Middlesbrough donate Legacy Game stream proceeds to police families

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 06:15 · Archive

Middlesbrough FC is donating streaming revenue from its Legacy Game to the families of two police officers killed on the A66.

Middlesbrough FC has announced it will donate all streaming revenue from its Legacy Game to the families of PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough. The two police officers were killed in a head-on collision on the A66 in Middlesbrough in August when a vehicle hit them going the wrong way. Five people in the other vehicle, which had been involved in a police pursuit, also died in the crash.

The club charged fans £3 for streaming passes to watch the Legacy Game on 4 October, which celebrated the club's 150-year anniversary. Several thousand people watched from around the world. The match featured former Middlesbrough players including Juninho, Fabrizio Ravanelli, Yakubu and Aitor Karanka, and was attended by a capacity crowd at the Riverside Stadium.

The officers' deaths prompted an outpouring of support across Teesside and County Durham. More than £1.2m has been raised for the families through a GoFundMe campaign set up by Cleveland Police, with donations split equally between them. Hundreds of people lined streets in Hartlepool and Redcar for the officers' funerals in early September.

How it is being reported

• Middlesbrough donate Legacy Game stream proceeds to families of killed A66 officersMiddlesbrough will donate proceeds from its Legacy Game live stream to the families of PC Blades and PC Clough, who were killed on the A66 in August.The Northern Echo · 10 Oct, 05:30
• Middlesbrough make significant donation to the families PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom CloughMiddlesbrough are donating the money they received from streaming last weekend's Legacy GameTeessideLive · 8 Oct, 17:29

In this story: Middlesbrough FC · PC Matthew Blades · PC Tom Clough · A66 · Juninho · Fabrizio Ravanelli · Teesside

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