FANTASTIC! That’s the word which best sums up the £8,800 raised for the Fred Keenor Statue Fund at the Ricky Tomlinson evening.
Fans, who turned up for what turned out to be a money-spinning night at the Cardiff City Stadium, really dug deep into their pockets to give a huge boost to the appeal.
The centrepiece of the fundraising was the auction hosted by Julian Jenkins but the fund also was boosted by a raffle, a heads and tails game and a donation from every ticket sold. Well over 450 fans turned up at the Cardiff City Stadium.
The biggest single amount raised was £650 for a signed 2008 FA Cup Final shirt with four very special training ground experiences snapped up at £600 a time.
The 2007 framed Cardiff City shirt donated to the appeal committee by Dilwar Ali raised £510, the Wales v Scotland 2004 game given by Beryl Fitzjohn of Cogan brought in £210 and a 2010 Wales v Luxembourg shirt from the Football Association of Wales sold for £170.
Other items sold included Jonathan Owen’s Soccer AM hat-trick ball signed by the Soccer AM cast, a signed Michael Chopra shirt and boots and hospitality at the Crystal Palace game given by the winner of the heads and tails competition. The 1st edition Fred Keenor miniature statue brought in £240.
David Craig, Project Manager and Trust board member, said: “What a great evening – and thanks to everyone that contributed. Your efforts are really appreciated.
“I’d like to pay special tribute to Julian Jenkins who did a great job as auctioneer in persuading people to part with their money, as well as all the staff at Cardiff City who made the evening such a memorable one.
“We are now above £34,000 and we hope The Stand’s I’ll Be There will be another money-spinner so would urge fans to buy a record or download the song or both! With your help we can reach our target to create a tribute to Fred Keenor.” A total of £85,000 needs to be raised before tax.
The fundraising committee and the Trust board has agreed to publish regular bulletins setting out the appeal’s fundraising income and expenditure.
Below is the first breakdown, along with a few points of explanation.
The total amount raised is £25,350 which includes the £6,281 held by the committee, £4,069 by the club and the £15,000 pledged by Cardiff council.
This was prepared before the auction so the total is now £34,150.
FK Statue Fund Account at 13/09/2010
Pledges/donations/income from sales £s
County and City of Cardiff 15 000(pledged)
Cardiff City Supporters Trust 1 000
Bucket collections 3 708
Individual donations 954
Message boards match 1088
Badge sales 900
Figurine sales 619
Total 8269
Payments
Roger Andrews Studios 800(Figurines)
Black Dragon Badges 390
Roger Andrews Studios 798(Figurines)
Total 1 988
Current balance: – £ 6281
Funds held by Cardiff City FC to
enable payments to be made
to Roger Andrews(Sculptor) £s
Income from Deportivo Game 4485
Income from Figurine sales 2240
Total 6725
Payments made towards
£ 8,225 cost of 3’ statue 2056(25%)
maquette
Payments made for figurines(40) 640
Total 2696
Current balance: – £4029
Both the committee and the football club are holding some of the funds. The aim is for the club to place the order for the statue for tax reasons.
In addition, we have had to purchase badges and statues to sell and when all are sold the result will be a sizeable profit for the appeal.
If you have any further questions please contact David Craig on d.craig43@ntlworld.com