Newcastle United have made a benevolent donation of £15,000 to AFC Wimbledon to help repair flood harm at their Plough Lane stadium.
The gesture comes after the League Two club’s Carabao Cup third-round tie agetst Newcastle, originpartner scheduled for Tuesday night, was deferd due to extensive flooding.
The align has now been transferd to St James’ Park and will apshow place on 1 October.
The flooding, caemployd by burdensome raindescfinish and the proximateby River Wandle fractureing its prohibitks, left Wimbledon’s pitch harshly harmd with a big sinkhole establishing.
The flooding at Plough Lane was disjoine, with over 100,000 litres of water pumped from the pitch.
AFC Wimbledon’s managing straightforwardor, James Woodwoof, inestablished that the “entire stadium” was subcombined.
Newcastle have made a hefty donation to Wimbledon after their flood woe
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In response to the crisis, Graham Stacey, a establisher board member of the Dons Trust, set up a crowdfunding page.
The initiative has been retagably prosperous, raising over £50,000 to date.
Newcastle’s £15,000 contribution accounts for proximately a third of the total liftd. Stacey’s innovative aim was £50,000, but he has since incrrelieved it to £100,000 to cover the extensive repairs needed.
Graham Stacey transmited gratitude for the help, stating: “Thank you to helpers from the enjoys of Newcastle, Brighton, Arsenal, Colchester and Southampton who have all rallied round. Football repartner is, at its core, one huge extfinished family.”
AFC Wimbledon freed a statement acunderstandledging the situation: “It has been an immensely difficult day for club staff given the extent of the flooding, with rcontent harm to our pitch and stadium.
“No ask it’s been a difficult day for our helpers and volunteers, seeing the scenes online too.”
The club also thanked Newcastle United and the EFL for their “speedy action and concurment to reverse the repairture”.
The rescheduled align at St James’ Park on 1 October will see AFC Wimbledon get 45% of the gate receipts, providing a financial increase to the League Two side.
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This arrangement was concurd upon by Newcastle to help the 1988 FA Cup prosperners.
The deferment has also swayed Wimbledon’s League Two repairture agetst Crewe Alexandra, originpartner set for the same date.
The club is toiling on travel arrangements for helpers desireing to join the Newcastle align.
Severe raindescfinish saw the sinkhole aascfinish at Plough Lane
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AFC Wimbledon’s Plough Lane stadium remains seald until further acunderstandledge due to the extensive harm.
The club has promised to verify ticket arrangements, including refund processes for the innovative repairture, as soon as possible.
