glenelgfox Posted 14 January 2016 Share Posted 14 January 2016 All the best Glenelgfox. Funnily enough, I was staying for a few weeks in Glenelg East for a friend's wedding back in November. Would have been nice to see a fellow fox! Well my profile name is linked into the map tracker on here so any foxes talk members visitng Adelaide most welcome to send me a PM and try and arrange a catch up. Glenelg is the premier beachside sunurb of Adelaide and has a great selection of hotels, bars and restaurants right on the Beachfront and Marina and nearby surrounds. Especially great in the hot Oz summer which we are currently experiencing. There are 3 of us lurking around here in Glenelg as the SALCFCSC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erlee Posted 15 January 2016 Share Posted 15 January 2016 Thanks all for your wishes and support. Got out of hospital yesterday (Tues) afternoon and slowly recoverin at home and recomenced chemo. My first name btw is Tony - Glenelgfox user name comes from Glenelg the main beachside suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. I tie / share all my original family roots to the village of Skeffington in Leicestershire which still exists to this day and is my actual family surname. It features prominately in our Family Tree / Coat of arms. I was destined by blood to follow the LCFC. Hi GFox, I used to live in Adelaide too.... Pasadena.. 15 minutes away all the best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelgfox Posted 15 January 2016 Share Posted 15 January 2016 Put this pic up in the Flags topic also but getting this made up (5 x 3) to tie in my Aussie roots to my Leicestershire origins. The AUS flag will be same dimensions as the City logos hopefully on the finished product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babylon Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 http://m.leicestermercury.co.uk/Lifelong-Leicester-City-fan-Australia-dying-wish/story-28535470-detail/story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattolcfc Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 This is great news, here's hoping the club do something special for you Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestoh Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Made it into the Mercury mate, big time now! Which game do you have in mind for potentially coming over? Anything we can do to make it a little easier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promised land Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Made it into the Mercury mate, big time now! Which game do you have in mind for potentially coming over? Anything we can do to make it a little easier? The power of forums, either someone has contacted the Merc or they scan these pages for stories. Either way it's great for Tony and fingers crossed he will get his wish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Costock_Fox Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Just seen you on the front cover of the Mercury, hope you get your wish to see us play mate. All the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulsister Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Hope you make it over Tony to see the mighty foxes, I love the guys and gals on this forum, cos for all the banter and bs we are ultimately one... Best wishes Ali x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanesta Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 I really hope you get over Tony, what a story that would be! Watch the match and a foxestalk city pub crawl Good luck mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelgfox Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Thanks all especially Tom from FT - I am totally blown away first off by the on line story plus secondly making the front page of the printed copy paper with my photo is unreal. It is very humbling and a tad embarrassing to be honest as I never posted my original post in the other topic before this thread to seek charity or sympathy. I have been so touched with so many messages since the topic went up and now it has hit the Mercury I have been getting heaps of messages from people on here and on Facebook via the worldwide Foxes family. I have a few hard print copies being sent so thanks to all who have asked. It is 1am here in South Australia and the Villa KO is at 4am so off to bed, record game an watch with complete media ban / blackout a bit later in morning. Again - thank you all so much and C'mon City!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finnaldo Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Looking forward to see you at City Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haraven Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Keep fighting like a true fox, glenelgfox! All the best, Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vardinio'sCat Posted 16 January 2016 Author Share Posted 16 January 2016 Crikey, some one has really picked up the ball and ran with it! First time I've bought a Mercury in years! Absolutely delighted doesn't cover the half of it. It's a credit to the power and communal spirit of FT. It's just like one big family... constantly bickering but still deeply connected. Tony, I hope all this fuss has made has made this more likely, or at least more wonderful when it does happen, and that you don't have to spend too much time fending off interest. I would hope that people would be respectful. Even a negative result today wouldn't spoil my mood, and that is pretty amazing, considering how important it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelgfox Posted 16 January 2016 Share Posted 16 January 2016 Crikey, some one has really picked up the ball and ran with it! First time I've bought a Mercury in years! Absolutely delighted doesn't cover the half of it. It's a credit to the power and communal spirit of FT. It's just like one big family... constantly bickering but still deeply connected. Tony, I hope all this fuss has made has made this more likely, or at least more wonderful when it does happen, and that you don't have to spend too much time fending off interest. I would hope that people would be respectful. Even a negative result today wouldn't spoil my mood, and that is pretty amazing, considering how important it is. Got to thank you mate for starting the topic! I am so grateful to all on here and at least after blowing 2 points we are still top! Away shirt today for me but wearing it as usual with pride! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vardinio'sCat Posted 17 January 2016 Author Share Posted 17 January 2016 Got to thank you mate for starting the topic! I am so grateful to all on here and at least after blowing 2 points we are still top! Away shirt today for me but wearing it as usual with pride! I knew everyone would wish to express their support, if they had the opportunity, and also perhaps to hold their loved ones a little tighter. I thought that your matter of fact honesty and lack of self-pity said an awful lot. It is a credit to the creators/moderators of FT, and the community of posters here, that one small effort was picked up and built upon, and it's been a privilege to be able to make a contribution. Slightly disappointed after the result today but positive. We are still in dreamland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 Bloody hell. Just seen this on Facebook. If I were LCFC I'd be pulling up trees to get him across here for a game and VIP treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 Bloody hell. Just seen this on Facebook. If I were LCFC I'd be pulling up trees to get him across here for a game and VIP treatment.Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 All the best Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelgfox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 Again thanks all to everyone on here plus all the messages I have received via my Facebook Account truly touched by the thoughts, wishes and offers from the worldwide foxes family. Also a big thanks to Tom Watson for all he has done and also Alan Thompson at the Mercury who called me this evening. I shall endevour to keep people updated re progress of me hopefully getting to Leicester as soon as my health allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 All the best Tony, really hope you can make a game soon! I imagine when the club hears your story they'd be sure to give you the VIP treatment Coincidentally my missus' family live just up the road in Hallett Cove, loved my visit to Glenelg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenelgfox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 The club has been contacted by a number of people and the Mercury however I have not had heard anything from them personally but they must get all sorts of requests etc. and from people in worse situations than me e.g. kids with cancer etc. Plus a very busy time for the LCFC at the pointy end! ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 19 January 2016 Share Posted 19 January 2016 I've added my poxy weight with an email to Jim. Really hope they can sort it for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 Terminally ill Leicester City fan boosted by support for his dying wish to see team play By AlanThompson | Posted: January 21, 2016 Tony Skeffington VIEW GALLERY Comments (0)A terminally-ill Leicester City fan whose dying wish is to see his team play live says the reaction to his story in the Mercury has boosted his will to live. Tony Skeffington, 51, who was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia, was given four weeks to live last March after being diagnosed with cancer. Chemotherapy and surgery have helped him battle the disease and he hopes to get his doctors' okay to travel in March or April. Since Tony's story appeared in the Mercury on Saturday people have taken to Facebook and other social media platforms, including fans' forums, to offer help and support. Tony, who has appendiceal cancer, a rare form of the disease said: "I am overwhelmed by it all, it has really picked me up. I even had a guy from Canada get in contact to say 'keep hanging on in there' and 'keep your spirits up'. "Things like that really lift your spirits and have boosted my will to live." The messages included one from Steve Robertshaw, operations manager at haulage firm Cobley Transport, of Broughton Astley, of spaces for Tony and his wife, Donna, 51, in the company's corporate box at the ground. Steve, 44, said: "As a City fan of 30 years, home and away, Tony's story struck a chord and we would love to offer him places in our box. "I will also try and organise a tour of the ground and for him to meet some of the players." In response, Tony said: "I've had lots of messages offering me tickets and tours of the ground and I would probably take up Steve's offer if I get over. He added: "I am struggling with breath at the moment if I walk any extended distance. "I chatted to my oncologist and he said let's see how I am post March this year and he said 'go for it' so you never know." He added: "I had almost given us up for relegation last season when in the middle of the night in hospital and watching live, us and Hull ground out one of the worst drawn nil all games I have ever seen. "That was at the time my cancer specialist gave me four weeks to live. Somehow I have fought the odds as did City and this season has just been magic." He added: "Now I have retired, all my pensions and superannuation plans have kicked in so we are debt free, mortgage free and have money in the bank to make the trip." The former police officer's allegiance to the club developed from a historic family connection to the Leicestershire village which shares his surname and some Leicester City players' cards given to him by the sons of an expatriate Middlesborough supporter as a youngster. Tony, whose next round of chemotherapy is due to start on January 28, added: " The heartwarming and positive messages I have received from the Foxes family and beyond has given me something to fight for and City are going so well I'd hate to go to my grave without seeing them."" SOME FACEBOOK REACTIONS TO TONY'S STORY Leeann Thompson:" Aww surely the club could do something for this man." William Shore: "The guy doesnt want handouts or anything, so how about this, his family pay for a trip out to see a match, and the owners could be like , we've upgraded your seat to a box (that way it will just seem like an upgrade and not complete charity )" Em See: " Knowing how this club treats its fans & how most of its fans treat each other I can see this coming off." Kurt Barley: "32 odd thousand people at the KP home games, I'm sure someone would give him the season ticket for the day." Stacey Smith: "He could use my fellas n sons ticket id happily take it off them for this guy to use." Read more: http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Terminally-ill-City-fan-boosted-support-bid/story-28561580-detail/story.html#ixzz3xsTw3bnO Follow us: @@leicester_Merc on Twitter | leicestermercury on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 21 January 2016 Share Posted 21 January 2016 I'd also like to express both my respect and support for the OP and hope that you manage to continue witnessing our ascent up the table and our breakthrough season in Europe! Words and sentences on a messageboard will probably never do the situation justice and I can only assume your diagnosis is both a physical and mental strain of the highest order. I thus salute you for your strength and compassion - and it's great to hear football keeps putting a smile on your face. This. All the best , Tony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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