DESPERATELY needing volunteers to man a bucket Arsenal game

[Wheresthepies]

no probs girl see you there at 11am

good news on the way just need to get it finalised sometime in next 48hrs

Will do my best then - it IS a 3.5 hour drive, and I have a darts match the night before :P (Anyone know if I'll be able to get into the North car park so early?)

Can't wait to find out what the good news is too. :)

you dont have to be there by 11am anji - after all we wont leave there till 12.30 ish - just thought you may want to be

 

[Wheresthepies]

the good news have arrived quicker than I thought - the club are now backing this - we can collect both outside and INSIDE the ground - they are going to run an article in the match prog - also have a photo shoot with the manager / player with collection T Shirts on - interview at half time on big screen from the pitch (bit nervous about that) - and donate some signed merchandise to auction / raffle - + ongoing publicity and news in both the prog and the mag etc etc - the licence from the council arrived today - so things are looking up - I also recieved the first cq today for £20 from a kind soul - as a club the fans never cease to amaze me - we are the best fans on the planet when we want to be - all we need now is for some kind soul (noel liam curly victoria etc etc) to get the bug and make up the diffo between what we raise and the final cost - heres hoping ?

 

[BlueSpice]

the good news have arrived quicker than I thought - the club are now backing this - we can collect both outside and INSIDE the ground - they are going to run an article in the match prog - also have a photo shoot with the manager / player with collection T Shirts on - interview at half time on big screen from the pitch (bit nervous about that) - and donate some signed merchandise to auction / raffle - + ongoing publicity and news in both the prog and the mag etc etc - the licence from the council arrived today - so things are looking up - I also recieved the first cq today for £20 from a kind soul - as a club the fans never cease to amaze me - we are the best fans on the planet when we want to be - all we need now is for some kind soul (noel liam curly victoria etc etc) to get the bug and make up the diffo between what we raise and the final cost - heres hoping ?

Absolutely FANTASTIC stuff :)

 

[LaLuneBleue]

Hi Mate,

Definitely willing to help out, can't afford a ticket for the match but will certainly help out with buckets before/after!

 

[blue_bird]

really sorry, just asked my dad but have been told he cant make it to the match so i wont be able to get to the match until 2:30 so i wont be able to work on the buckets, wil be able to give though, wil bring a fiver or so, tar anyway

That's a shame - and if I was coming from Chester (as I sometimes do) I could have picked you up on the way - but I'm not, I'm coming from home. Thank you for trying to help though - top man. Thank you for your donation too - make sure it goes in MY bucket :D

Well out of order Anji! Are we having a wager on who collects the most?! :P x

 

[BlueSpice]

That's a shame - and if I was coming from Chester (as I sometimes do) I could have picked you up on the way - but I'm not, I'm coming from home. Thank you for trying to help though - top man. Thank you for your donation too - make sure it goes in MY bucket :D

That's right out of order Anji! Are we having a wager on who collects the most?! x

No - but I'm sure God loves a tryer ;)
Hm, since I love cuddles, maybe I should cuddle anyone that donates to my bucket? Question is whether that'd help or hinder the cause :D See you Saturday week Nicki
X

 

[BlueSpice]

Hi Mate,

Definitely willing to help out, can't afford a ticket for the match but will certainly help out with buckets before/after!

What a star! :)

 

[Wheresthepies]

Hi Mate,

Definitely willing to help out, can't afford a ticket for the match but will certainly help out with buckets before/after!

thanks for that mate brilliant

pm me your details mate phone no e mail addy etc

 

[Greygo Diego]

Mods, hope it's OK to post this - if so, can I be even cheekier and ask if it could be stickied for a short while please?

Before the home match against Arsenal on 12th Sept the club has given permission for a bucket collection in aid of MCFC Sierra Leone, organised by Phil Holme.

WE ARE DESPEARTELY SHORT OF VOLUNTEERS TO MAN THE BUCKETS (and I don't fancy running laps round the stadium to try and cover all gates ;) )

Please contact Phil ( philholme at btinternet dot com ) or see page 49 of the Wolves match programme

In the autumn of 2003 a member of Reddish Branch of the CSA completed 30 years as a police officer in Manchester and retired. He then started working in Sierra Leone in West Africa, where his job was to train detectives out there to investigate child abuse. Sierra Leone has for the past several years been either last, or second to last in the world wealth league tables published every year. Average life expectancy is around 38 years and living conditions for most people are appalling. On top of all these problems the country has gone through a particularly bloody civil war that lasted 11 years and only ended in 2000.

When he arrived in Freetown, the capital City, Tony noticed the usual scattering of people wearing Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United shirts. It soon became apparent that football is massive in the country and most people follow the English Premier League. At the end of his first week he was enjoying a beer at a beach bar when a young man approached him by the name of Armani Sheku KAMARA who was selling watches, sunglasses etc. He noticed that he was wearing a Manchester United lapel badge. As Tony is a dyed in the wool blue he joked with the young man that he could not buy any of his merchandise from a man wearing and Man United badge. Within a short time he agreed to throw the offending item into the Atlantic Ocean and negotiations commenced. It soon became apparent that not only did he have a good knowledge of Premier League football he also had a good knowledge of the ups and downs of Manchester City. He assured Tony that he was only wearing the United badge because a customer had given it to him and he promised him that if I could get him a City shirt he would be a City fan for the rest of his life. Little did he known what that conversation would lead to.

In early 2004 Tony returned to Sierra Leone having spent a few weeks back in Manchester, and of course took back with him a City shirt for Armani. Within a few days of receiving the shirt Armani told Tony that he was setting up a Man City Supporters Club in Freetown. When Tony next returned to UK he discussed the Sierra Leone situation, first with Howard Burr the Secretary of the Reddish Branch and then with Alex Channon the Chair of the C.S.A.. It was then that the Sierra Leone Branch of the Manchester City Centenary Supporters Association was born. On Tony’s next visit he was able to take back with him several dozen assorted City shirts donated by City fans over here. They proved very popular and soon were being seen all around the Freetown streets. Soon Armani had formed a Manchester City Football team in Freetown as well as a Junior Man City team. The problem was that they were wearing a red and white striped kit that they had to rent on a match-by-match basis. Following discussion with Lorraine Firth at Manchester City the club kindly donated a full kit for the team out there. There was also a concerted effort by a lot of Branches to collect a s many shirts, boots as possible these were also sent. Another recent development is that a Reddish Branch member donated a generator for the community where Armani lives allowing around 100 people to have electricity. The shipping of the generator was financed by C.S.A. funds with the blessing of its members.

Tony Griffiths last visited Sierra Leone in March 2007 and we were proud to hear of many men women and children wearing an array of City shirts around the capital and beyond. The football team formed such a short time ago is going from strength to strength and Armani is something of a local celebrity who is frequently interviewed on national radio in Sierra Leone and works extremely hard to promote Man City for no financial reward. The Phuket Branch of the MCFC CSA then very kindly donated both a new home and away kit as many of the shirts donated were getting a bit passed it. On 23rd. November 2008 Man City Youth team appeared in the Sierra Leone F.A. Youth Cup final and WON. Not bad for a team that did not exist 4 years ago. You now can't walk through Freetown without seeing a City shirt and hearing shouts of City Till I die

Unfortunately the first team had to pull out of the main league this season as it did not have enough cash - although the league have agreed to keep their place in division two for next season assuming they have funds in place The next phase is to try and help make the team financially independent by raising £15-20,000 for a bus this would double up as both transport to away matches which is one of the most prohibitive costs to the team - Then during the rest of the week it would become a revenue maker by running it as a proper bus in the Capital this would give two people a job and also raise enough cash to keep the teams running. Also it should provide enough to replace the bus every 10 years.

This is not just another fund raiser - the work being done is changing lives and keeping young people off the streets and giving them a common bond - it is CHANGING LIVES and even SAVING some. Hence the appeal and the collection which will take place around the ground at the Arsenal game on Sept 12th 2009 - if you see peeps with buckets and bright T Shirts collecting on the day please give what you can - if you won't be there and whish to send a donation for now you can contact me and I will sort out for you. We also need up to 50 volunteers to man the buckets so to speak so if you want to help again contact Phil

Please do help - jsut a little of your time is all we ask.

u taking the piss, were loaded, just ask tevez or agbonglahor to donate an hour or two of there wages and lets us all enjoy our day

 

[BlueSpice]

u taking the piss

I'm not, no.
I take it that's a "no" from you then? :P