The Trust were pleased to welcome Jean Coxhead and Brian Bond to the Spireites fixture with Morecambe on Saturday who presented a cheque for £1200.00 to Chesterfield FC Community Trust.
The generous amount was raised from donations made by family and friends at the funeral of Derbyshire Football stalwart, Tom Brocklehurst, who sadly passed away last year at the age of 101.
Tom was appointed President of Derbyshire County FA in 2000 after becoming a Life Member of in 1996.
Tom’s involvement in football has stretched for many years through his involvement with Holymoorside FC, the Chesterfield & District Amateur League, Chesterfield Area Divisional Committee and DCFA Council.
Between 1988 and 1996 Tom also served on Council for Sheffield & Hallamshire CFA and in 2005 was rewarded for his volunteering by being presented with the Torch Award by The Prince Royal, Princess Anne.
The generous donation, that will be used to support the Trust’s Saturday Soccer School and Mini Spireites sessions which is an inclusive session for all youngsters to take part in football.
Jean Coxhead, daughter of Tom Brocklehurst said: “My father was a big supporter of local football and would be delighted to hear that funds raised by his family and friends will be used to support youngsters making their first steps in the game. Hearing about the work that the Trust do is heart warming and I am really pleased to be able to present the cheque to them.”
A special thanks to Dawn Herron and everyone at DCFA for their contributions as well.
Trust Chief Executive, John Croot said “I was fortunate to meet Tom on a number of occasions throughout his life and he was a fantastic person to be around and would always ask me how things were going at Chesterfield. I’d like to send thanks to Tom for all of his hard work that he did in football throughout his life and also thank his daughter Jean for donating such a generous amount to the Trust.”
From everyone at the Trust, we would like to thank all of Tom’s family and friends for their donations and send a special thanks to his daughter Jean who presented the cheque.
