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Tickets for Troops Fulham v Werder Bremen Saturday 7th August
 
Fulham today announced a donation of 1,000 tickets to Tickets For Troops for their pre-season friendly against top German team, Werder Bremen, at Craven Cottage on Saturday.

The fixture will give Fulham fans their first opportunity to see newly appointed manager Mark Hughes take charge of the team for the first time, along with being able to see Germany’s outstanding World Cup star Mesut Ozil, at close quarters. The 21 year old 6ft attacking midfielder has been linked with Premier League clubs.
Members of the Armed Forces can apply for tickets through the charity’s website www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk
 
Fulham was one of the first clubs to support Tickets For Troops and has already pledged to make more tickets available at Craven Cottage throughout the season and the Club’s Chairman Mohamed Al Fayed said: “We are delighted to be supporting Tickets For Troops in this way, to show our respect for the amazing work our Armed Forces are doing. I look forward to welcoming them to the Cottage on Saturday”.
 
Tickets For Troops Chairman, Lord Marland said: “Tickets For Troops has benefited from a great wave of generosity from our ticket donors who have wanted to demonstrate their support and show their appreciation for the dedication and commitment of the marvellous men and women of our Armed Forces, enabling troops to support their local team.”
 
Tickets For Troops has teamed up with a wide range of organisations and has been able to offer free tickets to a huge number of high profile events, recently these have included tickets forThe Football league, England vs Hungary, as well as the British Grand Prix.  The charity was set up last year to provide members of the Armed Forces with free tickets for major sporting events including football, horse racing, rugby, darts and cricket matches as well as theatre performances, music concerts and cultural attractions.  Since launching it has provided over 200,000 tickets and almost 60,000 troops have registered on the website - www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk.

Patron Steven Gerrard MBE said: “Young men and women are risking their lives every day and Tickets for Troops is a very simple way of respecting their courage and their sacrifices.” 
 
Troops are encouraged to go online and register at www.ticketsfortroops.org.uk to take advantage of the fantastic tickets available for our Armed Forces.