Blues - Waterford United FC Programme v Shelbourne Friday 9th May 2014 | страница 3

Welcome To The RSC
by Chairman John O’Sullivan
Hello everyone, and welcome to
the RSC for tonight’s SSE Airtricity
League tie with league leaders
Shelbourne. I’d like to extend a
warm Waterford welcome to Joe
Casey and the officials, players,
staff and supporters of Shelbourne.
Tonight’s match is sponsored by Perennial Freight, and
on behalf of everyone at the club a huge thank you
from me to Chris Smyth and all at Perennial Freight
for their generous support, very
much appreciated! A big thank you
also to Neil and Isobel Whittle of
InFish in Fethard-on-Sea, who I’m
delighted have come on board
as our ball sponsors tonight. Such
involvement from the local business
community is absolutely vital to
help us keep going, and all at the
club are hugely appreciative of the
support.

It would be remiss of me not to mention the atmosphere
in Block E this year. The noise and colour and support
has been unbelievable all season, and should be
acknowledged. In fact, home and away the fans
have been incredible in their support and dedication.
We might not thank you enough, but it is very much
appreciated. We share your frustrations, but we are
working to remedy it quickly.

On that note, I must highlight again our big fundraising
drive running at present, the superb draw for tickets,
flights and accomodation to a
Barcelona match at the Nou
Camp during the next La Liga
season. Ticketsare priced at just
€8, or three for €20, and are on
sale at the club shop tonight, the
club office during weekdays, or
from any of the MC or the Blues
Supporters Club board. We are
also asking everyone here tonight,
and as many fans of the club as
we can, to please take some tickets
From me personally, and on behalf
for the Barcelona draw away with
of everyone here, a very big thank
them, at least five – maybe ten if
Many thanks to Neil and Isobel
you to all our supporters for their Whittle of InFish Ltd, Fethard-on-Sea, they can manage it, and sell them
tonight’s ball sponsors!
understanding and patience with
on on our behalf, spreading the
the events of the past days. At the
word beyond the range of those
end of the day Waterford United is
interested in the League of Ireland.
a business, one which does not make a profit of course, All help we can get with the sale of these tickets will be
but in order to sustain the business going forward we gratefully received!
have to cut our cloth. Unfortunately sponsorship overall
is down, and though the early gates might have been Last weekend’s results were a bit of a setback, both
up the financial take at the turnstiles has also been tough games against two very good sides, but a decent
down on last season. We will get through this, but we second half performance at Turner’s Cross will give us
are tackling it now, not letting it fester and turn into an great encouragement going into tonight’s game, and it
even bigger crisis down the road.
was great to see some more of our young Blues coming
through to the senior team. And so all that remains is to
The rumour mill is always active, with comment flying say lets keeping getting behind the lads as you have
around on social media, but the fact is that there are done so brilliantly this year, let’s be as loud and as
no players after being left go. I must commend the colourful as we can, and help them get back to winning
players and the management team in being very ways tonight!
proactive in helping to keep League of Ireland football
in Waterford. They have been brilliant during this Best of luck Blues!
troubled time, thank you to all in the squad and the
backroom for their support.

John

www.waterford-united.ie

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