This Post is on behalf of the British Football Club (BFC).
At the beginning of January one of our players, Garry Robertson, who many of you will know, was at home when he suddenly collapsed and was taken to hospital and operated on a haemorraghing brain tumour. He is 33, recently married and had no previous signs of trouble. He spent 2 months in a coma but is now conscious and showing signs of improvement and was recently moved out of intensive care in Tokyo and is now at a rehabilitation centre in Yamanashi.
He can now recognise people and make small hand movements etc. but there is an amazingly long way to go and as a club we need to help him. Needless to say the medical costs will mount up – his parents have been out since he collapsed and Brian, his father, has effectively taken early retirement to be with his son. Realistically we could be looking at a year or more of rehabilitation. continue reading…




