Live updates as Cardiff City fans march to ground and stage protest against board

Cardiff City supporters will today take part in a march and protest against the club's ownership ahead of the crucial game against Swansea City.

Some Bluebirds supporters have grown deeply unhappy over the way the club has been run in recent years, with an unsustainable number of managers having been put in post and Cardiff battling their third fight against relegation in four seasons.

Supporters taking part in today's march, which will begin at the Admiral Napier pub in Canton at 11.30am and finish outside the stadium reception, are doing so on the basis that they believe the club will not move forward without major change at the top and want their voices to be heard. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.

Cardiff star Calum Chambers said the players are aware of the plans to protest against the club's top brass, while manager Omer Riza said he hopes the atmosphere doesn't turn toxic within the ground and that fans, while they have the right to voice their opinions, support the team in this crucial fixture.

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"I don’t like to comment on any political aspects of the club. I’ve been here this year, I don't know what the last 10 or 12 years have been like, only things I've heard and seen," the Bluebirds boss said.

"All I can say is the period I’ve been at the club, the way I’ve been treated by staff, fans, players, the press, by the owner, by Mehmet [Dalman, chairman], by Ken [Choo, CEO], I can’t possibly comment on what's happened.

"We’re trying to get ourselves out of trouble. That’s my main concern. I am trying to do that. I don’t hold any grudges against fans – they are the people who support the club and are the life and essence of