Football League Fans Pick Charity Partner

The Football League is calling on fans to help select its Official
Charity Partner for the 2012/13 Season – with the launch of a new online
voting system.

From 89 applications, six charities have been
shortlisted to follow in the footsteps of Help for Heroes, Marie Curie
Cancer Care and Help the Hospices – the previous and current League
charities.? ?

The 2012/13 shortlisted charities are: Anthony
Nolan, British Heart Foundation, Leukaemia and Lymphoma Research, NSPCC,
The Prostate Cancer Charity and St John Ambulance.

?Alongside
fans, the chief executive of every Football League club and each member
of staff at The League will also vote for their preferred organisation.?

?’The Football League is committed to supporting good causes,
especially those demonstrating close community links in and around our
72 clubs,’ said Football League head of communications, John Nagle.?

?’We
have seen fantastic support from fans and clubs for our charity
partners during the past three seasons and we see their input at this
stage as an integral part of the selection process.’ ?

?’The
quality of entries was again exceptionally high and each of the
shortlisted charities will make a difference to the communities around
our clubs. I would encourage all fans to take the time to read the
shortlist and make their selection.’? ?

The vote will stay open for a week and a half, closing at midday on Wednesday 7th December.? ?

The
charities will then be ranked by number of votes received – the most
popular receiving six points, the second five points and so on.? ?The
totals will then be calculated from all three groups with the winner
ratified by The Football League Board.