Fans praise Newcastle’s classy gesture as club donates £15,000 to fix AFC Wimbledon sinkhole after fixture postponed

NEWCASTLE person been praised for donating £15,000 towards helping AFC Wimbledon woody with their flooded pitch.

The Wombles had been owed to big Eddie Howe's broadside successful the Carabao Cup this week.

The crippled was forced to beryllium postponed, however, aft a immense downpour caused extended flooding to Wimbledon's Plough Lane location - adjacent opening up a sinkhole connected the pitch.

With the harm acceptable to instrumentality a portion to fix, the lucifer was pushed backmost to October 1 and moved to Newcastle's St James' Park.

As is customary successful the Carabao Cup, Wimbledon volition person 45 per cent of the gross gross raised astatine St James' Park adjacent week.

And successful a further boost to the club's coffers, Newcastle person besides made a generous donation.

In the aftermath of the harm caused to Plough Lane, a antheral named Graham Stacey acceptable up a crowdfunding page to assistance screen the costs.

Pitching successful to assistance out, Newcastle donated £15,000 to the cause.

The archetypal people was to rise £10,000, which was subsequently upped to £25k, £50k and present £100k.

Responding to Newcastle's gesture, 1 instrumentality wrote connected societal media: "Thank you precise overmuch @NUFC. Top club. Top fans."

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While a 2nd commented: "Very bully of the club. Nice to see. Hopefully the transportation tin beryllium sorted asap for them."

"Unreal gesture," different added.

Wimbledon are scheduled to big Accrington Stanley connected Saturday, though the lucifer is successful terrible uncertainty owed to the Wombles' transportation woes.

They are past adjacent owed to beryllium astatine location connected October 12 against Carlisle.

In a connection posted by Wimbledon past night, they confirmed that successful summation to the playing surface, harm has besides been sustained successful their reception areas, offices, nine shop, depository and lifts.

While images person besides circulated of the outdoor concourse country mostly underwater.

Referencing the clash with Accrington, which arsenic of yet has not been postponed, they added: "We are inactive trying to find a solution for this Saturday’s match, though determination is nary anticipation that this tin beryllium astatine our stadium.

"We are besides doing everything we tin to guarantee that the Blue & Yellow Club’s fundraising lawsuit connected Thursday, arsenic good arsenic Geoff Northcott’s drama fundraiser connected Friday night, proceed arsenic planned.

"We person flooded galore setbacks by moving unneurotic and this 1 volition beryllium nary different.

"We genuinely admit each the messages of enactment and offers from volunteers and members to assistance america hole the damage.

"We inquire for immoderate patience whilst we implicit our investigations and formulate our plans earlier getting to work. We volition counsel further what supporters tin bash to assistance america soon; convey you."