THE JON DOWNING CHARITY MATCH
The Jon Downing Charity match took place on Sunday afternoon 22nd April.
An excellent turn out from former Rangers players was complimented by the tremendous support from the supporters and sponsors.
The two sides representing the Stafford Rangers Conference side and Stafford Rangers Legends battled it out through three 30 minutes ‘halves’ with the Legends winning by 4 goals to 1 with goals from Dan Cope (2) Paul McMahon and Dave Berks for the Legends and Craig Wilding for the Conference side.
The day was all about club President Jon Downing and the great man not only turned up and took part in photo shoot with all the players but stayed to watch the match and meet the players and supporters after the match..
The main aim was to raise money for the Motor Neurone Association, Katharine House Hospice and Jon Downing’s car park project. Thanks to support from many sources a total of well in excess £2000 was raised.
Stafford Rangers Football Club would like to thank Chris Curtis for organising the players and all the sponsors and supporters who either donated money or paid at the turnstiles on Saturday. A big thanks you also to our caterer Marcellus Archer, who provided the players food, and to chef Mick and club manager Dana for their hard work in looking after the players post match.
And finally …. to the many people who helped out in any way towards making this Sunday such a tremendous success, a very big thank you.
Teams:
SRFC CONFERENCE SIDE: Adam Alcock, Alex Gibson, Paul Groves, Richard Beale, Alan Dodd, Craig Lovatt, Wayne Daniel, Lee Barrow, Robin Gibson, Kevin Street, Levi Reid, Rob Heath, Lee Downes, Danny Davidson, Dennis Bailey, Craig Wilding, Nathan Talbot, Danny Edwards …. Managers Phil Robinson, Chris Curtis, Mark Grew.
SRFC LEGENDS : Paul Hayward, Riley Stephenson, Martin Prentice, Nick Amos, Joe Handley, Dave Berks, Christian Dacres, Ian Brown, Richard Downing, Alex Curtis, Neil Kitching, Dan Cope, Dave Walker, Paul McMahon ….. Managers Martin Prentice, Robbie Mullin
Physios: Former SRFC men Chris Godwin and Eddie Silk.