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Five and In · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon

Yesterday I met up with a friend of mine, Chris Cowlin, who is running around all 92 football league grounds in 12 days on behalf of the Willow Foundation (Bob Wilson's Charity).
He has currently raised nearly £7k.

I met him at Exeter City who were superb and gave us a tour of the ground and even the Directors were happy to chat. A proper football club, not a corporate money maker like so many are today.

I have attached Chris' video for his day. I have an interview on it at 18.30. I look shattered and out of breath as I had just run around the ground with him.

Chris is posting a daily video on You Tube showing him at each club and they are well worth a look.

His itinerary is also on there, so if you fancy popping along to see him when he gets to your local club, I'm sure he would welcome some friendly faces.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvJg4mYkGk&t=1175s

Paul Johnson · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:15 pm Post subject:

absolutely brilliant what he is doing. Will send in a donation to a great cause.

Five and In · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon

Nice one Paul.
Chris will appreciate that.
Thank you on his behalf.

Paul Johnson · Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2018 1:42 pm Post subject:

He has bought Spurs and England progs from me in the past. Never met him though. Works in clacton?

Five and In · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon

That's him Paul.
It's also how I first met him a few years ago.
Small world eh?

Paul Johnson

Five and In wrote:

That's him Paul.
It's also how I first met him a few years ago.
Small world eh?

sure is. I will let him know if he was a Gooner i would have doubled my donation Laughing

wdy11 · Joined: 14 Mar 2010 Posts: 418 Location: Kent

top guy, dealt with him many times.

Five and In · Joined: 15 Sep 2015 Posts: 1410 Location: Dawlish, Devon

Just a quick update.
Chris is roughly halfway through his challenge now and has raised an incredible £12k for the Willow Foundation.
Almost every club he has been to so far have donated signed items to be auctioned off at a later date as well, so the final figure will be boosted by that too.
He still has 6 days to go and I'm sure that he would love to see some friendly faces at the remaining grounds, so I have put his itinerary below in case any of you want to pop along.

* * * * * Day 7 (Sunday 10 June 2018) – 10 stadiums * * * * * 48. Blackburn Rovers 49. Accrington Stanley 50. Burnley 51. Bolton Wanderers 52. Wigan Athletic 53. Blackpool 54. Fleetwood Town 55. Preston North End 56. Carlisle United * * * * *

Day 8 (Monday 11 June 2018) – 9 stadiums * * * * * 57. Newcastle United 58. Sunderland 59. Middlesbrough 60. Leeds United 61. Hull City 62. Scunthorpe United 63. Grimsby 64. Lincoln City 65. Doncaster Rovers * * * * *

Day 9 (Tuesday 12 June 2018) – 11 stadiums * * * * * 66. Barnsley 67. Huddersfield Town 68. Bradford City 69. Manchester City 70. Manchester United 71. Oldham Athletic k 72. Rochdale 73. Bury 74. Rotherham United 75. Sheffield United 76. Sheffield Wednesday * * * * *
Day 10 (Wednesday 13 June 2018) – 7 stadiums * * * * * 77. Leicester City 78. Notts County 79. Nottingham Forest 80. Mansfield Town 81. Derby County 82. Chesterfield 83. Burton Albion * * * * *

Day 11 (Thursday 14 June 2018) – 5 stadiums * * * * * 84. Peterborough United 85. Cambridge United 86. Luton Town 87. Stevenage 88. West Ham United – Olympic Stadium * * * * *

Day 12 (Friday 15 June 2018) – 4 stadiums * * * * * 89. Norwich City 90. Ipswich Town 91. Southend United 92. Colchester United