CSA donates £5,000 to the John Hartson Foundation.

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CSA donates £5,000 to the John Hartson Foundation.

Postby Joe O'Rourke » Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:48 pm



Association President John Andrews and I met up with John Hartson at a city centre hotel on Friday morning; John was in Glasgow to play in a golf tournament; the proceeds of which were going to The Mc Millan Cancer Nurses.

As you know Big John has good reason to be thankful to a lot of people for all the care they gave him during his successful fight against that terrible disease; he is very passionate about helping those who suffer from Cancer; and about those who care for the people who suffer from Cancer.

John has been a great supporter of Maggie’s Centre at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, and recently donated £25,000 to Yorkhill Children’s Charity in Glasgow, Swansea and Glasgow are the two cities which are closest to John’s heart.

John was our Guest of Honour at the Celtic Rally on May 17[SIZE=2:51b98422]th[/SIZE:51b98422] in the Kerrydale Suite at Celtic Park. As a result of our Rally we presented John with a cheque for £5,000 for the John Hartson Foundation.

Over the last three years, the money raised at the Celtic Rally has been donated to three charities; The John Hartson Foundation, The Tommy Burns Skin Cancer Trust, and The Thai Tim’s; the money donated was in excess of £25,000. I would like to thank everyone who made that possible by both turning up; and by making a donation.

John will continue to raise awareness and funds for his Foundation, he would be very grateful for any help or donation. You can keep up to date with all John’s work at his website, [URL="http://www.johnhartsonfoundation.co.uk"]www.johnhartsonfoundation.co.uk[/URL:51b98422] he’s also on Facebook at [URL="http://www.facebook.com/johnhartsonfoundation"][COLOR=#0000ff:51b98422]www.facebook.com/johnhartsonfoundation[/COLOR:51b98422][/URL:51b98422] or on Twitter at [URL="http://www.twitter.com/HartsFND"][COLOR=#0000ff:51b98422]www.twitter.com/HartsFND[/COLOR:51b98422][/URL:51b98422]

John’s Foundation is ran by Lorna King, Lorna can be contacted through the Foundation website or at [EMAIL="info@johnhartsonfoundation.co.uk"][COLOR=#0000ff:51b98422]info@johnhartsonfoundation.co.uk[/COLOR:51b98422][/EMAIL:51b98422]
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The Celtic Supporters Association

The Celtic Supporters Association was the idea of Willie Fanning whose dream became a reality back in September 1944.

These were dark days on and off the pitch with the Second World War still raging and in comparison to those horrors rather more trivialy Celtic were not providing much joy to its supporters and defeat was a regular experience. Indeed the idea of a supporters association came to 27-year-old Willie while watching the Bhoys get thrashed 6-2 at Hamilton.

Willie decided to write to the Daily Record calling on fellow Celtic fans interested in establishing a supporters club to get in touch. A total of 14 people replied. Consequently a meeting was arranged at St Mark's and St Paul's Hall, Chester Street in Shettleston. The meeting proved to be a success - a provisional committee was installed and Willie was elected as President.

By the time of the second meeting at the A.O.H. Hall in Alexandria Parade in Townhead the word had spread. The hall was packed and car loads of supporters from across Glasgow and beyond eager to attend created a traffic jam along the parade.

A constitution was drawn up which allowed the new organosation to become an amalgamation of supporters clubs. Within 12 months membership had rocketed to 700 and the association had won the official endorsement of Celtic FC who handed over the responsibility of distributing match tickets to affiliated branches of the CSA.

The CSA remains a strong and influential body. Apart from following Celtic in massive numbers it has a social club in Glasgow and its annual Supporters Rally is a highlight in the Celtic calendar.

True to the traditions of Celtic FC the CSA also has a proud and continued ethos of raising funds for charity.


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