Thought I'd share this with you lot....
We are very proud of our club & think it is a class act from everyone involved.
Below is a link to a short video made by the club with the poem "In Flanders field" by John McCrae read by Mr Holloway.
http://youtu.be/09SLmon4flMMILLWALL will wear a camouflage kit in their home game against Brentford next month to raise money for injured troops.
The Lions have been given permission by the Football League to wear the specially-designed strip, which will benefit an army rehabilitation centre in Surrey.
The logo of Headley Court, Leatherhead, is emblazoned on the shirt and £10 from every sale will go to the facility.
Millwall hope to raise at least £20,000 for wounded soldiers and have released a YouTube video, featuring manager Ian Holloway, to promote the strip.
In the advert, Holloway can be heard reading war poem In Flanders Fields over footage of Lions players and soldiers wearing the kit at Headley Court.
Holloway told The Sun: "It's fair to say I had a lump in my throat and my eyes may have been watering.
"But this again shows what Millwall is all about and, until I came here, I didn't realise quite how much this club reaches out to the real things in life.
"I am bursting with pride that we're supporting Headley Court, where people who have fought for our country with such loyalty, honesty and bravery are being cared for.
"All of us at Millwall are proud to stand with them."
1,500 of the shirts will be going on sale next Monday, priced at £50, ahead of their official viewing against the Bees on the eve of Remembrance Sunday (November 8).
This year is the 100th anniversary of the First World War.
Comments
it would be nice if every prem player donated one days wages.
Afraid not Holloway - this is what Millwall are largely all about
This gesture really isn't what Millwall is all about in any way.
This is the opposite... it's an attempt to get people to like you.
Also £50.00? That's outrageous!
The club shop will be making a tidy chunk of profit there.
I'm no expert on these matters but that's potentially
1,500.00 shirts at £50 could sell £75,000 worth of merchandise (unlikely)
Keeping going with the unlikely stats:
£10 of each to charity if all sold is £15,000
That also reads as around £10-£15 per shirt to Macron or £15,000 - £22,500
and store take of £25-£30 per shirt (as a special edition very few additional costs as staffing is already in place)
Potentially Millwall could make £37,500 - £45,000. Even if you only make £30,000 that's probably your two store staff paid for the year, creating more profit off normal sales.
You do care afterall... about yourselves making an extra few quid.
BUT Still you are making money for charity so fair play.
But that is a great gesture, don't care how much they are making out of it, near on 20 grand to headley court is superb in my book.
I've had the pleasure of working at headley court a few years ago on the drains and the work they do their is fantastic, don't think anyone of the troops treated their or their families will be begrudging millwall making some money out of it either and that's good enough in my book.
Notwithstanding the figures, a nice gesture from the club and a bit of good publicity for a change cannot be bad for them can it?
Headley Court is amazing. A woman I used to work with spent some time there recovering from injuries and had nothing but high praise for the place. (She had crashed a fast jet on training and was badly hurt.)
Millwall's fanbase strike me as much more pro-English and pro soldier than most (thats a compliment by the way) so would always be able to pull something like this off without anyone whinging.
Well done Millwall.
Fingers crossed.
On the pitch however, I hope this badly effects their passing.
Through gritted teeth.
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