harvey phillips

Hello,
As you will see I’m a first time poster on here – I’ve been reading this message board for a number of years now and find it a fantastic link to know what’s going on in and around the club, especially as i live in Thailand now.

A number of times in the past 4 years a thread, topic or particular post has moved (or more often incensed) me to almost register and voice my opinion, yet, for various reasons i didn’t.

However, after reading this particular thread I simply couldn’t let it slip by unnoticed. As the 1st poster states, i watched the clip on MW and don’t mind admitting it bought a tear to my eye also. What a courageous and brave lad.

It’s about time the club was seen giving back to the community in this way, such a simple offer will have cost the club nothing and roused no end of support – i know it has in me. I would like to know just who at the club it was that was behind this, as he deserves some credit too. Such an obvious thing, yet no Town manager or hierarchy have managed anything like this since Lawrie Mac.  

In this day in age of large faceless corporate super clubs, players with ego’s the size of Adam Proudlock and fans that have no real connection to the club – this makes me immensely proud to be a Town fan. If ever our players get complacent in their role or motivation is needed before a big game then Woods should simply play them this clip, if that doesn’t stir some emotion then nothing will.

At the end of the day, you have to feel for the lad, he had to suffer everything he’s been through, and now, at an influential age his old man is sending down the route of being a Town fan – if he hasn’t suffered enough already.

P.S. I’m happy to donate

P.P.S. Sorry for the long post

P.P.P.S. UTFM

il donate a tenner  

Welcome Shilts and no need to appologise for how you feel, it's what this message board is all about.  I know a at least 6 people who read this message board but have never registered, some intend to but are either too busy or a bit shy.  Some of the posters on here surprise me with their indepth knowledge or humility and that's what makes this board great at times.

You are also right that who ever was behind this deserves credit too.  There is a great potential at this club we have seen that sveral times over the years, 30,000+, 28,000+ and 25,000+ to Wembley proves that.  I don't think Woodsy will mimic what Lawrie Mac did but I have a feeling that he could go some way to gain valuable ground that has been lost since AB MKII left.

fishface - £50
Marinerz93 - £5 - £10
ska face - £5
Career Underdogs - £20
wigworld - £20
barralad - £20
bradzmilne - £20
mumbo - £5
ponnyfan - £5
lukeo - £5
topuphere666 - £5
cleemariner1 - £10

So far £175 (ish)

You can stick me down for £20.

Tbh its cases like this that make me wonder, no matter how bad i get myself that nothing can hold u back or stop you. And its all due to little lads like this who show us 'grown ups' how to do it.

Will be awesome to get this lad a mascot package, and i agree with the others any left over should go to either a charity in his honor, or, and this may be well out here, but why not a donation to his family to go towards harvey cos surely the amount of care this young lad requires must cost the family too? I dont know just what came to my head.

If someone can organise this with the consent of the family (will the parents want him at a game or lad be bored of meeting the Town players lol) i'll happily donate, I lost a cousin to meningitis so its a cause close to my heart.

Stick me in for £5.

I'll throw £20 in too.

Must be around £200 now.

Put me down for a tenner.

Do you know if the club could give him a squad number?

I've got one of the 100 club tickets so I get a free advert in the programme, I'll try and arrange something so they can use it to either put something in for a Meningitis charity or for something related to the story.