Jonnyboy
04-02-2016, 07:37 PM
Folks, there follows a post I made last week on the Private Members Board (the part in bold)
To date I’ve had many generous offers of monies to boost the numbers but, as yet, no volunteers looking to take up the option. I’m opening it up now to the main messageboard because there are obviously many more of our fans that read it. The hope is that a number of parents will come forward.
Inspired by many threads on here and especially ones that deal with how you became a Hibby, I’ve decided I’d like to make a small gesture that, if supported, will result in a couple of kids getting to attend ER for our remaining seven league fixtures.
Firstly, a brief explanation of why I’m doing this.
As a kid, one of six, my parents worked hard to feed and clothe us, with little or no money for ‘luxuries’ and so I had zero chance of ever attending a football match, until my pal’s Dad, a staunch Hibby, told his laddie that he was happy to take me along to ER as long as my folks agreed. They did and I duly attended my first ever game at ER. I’d no real idea what to expect but after climbing hundreds of steps and arriving at the top of the old terracing, I fell in love with the guys that ran out onto that stunningly green pitch, wearing stunningly green and white strips! The rest, as they say, is history.
So, here’s my plan.
I want to buy two kid season tickets for the Famous Five lower, the family section, and I need parents who take their kids there to ‘volunteer’ to bring along a kid who’s friends with theirs but who otherwise wouldn’t get the chance to watch Hibs. It’s a lot to ask I know, as the parent(s) would be responsible for looking after that kid but I hope there are some who would find it to be a thing they’d happily take on. The remaining games are against Alloa, Morton, Rangers, Livingston, Dumbarton, Falkirk and Queen of the South, though I’d fully understand if a parent preferred not to bring one of those kids to a game involving Rangers.
I originally offered to do this via Leith Links but Suzy reminded me that they get tickets for the East which made my idea a non-starter in that regard.
Essentially, what I’d ask is that if any parent would be willing to do this and that the kid’s parents agreed, I’d buy the season ticket in their kids’ name. If you are interested, please feel free to PM me with the details once established. If more than two come forward, I’d like to think other Hibs fans might join in to buy more tickets for these kids. The tickets are only £15 each.
Sorry for the length of the post and thanks for taking the time to read it.
To date I’ve had many generous offers of monies to boost the numbers but, as yet, no volunteers looking to take up the option. I’m opening it up now to the main messageboard because there are obviously many more of our fans that read it. The hope is that a number of parents will come forward.
Inspired by many threads on here and especially ones that deal with how you became a Hibby, I’ve decided I’d like to make a small gesture that, if supported, will result in a couple of kids getting to attend ER for our remaining seven league fixtures.
Firstly, a brief explanation of why I’m doing this.
As a kid, one of six, my parents worked hard to feed and clothe us, with little or no money for ‘luxuries’ and so I had zero chance of ever attending a football match, until my pal’s Dad, a staunch Hibby, told his laddie that he was happy to take me along to ER as long as my folks agreed. They did and I duly attended my first ever game at ER. I’d no real idea what to expect but after climbing hundreds of steps and arriving at the top of the old terracing, I fell in love with the guys that ran out onto that stunningly green pitch, wearing stunningly green and white strips! The rest, as they say, is history.
So, here’s my plan.
I want to buy two kid season tickets for the Famous Five lower, the family section, and I need parents who take their kids there to ‘volunteer’ to bring along a kid who’s friends with theirs but who otherwise wouldn’t get the chance to watch Hibs. It’s a lot to ask I know, as the parent(s) would be responsible for looking after that kid but I hope there are some who would find it to be a thing they’d happily take on. The remaining games are against Alloa, Morton, Rangers, Livingston, Dumbarton, Falkirk and Queen of the South, though I’d fully understand if a parent preferred not to bring one of those kids to a game involving Rangers.
I originally offered to do this via Leith Links but Suzy reminded me that they get tickets for the East which made my idea a non-starter in that regard.
Essentially, what I’d ask is that if any parent would be willing to do this and that the kid’s parents agreed, I’d buy the season ticket in their kids’ name. If you are interested, please feel free to PM me with the details once established. If more than two come forward, I’d like to think other Hibs fans might join in to buy more tickets for these kids. The tickets are only £15 each.
Sorry for the length of the post and thanks for taking the time to read it.