A huge supportive crowd gathered to watch the Luke Holland Memorial Match on Sunday 7th September. Approximately 400 people cheered on the two teams Luke played for, Brockham Badgers and Ockley Acorns, who were battling it out for the trophy. All his friends were playing and both teams were keen to win. Ockley opened the scoring on what turned out to be a dry night with the pitch in perfect condition. By half-time Ockley were winning 2-0. In the second half Brockham pulled back a goal and as the game went on Ockley were leading 3-2. Some excellent football was being played by both teams and the crowd were enjoying the performance. Minutes from the final whistle Brockham scored the final goal to level the match 3-3. A very neutral referee (Neil!) decided extra time and penalties would not be played and so both teams shared the trophy. A fantastic game and a perfect score. You did Lukey proud boys. A small donation of £1 was suggested from each adult with the money to go to Surrey Air Ambulance. They obviously didn't take any notice as we raised an amazing £741.56!! Thank you everyone for your generosity and for an emotional but lovely evening. A special tribute to our special boy.
3 comments:
What a great evening and an entertaining and pacey match - not sure where they got the ref pretty average I thought!
The players did their Clubs and your old team mate Luke proud.
Many thanks go to Dorking FC for hosting such a special match.
Thanks
Grant Ashley
Chairman-BBFC
Great to see those hairy legs running around the pitch (Neil's - not the boys !) & not a yellow vest in sight ! - you did fantastically well Neil.
An emotional night for both families and all involved. Thanks to everyone for organising it and we look forward to attending this memorial game every year - an event which I think Luke would have definitely approved of.
Tina xx
Dear Sally & Neil,
Myself and Kirsty are so pleased that Luke's memorial match went so well. Both very touched, to read the blog update of how the evening turned out.
Must have been an emotional evening for all of those involved.
well done
Susan and Kirsty xx
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