| Statue for Cloughie on 08:57 - Feb 2 with 3840 views | ncfc_chalky |
That's strange,I HAD to donate to Gift Aid because there was no zero option available |  |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 09:03 - Feb 2 with 3817 views | Dalenet |
| Statue for Cloughie on 23:40 - Feb 1 by James1980 |
I would like to gift aid my donation if possible after making it |
Gift aid is only available on donations to registered charities. Not for crowd funding. |  | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 09:05 - Feb 2 with 3813 views | Dalenet |
| Statue for Cloughie on 08:57 - Feb 2 by ncfc_chalky |
That's strange,I HAD to donate to Gift Aid because there was no zero option available |
Are you mixing up gift aid and the optional contribution to Just Giving costs. A few years ago they took a share of the donation. Now they simply ask you to cover their costs so that the good cause gets the full amount of donations | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 09:11 - Feb 2 with 3807 views | ncfc_chalky |
| Statue for Cloughie on 09:05 - Feb 2 by Dalenet |
Are you mixing up gift aid and the optional contribution to Just Giving costs. A few years ago they took a share of the donation. Now they simply ask you to cover their costs so that the good cause gets the full amount of donations |
I stand corrected dalenet,thank you 👠| |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 15:20 - Feb 2 with 3544 views | DaleiLama |
Now over £6k and 272 donations. Imps fan, Fulham fan, Sunderland fan, AFC Fylde kitman, Frances, TP and DB all chucked money into the hat along with those already mentioned previously. Pity Sky wanted nothing to do with this (that I've heard of anyway). Seems like the sort of thing Stelling would back? |  |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 15:38 - Feb 2 with 3528 views | kel |
Caught a bit of Radio Bolton earlier and they’re talking about this after 5 apparently. |  | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:41 - Feb 2 with 3522 views | James1980 |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:20 - Feb 2 by DaleiLama |
Now over £6k and 272 donations. Imps fan, Fulham fan, Sunderland fan, AFC Fylde kitman, Frances, TP and DB all chucked money into the hat along with those already mentioned previously. Pity Sky wanted nothing to do with this (that I've heard of anyway). Seems like the sort of thing Stelling would back? |
Some of the shows on talksport might give it a plug. | |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 15:50 - Feb 2 with 3516 views | Boss_Hog |
Sky Sports visited the ground today and will carry a feature on Cloughie, likely tomorrow now as snow delayed their arrival.
Matt Dickinson of The Times has had some wonderful things to say today on Twitter and his article on Cloughie is fantastic. | | | |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 15:55 - Feb 2 with 3507 views | DaleiLama |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:50 - Feb 2 by Boss_Hog |
Sky Sports visited the ground today and will carry a feature on Cloughie, likely tomorrow now as snow delayed their arrival.
Matt Dickinson of The Times has had some wonderful things to say today on Twitter and his article on Cloughie is fantastic. |
Thanks for that. Has the Times article been published yet do you know and is it only going on-line (I don't subscribe) or in the paper (which I get at the weekend)?
Edit: surprise, surprise - the on-line version is behind their paywall. [Post edited 2 Feb 2021 16:00]
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| Statue for Cloughie on 15:56 - Feb 2 with 3504 views | nordenblue |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:50 - Feb 2 by Boss_Hog |
Sky Sports visited the ground today and will carry a feature on Cloughie, likely tomorrow now as snow delayed their arrival.
Matt Dickinson of The Times has had some wonderful things to say today on Twitter and his article on Cloughie is fantastic. |
Was he not a very shit former keeper of ours..  | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:58 - Feb 2 with 3501 views | judd |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:56 - Feb 2 by nordenblue |
Was he not a very shit former keeper of ours.. |
No, that was his dad. |  |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 16:22 - Feb 2 with 3475 views | DaleiLama |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 16:24 - Feb 2 with 3467 views | leedsdale |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:50 - Feb 2 by Boss_Hog |
Sky Sports visited the ground today and will carry a feature on Cloughie, likely tomorrow now as snow delayed their arrival.
Matt Dickinson of The Times has had some wonderful things to say today on Twitter and his article on Cloughie is fantastic. |
He also made a donation to the fund 👠|  | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 17:27 - Feb 2 with 3404 views | nordenblue |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:58 - Feb 2 by judd |
No, that was his dad. |
Was he cheap as chips? | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 09:53 - Feb 3 with 3132 views | Boss_Hog |
BBM as well as Jake Beesley and Ethan Brierley. The fund now approaches an amazing £7k. | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 10:58 - Feb 3 with 3055 views | BigKindo |
| Statue for Cloughie on 15:55 - Feb 2 by DaleiLama |
Thanks for that. Has the Times article been published yet do you know and is it only going on-line (I don't subscribe) or in the paper (which I get at the weekend)?
Edit: surprise, surprise - the on-line version is behind their paywall. [Post edited 2 Feb 2021 16:00]
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There you go Dalei
THE GAME DAILY | MATT DICKINSON
David Clough adored Rochdale — now they will immortalise him in bronze
The lifelong fan raised £400,000 for the club and left them his entire estate last year — to be spent on the supporters, not a new striker
Matt Dickinson
, Chief Sports Writer
Tuesday February 02 2021, 12.00pm, The Times
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According to those who knew David Clough, the idea of a bronze statue immortalising him in his flat cap and thick glasses would have horrified a modest man. He was the last to seek recognition.
Salt of the earth? Clough was the very definition of the phrase as he cycled home from work at the local bakery and, most familiarly, did his rounds selling scratchcards and collecting weekly draw tickets for his beloved Rochdale AFC.
“David collected money for the club virtually every waking hour, supported by his dearly loved wife, Dorothy, who took care of the paperwork, and counted t’brass,” the club noted of their most devoted supporter. “Many fans will remember seeing him on the streets of Littleborough on his bike, completely wet through, dutifully collecting 50p here and there for his beloved club, with a smile and a profanity.”
Clough became well known for cycling around the local area
Clough became well known for cycling around the local area
JUST GIVING
Without the likes of Clough, lower league football clubs would wither. He was a real-life version of Gordon Ottershaw in Ripping Yarns; obsessed by Barnstoneworth United, even after six years without a win; teaching his son (first name Barnstoneworth, middle name United) to recite the great teams off by heart; hurling pot plants through the window in despair at another loss.
Clough was a lifelong Dale fan who witnessed the club’s only three promotions, from their first in 1969, living on the same street as record scorer Reg Jenkins. He took up helping with the Goldbond cash draw and scratchcards, selling hundreds of them weekly and dutifully amassing the coins from his collection rounds.
He could not drive so everything had to be done by bike, which he carried out, unfailingly in all weathers, for almost 30 years. By the time Clough died last June, aged 78, it was estimated that he had single-handedly raised more than £400,000 for Rochdale. Pretty astonishing, but there was more.
Clough and his wife had not been able to have children – “they fostered, which tells you what sort of people they were,” Richard Wild, a close friend, explains – so he left his entire estate to Rochdale. Almost £250,000, it turned out.
Wild, a Championship assistant referee who befriended Clough when he was also working on the club’s fundraising, is one of the executors of his will. He was by Clough’s side when he passed away in a nursing home.
“David said that he didn’t want the money going on a centre forward who would disappear after a couple of years,” Wild says. “He wanted it spent on something to benefit the fans, something he would always be able to look down on and see.”
A new electronic scoreboard at Spotland Stadium, now the Crown Oil Arena, is already in the planning and there are discussions about other ways to upgrade supporters’ facilities that are hard to maintain at a League One club badly hit by the pandemic. Clough’s devotion and generosity will make a lasting difference.
Then came the idea for a statue. Another fan, Mark Cryer, who never met Clough, heard about the bequeathal and thought it was only appropriate to mark Clough’s loyalty.
The notion of a statue was taken from Valencia, who commissioned a lifelike bronze of Vicente Navarro Aparicio and erected it in the fan’s seat at the Mestalla. Aparicio had continued to watch matches despite losing his sight, and there are plenty of parallels with Clough.
The statue of Aparicio sits in his old seat at the Mestalla
The statue of Aparicio sits in his old seat at the Mestalla
GETTY IMAGES
One of his last games supporting his beloved Dale was an emotional afternoon in May 2018 when they were saved from relegation by Joe Thompson, who had twice recovered from cancer and then scored the winning goal. Clough was at the match in a wheelchair, blind after a stroke.
“We were commentating for him, screaming our heads off when Joe Thompson scored that goal to save us,” Wild says. “At the final whistle, knowing we were safe, David burst into tears.” He would enjoy one more game, a home win over Accrington Stanley, before passing away.
An initial target of £2,500 to build a statue was quickly passed – a decent version will cost several times that – and the total is climbing towards £6,000, helped by donations from fans of other clubs who have been touched by Clough’s story.
The statue will sit in Clough’s seat in the main stand, where he enjoyed his passion of supporting the Dale through thick and thin. “Hopefully it will be just as he was, with his flat cap and those thick glasses,” Wild says. “He won’t mind me saying he was a quirky looking chap but he was the most wonderful, down-to-earth man you could meet.
“He would have hated all this attention, not his style at all, but it’s great that fans not just from Rochdale but other clubs think he is worthy of this recognition. The world would be a much better place if there were more David Cloughs. We miss him dearly. He would have been 79 on Thursday.” His voice cracks a little as he says it.
The fundraising page for David Clough’s statue is www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/davidclough |  | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 11:03 - Feb 3 with 3038 views | DaleiLama |
| Statue for Cloughie on 10:58 - Feb 3 by BigKindo |
There you go Dalei
THE GAME DAILY | MATT DICKINSON
David Clough adored Rochdale — now they will immortalise him in bronze
The lifelong fan raised £400,000 for the club and left them his entire estate last year — to be spent on the supporters, not a new striker
Matt Dickinson
, Chief Sports Writer
Tuesday February 02 2021, 12.00pm, The Times
Share
Save
According to those who knew David Clough, the idea of a bronze statue immortalising him in his flat cap and thick glasses would have horrified a modest man. He was the last to seek recognition.
Salt of the earth? Clough was the very definition of the phrase as he cycled home from work at the local bakery and, most familiarly, did his rounds selling scratchcards and collecting weekly draw tickets for his beloved Rochdale AFC.
“David collected money for the club virtually every waking hour, supported by his dearly loved wife, Dorothy, who took care of the paperwork, and counted t’brass,” the club noted of their most devoted supporter. “Many fans will remember seeing him on the streets of Littleborough on his bike, completely wet through, dutifully collecting 50p here and there for his beloved club, with a smile and a profanity.”
Clough became well known for cycling around the local area
Clough became well known for cycling around the local area
JUST GIVING
Without the likes of Clough, lower league football clubs would wither. He was a real-life version of Gordon Ottershaw in Ripping Yarns; obsessed by Barnstoneworth United, even after six years without a win; teaching his son (first name Barnstoneworth, middle name United) to recite the great teams off by heart; hurling pot plants through the window in despair at another loss.
Clough was a lifelong Dale fan who witnessed the club’s only three promotions, from their first in 1969, living on the same street as record scorer Reg Jenkins. He took up helping with the Goldbond cash draw and scratchcards, selling hundreds of them weekly and dutifully amassing the coins from his collection rounds.
He could not drive so everything had to be done by bike, which he carried out, unfailingly in all weathers, for almost 30 years. By the time Clough died last June, aged 78, it was estimated that he had single-handedly raised more than £400,000 for Rochdale. Pretty astonishing, but there was more.
Clough and his wife had not been able to have children – “they fostered, which tells you what sort of people they were,” Richard Wild, a close friend, explains – so he left his entire estate to Rochdale. Almost £250,000, it turned out.
Wild, a Championship assistant referee who befriended Clough when he was also working on the club’s fundraising, is one of the executors of his will. He was by Clough’s side when he passed away in a nursing home.
“David said that he didn’t want the money going on a centre forward who would disappear after a couple of years,” Wild says. “He wanted it spent on something to benefit the fans, something he would always be able to look down on and see.”
A new electronic scoreboard at Spotland Stadium, now the Crown Oil Arena, is already in the planning and there are discussions about other ways to upgrade supporters’ facilities that are hard to maintain at a League One club badly hit by the pandemic. Clough’s devotion and generosity will make a lasting difference.
Then came the idea for a statue. Another fan, Mark Cryer, who never met Clough, heard about the bequeathal and thought it was only appropriate to mark Clough’s loyalty.
The notion of a statue was taken from Valencia, who commissioned a lifelike bronze of Vicente Navarro Aparicio and erected it in the fan’s seat at the Mestalla. Aparicio had continued to watch matches despite losing his sight, and there are plenty of parallels with Clough.
The statue of Aparicio sits in his old seat at the Mestalla
The statue of Aparicio sits in his old seat at the Mestalla
GETTY IMAGES
One of his last games supporting his beloved Dale was an emotional afternoon in May 2018 when they were saved from relegation by Joe Thompson, who had twice recovered from cancer and then scored the winning goal. Clough was at the match in a wheelchair, blind after a stroke.
“We were commentating for him, screaming our heads off when Joe Thompson scored that goal to save us,” Wild says. “At the final whistle, knowing we were safe, David burst into tears.” He would enjoy one more game, a home win over Accrington Stanley, before passing away.
An initial target of £2,500 to build a statue was quickly passed – a decent version will cost several times that – and the total is climbing towards £6,000, helped by donations from fans of other clubs who have been touched by Clough’s story.
The statue will sit in Clough’s seat in the main stand, where he enjoyed his passion of supporting the Dale through thick and thin. “Hopefully it will be just as he was, with his flat cap and those thick glasses,” Wild says. “He won’t mind me saying he was a quirky looking chap but he was the most wonderful, down-to-earth man you could meet.
“He would have hated all this attention, not his style at all, but it’s great that fans not just from Rochdale but other clubs think he is worthy of this recognition. The world would be a much better place if there were more David Cloughs. We miss him dearly. He would have been 79 on Thursday.” His voice cracks a little as he says it.
The fundraising page for David Clough’s statue is www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/davidclough |
Cheers BK. Appreciate it. | |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 11:04 - Feb 3 with 3035 views | 1907 |
I don’t use the likes of Twitter but is there any other high profile celebs on there that would take to this & pass on the message?
I’m thinking along the lines of Gary Lineker etc? | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 11:12 - Feb 3 with 3025 views | judd |
| Statue for Cloughie on 11:04 - Feb 3 by 1907 |
I don’t use the likes of Twitter but is there any other high profile celebs on there that would take to this & pass on the message?
I’m thinking along the lines of Gary Lineker etc? |
I think he may have already been tagged, and MOTD has been emailed, but possibly someone like Joe Thompson?
That's a lovely write up from the Times. | |
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| Statue for Cloughie on 11:19 - Feb 3 with 3018 views | BigKindo |
| Statue for Cloughie on 11:12 - Feb 3 by judd |
I think he may have already been tagged, and MOTD has been emailed, but possibly someone like Joe Thompson?
That's a lovely write up from the Times. |
And the comments which emanated from the Times Article.
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.Sounds like a legend. Meanwhile, just imagine how far you'd have to cycle to collect money from a cross-section of glory seeker Man U armchair "fans".
David Clough - a powerful antidote to the prawn sandwich brigade.
Thank you. We need stories like this in these horrible times. This is what football is all about, not the mega millions that the pampered stars make.
A marvelous tribute to a wonderful man.
Cloughie was a legend. An incredible, down-to-earth man and without him and his tireless efforts, we Dale supporters may not even have a club to support today but for the monies, he collected. We owe him more than he knows. Let's hope the statue appeal succeeds and we have that permanent tribute.
Wonderful. What a pair the Cloughs were.
Heartwarming, and hopefully the spirit of football will not be banished to a ‘bygone age’ by the noses in trough mentality of modern football.
An uplifting story. lovely to hear about this genuine man.
Lovely piece.
I was aware of the story but it's always nice to get a reminder. [Post edited 3 Feb 2021 11:20]
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| Statue for Cloughie on 16:47 - Feb 3 with 2768 views | Dalenet |
Its great to see the total climb. Would love us to reach a sum that allowed the final statue to be a quality long lasting memorial. Just over 300 people have donated so far which is great. But there are plenty that may not be aware - for example less than 50% of the Trust membership or about 10% of the wider dale family seem to have joined in. Is there a way to boost that a bit - like a Dale Trust email to members for example. Not everybody reads this board, and I recognise that not everybody will want to donate, but more will if they know. | | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 17:35 - Feb 4 with 2412 views | DaleiLama |
Happy birthday Cloughie. Nearly 75% of total achieved.
New scoreboard he funded looks great.
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| Statue for Cloughie on 12:20 - Feb 5 with 2128 views | krafty80 |
Query for those tracking the donations: have our American minority shareholders offered anything yet? |  | | |
| Statue for Cloughie on 12:26 - Feb 5 with 2122 views | SuddenLad |
There are so many anonymous donations, it's impossible to tell. As it stands, over £7,700 is a fantastic effort. |  |
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