Homepage > Articles
Collection
By John
Snow, 13 April 2002
At
a recent home game, teahut supervisor and Barnet fan,
Craig Lumley had scalding coffee thrown in his face. The
incident occured after Craig tried to calm down a
customer who had become angry at the teahut in the away
end of the ground.
Craig was
given on the spot treatment by the St John's Ambulance
before being taken to Barnet General Hospital. Within
half an hour the hospital referred him to Mount Vernon
Hospital's specialist burns unit.
Craig was
at home the following day and it is hoped that there will
be no permanent scars.
A 67 year
old man was arrested and we understand that he will be
charged with a serious criminal offence. Craig returned
to work today and was serving behind the bar in the
Durham Suite.
Outburst
 Following the outburst of
indignation on the club's messageboard, Jamie Gray
(pictured - he goes by the nickname of
'Irememberilkeston' on the messageboard) took the
initiative to organise a collection for Craig at the
Forest Green game today.
Jamie
approached the BFCSA for extra people to hold the buckets
so David Davis and myself offered our services.
Fortunately,
Jamie had a better result than the team today and raised
in the region of £268! He has yet to present the money
to Craig - he is hoping to do this on Monday.
During a
brief converstation with an employee of the club, I was
asked to mention that the St John's Ambulance staff did
an excellent job providing first aid.
On that
note, I shall mention that the St John's Ambulance are
holding a concert on 27 April in the Mays Lane Community
Centre to raise money to help buy a new ambulance, For
more information, please phone (020) 8886 9179.
I would
also like to add my thanks to the Forest Green fans who
gave so generously when I approached them at  half time. They were shocked to
hear what had happened and one of them made a point of
walking round and telling the others that they should
give something.
It was
definitely nice to know they were there, and I'm glad
they had not taken the advice offered to them earlier by
the East Terrace choir after expressing the same opinion.
Well
Done!
The BFCSA
is pleased to hear that Craig is on the mend, and would
like to offer our congratulations to Jamie for organising
this collection for a fellow fan. And of course all the
Barnet (and Forest Green) fans who dug deep.
|