Bluebirds
Club director Steve Borley says Cardiff City have special plans to make club legend Peter Whittingham front and centre when their new academy complex opens in Llanrumney.
Whittingham's tragic passing in March 2020, at the tender age of just 35, devastated not only Bluebirds supporters, but the wider footballing community.
As well as honouring his memory at a special memorial match at the Cardiff City Stadium on November 30, Borley he's keen to ensure Whittingham's legacy helps to inspire the next generation.
"I think it was important to retire his shirt number," he says. "There is only one person who could wear that shirt and it was the right thing to do. It won't be the only thing we will look to do.
"We would like to have Pete's name enshrined within the academy system, with the permission of Amanda and James. Although the fans are not all kids, what he could have given to the kids would have been something else.
"When they walk in to the new academy building at Llanrumney, the first thing I want them to see is Peter Whittingham."
When asked specifically if it would be called 'The Peter Whittingham academy', he replies: "I don't think we will do that. But having said that I quite like the '7' branding.
"In the House of Sport we tried to create a montage of all the players who have come through our academy. That's something we want to recreate at the new indoor facility.
"We want the kids to come in through those double doors into that barn area and feel they are in a football stadium. The first thing I want to inspire them is Peter Whittingham."
Jones opens up on Bristol City rejection
Ex-Cardiff City boss Dave Jones has revealed he was interviewed for the Bristol City manager’s job shortly after leaving the capital - only for the club to turn him down.
Jones is fondly remembered as one of the best Cardiff managers in the modern era, having helped the Bluebirds to an FA Cup and Championship play-off final.
The 66-year-old also hasn't been in management scene since leaving Hartlepool United in 2017, but revealed he could once have taken the hot seat at Ashton Gate.
Speaking to the TWS Sport Podcast , Jones was asked if he had been rejected for a job after an interview, and responded: “Only once. Once I had been an interview for a job, partly it was my fault because I didn’t really want the job.
“I’d just spent eight years at Cardiff and Bristol City asked for me to go to an interview.
“I’d only just left Cardiff about two weeks earlier. After you have done eight years at a club non-stop, day-in-day-out, I just felt I needed a break. I needed to get away with my family and have a holiday.”
“They wanted me to start straight away.
“I can honestly say that I didn’t really throw my heart into it because I needed a break for a couple of months, I need to recharge my batteries.
“They gave it to somebody else rather than me, which I wasn’t really bothered about. In hindsight if they would have offered me the job, I would have probably gone in and recharged the batteries straight away. I just felt I needed a break away and that’s what I did.
“Partly my fault, it’s probably the one really that I have gone for and not got.”
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