Category: Football

  • Roberto di Matteo and the FA Cup

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    What a season it has been for our founding Football Saving Lives advocate, Roberto di Matteo. We seem to be offering him and his team congratulations every other week at he moment, and this weekend is no different: winning the FA Cup in a tense game against Liverpool, Roberto has added yet more silverware toChelsea’s…

  • Champions League Advocate

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    Many, many Saving Lives congratulations must go to Roberto di Matteo, one of our founding Football Saving Lives patrons – and the man who has steered Chelsea through some nail-biting moments to a Champions League final! Congratulations, Roberto – everyone here at Saving Lives is supportChelseaall the way!

  • A Message For Stiliyan

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    OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM SAVING LIVES CHARITY ON STILIYAN PETROV On March 30th, 2012, Stiliyan Petrov, Captain of Aston Villa Football Club and Footballing Patron of the UK HIV Charity Saving Lives, was diagnosed with acute leukaemia. The outpouring of goodwill towards Stiliyan in the days since the announcement have been an excellent reflection of the…

  • Congratulations Roberto and Chelsea

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    Football Saving Lives advocate Roberto di Matteo continued a great spell as Chelsea’s caretaker manager last night by keeping the club in the Champion’s League. Amid talk that he should be considered for the permanent position at the club, the team’s 4-1 ‘incredible‘ victory over Napoli ensured an against-the-odds progression to the quarter finals. We’re…

  • Di Matteo Named Chelsea Manager

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    Our football Saving Lives advocate, Roberto Di Matteo, has been named caretaker manager at Chelsea. He takes over from his former boss, André Villas Boas, and will lead the club for the rest of the season. Good luck to him!

  • Blues Support Saving Lives Online

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    Birmingham City FC have filed an online story about the club and its players supporting Saving Lives. Wearing t-shirts during warm-up at the weekend, the team have shown real enthusiasm for helping spread the Saving Lives messages. They even signed their shirts! You can find the online piece here – it has plenty of photographs…

  • FA Cup Match Day Programme Ad

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    It’s always exciting to see yourself in print, and here’s our full-page ad in the Match Day programme for tomorrow’s Birmingham City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers FA Cup derby match. Click on the image for the full PDF – but beware, it’s a big file!  

  • FA Cup Teams Join Forces to Support Saving Lives

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    Blues and Wolves are joining forces at this weekend’s FA Cup with Budweiser game to support the launch of a new public health charity, Saving Lives. Both teams’ players will wear t-shirts supporting the fantastic initiative in the warm-up ahead of the eagerly anticipated third round cup tie. One in four of those with HIV…

  • Boaz Myhill Joins Saving Lives

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    Birmingham City’s goalkeeper, Boaz Myhill, has agreed to become a Saving Lives advocate, bringing another goalkeeper to the charity’s all-star line-up. Headed by our patron, Ben Foster, Goalkeepers Saving Lives is aiming to boast a keeper from every Premier League club. “Saving Lives is doing amazing work in raising awareness of HIV and HIV testing…

  • West Bromwich Albion Support Saving Lives

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    West Bromwich Albion spread the Saving Lives word at the weekend, when both they and the club they were playing, Wigan Athletic, wore our t-shirts during their warm-up. Saving Lives goalkeeper patron Ben Foster led the coverage on the Baggies’ website: ALBION’S players will today be showing their support for the ‘Football Saving Lives’ campaign…