Cardiff City are  to switch back to their historical blue home strip, BBC Sport confirm. 

Controversial owner Vincent Tan organised (but did not attend) a fans meeting last night - the culmination of which will see Cardiff walk out this weekend in their traditional blue home jersey.

Tan's decision to rebrand the club's colour from blue to red has remained a constant topic of debate and anger for the Cardiff City faithful since 2012, but it seems now that the fans have managed to sway an owner who has developed a notorious reputation for stubbornness.

Tan has been impressed with the fans' respect for his financial support of the club and has now made the decision to cave in to their demands.

The BBC have confirmed that the rebrand will include a new design of logo that's closer to the old club badge, which featured a bluebird, and that Tan's favoured dragon mascot will be scrapped.

Cardiff City chairman Mehmet Dalman said that the fans meeting last night represented a 'very good evening for Cardiff City'.

"He will listen and he will consider. Vincent Tan saved the club when it needed saving. He will never leave this club in the lurch," Dalman told the BBC, quoted by the Mirror, after the fans' meeting had reached its end.

"It was very clear that this audience wants to unite with Vincent Tan. It's very clear.

"And if that means that we have to reconsider the colour and the badge then you know we must.

"Only a strong character like Vincent can call for a forum like this, and I think he will be very touched by what took place tonight."

Cardiff have been playing away from home in blue this season and it's thought likely that the home and away strips will simply be swapped.

Cardiff have faced a difficult spell since their relegation from the Premier League last season and appointed Russell Slade in October after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left the club. Slade, whose side sits in 12th in the Sky Bet Championship, has spoken out in support for the change.

This is a fantastic opportunity to build a new platform and put the bricks in place to rebuild and start again," he said to BBC Sport.

"If you're going to be successful in any business, any football club, you need everyone pulling together as a unit.

"I believe this will be a giant step forward to go with the traditional blue.

"The owner and I have talked about the shirt and he was aware of the issue. He was not closing his eyes to it."

"If we can play in blue on Saturday I would expect it to be the best atmosphere I would have experienced here and probably, for some of the players, it would be the best they have experienced for a long time.

Russell Slade's side take on Fulham at home on Saturday.