Great news. Our friends at Accrington Stanley have kindly donated 2 match tickets for any home match during the 2010/11 season. The tickets, they state, can be used in either the home or away end. We are due to play Accrington on March the 30th. So, we have decided that anyone that sponsors us before the 12th march (our final day) will automatically be entered into a draw for these tickets, in accordance with their donation. For example, a sponsorship of up to £5 will get you one entry, and a further entry for every £5 after (£10 will get 2 entries, £2 or £8 would get you 1 entry etc)
We are currently setting up an online donations site, but until then continue to take pledges. To register a pledge, or for more details, email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk
For those of you that have pledged previously, you will automatically be entered. Should you not wish to, please just email.
All proceeds to Adam Stansfield Foundation
Many thanks for your continued support
Sunday 27 February 2011
Thursday 24 February 2011
Welcoming our new additions
It is with great pride and thanks we welcome the final two members of our road based team. We feel it is a massive coup that we have Exeter Citys very own GRECIAN along for the ride, and look forward to him coming along, along with his lion tamer who also happens to drive. This makes your Famous Five:-
Adam Wright (HUFC fan), Dave Jones (HUFC Fan), Steve Fowler (Bristol City fan), Katie Blackburn (Exeter City fan) and Grecian (who will be a Hereford fan by the end of the trip)
We look forward to seeing you as we go around the grounds.
Adam Wright (HUFC fan), Dave Jones (HUFC Fan), Steve Fowler (Bristol City fan), Katie Blackburn (Exeter City fan) and Grecian (who will be a Hereford fan by the end of the trip)
We look forward to seeing you as we go around the grounds.
Friday 18 February 2011
Help Needed
Hi guys,
We are looking for as many shirts we can borrow for the week of our trip containing the numbers 1-9. We want to use them to mark the number of the ground we visit. IE a number 1 and a number 7 shirt will be used at grounds 17 and 71 etc. If anyone can help, please email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk with shirt in the subject line
We are looking for as many shirts we can borrow for the week of our trip containing the numbers 1-9. We want to use them to mark the number of the ground we visit. IE a number 1 and a number 7 shirt will be used at grounds 17 and 71 etc. If anyone can help, please email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk with shirt in the subject line
Thursday 17 February 2011
Update
After a generous offer of £50 from one source, sponosrship pledged stands at £435. Who can take us to the next level? Email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Sponsorship Pledges
Guys, we need your help to hit our target. Please sponsor us in our quest. Email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk to register your pledge.
Proposed Route
Our proposed route and estimated times of arrivals. Please come out and support us/greet us as we get to your club.
Day 1
Swansea | 6:00 |
Cardiff | 6:55 |
Bristol Rovers | 8:00 |
Bristol City | 8:25 |
*Elmore Town* Exeter | 10:30 |
Plymouth | 12:00 |
Torquay | 13:15 |
Yeovil | 15:00 |
Bournemouth | 16:30 |
Southampton | 17:15 |
Portsmouth | 18:00 |
Brighton | 19:00 |
Aldershot | 20:30 |
Reading | 21:15 |
Wycombe | 22:00 |
Watford | 22:45 |
Stevenage | 23:30 |
Barnet | 00:00 |
Day 2 Tottenham | 00:30 |
Arsenal | 01:00 |
Queens Park Rangers | 1:30 |
Brentford | 2:00 |
Fulham | 2:15 |
Chelsea | 2:30 |
Crystal Palace | 3:00 |
Millwall | 3:45 |
Charlton | 4:00 |
West Ham | 4:30 |
Leyton Orient | 5:00 |
Dagenham and Redbridge | 5:30 |
Gillingham | 6:30 |
Southend | 7:30 |
Colchester | 8:30 |
Ipswich | 9:00 |
Norwich | 10:30 |
Peterborough | 12:30 |
Milton Keynes | 14:00 |
Northampton | 14:30 |
Leicester | 15:30 |
Burton | 16:15 |
Derby | 17:00 |
Notts County | 17:30 |
Nottingham Forest | 17:45 |
Lincoln | 18.45 |
Hull | 19.00 |
Scunthorpe | 20:45 |
Doncaster | 21:00 |
Chesterfield | 22:00 |
Sheffield United | 22:30 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 22:45 |
Rotherham | 23:15 |
Barnsley | 23:45 |
Day 3
Huddersfield | 00:30 |
Bradford | 1:15 |
Leeds | 1:45 |
Middlesbrough | 3:00 |
Hartlepool | 3:45 |
Sunderland | 4:30 |
Newcastle | 5:00 |
Carlisle | 6:15 |
Morecambe | 7:45 |
Blackpool | 8:45 |
Preston | 9:30 |
Tranmere | 10:45 |
Liverpool | 11:15 |
Everton | 11:20 |
Wigan | 12:00 |
Bolton | 12:30 |
Blackburn | 13:00 |
Accrington | 13:30 |
Burnley | 13:45 |
Rochdale | 14:30 |
Bury | 15:00 |
Oldham | 15:30 |
Manchester City | 16:00 |
Manchester United | 16:20 |
Stockport | 16:45 |
Macclesfield | 17:30 |
Crewe | 18:15 |
Port Vale | 18:45 |
Stoke | 19:00 |
Shrewsbury | 20:00 |
Wolverhampton | 21:00 |
Walsall | 21:30 |
West Bromwich Albion | 21:45 |
Aston Villa | 22:15 |
Birmingham City | 22:30 |
Coventry City | 23:30 |
Day 4 | ||
Oxford | 01:00 | |
Swindon | 02:00 | |
Cheltenham | 03:00 | |
Hereford | 04:00 | |
Please be aware that all times are approximations. Please allow 2 hours either side of each, in-case we are ahead of schedule, or more likely behind and caught up in traffic etc. We will keep you informed as we travel of how accurate our arrival time is. Should you wish to meet us, email aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk and we will keep you informed personally.
Adam
So what are we doing and why?
Like so many others, we were deeply sadden to learn of the passing of Adam Stansfield last August. A hero and work horse on the pitch, and a gentleman off it, although never having known him, we felt like we had lost a brother. As a Hereford United fan, it is easy to imagine the league football we have enjoyed these past 4 seasons would not have been possible without Adams contribution. 25 goals in 2 seasons, and the most sublime of crosses for the equaliser during the playoff final, as well as yet another tireless shift, propelled the club back into the football league. I kept a loose eye on his time at Exeter also, and was impressed, (though not surprised) by the love he quickly earned from the St James faithful. His death made us think. He gave us so much, what could we give back.
We quickly learned of the Adam Stansfield Foundations formation, and it inspired us. Myself and my Bristol City supporting Step-father Steve concocted a plan. Steve had been reading the literary classic "around the world in 80 days", and from there, we developed the concept of "around the grounds in 80 hours". Like Ronseal - we wanted to do exactly that. Visit all 92 Barclays Premier and N-Power football league clubs in an 80 hour period. Had it been done before? Who knows. Google showed us a group that had done it in 5 days, and even a group that did it in 92 hours. We may even be unique in what we are attempting, but we cant prove it.
Our mission plan was simple. Visit each ground, pull up, take a photograph and then depart. We thought we would let every club know what we were doing, as a courteous way of asking for permission. As a fan of the Bulls, I decided to let Hereford United know first. I was most pleasantly surprised when one evening I returned home to find an email from HUFC vice chairman Tim Russon, offering us full support and signed merchandise to raffle for the cause. This got us thinking about just what we could actually achieve, and a further 91 emails were sent out. Many clubs have responded, offering us shirts, balls tickets and many other things, and we will hold several auctions after we have collected everything.
In homage to the original Jules Verne Novel, and to keep a theme, we are going to both start and finish at Edgar Street, Hereford. We are departing at 4.00 am from Hereford on Wednesday March 9th, and heading immediately to Swansea. We are hitting the 2 welsh clubs, following which we are diving into Bristol, and heading south to Exeter. We will hit the southern clubs from here, and travel along the cost, before circling around and entering London. From there we are into Essex and Norfolk, before coming into the East Midlands. Then we head north into Yorkshire, before hitting the North East, Carlisle, and then dropping down into Lancashire and Mersyside. We will then enter the West Midlands before circling down to Oxford, Swindon Cheltenham before finally arriving in Hereford, where we intend to attend the HUFC v Barnet home league match. We aim to be in Hereford by 10am Saturday March 12th. If anyone would like to meet us on route at their clubs ground, we are happy to arrange this with you.
We currently only have a 3 man team, 2 of which are driving. Therefore, we have a space for a spare driver should anyone be interested. Requirements are that you have a full license, and can insure yourself to drive, as well as contribute to fuel and food costs. For more information please email: aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk
Should anyone wish to sponsor us (and please do) then email a pledged amount to aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk FAO Adam. We will then send out details of how you can get the money to us and the foundation. A small contribution will also be made to Peterborough charity the free kicks foundation for their wonderful help and support in this venture.
Adam
We quickly learned of the Adam Stansfield Foundations formation, and it inspired us. Myself and my Bristol City supporting Step-father Steve concocted a plan. Steve had been reading the literary classic "around the world in 80 days", and from there, we developed the concept of "around the grounds in 80 hours". Like Ronseal - we wanted to do exactly that. Visit all 92 Barclays Premier and N-Power football league clubs in an 80 hour period. Had it been done before? Who knows. Google showed us a group that had done it in 5 days, and even a group that did it in 92 hours. We may even be unique in what we are attempting, but we cant prove it.
Our mission plan was simple. Visit each ground, pull up, take a photograph and then depart. We thought we would let every club know what we were doing, as a courteous way of asking for permission. As a fan of the Bulls, I decided to let Hereford United know first. I was most pleasantly surprised when one evening I returned home to find an email from HUFC vice chairman Tim Russon, offering us full support and signed merchandise to raffle for the cause. This got us thinking about just what we could actually achieve, and a further 91 emails were sent out. Many clubs have responded, offering us shirts, balls tickets and many other things, and we will hold several auctions after we have collected everything.
In homage to the original Jules Verne Novel, and to keep a theme, we are going to both start and finish at Edgar Street, Hereford. We are departing at 4.00 am from Hereford on Wednesday March 9th, and heading immediately to Swansea. We are hitting the 2 welsh clubs, following which we are diving into Bristol, and heading south to Exeter. We will hit the southern clubs from here, and travel along the cost, before circling around and entering London. From there we are into Essex and Norfolk, before coming into the East Midlands. Then we head north into Yorkshire, before hitting the North East, Carlisle, and then dropping down into Lancashire and Mersyside. We will then enter the West Midlands before circling down to Oxford, Swindon Cheltenham before finally arriving in Hereford, where we intend to attend the HUFC v Barnet home league match. We aim to be in Hereford by 10am Saturday March 12th. If anyone would like to meet us on route at their clubs ground, we are happy to arrange this with you.
We currently only have a 3 man team, 2 of which are driving. Therefore, we have a space for a spare driver should anyone be interested. Requirements are that you have a full license, and can insure yourself to drive, as well as contribute to fuel and food costs. For more information please email: aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk
Should anyone wish to sponsor us (and please do) then email a pledged amount to aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk FAO Adam. We will then send out details of how you can get the money to us and the foundation. A small contribution will also be made to Peterborough charity the free kicks foundation for their wonderful help and support in this venture.
Adam
Welcome
Welcome to our blog. Designed to keep you up to date with our quest to visit all 92 Premier and Football League grounds in England and Wales in an 80 hour period, as we attempt to raise money for the Adam Stansfield foundation. A portion of our proceeds will also support our friends at the Free Kicks Foundation. For More information, please contact Adam at Aroundthegroundsin80hours@hotmail.co.uk
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