Davefevs Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Jeeez, what they’ve gone through. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-striker-benik-afobes-3853470 I do hope he makes a return in a City shirt, so we give his family all the love we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 10 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Jeeez, what they’ve gone through. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-striker-benik-afobes-3853470 I do hope he makes a return in a City shirt, so we give his family all the love we can. Such a terrible sorry - can’t ever imagine what this must have been like for the Afobe family! So want it to work out for Benik at BCFC......I’m sure it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud55 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 8 hours ago, Davefevs said: Jeeez, what they’ve gone through. https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-striker-benik-afobes-3853470 I do hope he makes a return in a City shirt, so we give his family all the love we can. Can't even begin to imagine how that feels. Really hope he comes back and bags a few goals and we pick him up permanently in the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
054123 Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 It’s awful, I know a couple of people who have lost children and the scars are always visible. The loss of your child must be something you can never really come to terms with. Very sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 Reading the story I do wonder the next time (lets be positive) he is in our squad at home whether we should do something around raising awareness for Nephrotic Syndrome? Not something I in truth have heard about before, and it is clearly something that is important to Benik and his wife now to raise awareness of. No idea what that might look like, could include a collection I guess, just putting it out there. Yes, we would all would love to celebrate him back so we can share our best wishes to him and his family, but something practical in addition might also have real value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 That’s a tough read but thanks for posting @Davefevs Irrespective of his fitness and/or whether we sign him or not, I sincerely hope Benik can make at the very minimum a cameo appearance this season so we can show him how much we care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted February 19, 2020 Report Share Posted February 19, 2020 What a heartbreaking story. No parent should ever have to have a decision like that to make. They must be one strong family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Football clubs up and down the country could help raise millions of pounds for charity each month. Each month of the football season the EFL dedicate it to a specific charity. Each fan that attends a specific home game in that month donates £1 to that charity. The average attendance at a game in England is around 15,000 (prem and championship boost league 1 and 2) So if each team can raise £15,000 that’s £1,380,000 raised. Just by paying £1 at the turnstiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 20, 2020 Report Share Posted February 20, 2020 Having a child who gets ill with even a cold or sickness is worrying, especially when they are so small. But having a child with an underlying medical condition who then gets ill must be so frightening. They must be a very strong couple to be able to go through that and be strong enough to want to raise awareness. I’ve never heard of this condition before, so maybe something positive can come from this most awful time if people are now being made aware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesBCFC Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 On 20/02/2020 at 08:01, You Do The Dziekanowski said: Football clubs up and down the country could help raise millions of pounds for charity each month. Each month of the football season the EFL dedicate it to a specific charity. Each fan that attends a specific home game in that month donates £1 to that charity. The average attendance at a game in England is around 15,000 (prem and championship boost league 1 and 2) So if each team can raise £15,000 that’s £1,380,000 raised. Just by paying £1 at the turnstiles. It'd be £690,000. Yes 92 clubs, but only 46 matches. Edit. It would actually be £675,000. No Bury means 45 matches. 45x15,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
You Do The Dziekanowski Posted February 21, 2020 Report Share Posted February 21, 2020 5 hours ago, JamesBCFC said: It'd be £690,000. Yes 92 clubs, but only 46 matches. Edit. It would actually be £675,000. No Bury means 45 matches. 45x15,000. Not just one weekend. 91 clubs would play at home in one month. Each team aims to raise £15,000 for their home game or 80% of their average attendance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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