Wolves
goalkeepers past and present were on hand to formally unveil a football stand
named after Super Eagles first choice goalkeeper Carl Ikeme.
Legendary
stopper Phil Parkes and current squad-member Harry Burgoyne cut the ribbon on
the Carl Ikeme Stand at Wednesfield FC's Cottage Ground.
The
non-league club decided to name its stand in support of Ikeme after he was
diagnosed with leukaemia.
Burgoyne,
who made his first-team breakthrough last season, said: "It came as a
shock to Carl I'm sure but he seems to have taken it really well and he knows
all the lads we are all behind him.
"After
he comes to terms with it there is nobody better to come through it. Carl is as
strong as anyone I know."
Parkes, who
played for Wolves more than 300 times, added: "Carl has been at Wolves for
a long time. He has been here since he was a kid. You get to know people.
"You
have to gain respect and he has gained that the same way Matt Murray did.
"The
football world all stick together when times are tough and we have seen that
again from all the different clubs who have been in touch and offered messages
of support. It is fantastic to see."
The stand
was unveiled ahead of Wednesfield's match with Wolverhampton United in the Ron
Brown Memorial Cup.
In a social
media statement, the club said it had been looking to sell naming rights to the
stand to raise cash – but chiefs decided support for the 31-year-old keeper was
more important.
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