CELTIC manager Neil Lennon and his players joined the friends and family of murdered student Reamonn Gormley for a fundraising memorial dinner last night.
The dinner at Celtic Park in Glasgow was organised with the aim of raising funds to enable others to carry out charitable work he had begun at the time of his death.
Mr Gormley, 19, of Blantyre, Lanarkshire, worked for a number of months at the Good Child Foundation in Thailand, a charity working with children with Down’s Syndrome and one which is now linked with Celtic Football Club.
The idea of the dinner was developed by supporters and family friends and this and other events will raise funds to offer young people the opportunity to carry our similar charitable work either at home or abroad.
A Celtic spokesman said: “The idea came from supporters of the club who are close to Reamonn’s family. Both players and management were delighted to be able to support an event like this.
“Funds raised will go towards allowing young people to do charitable work abroad – something which was very important to Reamonn and now people will be following in his footsteps.”
Reamonn and his friend David McFall were on their way home from a Blantyre pub when the attack happened in February.
Daryn Maxwell and Barry Smith, who were on bail when the killing happened, are to be sentenced next month after they were convicted of the killing. Maxwell admitted murder while Smith pled guilty to culpable homicide.
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