It'll be 20k Balloons..
G&G balloon fund for Wembley
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The idea is to have a sea of green and gold on a world stage. It's the perfect opportunity to take Green and Gold worldwide, at the national stadium, in front of Scudamore et al, in front of TV cameras, all of the sport media. It's one of numerous ideas, and is the one 'large scale' idea to kick things off on the day.
If you disapprove, you disapprove, but if on the Monday after, the papers are full of green and gold from the match, then I'll be expecting you to acknowledge that.
If not, we have absolutely nothing to lose.
If you disapprove, you disapprove, but if on the Monday after, the papers are full of green and gold from the match, then I'll be expecting you to acknowledge that.
If not, we have absolutely nothing to lose.
If you don't like litter, I suspect that a football match may not be the best place for you.
Thanks to everyone that donated. We (Redcafe and Red Issue) reached a total of £410 , which should be enough for 20,000 balloons for the Wembley game. Any money that is remaining will be put towards banners and other ideas so nobody's money will go to waste.
Again, thanks very much, and here's to it being a huge success!
, which should be enough for 20,000 balloons for the Wembley game. Any money that is remaining will be put towards banners and other ideas so nobody's money will go to waste.Again, thanks very much, and here's to it being a huge success!
This is a repost from Greenandgold in the newbies/RI to update you all.
Hey everyone,
Firstly, thank you all so much for everyone who contributed to the balloon fund.
It's still growing and anyone who still wants to throw a few pennies at it is more than welcome. The company we're ordering from has next day delivery so we can get more and more right up to the 28th. Otherwise, anything left over I'll put towards balloons for Milan (h) etc.
The total as of today is.... drum roll....
£450
which = 18,000 balloons!
The lovelly balloon lady accepts paypal so this will go straight from my account to hers without us losing a penny of it!!
Here's the important bit!
I need as much help as possible getting these out to the right people.
Email emma@joinmust.org if you are available to help with distribution and we can organise it from there.
Hey everyone,
Firstly, thank you all so much for everyone who contributed to the balloon fund.
It's still growing and anyone who still wants to throw a few pennies at it is more than welcome. The company we're ordering from has next day delivery so we can get more and more right up to the 28th. Otherwise, anything left over I'll put towards balloons for Milan (h) etc.
The total as of today is.... drum roll....
£450
which = 18,000 balloons!
The lovelly balloon lady accepts paypal so this will go straight from my account to hers without us losing a penny of it!!
Here's the important bit!
I need as much help as possible getting these out to the right people.
Email emma@joinmust.org if you are available to help with distribution and we can organise it from there.
should look fantastic this
Right I said I'd keep people posted so this is what I intend on doing.
The organiser has ordered and received the balloons so it's good to go.
15,000 will be going to Wembley, and a few hundred will be handed out at each game at OT until they run out.
The organiser has ordered and received the balloons so it's good to go.
15,000 will be going to Wembley, and a few hundred will be handed out at each game at OT until they run out.
Superb mate well done.
I don't need any credit, all I did was help out with the fundraising. Let's just hope they can get distributed well enough on Sunday and people stick to the plan!
When are they planned to be released?
Before kick off or during?
And how would you plan something like that?
Before kick off or during?
And how would you plan something like that?
This is going to be awesome...
good job m13, hope i can get a ticket sorted now!
If i find a cheap way of shipping balloons to the uk, i could send someone 200 hundred of them.
Balloons here are quite cheap - around 1,5 quid for 100.
but i need someone's postal address !!
Balloons here are quite cheap - around 1,5 quid for 100.
but i need someone's postal address !!
AFAIK, they're going to be released when the teams come out. But if there's any change to that, it'll be posted here. People will just be told when they get given the balloons, I'd imagine.
M13 have you had an email back from MUST yet regarding the distribution?
It has to be stressed that this will only work if we - the fans - all play our part. That means taking some balloons in with us, handing them out to the people around us, and blowing them up once in the ground.
Also, anyone driving down from Manchester - if you can take a box of balloons from the MUST office down with you, that would be extremely helpful.
Also, anyone driving down from Manchester - if you can take a box of balloons from the MUST office down with you, that would be extremely helpful.
Ralphie, YHPM
Pardon my ignorance, I'm not an expert balloon blower upperer by any means, but if they're inflated with air from a person's lungs, when 'released' they'll just fall to the floor will they not?
They'll be hit around the stand I hpe
If you let them fall to the floor, yes they will.
Ahh so you're hoping for some volley ball style action?If you let them fall to the floor, yes they will.
Bingo!
Just hope this doesn't happen:
Tbh I would like to see some of them get on the pitch. Guaranteed way of getting some air time and a mention from the commentary team.
Nope, apparently that's getting sorted today.
In fact, a situation where 15,000 balloons land on the pitch would be absolutely perfect. Mission accomplished.Just hope this doesn't happen:
I got an email off Emma telling me another guy was sorting it out and would let me know as soon as there was more information, hopefully find out before tomorrow night so I can pick some balloons up pre-match
This is a great idea, I can just picture the thousands of balloons flying around the United end. I'm just hoping all this anti-Glazer stuff improves the atmosphere, as I've been to the other games at the new Wembley and we seem to always get outsung by the opposition fans.
I've only been the one final at the wembley when Chelsea beat us in FA Cup final but we certainly outsung them that day, In fact I didn't hear the Chelsea fans untill Drogba score in about the 110th minute.
Finally got a paypal account opened and have thrown in a fiver. I'm not going to the match so will someone who is draw a likeness of me on each of my balloons using a marker so that I can see which ones are mine? I can pm a recent portrait to help. Failing that, I can pen a couple of hundred words to personalise each balloon if you're no good at drawing.
looking forward to seeing this go down. with any luck it will be very striking and full of awesomeness.
Should be good
Sadly some JCL'S at work today have been given two tickets through a work contact in Manchester. I think they've only ever been to OT once before. I've instructed them that if at anytime someone hands them some balloons, don't look at them like they're from outer space just blow the feckers up and release when you're instructed to.
I think they got it!?
I think they got it!?
So....hows it going?
iv seen about 5 balloons so far..
although saying that, theres a cemetary of balloons on the pitch.
I think the whole balloon campaign turned out a bit flat
I think it did well, the BBC commentator mentioned it a few times. Well done to those involved.
Did its job, got the commentators talking about the campaign.
They did mention them on the television but they didn't really pay them much attention. No-one did really.