{"id":4896,"date":"2015-02-24T09:40:51","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T09:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2015-02-24T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T09:40:51","slug":"city-vs-wigan-mackays-return-marred-as-tan-accuses-wigan-of-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/24\/city-vs-wigan-mackays-return-marred-as-tan-accuses-wigan-of-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"City v Wigan: Tan accuses Wigan of racism as Mackay faces old club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_4903\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4903\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_mackay_web.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4903 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_mackay_web-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay wiith Vincent Tan (picture from Jon Candy  (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4903 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DA_mackay_web-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Ex-Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay wiith Vincent Tan (picture from Jon Candy  (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Malky Mackay wiith Vincent Tan (picture from Jon Candy (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/)<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nVINCENT Tan has instructed Cardiff City board members to boycott their match against Wigan tonight in protest against their opponents, who he claims are owned and managed by racists.<br \/>\nMembers are understood to support Tan\u2019s strong position for the match against the Championship strugglers, which is set to reunite the Bluebirds with their former boss for the first time.\u00a0The decision has come in light of comments made by Dave Whelan who was recently fined \u00a350,000 and banned for six weeks after making racist comments, as well as the chairman\u2019s appointment of Malky Mackay.<br \/>\nThe Scot has had a colourful relationship with his former employers in the past year or so.\u00a0And having been at new club Wigan since November, he is looking to move beyond the controversies, which have formed a grey cloud over his career.\u00a0But, as is often the case in this extremely competitive league, the Scot is having a tough time turning around the fortunes of last season\u2019s FA Cup semi-finalists. And he looked a shadow of his former self on the touchline at the DW Stadium on Saturday as his side was beaten 3-0 by Charlton before being booed off.<br \/>\nHe is not expected to receive such a positive reaction from the Cardiff faithful either, despite claiming yesterday it is \u201cjust another game\u201d.He said: \u201cIt\u2019s never about proving a point. \u201cIt\u2019s a really terrific city and a place I loved living and I had a great time down there.\u201d<br \/>\nBut many are disillusioned by the controversial texts and emails he exchanged with former City director Iain Moody when they were together at the club, which were retrospectively leaked then investigated by the FA.<br \/>\nThe Latics are now nine points from safety, and League One football is looking more and more likely for next season. Their signing of former Arsenal and Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant looks more a sign of desperation than anything else, especially if the form shown in the 32-year-old\u2019s recent brief stint at Indian Premier League side Pune City is anything to go by.<br \/>\nCity themselves are not yet clear of the drop, and their poor form during Bruno Manga\u2019s trip to the African Cup of Nations is certainly no coincidence. He not only provides excellent cover for his team mates in defence, but such a strong presence at the back breeds confidence through the entire squad, which has been proven by two solid defensive displays in the last two games.<br \/>\nNeedless to say, Russell Slade\u2019s side are delighted to have him back. At the start of the season, if you had told a Cardiff fan they would be satisfied with a 0-0 draw away to Huddersfield at this stage of the season, they may have laughed.<br \/>\nThe Bluebirds had just dropped down from the Premier League, with high hopes of making a swift return to the top flight. But Saturday\u2019s draw was in fact a sign of the times, and moved them another point away from the drop, and they now lie seven points above the relegation places.<br \/>\nWithout a win since beating Fulham on Jan 10, Cardiff have now drawn all four of their February matches, and are hoping results are slowly but surely coming good. With their current form, City would would be delighted with a repeat of August\u2019s result between the two sides, when Nicky Maynard scored in a 1-0 win.<br \/>\nSuch a result could put them into the top half, level on points with 11th-placed Leeds. Defeat, on the other hand, may leave them hovering just four points above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VINCENT Tan has instructed Cardiff City board members to boycott their match against Wigan tonight in protest against their opponents, who he claims are owned and managed by racists. Members are understood to support Tan\u2019s strong position for the match against the Championship strugglers, which is set to reunite the Bluebirds with their former boss for the first time.\u00a0The decision has come in light of comments made by Dave Whelan who was recently fined \u00a350,000 and banned for six weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":4907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4],"tags":[2205,1291,500,2551,95,2552,217,2553,2554],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-athletic","tag-cardiff-2","tag-championship","tag-city","tag-football","tag-mackay","tag-racism","tag-tan","tag-wigan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>City v Wigan: Tan accuses Wigan of racism as Mackay faces old club - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2015\/02\/24\/city-vs-wigan-mackays-return-marred-as-tan-accuses-wigan-of-racism\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"City v Wigan: Tan accuses Wigan of racism as Mackay faces old club - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"VINCENT Tan has instructed Cardiff City board members to boycott their match against Wigan tonight in protest against their opponents, who he claims are owned and managed by racists. 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