Bolton Wanderers FC raise thousands for Blesma
On Friday 26 September, Bolton Wanderers Football Club successfully launched their military green third shirts, and raised in excess of £6000 for the club’s National Charity Partner for 2014/15 - Blesma, The Limbless Veterans.
Annette Hall, Head of Fundraising, says “This is a fantastic partnership and we’re very proud to be working with Bolton Wanderers FC. The fans gave us a great reception at the weekend and we are looking forward to the rest of the season.”
The club's new Macron-manufactured military green third kit was officially unveiled on Thursday, with a limited number of shirts in special presentation boxes made available for purchase. They had the words ‘Lest We Forget’ embossed on the reverse with words from Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the Fallen’ featured inside the neck label.
Besides money from the sale of the limited edition shirts, there was a bucket collection and other match day activities planned in support of limbless veterans supported by the historic charity Blesma.
The shirts are available for season ticket holders (one per season ticket) to buy until Sunday 12 October.
Any remaining shirts will then go on general sale on Tuesday 14 October.
To order your limited edition third shirt online click on www.bwfc.co.uk
For any further information call Bolton Central on 0844 8712932.
To see a close-up video of our third shirt and presentation box click on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqS0z_Fh9v4&list=UU6oTkDRXLR6GO53l44i0LFw
For more on Blesma or to donate click on www.blesma.org
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Notes to Editor
Hi-res images can be downloaded from the links below:
L-R: Lofty the Lion (BWFC's mascot), Blesma Members Will Dixon and Stu Robinson and former Bolton defender and NI International Gerry McElhinney
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About Blesma, The Limbless Veterans
Blesma, The Limbless Veterans is the national charity for all limbless serving and ex-service men and women, their widows and dependants. It is a membership organisation which helps wounded service men and women rebuild their lives by providing rehabilitation activities and welfare support. Their membership includes those who have lost the use of a limb, an eye or the sight of an eye.
Blesma was formed in the years following the First World War and became a national charity in 1932. Blesma today has over 4000 Members and widows. The membership consists of men and women who have served during the Second World War and the many subsequent conflicts and peacekeeping operations since, including the Falklands, Northern Ireland, Iraq and Afghanistan.
About Bolton Wanderers Football Club
Initially formed in 1874 as Christ Church FC, Bolton Wanderers Football Club have established themselves as one of the most notable names in the professional game throughout their 140-year history.
One of the twelve founding members of the Football League, Wanderers have secured FA Cup glory on four occasions throughout their existence including a memorable success over Manchester United in 1958. Boasting two campaigns in the UEFA Cup where they were pitted against world-famous sides such as Bayern Munich, Olympique Marseille and Sporting Lisbon, the club have also become known across the globe due to the various nationalities who have pulled on the white of Bolton down the years. Having plied their trade at Burnden Park for over a century until the summer of 1997, Wanderers then moved to the Reebok Stadium, now known as Macron Stadium, where they have remained ever since.
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For further information on Blesma, The Limbless Veterans, contact
Bryony Stevens, Media and Communications Assistant
T: 020 8590 1124