Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp has recorded a heartfelt message thanking Nottingham Forest fans for raising over £16,000 for his nominated charity, Martin House Children's Hospice.
Sharp was assaulted by a Forest supporter in the aftermath of their Championship play-off second leg penalty shootout win at the City Ground. That sparked Reds fan Zoe Potts to start crowdfunding for the former Forest player "to show condemnation".
The original target for set at £500 but has since exceeded that by more than 3000% with more than 1,000 individual donations being received. Sharp has now publically thanked Zoe and everyone who has been involved in the fundraising for Martin House as well as sharing how the charity helped his family through the death of their two-day-old son Luey Jacob due to gastroschisis in October 2011.
