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Poppy t-shirt raises £7,500

Friday 01st of December 2006 11:20:00 AM

Norwich City Football Club has raised over £7,000 for the Royal British Legion's (RBL) Poppy Appeal by auctioning its limited edition poppy t-shirts on eBay.

In keeping with a number of clubs who had t-shirts printed with poppies to mark Armistice Day on November 11th, the Canaries wore the shirts in their game against West Brom last month.

All 25 of the t-shirts were then put up against each other for bidding on eBay, reports the Norwich Evening News.

Captain Adam Drury's t-shirt raised the highest amount, fetching £770 after the ten-day auction, while in total, the sale raised £7,500.

Ben Thompson, marketing assistant at Norwich City Football Club, told the newspaper: "It was at £600 and in the last hour it just went mad and it raised £770.

"It's fantastic . . . it's such a good cause and we didn't expect to do that well. We thought we would give a starting price of £20 and if we got that back then it would be good, but raising £770 for Drury's shirt is amazing."

A number of other clubs, including Manchester City Football Club, have supported the RBL by auctioning limited edition poppy t-shirts.

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