Birmingham City Fans wore Aston Villa shirts, a Villa fan wore a West Brom top, Villa fans wore city tops and a Newcastle fan slipped on a dreaded Sunderland top to raise £600 for the NSPCC.
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Secretary Louise Hopson, who organised the event, said: “I’m a really big Blues fan and the idea of wearing a Villa shirt pained me – but I still did it!”
She said: “I mentioned the idea as a joke and my manager heard it and thought it was a great idea.
“We decided to go ahead with it and raise money for the NSPCC, because it’s a really worthwhile charity and the work it does looking after children who have suffered from cruelty is important.”
Tracey Goodwin, NSPCC community fundraising manager for Birmingham, said: “We’re really grateful for the team’s efforts and will be using the money as part of the Child’s Voice appeal, which is raising money to expand the call centres where ChildLine operates from.
“We’ve found that children prefer to speak to someone with the same regional accent as them, so the money the ophthalmology team have raised will go towards increasing the volunteer counsellors in Birmingham.”
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