The ‘Up the Bit o’Red campaign’ reaches €30,000
THE #UpTheBitored fund is now at €31,000 with the group collecting money again last Friday night at the Derry City game.
The group is made up of 13 supporters, working in association with the Sligo Rovers Committee.
The fundraising project will continue until the end of March.
Three successive years of struggle, without the financial windfall of European football, leave the club with debts of €180,000.
The group’s aim is to raise as much as possible before the end of March to ease the financial pressure.
They want to give Gerard Lyt- tle and his squad the best chance of succeeding in what is a very competitive league.
Supporters are responding to the club’s appeal for help, according to their means.
Contributions range from €5,000 to €10.
Every donation is welcome and the group pledge that all funds received will be publicly acknowledged on the website.
In 2015 several members of the group were involved in the Rally Around The Rovers (RAR) campaign.
Donors to that drive received a specially commissioned RAR souvenir badge.
The group are now commis- sioning a car sticker, with the slogan, ‘I’m a Sligo Rovers Fan’ - UTBOR 2018’ and plan to give one to every individual who donates to the current campaign.
“We hope that in Australia, the United States, the UK as well as in every part of Ireland, vehicles with a Sligo Rovers fan inside will be instantly recognisable,” the group said.
Contributions can be made in several ways, including via members of our group, listed in alphabetical order, and Sligo Rovers Committee members can be contacted via details below. Payments can be made to any of those individuals.
Payments can be made via the club office in person or by credit card via phone between 10am and 2pm on weekdays (071-9171212).
Payments can be made via bank transfer - please write “UBOR - Joe Bloggs” as a reference
Bank Branch: AIB, Stephen St., Sligo
Sort Code: 93-72-58 Account No: 13125010 IBAN: IE55 AIBK 9372 5813 1250 10
BIC: AIBKIE2D
The group
Joe Burns 087 2437365 Michael Clancy 087 2388215 Kevin Colreavy 087 9083878 Mark Cummins 087 9293527 Robert Fitzpatrick 086 3888387 Tommie Gorman 071 9168358 Rory Houston 086 1535500 Dermot Kelly drdkelly@eircom.net
Andy Kilfeather 086 8058888 Kevin Lydon 0872297711 Packie Lynch 086 6080881 Ivor Parke 086 8154875 Tony Quinn 087 2533681 In Association with The Sligo Rovers Management Committee
Andy Dodd 087 2464131 (Vice-Chairman) Stephen Gilroy 086 3977735 Martin Heraghty 086 8310672 (Chairman)
Paddy Houze 087 9184556 Trevor Kelly 087 9333363 Brendan Lacken 087 6175235 (Secretary)
Gary Loughlin 086 2252322 Noel McCloat 086 8144044 David Rowe 086 2566758 (Treasurer)
Michael Toolan 087 9293318 Marcus White 086 8568562 Fans of Sligo Rovers have always been generous when the club is in need of donations, and fans responded kindly last season when the club required funds during a period with no home games.
Very few League of Ireland clubs can boast similar dedication from fans, as every time Rovers are in trouble, the fans are always on hand to help dig them out of a proverbial hole.