Holmsey's Massive Telly!

Hi, my name is Helen Chamberlain and I'm fundraising for my mate Paul Holmes.

I've known Paul for over 20 years and he's genuinely one of life's good guys. Paul played over 200 games for Torquay United in two separate spells, and has also played for Doncaster Rovers, Birmingham, Everton, and made 103 appearances for West Brom.

Paul is poorly.

He's just had a tumour removed at Torbay hospital, and is awaiting further tests for a shadow on his liver and a suspicious lymph node.

Currently he's at home being cared for by his fantastic family, who have made him comfortable in his own room with a borrowed reclining chair and the spare telly that his son put up on the wall for him .

With Paul's permission, I have asked if I could let his old clubs and fans know, as I know a lot of people would like to pass on their best wishes to him.

Members of the Torquay United Supporters Trust and Tom Lapslie's sponsors club wanted to do more, so after discussions, we decided to set up this page to aim to buy Paul a really bloody big telly with love from us all to help with his recuperation.

Fans of his former clubs all welcome to chip in and leave messages which will be passed to him

He doesn't know we're doing this AND NO ONE TELL HIM!

We've gone big, we want the best biggest telly. If we don't reach the target, we'll get one within budget, if it goes over, he can buy what the hell he likes with the leftovers, which will most likely be sweets.

Much love

Helen