Rule The Waves Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but what a gesture. http://www.pne-online.net/forum/showthread.php?78662-Gary-Jones-(Bradford-City) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sglosbcfc Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Fantastic gesture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizzle Jordan Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Absolutely first class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Fair play to the bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS3_RED Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Now thats what football is all about. Players and fans as one. I hope the lad makes a full recovery. There is nothing worse than childhood illness. The thought of one of my kids coming down with one scares the hell out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edada Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Meanwhile, at Swansea, Chelsea player boots ball boy. No class Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REBS14 Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 amazing gesture - lump to the throat time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keepers Ball Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Well pleased for the lad. Brilliant gesture by Jones. Far too often you see players just throw shirts into the crowd that gets fought over a possibly ripped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmond Million's Bung Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Wonderful and respectful gesture from a proper footballer, prem players (Hazard in particular) that is how to behave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxjak Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Youell Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic Wow, There is just no pleasing some people. Only a shirt? That lad has the shirt of the captain of his favourite team from the night they got to wembley. That shirt isn't free, it's priceless to that lad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic Talk some sense mate, this lad is facing a fight against a fatal disease not finding somewhere to sleep tonight. I for one think the greater gesture is Gary jones if its given the boy a bit of strength to fight another day. I hope your kids are never ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keep the Faith Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I don't think maxjak was doubting how much it would mean to the boy, just that it wasn't a huge sacrifice to Gary Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Youell Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 He could of done nothing instead..... Shouldn't matter how much money anyone makes to do something nice for someone else. Plus I'd wager that the salary of a Bradford player is modest, but isn't going to break the bank in the bigger scheme of things. What should he of done as well? Give his boots, shorts and car away as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Tansley Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 I don't think maxjak was doubting how much it would mean to the boy, just that it wasn't a huge sacrifice to Gary Jones. No? The shirt worn on the greatest victory of his career? That's the sort of thing I'd hold onto forever and give to my grand kids! Lovely gesture, deserves no negative comments at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 No? The shirt worn on the greatest victory of his career? That's the sort of thing I'd hold onto forever and give to my grand kids! Lovely gesture, deserves no negative comments at all! Yep, spot on. Well done Gary Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly The Kid Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic The food given out by that particular player was described by himself as "Food we had leftover"... So despite being on however many thousands per week, he didn't apparently rush down to Costco and buy stuff to give away.. By your reckoning, no more humanitarian than giving a free shirt away... Neither player HAD to do it, but both CHOSE to, The Swansea player had time to think about what he wanted to do, the Bradford lad acted on the spur of the moment. Huge respect to him, and I bet it goes further behind the scenes, that unfortunate young lad will probably find himself a guest of the club on Final day. Amid all the furore of Hazard kicking the ball boy, which is of course unacceptable, lets not forget, the ball boy WAS WELSH!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Orns Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 The food given out by that particular player was described by himself as "Food we had leftover"... So despite being on however many thousands per week, he didn't apparently rush down to Costco and buy stuff to give away.. By your reckoning, no more humanitarian than giving a free shirt away... Neither player HAD to do it, but both CHOSE to, The Swansea player had time to think about what he wanted to do, the Bradford lad acted on the spur of the moment. Huge respect to him, and I bet it goes further behind the scenes, that unfortunate young lad will probably find himself a guest of the club on Final day. Amid all the furore of Hazard kicking the ball boy, which is of course unacceptable, lets not forget, the ball boy WAS WELSH!! Pretty certain that Rangel was in a 'sandwich shop' and his missus asked what was happening with the food that was still for sale minutes before the place was going to shut - was told it was going to be thrown away, so asked if they could dish it out to the homeless instead. Didn't cost him a penny, but didn't have to do it. Fair shout to him Fair shout to Jones too. As others have said, biggest night of his life and he's given his shirt away, regardless of whether it's to a sick child or just a 'normal' fan it's a fantastic gesture As a Dad of 3 it kills me to see kids like that, something that lad will remember for the rest of his (hopefully long and healthy) life And yet Hazard will take the headlines, or Ballotelli will do something stupid again, or Suarez will come out with some more bollocks and this will be forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Gary Jones The Guardian, Wednesday 23 January 2013 22.00 GMT Gary Jones of Bradford City kisses a supporter at the end at the Capital One Cup semi-final win over Aston Villa. Photograph: Kieran Galvin/Action Plus The little lad I kissed after we knocked out Aston Villa was Jake Turton, who is recovering from a serious illness [a life threatening brain tumour]. He was a mascot in the first leg and I was drawn to him. As we were applauding the supporters I felt quite emotional with what we'd achieved on the night. I saw him and my first thought was to give him a little kiss, and I gave him my shirt as well. I just wanted to celebrate with the supporters. It is a massive achievement for the club to be in the final and it's put Bradford City back on the map. Everyone knows we've been in administration twice in the last 10 years, having fallen out of the Premier League in 2001, so it's put the smile back on fans faces. When Villa scored in the 89th-minute – making it 4-3 on aggregate to us – my heart was thumping a little bit more as we had to hold out for five minutes. It was a really intense moment and an unbelievable effort by everyone. Then afterwards we were all in the changing room and the chairman, Mark Lawn, walked in and said: "Getting to Wembley has paid for the Las Vegas trip." The lads were in shock and there was a big roar. It's going to be a great few days away. No, I haven't been there before. A few lads have and they say it's an amazing place. I like a bit of a flutter, on the one-arm bandits, everyone likes a bet now and again on the Grand National or whatever so it should be a great experience. I totally agree that as a fourth tier team we shouldn't be knocking out Arsenal, Aston Villa and Wigan Athletic, but a cup competition is a cup competition and that's why British football is so special: anyone can beat anyone on any given day. The best result was defeating Villa – to beat a Premier League team over two legs is quite phenomenal really. No one dared give us a chance, no one dared give us a chance even after the first leg when we beat them 3-1 at our place. And, we did it at their ground. It was quite a scary moment when they started as they did – like a train. When they got the first goal after 20 minutes we thought we were in for a really long night. But we stuck together, weathered the storm and after we scored on 55 minutes I thought we were the better team. Phil Parkinson is a great manager, a great man manager and a coach as well. He's got a great right-hand man in Steve Parkin as well and his fitness coach Nick Allamby is fantastic. The manager's not one who rants and raves, he's quite calm and collected. Everyone knows Blackpool came knocking for him a couple of weeks ago and he turned that down to concentrate on his job in hand. It is about time the chairman did the new deal for the contract with the manager – every Premier League team we beat the deal gets higher and higher. Mark Lawn is probably shaking in his boots a little bit but I'm sure he will give him it! My contract is up at the end of the season, too. I'm enjoying my football more than I have in a few years, we're doing quite well at the moment so hopefully I can get myself sorted and Phil can get himself sorted too. Of course we have a chance of winning the final – it's what you dream of. Everyone loves an underdog don't they? Everyone will be willing us to do well because we've captured the hearts of the nation a little bit. We've proved over the cup run that we can beat Premier League teams on any given day. We're not going there to make up the numbers, we're there on merit. Its 11 men versus 11 men: hopefully we can take it to penalties. I've played at Wembley before, for Rochdale in the 2008 League Two play-off final. We lost to Stockport. There was about 30,000 watching. It will be treble that when we play the Capital One Cup final – close to 90,000. It hasn't really sunk in yet. When you hear things like it's a fact I'm only 90 minutes away from lifting the League Cup I get goose bumps. And after that, we can go and win the Europa League – that'll be good! Its what dreams are made of, this is what we play football for. Gary Jones is the captain of Bradford City and has played in every game of their Capital One Cup run to Wembley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderArmyy Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic only on OTIB.. What a cockend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity? Posted January 24, 2013 Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Whilst back in Bristol we have our own hero....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynriley Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Another nice touch http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2278008/Capital-One-Cup-final-Bradford-City-cancer-survivor-Jake-Turton-lead-Wembley-City-TWO-mascots.html#ixzz2KmdWK3GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyderiup Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Another nice touch http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2278008/Capital-One-Cup-final-Bradford-City-cancer-survivor-Jake-Turton-lead-Wembley-City-TWO-mascots.html#ixzz2KmdWK3GT a very nice touch indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctid_Chivs Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 i had cancer few years back and ny uncle contacted rhe club i was 19 and they invited me down to watch them train at the gate and have a meal with the players in the atyeo were the players eat every day the players were great to me but this is a really nice thing to do fair play to him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryans Left Peg Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Bradford are one of those teams that I never cared about, neither disliked or liked them. But after these events you can't help but have complete respect and admiration for them. I'll be supporting them in the cup final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Not wishing to pour scorn on this gesture...and very well done to him....and I sincerely hope the young lad recovers 100%.........but its only a shirt, which he didn't even have to buy himself? Its not exactly the greatest humanitarian act I have witnessed......The Swansea player giving out food to the homeless ....springs to mind as being a little more altruistic oh for goodness sake! A football shirt from a player can make a young/old person's day. I'd be well chuffed…it's the thought that counts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welcome To The Jungle Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 oh for goodness sake! A football shirt from a player can make a young/old person's day. I'd be well chuffed…it's the thought that counts This, I've got a happy 7th Birthday autograph on a napkin from Mickey Bell and I know where it is. Great gesture at 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted February 13, 2013 Report Share Posted February 13, 2013 Its good to see! Good luck to Bradford! For any on this thread that hasn't there is pinned thread on this forum for one of our own! Go and Like GojohnnyGo!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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