Doesn’t it feel weird today? No football on a Saturday, and an absence of any fear of relegation – after a few years of relegation worries, I’m sure you’ll agree we’ve had our fill of it.
As I’ll be previewing the Wigan game tomorrow morning, I wanted to talk about something else today that is linked in a fashion. How it is linked will become evident as I explain.
Some of you will be aware of a group of Aston Villa fans who walked to Norwich last season in order to raise money for Harry Moseley’s charity “Help Harry Help Other”. This season, they are walking to Wigan (or should I say have already started walking to Wigan) in order to raise money for Harry’s charity.
Those who know me long term will know that I was fortunate enough to know Harry whilst he was still with us and have supported his cause heavily, and have been delighted now that the club themselves have offered visibility of what is the legacy of an amazingly inspiring young man.
For those that don’t know the story of Harry, he was an inspirational and comedic young chap who fought a battle against brain cancer until he passes away on the 8th October 2011. To say he was one of the most selfless people I have ever met is underselling him – Harry was Birmingham’s own little angel.
Getting back to the cause, I wanted to give people a chance to donate some money either to the Walk2Wigan project (led by Villa fan John Hanks) as well as put a link up for fans to be able to buy a bracelet to help raise money for cancer research – I wear my claret & blue bracelet every day to work as it reminds me of how much an inspiration young Harry was, and of the funny conversations we used to have.
For more information on donating to the Walk2Wigan, you can click the following link – Justgiving.com/Walk2Wigan
To order a bracelet to show your support to the cause, you can do so by clicking the following link and making a minimum donation of £2 – http://www.hhho.org.uk/bracelets.aspx
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Following on from memories of a young lad Aston Villa Life cared about, I will be looking to add information for our new HEITS page regarding our lost loved ones who supported our beloved club.
If you have details regarding a loved one or friend you would like included on our memorial page, please send me a message via the Contact option in the menu including a short bio and the date/year of the birth & death.
I hope to see friends and family of those you have lost included on the page as Aston Villa Life believes strongly that we should remember those who stood by us through the years supporting our club.
Till then, wishing you a good weekend, and look for the Aston Villa Life match preview of our final game of the season tomorrow.
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