Rafa Benitez donates £96,000 to Hillsborough Family Support Group

[squaddie]

Hey Hey maybe a movie and a reach around until we get to know each other

[CJ]

just looked on the bbcc gossip page and its the last item on there. However its source is that ****rag. that really annoyed me.

[paulg]

I saw this on the ticker on Sky this morning. Made me angry (again) at the way he's been cast aside by the powers that be. I mentioned it to my Mrs, who said "he loved the fans, didn't he?"

Whether we think he was good enough or not (I do), he loved this club and us fans. We won't find many managers who will feel like that. To many it will be something to show off on their CV. He is the epitome of class.

[Exiled_red]

I saw this on the ticker on Sky this morning. Made me angry (again) at the way he's been cast aside by the powers that be. I mentioned it to my Mrs, who said "he loved the fans, didn't he?"

Whether we think he was good enough or not (I do), he loved this club and us fans. We won't find many managers who will feel like that. To many it will be something to show off on their CV. He is the epitome of class.

He was someone worthy or the title of 'Liverpool Manager' and there aren't many managers around you would say that about. I hope his successor will also be one of them.

[the rev leeroy brown]

i've said it before and i'll say it again........i soured towards rafa the manager but rafa the person is and always will be a legend.

total respect for his character.

[mick the click]

It's a shame he never got a proper sending off. And it's a shame he got treated the way he did. He's a great guy and this was a wonderful gesture.



\Q

Yes indeed!

Rafa - you're a gent. You deserved better. YNWA.

[Nicey]

French mate

I know you dozy fish loving cunt

[Nicey]

A great gesture from a great guy.

YNWA Rafa.

What my reach around ? ... why fank you I thought so too

[Mattshark]

I know you dozy fish loving cunt

[shanks69]

I'm laying myself wide open to merciless piss taking but I'm gonna write him a ****ing letter. Send it to Rafa Benitez, Caldy, Wirral....it'll get there.

why not address it to the san siro or find out the address of inters traing groundalso let us know if you get a reply.

[merlboo]

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/LIVERPOOLDM2908_468x377.jpg

sometimes a picture paints a thousand words ...



ps can anyone paste that image ? thanks

[Shaggy]

[Shaggy]

/\ Rhys Jones

[anfieldanfield]

Class gesture Rafa.

YNWA

[Stanbull]

Former LFC manager Rafa Benitez donates “significant” amount to Liverpool’s Lily Centre
Jun 12 2010 by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Echo
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THE co-founder of Liverpool’s Lily Centre today admitted she was “overwhelmed” after receiving a “significant” donation from Rafa Benitez.

The former Liverpool FC boss, who on Thursday gave £96,000 to the Hillsborough Family Support Group, yesterday helped another charity he holds close to his heart.

Though co-founder Peggy O’Brien would not disclose the amount on the cheque Benitez wrote, she revealed it would go a long way to helping the day-to-day running of The Lily Centre – a breast cancer support group – for a considerable time.

Mrs O’Brien said: “It was an absolutely fantastic gesture and we are all over the moon – it was completely overwhelming.

“We have known Rafa and [his wife] Montse for a long time but we did not expect this at all. You just do not expect people to give you money like that.

“Rafa and Montse have been good to us in the past and they did things that people would not know about, such as when he gave us Fernando Torres’ first Liverpool shirt for a raffle, which raised £4,900.

“But this just came completely out of the blue. We know they are moving on because Rafa has changed jobs, but we will keep in contact with them.”

Mrs O’Brien and Winnie Keating set up the Lily Centre, which is based in Silvester Street, Kirkdale, 11 years ago.

They now have 750 female volunteers and two men helping them when they open every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Mrs O’Brien said: “This gesture will just help make things that bit easier for us and helps with the cost of running the centre.

“We do not get any government funding and we do not have any paid workers. Myself and Winnie both had breast cancer and we started this off from nothing.

“Everything is done on a volunteer basis and we cannot thank Rafa and Montse enough for helping us.

“They have supported us ever since they came to Liverpool in 2004 and there is no doubt they will remain our friends.”