CLOUGHIE GREEN JUMPERS
TO RAISE CASH FOR FUND
Eye-catching green sweatshirts have gone on sale to give a boost to Nottingham's statue fund. More have been produced following a huge demand. Costing just £20.00, most sizes sold out within just two hours when they were launched before Nottingham Forest's home match against Southend (November 19th, 2005). Paul Ellis & Carole Washington Read more about the statue fund
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Many more were sold before Forest's match against Walsall on December 10th, taking the statue fund's total to over £20,000. The sweaters are also available from the City Information Centre in Nottingham (on Smithy Row, next to the Council House).
Proceeds will go to the statue fund which aims to raise around £60,000 for a statue of the Master Manager in a prominent location in Nottingham city centre.
Among the customers determined to have one of the special sweatshirts was the lady who was Cloughie's secretary at Forest, Carole Washington. She is pictured, below, buying her sweater from the chairman of the statue fund, Paul Ellis.
Paul Ellis said he hoped the sweaters would be at the top of every fans' Chistmas present list. "We are absolutely delighted with the response from fans. The initial sales have exceeded all our expectations. Of course, Cloughie loved wearing his green sweater and we hope fans will wear these with pride, knowing they are making a valuable contribution to the efforts for a lasting tribute to a remarkable man. We hope these sweatshirts will be as successful as the special badges we produced, which have sold tremendously well."
The sweatshirts come in a variety of sizes and have an embroidered badge on the left breast featuring the statue fund's logo and the words 'Old Big 'Ead' -- the nickname Cloughie gave himself.
The statue fund has the backing of Brian Clough's family and the support of the city council, Nottingham Forest and the supporters club.