SUNDERLAND star Craig Gardner became a familyâs hero after a chance meeting with a toddler battling a rare disorder. The Black Cats midfielder has offered to provide two-year-old Danyl Brough with special clinical equipment. Danyl has Charge syndrome, which means he has a weak heart, is deaf, unable to eat solid food and has mobility problems. But thanks to the footballer, Danylâs family will be able to buy a special harness that will enable him to sit up straight. Craig insisted on paying the £500 cost of the chair after meeting the family during lunch at Selfridges, in Birmingham â Craigâs home city. Danylâs mum Leanne, 29, of Staffordshire, said: âWe were having lunch and Craig was sitting nearby. I didnât even know who he was at first because I donât watch football. âHe asked if there were any charities involved with Danylâs care, and we said that there werenât.â The families swapped numbers and within days, Craig was in touch again, insisting he pay for the equipment. Craig said: âThey are such a lovely family and I thought if there was anything we could do then we should.â
Good work! £500 may not be much to a Prem footballer, but he took the trouble, which is more than a lot of those fashion-conscious ladyboys would have done.
I wonder how much publicity this will get outside of the north-east? Or indeed, within the north-east.
If only every prem player could donate a single day's wage to causes's of such, what a difference it could make.
A bit of an over reaction, but I admire your passion on the subject. Balotelli gave a homeless man 10k but I still think he's a ****. Gardner has never been in my bad or good books, but I respect him more now, but being your favourite player because he helps someone out is kind of over reacting? What about all the players that donate to charities? What about Coloccini who funds an orphanage in Argentina?
Well done Graig lad. As other have said its not so much the money more the fact he got off his arse and did it which is more than most do these days. I know plenty of famous people who cannot be arsed to sign an autograph let alone do something like this so fair play to the lad.
Sorry this is just spin. He is obviously part of MON's plans and not a crowd favourite. The club do read PF 'don't you know'! Sure he is a smashing bloke. Nice one Craig!!
