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Just got home, though we still have eight clubs in two days to complete. The plan was always to stop at home (Bristol) the last two nights so as not to incur more hotel charges.
First of all, can I apologise to anyone we said we were going to meet on the way round? It's been hard to stick to the schedule so my apologies to BCM and Twig in particular. Sorry guys, London days were so hectic I didn't get a chance to message you. That said, I did meet up with Oxford Drinker at the WBA v Liverpool game, great to meet you mate.
A very brief summary as I'm off to bed now, shattered!
Arsenal - brilliant. Promised us a signed photo, when we went pitchside for a picture, the guy took us around on an unofficial tour of dressing rooms, press rooms, physio room, directors box, dugouts, the whole lot free of charge.
Huddersfield - superb. Got us three VIP tickets for the Preston match. Met Mark Lawrenson and Alan Kennedy in the suite beforehand, got me up on stage for a q & a pre-match, great seats and a 90+7 min winner for the home side.
Newcastle - fantastic. Considering one of the charities we are raising money for is the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, you could say "Well, they should help!". But bearing in mind that them and Ipswich are inundated with requests, they can't fulfil all of them. When we got there, we were allowed pitch side for a pic then they'd arranged Peter Beardsley to come and meet us for a pic. Then, as we left, they gave us a goodie bag including four copies of Sir Bobby's autobiography, all signed by Sir Bobby's widow Lady Elsie and three of them personalised to us.
Wigan - wonderful. Couldn't donate anything as we don't fit their charity criteria but gave the boys and I full press access plus tickets for their match v Barnsley. Access to the mix zone, pitch side etc and we saw them come from 2-0 down to win 3-2, ex Man United player Nick Powell scoring an 11 minute hat trick.
Chelsea - gave us a signed football, sent it while we were away but gave us a mini tour this morning and let us go pitch side too.
Spurs - couldn't donate anything as per Wigan but offered us free tickets for the Ladies game last night v West Ham at White Hart Lane.
So many others have made me believe there are a lot of good people at football clubs. Giving up 15-20 minutes of their day to let three Yeovil Town fans look around, we aren't likely to ever come back to these places but still they put themselves out....
Fleetwood guy gave us the full tour and a signed pennant.
The guys from Palmers FC (go look them up) signing a shirt for my lads who are massive fans.
The ex-Yeovil players who have taken time to meet us, some coming in on their days off to do so.
The Grimsby manager (ex-Yeovil) who interrupted his own press conference to sign my copy of my book and wish us well.
I could go on but I promised this would be a brief summary. Two days, eight clubs to go.
First of all, can I apologise to anyone we said we were going to meet on the way round? It's been hard to stick to the schedule so my apologies to BCM and Twig in particular. Sorry guys, London days were so hectic I didn't get a chance to message you. That said, I did meet up with Oxford Drinker at the WBA v Liverpool game, great to meet you mate.
A very brief summary as I'm off to bed now, shattered!
Arsenal - brilliant. Promised us a signed photo, when we went pitchside for a picture, the guy took us around on an unofficial tour of dressing rooms, press rooms, physio room, directors box, dugouts, the whole lot free of charge.
Huddersfield - superb. Got us three VIP tickets for the Preston match. Met Mark Lawrenson and Alan Kennedy in the suite beforehand, got me up on stage for a q & a pre-match, great seats and a 90+7 min winner for the home side.
Newcastle - fantastic. Considering one of the charities we are raising money for is the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, you could say "Well, they should help!". But bearing in mind that them and Ipswich are inundated with requests, they can't fulfil all of them. When we got there, we were allowed pitch side for a pic then they'd arranged Peter Beardsley to come and meet us for a pic. Then, as we left, they gave us a goodie bag including four copies of Sir Bobby's autobiography, all signed by Sir Bobby's widow Lady Elsie and three of them personalised to us.
Wigan - wonderful. Couldn't donate anything as we don't fit their charity criteria but gave the boys and I full press access plus tickets for their match v Barnsley. Access to the mix zone, pitch side etc and we saw them come from 2-0 down to win 3-2, ex Man United player Nick Powell scoring an 11 minute hat trick.
Chelsea - gave us a signed football, sent it while we were away but gave us a mini tour this morning and let us go pitch side too.
Spurs - couldn't donate anything as per Wigan but offered us free tickets for the Ladies game last night v West Ham at White Hart Lane.
So many others have made me believe there are a lot of good people at football clubs. Giving up 15-20 minutes of their day to let three Yeovil Town fans look around, we aren't likely to ever come back to these places but still they put themselves out....
Fleetwood guy gave us the full tour and a signed pennant.
The guys from Palmers FC (go look them up) signing a shirt for my lads who are massive fans.
The ex-Yeovil players who have taken time to meet us, some coming in on their days off to do so.
The Grimsby manager (ex-Yeovil) who interrupted his own press conference to sign my copy of my book and wish us well.
I could go on but I promised this would be a brief summary. Two days, eight clubs to go.
An England signed shirt is now up for grabs and finishes at 9.30pm tonight on eBay. Signed by 15 players, 12 of which I'[ve identified as Joe Hart, Jamie Vardy, Kyle Walker, Tom Heaton, Nathaniel Clyne, Adam Lallana, Chris Smalling, James Milner, Dele Alli, Phil Jones, Michael Keane, Nathan Redmond, Jermain Defoe and Eric Dier. There are three or four other unidentified signatures on there too.
My website is on my profile, follow there to Auctions, then the England shirt if you want to bid.
My website is on my profile, follow there to Auctions, then the England shirt if you want to bid.
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