Vertu Provides Birmingham City Fan With Dream Match Experience
Vertu provided one long-time Birmingham City fan with a night to remember after helping to organise a VIP experience at the recent home game against Cambridge United.
Life-long Blues fan Joyce Green once lived on Tilton Road, which backs onto The Tilton end of the St Andrew’s @ Knightshead Park ground and is a customer of Bristol Street Motors, part of Vertu Motors plc.
After Joyce’s grandson Jack Figgett got in touch with Vertu to tell her story, the 89-year-old was invited to attend the EFL League One encounter with Cambridge alongside Jack and her husband Gary Green for a special match night experience.
The trio were chauffeured to the ground in an all-new Ford Capri from Ford Redditch by John Brookes, a Sales Executive at the dealership, before being greeted on arrival by the Club’s newly-named Interim CEO Jeremy Dale.
From there, Joyce and her family were taken to the Boardroom hospitality suite to enjoy a pre-match meal created by Michelin star chef Glynn Purnell, before taking their seats for a crucial game in Birmingham City’s quest to secure promotion back to the Championship.
Goals from Jay Stansfield, Kieran Dowell and Luke Harris – alongside an own goal from Liam Bennett – saw the Blues move further clear at the top of the table as they extended their unbeaten run in the league, giving plenty of reason for celebration as Joyce, Gary and Jack were then driven home to round out a memorable evening.
Jack Figgett said: “I can’t thank Vertu enough for organising this experience for my grandparents, and everyone at Birmingham City for being so accommodating. I also have to thank John because from the moment he collected us in the Ford Capri to the moment he dropped us back home, he couldn’t do enough for us.
“Talking to Jeremy Dale when we arrived and then enjoying such a fantastic meal before kick-off was unbelievable, and then when it came to the actual game, the Club even made sure that my grandparents were offered blankets so they didn’t get cold.
“A 4-0 win for the Blues made the whole experience even more special, and we now have memories of the day that we will never forget.”
John Brookes, Sales Executive at Bristol Street Motors Ford Redditch, said: “It was great to spend time with Joyce, Gary and Jack, and to play a part in them enjoying such a superb experience.
“On the way home from St Andrew’s, they couldn’t stop talking about how fantastic it had been and it’s brilliant that our partnership with Birmingham City FC has allowed us to reward a very deserving fan in this way.”