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| Ron Parrott With 'Newcastle' Referee Dennis Turner |
Hereford FC are to help raise funds to enable club historian Ron Parrott to have a 'state of the art' prosthetic limb.
Ron had to have his left leg amputated below the knee following an infection in his middle toe that rapidly spread. He spent over a month in hospital before returning home and is set to have a prosthetic limb fitted in eight weeks time.
"The basic scenario is that when I get my new NHS leg at the end of
March,
as good as it is, it wouldn’t allow me to resume my hillwalking,
scrambling and mountain climbing that I’m so passionate about. To do
that, I have to buy one that will cost me about £15,000, which is a sum
out of my range at present," Ron told BN.
Club chairman Andrew Graham has invited Ron along with other family as guests to this afternoon's match.
"The name of Ron Parrott will be familiar to most of you for the sterling work he has done for our club over the years," wrote the Chairman in today's match programme.
Ron is probably best known as the club historian. But over the years he has sold match programmes, managed the club shop, and raised money when the club has hit hard times.
"I've run, walked, swum and cycled more times than I care to remember in order to raise money for the club," said Ron as noted in the match programme.
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| Ron Parrott (centre of picture) Helping Raise Funds For The Club In 2012 |
The Chairman is keen to help Ron.
"Ron has supported and served this club and Hereford United, it's our turn to serve him,"
The club will set-up a funding site with a link for direct payment to help Ron raise the money required.
"Other things they are going to arrange is a formal launch
at the Chester game on Good Friday, bucket collections, scoreboard
announcements, a sporting evening in the Hereford Suite and even a
charity football match in July." said Ron.
"I still can’t believe that they would do this for me and I’ve found it a
very humbling experience indeed! I think it’s wonderful that Andrew
Graham shares the same vision as me, in that we want the Club to return
to being a family club, as it was back
in the seventies."