At Saturday’s match against Wycombe Wanderers (28th October; kick-off 3pm), the club will pay its respects to those that have made the ultimate sacrifice in armed conflict and show support for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.
Our men’s team will wear special edition Poppy shirts both this Saturday – our closest home League One fixture to Remembrance Sunday – and for our visit to Leyton Orient on Saturday 11th November. All match-worn shirts will be signed and auctioned following the matches to raise funds for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal.
Before kick-off on Saturday, we will be joined pitchside by Oxford United CEO, Tim Williams, and John 'Spike' Elliott, the club’s Sports Therapist, who served his country for 23 years in the UK, Germany, Gibraltar, Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Bosnia and Kosovo.
They will be joined by Bob Phillips MBE. Bob grew up in Barton, Oxford and joined the Royal Marines at 17 years old in 1970. He served for 22 years in Commando Units and Royal Navy ships around the world.
Bob, Tim and ‘Spike’ will lay Poppy wreaths on the pitch in honour of the service and sacrifice of our Armed Forces.
We shall then observe a period of silence during which the Last Post will be played by Andrew Crowley, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and currently the Artistic Director with the internationally acclaimed group, London Brass.
We would like to remind fans that the period of silence will start and end on the referee’s whistle and that any supporters entering the stadium close to the 3pm kick-off should be respectful of this.
To find out more about the Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal or to donate, please visit www.britishlegion.org.uk.
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