Dundalk FC chairman Ciaran Bond has issued an open letter to supporters urging them to support the club’s friendly match against Celtic Legends next Saturday June 22nd.
The glamour friendly, which will see a Celtic side containing the likes of Tom Boyd, Alan Stubbs, Pierre van Hooijdonk and Regi Blinker, taking on the Lilywhites’ 2002 FAI Cup-winning team is Dundalk’s major fundraiser for the year.
In a letter to supporters, handed out before the club’s match against St Patrick’s Athletic tonight, Bond said that the next two months would represent a major challenge for the club but said they could get through it if next week’s glamour tie against the Parkhead legends was a success.
He said: “The next two months present a stiff financial challenge to the new board as we face a period of just two home games. The upcoming Celtic legends match is designed to meet this challenge and the support to date has been fantastic. The game is marked as the clubs biggest fundraiser of the season and as such we are calling on all our supporters to rally around the event. Match tickets are widely available tonight and are keenly priced at €10 for adults ground and stand and €5 for juveniles.
The Celtic squad is littered with former internationals and there is also the little matter of acknowledging the Dundalk heroes of that memorable 2002 cup final .We completely understand the economic hardships that exist today locally and while we know a lot of fans may not be able to attend the match we are encouraging those to buy a ticket as a father’s day gift or a €5 ticket as a supporting gesture.”
The full transcript of the letter can be read here.
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