Photo Taken by Nicola Taylor
Aroundthegrounds Charity Blog Charity Day 2023
Hucknall Town FC kindly offered me their pitch and facilities but up till Tuesday the matches would be played on the outside pitch, but a decision was made to play both games on the main pitch. I had a lot of the NSL Rep Team drop out 1 by 1 and so both games had to be played by the same players for the Rep side which they did them and their clubs proud. Each player made a donation to play and Hucknall Town's players had also had a whip round.
I made a choice this year not to manage the teams, so I could take things a bit more easier and I could walk round( well infact stroll round on my stroller and chat away to people and thank them for their support. With last years manager Arnold Town Reserves manager, Id also got other managers in Southwell Citys Reserves Manager Brett Bramwell, Awsworth Villa FC Chairman Kev Buxton and the first time in NSL History a lady Manager in Nicola Taylor.
The First Game kicked off and was quite a good match with Rep Team winning 2-0, I really should of got the champaign out then, but as I walked round the tombola had nearly sold out and folks were still coming through the turnstitles, with league committee member Kirsty and her friend having manned it during the first game and doing a great job before my stepdaughter Sarah took over and Hazel also mucking in.
Just before the end of the 1st mach ended, Jordan the founder of the charity BUTTERFLY came along with 3 of her children and thanked the crowd who was very generous in their applause.
The 5 officials all gave up their time free of charge and also had a go on the raffle, even Sarah tried to charge them £3 to get in!!!
The Second Game kicked off but Hucknall Town's 1st team arent at step 5 for no reason and played some really good football, but the tired legs of the NSL Rep team did themselves credit by not giving up, they may well have lost 9-0 and 9-2 over the 2 matches but there was no losers, as the winners were the charity BUTTERFLY and on the whole event when counted up, we had raised a amazing £1,880.00, without everyone behind the scenes from raffle sponsors, to people who help out on the day, no matter how little or much they do, these things dont run like clockwork, so thankyou to everyone for making the day a success.
Those that have never read my Aroundthegrounds Charity Blog before, I choose a small charity around January/February and look for the ones without paid workers, so the raised money goes directly to the users. Each game I attend I put 25p in to the charity bank account and when going to matches folks come up or clubs have a whip round for the blog, come around March, I present the cheque over to the charity, on my blog is a list of donators and a running total, so you will see that the amount raised from the charity match has been added and the running total at present stands at £2,450.25p
I do know a few folks asked my wife if they could make a donation as they had no cash on them, they can do a bank transfer on
AROUNDTHEGROUNDS CHARITY BLOG
sort code: 30-98-97
Account: 70342862
Again thankyou for your support
Photos taken by Chris Davis, here is the LINK
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