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Oh Mr Postman, Look and See...

Oh Mister Postman, Look and See....Have You Got a Big Coat For Me

Royal Mail across Greater Manchester have agreed to promote our Big Coat Day to all their staff in 28 delivery offices and on their visual display screens in every unit from Crewe to Carlisle.

The derby fixture versus Ashton has been declared an Under 18s Go Free Game, so what with fire engines, an FC Brass band and fans specially dressed up in their big coats, it promises to be a great day out for the family.

What makes it more special for our club is our droveloads of fans queuing up before the game to donate their spare winter clothing to help the homeless and destitute get through the cold winter months.

We will soon post a video on youtube, which supporters can use to promote the event andf the day. Among the stars in the viral will be the Corrie actors playing - hapless taxi driver, Lloyd, Eileen Grimshaw, her new ’love interest’ Paul, the fireman, and Hayley Cropper. On the same bill will be comedians and actors, Johnny Vegas, Justin Moorhouse, James Quinn and John Henshaw. Ex-Inspiral carpets star, Clint Boon, has signed and donated a coat and agreed to promote our event on his XFM radio show.

Also supporting the event are British Aerospace staff. Jobcentreplus management and the job centres across Great Manchester and Cheshire, Littlewoods office staff, Newman’s bakeries and Parkinsons’ the builders are collecting. Bury FC and Ashton United have agreed to promote the collection, whilst Manchester’s University and College Union are contacting all their members.

Any reasonable quality winter clothing can be brought to Gigg Lane between 12 noon and 2.55pm where it will be collected by Mustard Tree and Boaz Trust charities that distribute the clothing. Those that cannot get to Gigg Lane are asked to notify the club and we will make arrangements for collections.

Let us know if you get your colleagues and bosses or schools, colleges, stores or sports clubs to support it. Contact us at vinnythompson@fc-utd.co.uk

Big Coat A5 and A4 PDFs for fliers and posters can be downloaded from fc-utd.co.uk/posters



First Posted ~ 15:09 Wed 30 Nov 2011
News ID ~ 3905
Last Updated ~ 01:52 Tue 16 Feb 2021