Cardiff City Football Club

• Nickname:Bluebirds
• Founded:1889
• Manager:Malky Mackay

• Ground:Cardiff City stadium
• Capacity:26,828

Off-pitch boost for Bluebirds

11 Dec 2009 - 15:06:55

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Cardiff City have revealed that the threat of legal action over loans taken out by the club have now been lifted following a settlement with the Langston Corporation.

The Swiss-based investment fund had taken the Bluebirds to the High Court in 2008 over a dispute centring on £15million worth of loan notes taken out in 2004.

The court had ruled in Cardiff's favour that the loan amounts did not have to be repaid with immediate effect but a stalemate had ensued.

"On behalf of Cardiff City Football Club, I would like to thank the Langston Corporation for their co-operation in this matter and Mr Sam Hammam for helping to facilitate this agreement," said chairman Peter Ridsdale.

A statement from the Championship club added: "This agreement, signed by both parties, therefore removes the threat of any further legal proceedings in the foreseeable future."