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Alpari Competition Winners: Donna, You Shall Go To The Everton Ball

Earlier this week I launched a little competition for two tickets, courtesy of those nice people at Alpari, for Everton on Saturday. They are Club 100 tickets in the Alpari suite with complimentary food and drink.

I asked: Which West Ham striker from the 1990s was known as the ‘Gypsy from Billericay’?

And in asked you to complete the following sentence: "I think I should win these tickets because……

Well, I can’t believe how many of you entered. In hindsight I wish I hadn’t asked you to complete that sentence because it proved impossible to judge a winner because there were so many which had brilliant reasons. So in the end I narrowed it down to 50 and put them in a hat and drew the winner. The answer to the question was of course, Steve Jones, although quite a few of you thought it was either Stewart Robson or Freddie Eastwood. Anyway, let’s get to the winner. Cue the drumroll…

The winner is Donna Heuerman. This was her entry…

I think I should win these tickets because i have been going to west ham every home for the past 3 years with my daughter. We never go into the ground as its too expensive but my daughter sells wristbands and badges in The Supporters Club to help her brother Jonjo with his fundraising for The Bobby Moore Fund. She knows its too expensive for the whole family to attend the games and never complains. It would be a nice treat for her and a thank you for the unselfish support she gives her brother. She has also just obtained 12 GCSEs grade A to B.

I’m going to ask Donna if she will write up her experience in a guest post. I feel awful that I couldn’t give the prize to all 50 as there were some absolutely brilliant entries – some very emotional some very funny. But in the end there

Thanks so much to Alpari for donating this prize. I hope we can repeat it again soon.

Here were some of the other entries which made the top 50 and went into the hat…

I think i should win these tickets because i still remember Steve Jones walking passed my house with a tesco carrier bag containing his boots and being picked up for Training by Julian Dicks in a Ford Escort…

I think I should win these tickets because I would take my dad, who attended almost every game home and away in the 1970s and introduced me to all things claret and blue in the early ‘90s. He has driven all over the country to take us to West Ham games and this would be a special treat, particularly given there will be even fewer opportunities now to do this at Upton Park.In addition, I have been a season ticket holder for ten years, since I left uni and could afford my own one, and have attended the vast majority of away games in the last couple of seasons. Watching Saturday’s game in style would be a nice contrast to getting absolutely drenched at Newcastle and Southampton in the last couple of weeks!

I think I should win these tickets because apart from the fact that I have never won anything in any competition I have ever entered, I saw Steve Jones play most of his 16 games for the Hammers and to be honest it would be nice to be rewarded for the pain and anguish I suffered!!

I think i should win these tickets because i have only brought my little boy to five west h games in his lifetime and he boasts the proud record of never seeing us lose. Four wins and two draws including 6-0 to brighton 3-1 chelsea. I think we could do with the luck.

I think I should win these tickets because my 5 year old son, Charlie, has never seen the Hammers in the Premier League before (just friendlies) and he’s the only one in his class who likes West Ham. I don’t want him to be converted by the other glory-hunting kids!

I think I should win these tickets because…… I would like to witness our A_ttacking L_ong P_unt in the A_ir style, R_esulting in I_ndifferent displays (ALPARI). Also, having travelled from Telford to the Boleyn as a season ticket for 20+ years, I had to give this up a few years back & would love to get back to see the boys in action once again. COYI.

And finally….

I THINK I SHOULD WIN THE TICKETS BECAUSE WHILE WE’RE AT THE MATCH ME BOYS CAN BE BLOCK PAVING/TARMAC-ING YOUR DRIVE.

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