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THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2015 BATTERSEA EVOLUTION, LONDON Willow - London Football Awards 2015 pgs 01-52_Final 26/02/2015 20:15 Page 3

“The rivalry and intensity between London football clubs has always been extra special. A local derby, whether it be in Cup or League competition, creates a very different atmosphere not only with opposing fans, but for the players and staff involved. In my 40 years as player or goalkeeping coach at Arsenal, the most demanding and challenging games I recall invariably involve a London neighbour. Needless to say, the memories provoke a very mixed reaction from me, even now – either a wide smile or a gritted teeth grimace. Nothing has changed when it comes down to a London derby – and it never will.” Bob Wilson, Arsenal (1963-1974)

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elcome to the London Football Awards 2015. Thank for your Wsupport this evening. Willow has a strong football heritage and we are delighted that our association with the sport through both our service provision and fundraising activities is now Megs and Bob Wilson, recognised at both a London and Life Presidents and national level. Co-founders, Willow Particular thanks are extended to our sponsors, Toscafund and award sponsors, GM Real Estate and Football Manager for their most generous support. egs and I could never have imagined Willow being mentioned in the And to our LFA committee who have same breath as tonight’s award nominees. Sixteen years ago we worked so hard over the past six months Mfounded the charity in memory of our daughter, Anna, with the aim of to ensure tonight is a success. The supporting young adults living with life-threatening conditions in our home proceeds from tonight’s event will enable county of Hertfordshire. As the only charity working in this age range across all Willow to fulfil many more Special Days serious illnesses demand for our service quickly grew. Since 1999 Willow has for seriously ill young adults throughout fulfilled more than 11,000 Special Days and, this year alone, we will fulfil a the UK – offering quality of life to them further 1,100 Special Days. It is only thanks to your support, the wonderful and their families at the most difficult of support of the football community and so many of my peers, the Clubs and times. Have a great evening and thank players that we can continue to reach out to those most in need. Megs and I you for your generosity. are extremely humbled by your continued support and enthusiasm. Thank you.

David White CEO, Willow Bob Wilson, Life President and Co-founder, Willow

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LFA COMMITTEE “I would like to thank my committee for all their hard work organising tonight’s event. I know how much time and energy this has demanded, I deeply appreciate all their efforts to ensure this evening’s inaugural London Football Awards in aid of Willow will be a night to remember. I would also like to thank our headline sponsor Toscafund for their generous support.”

CHRIS CLANCEY STEVE HOBBS

CHRIS CLANCEY LFA Committee Chairman ZONE, Director

STEVE HOBBS ZONE, Director

SHARON DYER Independent leisure, entertainment, travel and sports fan professional. SHARON DYER GINA COLADANGELO Specialising in watching all/any live sport around the globe

GINA COLADANGELO Communications Director, Oliver Bonas and Willow Trustee

SAVVAS SAVOURI Partner and Chief Economist, Toscafund

IVOR BADDIEL Scriptwriter “As well as having the best football team in the world (Chelsea), London now has the best awards ceremony as well, can’t wait to find out who SAVVAS SAVOURI IVOR BADDIEL wins the Best Person Called Ivor Award.”

The committee works with Willow to ensure the highest level of production and staging of the event as well as supporting table sales, sponsorship and the auction. We are interested in expanding the committee in 2016 to include greater representation from those within football. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in getting involved.

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ORDER OF EVENTS CONTENTS

19.30 Welcome, Bob Wilson Foreword by Bob Wilson ...... 01 Welcome ...... 03 19.40 Dinner served LFA Committee...... 05 20.10 Award Presentations: Order of Events...... 07 London Manager of the Year London Women's Player of the Year Tonight's Host & Auctioneer...... 09 London Young Player of the Year Menu...... 11 21.15 Award Presentations: About Willow ...... 12 London Goalkeeper of the Year What’s so special about London football?...... 14 Outstanding Contribution to a London Club Judging Panel...... 16 21.25 Megs Wilson, David White and Andrew Scarborough, Outstanding Contribution to a London Club ....20 Special Day Beneficiary Three Ways to Win...... 23 21.30 Live auction hosted by Jonny Gould How to Bid...... 25

22.30 Q&A hosted by Bob Wilson with Lee Dixon, London Manager of the Year...... 26 Glenn Hoddle and Tony Cottee London Player of the Year ...... 28

22.55 Silent Auction closes London Young Player of the Year...... 30 Award Presentations: London Women's Player of the Year ...... 34 London Community Project of the Year London Player of the Year London Goalkeeper of the Year ...... 36 London Community Project of the Year...... 38 23.20 Raffle draw and announcement of funds raised Hall of Fame ...... 42 23.30 Guests depart Willow ...... 47

* Please note the order of award presentations may alter on the night Thank You...... 48

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TONIGHT’S HOST MAX RUSHDEN ax Rushden is hosting the event tonight. He declined to use auto cue choosing instead to donate £1,000 to Willow. So if he messes Mup, it’s for a good cause. He’s in his seventh year of presenting Soccer AM on Sky, and also presents the Warm Up on talkSPORT on Sunday mornings. He is most proud of being the voice of Gaviscon (you know the advert with the cartoon firemen) – although some people suggest a heartburn remedy is quite apt. He is very approachable, but prefers to be trolled in written form rather than face to face if that’s what you’re considering. His fighting record is P0, W0, D0, L1. He is in dark jeans because he’s outgrown his suit trousers.

”I’m really happy to be presenting these awards tonight. I’m a Cambridge fan, but my Dad put me in a Spurs kit when I was five, TONIGHT’S AUCTIONEER so that’s where my London footballing sympathies lie. JONNY GOULD Please clap whenever it onny Gould has been a TV and radio seems like there’s an journalist and broadcaster since 1994 awkward silence and Jworking for the likes of the BBC, ITV and was Channel 5’s longest serving employee, have a great night.” hosting coverage of Major League Baseball for a massive 12 years. In addition, Jonny is a prolific figure in the charity and events sector for being a dynamic and entertaining host, having raised more than £40 million for charity to date in his auctioning career. www.jonnygouldpresents.com

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illow is the only national charity working with seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds to fulfil uplifting and unforgettable WSpecial Days. For some their Special Day is the opportunity to return some normality to their lives. For others it is the last chance to fulfil a dream. But for all, it is a life-affirming experience that can lift spirits, reunify families and be a source of strength when it’s needed most. To date, Willow has provided more than 11,000 Special Days for young adults diagnosed with a life- threatening condition such as cancer, motor neurone disease, cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease.

Luke was 21 when he asked Willow for a Special Day after having treatment for renal failure. A life-long football fan, his dream was to visit his team’s home ground and experience a match.

“ heard about Willow through the friends I’d made in hospital. After a very difficult year being tied down to dialysis with renal Ifailure followed by a transplant I wanted to be able to share a Special Day with those people who have been there for me throughout, my mum and my girlfriend. It meant everything to have them with me for this once in a lifetime opportunity…which it turned out to be in more ways than one. We were really well looked after on the Special Day itself and our journey to the football ground with match tickets. We had a pre match tour of the ground, lunch and then, to cap it all, my team went out on to the pitch, won the game and won the League title. My life has changed for me since my transplant. I was an industrial roofer before I fell ill, but I’ve since retrained and started a new career in IT. I couldn’t be more thankful to Willow for organising that day.”

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“During a time of fear, it’s an extraordinary memory that will stay with me for the rest of my life.”

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WHAT’S SO SPECIAL ABOUT LONDON FOOTBALL?

ondon is the birthplace of modern From those humble administrative London’s past is rich, its present vibrant and football. Ebenezer Morley, a solicitor origins, the world took its lead and its future bright. Woolwich Arsenal became Land sportsman, instigated a gathering associations sprung up across the globe. London’s first professional team in 1891. at the Freemasons’ Tavern in Great Queen More than 200 presently exist with UEFA Millwall (1893), Tottenham (1895), Fulham Street on 26 October 1863 that led to the governing Europe and FIFA in control of the (1898) and West Ham (1898) soon followed. code of rules we broadly know today. worldwide game. The city continues to play host to the final Morley felt football should have a Exactly 150 years after Morley’s first of the game’s most loved domestic cup definitive rulebook similar to cricket and meeting, the great and the good of world competition, the FA Cup, and house the met with the captains, secretaries and other football reconvened at the same venue, now England team in their ongoing search to luminaries of 12 London clubs to the Grand Connaught Rooms, in homage to bring football’s biggest prizes back home. standardise football’s regulations. His London’s status as the game’s motherland. Only Barcelona’s Camp Nou stadium has suggestion was greeted with approval and The London Football Awards seek to a larger capacity anywhere in Europe than at that meeting the Football Association recognise those individuals that help keep Wembley. London played host as the was formed to define and implement these English football at the forefront of the Premier League was formed in 1992 and new regulations. world’s most popular sport. last month’s eye-watering £5.14billion

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“The London Football Awards seek to recognise those individuals that help keep English football at the forefront of the world’s most popular sport.”

television deal was a reminder, if one were London will only strengthen its position at who nurtured it yesterday, those who needed, of the top flight’s incredible growth the epicentre of football. Financial Fair Play dazzle us today and those who make in the intervening 23 years. rules dictate clubs can only spend a tomorrow such an exciting prospect. Manchester may have won more proportionate amount of their income and Football’s financial rewards and global silverware but London can boast England’s so London’s wealth offers its teams the reach may have been unimaginable to most recent Champions League winners chance to generate revenue and gain a Morley and his cohorts in 1863. But it is a thanks to Chelsea’s dramatic success considerable advantage in the years ahead. testament to the foundations they laid and in 2012. Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium is among the London’s relentless pursuit of excellence The game’s most intriguing and finest in the world. Tottenham hope to that both still remain integral to the sport charismatic manager, Jose Mourinho, could redevelop White Hart Lane while West Ham we know and love. not stay away from London for too long. will call the Olympic Stadium home from next Arsene Wenger, the French revolutionary year, by which time Brentford plan to move James Olley whose longevity at Arsenal will surely never into their new 20,000 Lionel Road stadium. Chief Football Correspondent be repeated, could not tear himself away. The game is constantly evolving and the London Evening Standard In a game increasingly driven by money, London Football Awards recognises those Twitter: @JamesOlley

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DREW BARRAND STEWART CASTLEDINE MARTIN CHIVERS TONY COTTEE Marketing Director at Former Wimbledon Player and Former Tottenham and Former West Ham and The Football League Commercial Director at James Grant England Forward Everton Forward Supports: Scarborough Stats: Wimbledon apps 37, gls 7 Stats: Spurs apps 367, gls 174 Stats: West Ham apps 336, England caps 24, gls 13 gls 146 England caps 7

LEDLEY KING JAMES OLLEY HOPE POWELL PAUL RIDLEY Former Tottenham and Chief Football Correspondent, Former England Player, PR Consultant & Former England Defender Evening Standard Ex-England Women’s Coach Sports Editor at The Sun Stats: Spurs apps 323, gls 14 and Olympian and Mail on Sunday. England caps 21, gls 2 Stats: England caps 66, gls 35 Supports: Leyton Orient

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DICKIE DAVIES PAUL HAWKSBEE JOHN HUDSON ANDY JACOBS SKY Presenter talkSPORT Presenter Director of Corporate Social talkSPORT Presenter and the Supports: Crystal Palace One half of the longest running Responsibility, The PFA other half of the longest afternoon sports show in the UK Supports: Chelsea running afternoon sports show Supports: Tottenham Supports: Chelsea

JIM ROSENTHAL MAX RUSHDEN TIM VINE BOB WILSON OBE Sports Presenter Soccer AM Presenter Head of Public Affairs, Former Arsenal & Scotland Supports: Oxford United Supports: Cambridge United The Premier League goalkeeper and sports Supports: Everton presenter. Co-founder and Life President of Willow Stats: 1st team apps 310, Clean Sheets 90

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AWARD OUTSTANDINGAWARD CONTRIBUTION TO A LONDON CLUB

ARSENE WENGER ARSENAL Arsene Wenger is currently the longest serving manager at Arsenal and in the English League. Wenger has led Arsenal to win three League titles, five FA Cups and five Community Shields. As well as winning his first game in charge, Wenger went on to win his landmark 100th, 200th, 400th and 800th games as boss, including the unique Invincible Unbeaten Season.

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Diego Costa Christian Eriksen

Eden Hazard Alexis Sánchez

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AWARD LONDON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

DIEGO COSTA (CHELSEA) Seven goals in his first four league games – all won – meant Costa’s time in West London got off to the perfect start. Costa netted his 13th and 14th League goals of the season over the festive period against London rivals West Ham and Tottenham.

CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN (TOTTENHAM) Scoring ten goals in 36 appearances and sweeping the board in terms of end-of-season awards, Eriksen has won more points for his team than any other Premier League player.

CESC FÀBREGAS (CHELSEA) Cesc Fàbregas Fabregas’s Chelsea debut showcased his outstanding technical ability. His assist for Andre Schurrle’s goal in a 3-1 win at Burnley was breathtakingly executed.

EDEN HAZARD (CHELSEA) Hazard’s performance in a 4-3 win in December, which included two memorable individual strikes and an assist, was hailed by managers, peers and pundits as one of the finest of the year.

ALEXIS SÁNCHEZ (ARSENAL) The Chile international has become a vital member of Wenger’s side, scoring 12 Premier League goals and another six more in cup competitions.

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Carl Jenkinson

Ryan Mason Alex Pritchard

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Harry Kane AWARD LONDON YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR

CARL JENKINSON (WEST HAM ON LOAN FROM ARSENAL) Jenkinson joined Arsenal in 2011. He is currently on loan at West Ham United where he has quickly established himself as the team’s first-choice right-back and impressed pundits and fans with his consistent displays and good form.

HARRY KANE (TOTTENHAM) Capped for England at Under-17 and 19 levels, Kane was a member of the Young Lions' squad for the U20 World Cup. Harry's first Premier League start for Spurs was in April 2014 when he scored his first Premier League goal. His outstanding form over the season has seen him signed for another five years at Spurs, and picked for the England squad.

RYAN MASON (TOTTENHAM) Mason is now a regular in the Spurs midfield and marked himself out as one of the first players at the club to be able to adapt to Pochettino’s style of play in the opening stages of the season.

ALEX PRITCHARD (BRENTFORD ON LOAN FROM TOTTENHAM) Attacking midfielder with an eye for goal, Pritchard capped a memorable 2013-14 campaign with his first- team debut in the Premier League in May 2014. The England Under-21 international has played regularly in the League for the Bees in the 14/15 season, helping them to fifth in the Championship, four points off leaders Derby.

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AWARD LONDON WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

JORDAN NOBBS (ARSENAL) 2010 FA Young Player of the Year, Jordan captained the U-17 World Cup England team and has been named manager’s and players' Player of the Year at Sunderland.

KELLY SMITH MBE (ARSENAL) Featured in the top five of the FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year ranking four times in her career, Kelly has won 11 trophies at Arsenal and in her last stint scored 100 goals in 112 appearances.

JI SO-YUN (CHELSEA) Joint-highest assist maker in FA WSL 1 last season, players’ Player of the Year after her first season in England and tipped to be World Player of the Year in her career.

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Thibaut Courtois Rob Green

Hugo Lloris Adrián San Miguel del Castillo

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AWARD LONDON GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR

THIBAUT COURTOIS (CHELSEA) Despite his young age, Courtois is widely regarded as one of the best goalkeepers in the world, producing perhaps the single best save of his Chelsea career to date at Goodison Park.

ROB GREEN (QPR) Green produced a man-of-the-match performance in QPR’s moment of real need, as he helped the club win the Play-Off Final against Derby County in May 2014.

HUGO LLORIS (TOTTENHAM) Hugo enjoyed an outstanding 2013-14 campaign, where he featured 45 times for Spurs in all competitions including 37 of their 38 matches in the Premier League.

ADRIÁN SAN MIGUEL DEL CASTILLO (WEST HAM) Adrian retained his No1 position between the posts at the start of the 2014-15 campaign and has won ‘Save of the Season’, ‘Best Individual Performance’ as well as ‘Signing of the Season’ at the club’s awards.

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AWARD LONDON COMMUNITY PROJECT OF THE YEAR

CHARLTON ATHLETIC COMMUNITY TRUST involved in crime, who have offended or who are deemed at Affectionately known as CACT, the Charlton Athletic Community risk. Millwall Kicks has proved to be a huge success by Trust, is famed for its work in both its local communities (Bexley, preventing hundreds of young local young people from drifting into Greenwich and Kent) and South Africa. It works with up to 10,000 crime and showing them the positive opportunities that are young people a week across key projects including Social available to them. Its exit routes include Prince’s Trust Get into Inclusion; Education and Health; Pathways to Employment Prison Construction, Street League, ACN two day Certified Training, and Programme; Sports Development; Disability & Mental Health and the Lewisham Motor Project. Women & Girls Development. “Sean Daly and the other coaches are at the heart and soul of CACT. They will dye their hair regularly COPING THROUGH FOOTBALL (LEYTON ORIENT) just to tell kids who are struggling at school that they doing it for Coping Through Football is an innovative project that uses the them, they led classes in primary schools about 'five-a-day' - long power of football to help people with significant mental illness to before obesity has become the problem it has today, they celebrate get their lives back on track. The ultimate goal is to transform and on the pitch with the Upbeats - a football team made up of add sustained value to existing community mental health services. youngsters with Downs Syndrome. They really are first class.” Working with the North East London NHS Foundation Trust across the London boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and MILLWALL KICKS Dagenham and Havering (with a combined population of 900,000 Millwall Kicks makes a real difference to young people by providing people), the project demonstrates how sport can help tackle stigma a positive alternative for young people at risk of crime. The and discrimination, can be a tool for engagement with harder to programme works in partnership with the Metropolitan Police, the reach groups and can assist in the recovery of those with mental ill Mayor's Office and the Premier League. Those involved develop health. What makes Coping Through Football different from similar better relationships with the Police, while Police Officers have football-based mental health projects is that it does not focus on gained an invaluable insight into the attitudes and aspirations of football outcomes. It is not about creating mental health leagues the young people. Kicks training sessions take place in priority which just serve to reinforce the stigma and discrimination around areas linked to gang activity and aim to help keep young people off the illness. The main goal for people suffering with enduring mental the streets and away from harmful influences. The relationships problems is to be ordinary and to live normal lives. For the Coping developed with the young people often become open ended, and Through Football participants, success is being able to attend a where possible there is progression from participation on the Kicks course, go back to work, socialise with their friends or join a local programme through to further training or employment on the mainstream football team: in other words to get their old life back. Scheme, within the Trust or elsewhere. Millwall Kicks has It is not a “sticking plaster” intervention, here today and gone significantly exceeded delivery expectations in the first year of the tomorrow when funding for the League dries up. It is fully programme where it engaged with young people in gangs or integrated with mainstream services and is evidence led.

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SIR TREVOR BROOKING CBE TONY CARR MBE JIMMY GREAVES Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 Willow Award 2014 Best Goal Scorer 2013

LEDLEY KING GARY MABBUTT MBE AARON RAMSEY Club Legend 2014 Willow Award 2013 Player of the Year 2014

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EDEN HAZARD ROY HODGSON PAT JENNINGS OBE Player of the Year 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award Bert Trautmann Goalkeeper 2014 Award 2014

PAT RICE MBE BOB WILSON OBE The Willow Award is presented to a legend who has Outstanding Contribution to a Willow Award 2013 made a significant contribution to a charity and/or his London Club 2014 community outside of football.

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PROUD SUPPORTER OF THE LONDON FOOTBALL AWARDS AND WILLOW CHARITY

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WILLOW

PATRONS & AMBASSADORS: TRUSTEES: DEVELOPMENT BOARD: Jadene Bircham Richard King (Chair) Tony Gibbon (Chair) Lee Dixon Dean Barrett Jeff Dishner Tim Don Stewart Bennett Mike Hussey Pat Jennings OBE KSG Gina Coladangelo Ashley Muldoon Sam Kane Maurice Gammell Savvas Savouri Natasha Kaplinsky Oliver Peterken Graham Stanley Richard Keys Neil Thompson Hardeep Singh Kohli Gary Lewin Linda Lusardi Gary Mabbutt MBE BENEFACTORS: KEY CONTACTS: Simon McCoy Almacantar David White, Chief Executive [email protected] Lee Mears Brookfield Multiplex Construction Europe Ltd Mary Nightingale Simon Carruth, Finance Director Byrne Group Plc Matt Perry [email protected] Ian Poulter Cain Hoy Gary Rhodes OBE Christopher Murray Suzanne Brennan, Campaigns Director Jim Rosenthal City and Docklands Property Group [email protected] Designer Group David Seaman MBE Mark Rappitt, Special Days Director Doherty Baines LLP Theo Walcott [email protected] Ian Wright Dunne Group Limited Frogmore Georgina Wilson, Head of Major Partnerships GM Real Estate [email protected] Keltbray Group Holdings Ltd Michael J Lonsdale Ltd Ellie Rocks, Head of Events [email protected] Moorfield Group Ltd Peter Saville Catherine Strawbridge, Head of Supporter Fundraising PLP Architecture [email protected] Ray P Winters Robert Bird Group Katherine Di-Fonzo, Communications Manager Tony Lennon [email protected]

Willow, Willow House, 18 Salisbury Square, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL9 5BE T. 01707 259 777 F. 01707 259 289 E. [email protected] W. willowfoundation.org.uk Registered charity number 1106746

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THANK YOU Willow would like to thank the following individuals and companies for their generous support of the London Football Awards 2015:

Supported by:

Duncan Sinclair, Richard Bernstein, Paul Hodges

With special thanks to our TV pundits; Tony Cottee, Lee Dixon and Glenn Hoddle, the football players and legends in the room this evening as well as our fantastic judging panel, committee and hosts.

With special thanks to our generous auction donors, thanked on the auction pages and to the following companies and individuals who have contributed to the success of the London Football Awards: Andrew Scarborough, Arqadia, Dickie Davis and the team at Sky, Drew Gibson, Executive Trophies, Lisa Upton, OnThree, Principal Hayley Hotels, Hotel Russell, The Print Space and Vitabiotics.

Willow would like to thank all of our guests, supporters and volunteers for their generous commitment without which we would not be able to continue to provide Special Days to those who need them most.

Venue: Design: Sports photography: Event photography: Goody bags:

Event Production: Print: Silent auction technology: Event partner: Wine:

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IN SUPPORT OF

CAPTAINS

16TH SEPTEMBER 2015, BATTERSEA EVOLUTION, LONDON

DAVID KIRK, CAPTAIN 1987 FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, LEGENDARY CAPTAINS OF THE WINNING WORLD RUGBYCAPTAINSDINNER.CO.UK CUP TEAMS WILL COME TOGETHER FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY; PRESENTING +44 (0) 20 7836 1033 NICK FARR-JONES, CAPTAIN 1991 THEIR INSIGHTS INTO THE UPCOMING WORLD CUP, SHARING NEVER BEFORE HEARD STORIES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THEIR AMAZING CAREERS. FRANCOIS PIENAAR, CAPTAIN 1995 10% OF ALL TICKETS PURCHASED, PLUS ALL FUNDRAISING FOR THE EVENING, WILL BE DONATED TO RESTART, THE RUGBY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION CHARITY & WILLOW FOUNDATION. JOHN EALES, CAPTAIN 1999 PRICES START FROM £2490 + VAT PER TABLE MARTIN JOHNSON, CAPTAIN 2003 DON’T MISS YOUR PLACE AT AN ACTION PACKED EVENING JOHN SMIT, CAPTAIN 2007 OF RUGBY ENTERTAINMENT. Willow - London Football Awards 2015 pgs 01-52_Final 26/02/2015 20:25 Page 52

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