Hartlepool United: cashing in on Remembrance Day

[Herr Lipp]

Same opinion I have every year when the uneducated go on about this. The club donate money to the British legion every year and then auction off the players shirts on eBay with money going to the British legion. The club also provide reduced tickets for armed services and ex seemed services which is something not all clubs do. The British legion have never once aired concerns over this and it continues to be a popular initiative. Well done again to Pools. It was agreed to change theme this year to commemorate the battle of Britain. Pools have used the poppy in recent years and again that has caused no issues with the British legion.

The same British Legion stockpiling cash - Armed forces charities sit on reserves of £275 million

Of course they are happy to take the cash. How many people are in the forces these days and how many major conflicts have we been in within the past 30 years? There is an obscene amount of cash going into these organisations with I suspect high "admin" costs.

 

[peil]

Luftwaffe fan here, but that looks class.

That was a good reply by someone else on twitter a few hours ago

 

[Ferryhill Exile]

That was a good reply by someone else on twitter a few hours ago

Great minds.

 

[Mr.Thunders]

Shots fired @The Albanian clearly is uneducated

 

[tynevalleyblackcat]

You laugh but it’s becoming very unfashionable to be patriotic in this country.

Thats probably because being 'patriotic' has largely been hijacked by the type of far right nut jobs we fought against in WWII.

 

[The Albanian]

Shots fired @The Albanian clearly is uneducated

There’ll be hell to pay when I found out who he’s copy and pasted that from

 

[naughtynose]

OP is a right sensitive berk.

 

[TheRey]

Hartlepool is gammon central. The club are just cashing in on that. They'll shift hundreds.

Pretty sure they've had multiple issues with racism in the crowd at Hartlepool over the last few years, so this'll be right up their street.

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

Thats probably because being 'patriotic' has largely been hijacked by the type of far right nut jobs we fought against in WWII.

This.
If patriotism is being a rabid racist prick, then aye I'm glad that's apparently unfashionable now

 

[Adamoah]

Made to order, hardly cashing in I’d say

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

No mention of any proceeds going to charity on either that link or on the website

Seems like a very brutal cash grab

In contrast, the SAFC Store poppy/crest pin badges say that some of the money from them does go to the RBL.

 

[Arfa Sleep]

The same British Legion stockpiling cash - Armed forces charities sit on reserves of £275 million

Of course they are happy to take the cash. How many people are in the forces these days and how many major conflicts have we been in within the past 30 years? There is an obscene amount of cash going into these organisations with I suspect high "admin" costs.

Charity happy to take cash, whatever next. I'm not sure what point you're making with the major conflicts question?

 

[Herr Lipp]

Charity happy to take cash, whatever next. I'm not sure what point you're making with the major conflicts question?

The top ten of 1500 forces charities have £1.4 billion in assets. How many veterans are they supporting for £1.4 billion?

Fair enough if we’d had another WW1 or WW2 in recent history, but we haven’t.

 

[Arfa Sleep]

The top ten of 1500 forces charities have £1.4 billion in assets. How many veterans are they supporting for £1.4 billion?

Fair enough if we’d had another WW1 or WW2 in recent history, but we haven’t.

We've had enough conflict for thousands of veterans and current serving personnel to require support. The problem is the money not being used correctly in my opinion, though this is a completely different topic to the OP.

 

[Kent Boy 2]

why is wales coloured the same colour as west germany on that map?

Axis of evil. Germany, Italy, Japan and Wales

 

[Select coaches]

This.
If patriotism is being a rabid racist prick, then aye I'm glad that's apparently unfashionable now

Yes I do find that every November people suddenly go berserk, I was wondering what the cause was.

 

[Kent Boy 2]

The top ten of 1500 forces charities have £1.4 billion in assets. How many veterans are they supporting for £1.4 billion?

Fair enough if we’d had another WW1 or WW2 in recent history, but we haven’t.

You’re aware we’ve had armed services in place since the end of WW2 right? In fact over 7,000 British servicemen have been killed in active service since the end of WW2.

Also estimates are more than 6,000 veterans from the British services are living rough at the moment.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

OP is a right sensitive berk.

As are a few more on this thread (not you)

 

[Kent Boy 2]

The top ten of 1500 forces charities have £1.4 billion in assets. How many veterans are they supporting for £1.4 billion?

Fair enough if we’d had another WW1 or WW2 in recent history, but we haven’t.

There are more than 3.8m veterans in the uk at the moment. Is this the answer you wanted?

 

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