Off to the Prem

Cardiff City Stadium - 2012

Cardiff City is off to the Premier League and what a success story it has been.
I had the pleasure to visit Cardiff and their stadium once in 2012, just after they cruelly lost the Carling Cup final to Liverpool.
It was a truly magnificent football club to be honest.
Mind you, I'm a die-hard Chelsea fan but I was so impressed with the club's set-up and the owners' commitment that I returned from my trip and wrote this piece.
Now, in a week's time, I suppose I'm heading back to Cardiff (round two...hooray!!) to watch their last home match against Bolton Wanderers.
It'll be interesting to see how the club has changed in a year and how excited the fans are at finally lining up alongside the big-boys of Chelsea, Man Utd, Arsenal, Man City etc.
I'm also rather interested, in getting their new jersey - the red one with the Dragon.

Since I'm born in the year of the Dragon, I supposed its rather auspicious for me too.
Anyway, I can't wait to fly off (damn long flights) and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes smooth.

Zhengguan hopes that this so-called Malaysian jinx stay away from Cardiff.