A night to remember for all football fans
What do Cyrille Regis, Tony 'Bomber' Brown, Brian Little, Robbie Savage and Bob Taylor all have in common?
Yes, of course, they are all former Midland football stars, but what else?
They are among 14 legends so far who have signed up to take part in the inaugural Birmingham Mail Football Legends Charity Dinner.
The event starts at 7pm on September 17 at the National Motorcycle Museum in Bickenhill, with Captial Gold/BRMB's Tom Ross compering the evening.
All fans of all colours are welcome, with tickets at just £30 a head.
Or, if you're a company looking to host guests, corporate tables of 10 with a guaranteed star guest cost £550.
Tom Ross will interview stars before, during and after dinner, with a themed approach to match memories for each course.
Plus there will be a raffle, auctions of signed shirts and opportunities to donate a fiver (or more!) for the charity in return for your picture with ANY star at the end.
All profits from the evening will go to the Birmingham Mail Charity Trust.
A real night to remember. And, amidst the noise and strife of the economy, disputes, etc, a way to ensure the Birmingham Mail keeps it's mind on what it does best... serving its readers and communities.
Up to 500 will have a great night out, and the resulting proceeds will mean many more grants of between £500 and £2,000 a time to the applications we receive each quarter from voluntary community groups.
Click here for more details and to download an order form.
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Can't download it!! ANd it wansnt in tonight's paper!
I've just checked and it there but a little hidden. If you go straight to www.birminghammail.net/charitytrust and click on the 'Birmingham Mail Charity Trust to host football legends dinner' story, the link is on the 'here' word in the last paragraph. I have asked for a clearer active link to be put on next week on the charity 'home' page, plus there will be forms published in the Mail. If all else fails, please email stacey.barnfield@birminghammail.net and he will email you one direct. Look forward to seeing you on the night!
got it! thanks
Sounds good, but no offence... why £550 for a table for 10, but only £30 each? I might be able to get a load of lads to come, so can we have a table for £300?
Hi B6: The £550 tables are closer to the stage and have guaranteed legends sitting on them. But yes, if ten of you would like to sit together, you will effectively have a table for £300, although it won't include former stars.
Are you going to do a blog about the upcoming strike? Will there be a discount on the cover price for the drop in quality with all those editorial staff on strike? Or has the whole thing been overhyped by the NUJ and your own columnist The Stirrer?
Hi,
Steve Dyson is on annual leave for two weeks but will resume blogging on his return.
Please check out some of the Birmingham Mail's other blogs here:
http://www.birminghammail.net/birmingham-blogs-views
Hey, Dane...!
Given there was no strike, I'm glad I kept to my plan of a few days in sunny Spain.
Life moves on, eh?
Hi,
Can you let us know what's going on with the coverage of football for the paper? Bill Howell appears to have moved from Villa to Wolves and Lisa Smith the other way? What's happening to the Villa blog?
Hi Andy - thanks for your comment. You actually answer the question fairly fully: Bill Howell has been given the newly-promoted Wolves portfolio, a club that will be getting far more focus now they are in the Premiership; Lisa Smith will now mainly be covering Villa in support of Mat Kendrick, who is now the main Villa Park writer (Mat previously supported Bill in the Villa role). The blog will be retriggered with the changes shortly, once the reporters have settled in.
Hi Steve - any news on when the blogs will be switched? I like their informal style and it would be good to have the Villa Blog back.
Sadly, for info, this charity dinner never took off due to a lack of ticket sales. We've postponed it until the Spring.