staninoodle Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not sure if any of you are aware of the story thats broken over the last few days about Derek,now living in Manchester. His home was so badley damaged by the stormy weather of Feb 12th that hes currently homeless.Now 79 years old,and with no home insurance an appeal has been launched by Owls fans to raise 3k,not sure if this is to cover the building costs or not,but it started early this morning and is currently 2/3rds of the way there by 7pm. The story broke in the Manchester evening news the day after the storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
web1 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Heard froma guy on radio sheff earlier, was it you stan?? put my tenner in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 The 3k target has now been reached.wawaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staninoodle Posted February 21, 2014 Author Share Posted February 21, 2014 Heard froma guy on radio sheff earlier, was it you stan?? put my tenner in. Was it on tonights FH? Il listen back on the podcast if it was.No not me,i heard the story early this morning and ive followed it most of the day and hopefully played a (small) part in bringing about a happy resolution as we near the total. I think the thing that fired me was the irony,first i read of Rooneys 300k per week contract,then i logged into see this story about DW,a guy who played his whole life for a fraction of what Rooney earns in a week and the clubs offer of a SIGNED SHIRT just REALLY peed me off.So i asked people questions and made some very sarky phone calls and within an hour a fund was set up. Derek Wilkinsons best days were just before my time as an owl,but,i did see Derek play and my dad was a big admirer of his.The stature of this guy deserves FAR better than homelessness,im shocked at the clubs reaction and if anyone deserved to made a millionaire every month,id choose his ilk over the likes of Rooney anyday. Well done and many thanks for your contribution mate. UTO!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Manager Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Massive credit goes out to all swfc fans raising that much in such a short space of time, i think a few x-pros and boxers have put money in as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlc Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 We'll done to the fans once again, swfc do not deserve our support and find this disgusting ! You know who you are you want to be ashamed of yourselves and should look after a older ex player that is in need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazza58 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 £5000 now raised,brilliant effort from owls supporters,and ive no doubt a few blades will have also chucked in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALAN 58 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 A proper winger who could cross a ball from the byline via the whitewash route. Good luck to him he deserves it. ---------- Post added 01-03-2014 at 09:37 ---------- Wilko and Finney proper wingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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