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Eastwood barrel collection makes our day

Eastwood barrel collection makes our dayAfter a splendid game at Gigg Lane last Sunday, the barrels were emptied and there was £121 in loose change in them in addition to 32 Euros and some foreign notes which have been exchanged for £16. No big stories this week but an excellent collection when considering the lower than average attendance.Thanks to all who contributed.

The Pound for the Ground draw team, although missing three usual top sellers, sold an excellent 700 tickets. Big thanks for a good performance from the ususal sellers and reserves who stood up to the plate. The winning number was 1282 and the £200 was claimed during the halftime period by an FC regular matchgoer, therefore £500 was raised for the Development Fund.

Many thanks again to all who bought a ticket or put change in the barrels.

As we didn’t post the story on the Hereford cup game collections, we thought we’d update that here too.

We got off to a flying start for the Hereford collection with £282 handed in even before the gates opened at Gigg Lane on 20 October. This was made up of a £200 donation, £12 from the DF darts team on the Fylde bus, £20 from some old coins exchanged and £50 exchanged for 50 Euros by FC member Tim. Add to that the very splendid £260 change in the barrels, and we collected a grand total of £542 for the DF coffers.

The halftime draw at the Hereford game was an incredible 1,465 tickets sold by the draw team, who by the way came from all points of the compass and as far away as London and Birmingham! The winning ticket was 4070 and was claimed by a supporter from the Stockport area who will be putting the £200 towards Christmas presents for his children. As usual for a cup game the £1,265 profit will go to match running costs.

Despite the defeat by Hereford, the bucketeers were all proud of the team performance and so must many many more judging by the halftime draw and barrel collection.




First Posted ~ 22:17 Fri 16 Nov 2012
News ID ~ 4545
Last Updated ~ 16:00 Fri 19 Feb 2021