Posted by a Gillingham fan:

I'm not a Spurs supporter, Far from it. I'm a true blue Gill and also an admin on Gillsconnect. However something happened in the last few days that puts petty rivalries between clubs into perspective.
On the 12th of October my beautiful 3 month old baby boy Charlie suddenly passed away. Another victim of cot death. Obviously this has ripped my family apart. We are all devastated. He was going to be the next generation Gillingham supporter for his sins! He is going to have my Gillingham scarf with him when he goes, then I know when I'm watching Gills get stuffed again I know he will be looking down on me saying " dad, why you making me support this sht!!"
Because of this I have set up a website to raise money for FSIDS (The Foundation for the Study of Infant Death). They research cot deaths and also offer 24/7 helpline for bereaved families.
I am trying to raise £5000 so maybe another baby may survive, and another family doesn't have to go through the heartache that my family are currently suffering.
If you could make a donation however small I would be so grateful, if you can't please feel free to pass the link around so we can raise as much as possible.
Thank you so much for your time.

Richard

>> http://gillingham.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=934&p=2&stid=8426114

my heard goes out to him, whoever he is. my aunt had a baby 24 years ago and he died of cot death. she has never been the same since. it's a pain that never goes away.