Tooting Bec have been praised for a top class gesture after forgetting their kit leading to the postponement of their game against Newhaven.
Newhaven posted that their match against Tooting Bec had been called off after their opponents failed to bring their own kit for the FA Vase fixture.
The tweet went viral, getting over 2,600 likes, Tooting Bec then decided to issue a statement, apologising, while thanking Newhaven for understanding the situation and also made a classy gesture. Scroll on to view the statement in full…
Match postponed here. Tooting Bec have forgotten their kit.
— Newhaven FC (@NewhavenFC) August 25, 2024
🚨 GAME UPDATE
Todays game has been postponed.
We apologise to anyone who made the journey to Chipstead today.#UpTheBec #TBFC pic.twitter.com/NW9ECwQafo
— Tooting Bec FC (@TootingBecFC) August 25, 2024
TOOTING BEC STATEMENT:
Firstly, we would like to thank Newhaven FC’s committee, management and fans for their support and understanding under unusual circumstances.
As reported, due to a miscommunication, we arrived at the ground today without our playing kit. It was a monumental error, and we are embarrassed that it ultimately led to the the match referee deciding to not allow a later kick off to get the game played.
Just as a short explanation, we groundshare a distance from Tooting, which is where the kit was situated. Ultimately, there wasn’t time for a round trip to collect it, even though we tried a number of options. Unfortunately, the kit still hadn’t arrived within the allowed delayed kick off time of 15.30 so the game was ultimately called off.
We’d like to apologise again to all those who attended today and gave up their time on a Bank Holiday weekend. I personally refunded all spectators as far as I’m aware, but if anyone did not get their refund they can contact us at info@tootingbecfc.com
We also feel that Newhaven FC, who acted with class throughout, should advance to the next round. Therefore, we have suggested this to the FA and Newhaven FC this evening. We will also take care of all costs of the fixture. We wish Newhaven all the best for the remainder of the competition.
We are an amateur club, we rely on volunteers, and as such would ask people to think before attacking individuals and those that run our social media accounts that give up their time to run the team and club. Everyone at the club has my full support and as embarrassed as we feel today, we will always pride ourselves on our hospitality, sportsmanship and organisation. We will put measures in place, as a club, to make sure a mistake on this scale cannot happen again.
Finally, social media can quickly spread a story, so thank you for all your ‘feedback’. If you’re reading this, we would like to use this opportunity to share a worthy cause that has been highlighted by the non-league community lately…
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Steffan
Chairman
Tooting Bec FC
Twitter users gave their reaction with Tooting Bec praised for their top class gesture after forgetting their kit leading to the postponement of their game against Newhaven…
@horshamymcafc:
Extremely classy statement chaps.
Hopefully it won’t impact you as a club too drastically.
@BenChillingham: Keep on going Bec. We all make mistakes, statement tells you what a great club this.
@staplehurstmon: Well said, Steffan. Non league football is so reliant on volunteers, without them we just couldn’t function. Everyone makes mistakes, some big, some small. Looking forward to seeing you all Saturday!
@MottysMic: Classy response as would be expected from Steffan. A proper chairman.
@adamwest71: Top statement – from zero to hero in 24 hours
@girls_royals: Great statement. Well played
@ryan_woolnough: Some of the entitled hoppers replying should spend a year volunteering at a club and then they would realise that it’s quite difficult and maybe theyd give people less of a hard time when genuine mistaked happen. Tooting hardly did it on purpose. These things happen unfortunately
@SteyningTown: Class statement after a tough day. Move on 👏
@MSSher1: Classy from you, Steffan. 👌🏾
@JakePetrolhead: Got to be one of the classiest statements I have ever seen from any club. We laugh at it, but it proves why Non-League is so brilliant. It’s run by passionate people who love the game, and situations like this are humanising in a sport so corporate at the top. Great response.
@FootyFan90UK: Brilliant statement.
@vanson88469: Quality response 👍⚽️
@mdh2007: class response. 👏👏
@eoinfraser: Class as always Stef 👏🏼
@jakejenner07: Brilliant statement, didn’t try to make excuses. Classy club. These things happen sometimes, everyone makes mistakes.
@GreenKnight2010: The word ‘class’ has already been used to describe this statement. It is exactly that.
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