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One of MSR Newsgroup’s Derby City Centre stores is trialling a superb new machine which produces autographed Premiership prints with the press of a few buttons.

The cost of each print is just £3 and already five top Premiership clubs have signed up to the new technology.

Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and top of the table Manchester City are already on board with other Premier League big guns set to follow in the New Year.

MSR have the new facility at their Crown Walk store in the Westfield Centre in Derby and it is already catching on with shoppers.

MSR’s Managing Director Mick Garton was on site to witness the installation of the new equipment: ‘This is a cracking piece of kit and early indications are the public love it.’

‘It fits in perfectly with our portfolio which heavily revolves around football memorabilia and merchandise alongside our general newsagents lines.’

‘We have galleries in Nottingham and Lincoln but our Derby sites are important to us also and the Crown Walk store is in a key football area and hopefully the public will love this, early indications are fantastic and we are looking at adding a framing service for the autographed pictures which are produced in minutes at a price people generally can afford.’
‘The machine gives you the chance of clubs, pictures and poses and this will grow with the addition of new clubs in 2012.’

MSR Newsgroup have taken on the programme subscription service previously supplied by Nottingham Forest's club shop. MSR had already been awarded the programme distribution rights for the second season in a row and the club have now asked them to take on the subscriptions as well. A spokesman for MSR said: “We are delighted to continue to work with and develop our relationship with Nottingham Forest and will be delighted to take on subscriptions both old and new for the 2010/2011 season.”

A subscription for home league games in the UK is only £100 (includes postage and packaging). A subscription for away league games in the UK is £130 (includes postage and packaging). Both home and away therefore being £230 (includes postage and packaging). Subscriptions to the Republic of Ireland for home games is £130 for the season(includes postage and packaging) and to Australia is £160 (includes postage and packaging). Both are by airmail.

Customers will need to pay upfront for the season and cheques should be sent to MSR Newsgroup, 1a Radcliffe Road, Nottingham, NG2 5FF For all other enquiries contact our Head Office on 0115 958 1735 or email us at info@msrnew.co.uk

MSR are delighted to announce they are showcasing a superb range of official Forest merchandise at their gallery at Angel Row.
A range will be also be on sale at their stores across Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Lincoln, Long Eaton, Arnold, Derby and Louth.
The range includes watches, Lighters, Hip Flasks, Glassware, Cuff Links and various jewelry as well as fleeces and bedding and many of the items will be exclusively available through MSR.
Certain items will also be available online, Including signed copies of Steve Hodges new book ‘The man with Maradona’s shirt’ These are priced at £18.99.

The Army Benevolent fund were presented with a cheque for £1,004 at an evening with Steve Hodge at Carlton Town FC after MSR raised money at a charity football match and through collection boxes at their stores throughout May.
Carlton Manager Les McJannet joined MSR’s John Hickling in making the presentation to Paul Shepherd who was representing the ABF.

Book signing

Left: Kenny Burns and Larry Lloyd (right) with mSR's Adam Buckley

FRET SENDS OPEN LETTER TO CARLTON TOWN

Dear Mick,

From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for a really emotional and uplifting day on Sunday. It was an event I will never forget and will always recall with pride. I never realised I had so many people supporting me during this traumatic time of my life.

I would like to thank you and Dave Fryer for all your hard work in organising the event. My thanks to Gary Boon and everyone from Nat West for their support on the day. Thanks to Tommy Brookbanks and everyone connected with Carlton Town FC for their hard work and support.

Thanks to all my friends from MSR it was wonderful to see them all again. Special thanks to Christine from Angel Row for giving up her time to organise the raffle. She did a fantastic job. I was really touched by Shannon and Lewis’s efforts on my behalf. They were both superstars for their caring and compassionate attitude.

My thanks for the phenomenal amount of money you raised for me. This will now make it possible for me and my wife to have a much needed holiday.

Would you please tell everyone that thanks to them all I have a renewed determination to fight this illness and to beat it! With all the positives I got from Sunday, how can I fail !!!!!!!!! in the words of ‘Arnie’…………”I’LL BE BACK”………………..

On a personal note to you my family, I send you heartfelt thanks for everything you have done for me................ YOU’RE THE BEST…………………………..

Carlton Town's main sponsors MSR Newsgroup brought proceedings to a close for the 2007/2008 season at Stoke Lane as they won a charity match in support of their loyal employee Steve Frettingham who has had to stand down from his job as shop manager due to cancer

Fret as he is affectionally known has suffered two heart attacks and a stroke in a torrid few months and the companies employees, current and former MSR footballers came together to raise money which will hopefully give ‘Fret’ at least a nice holiday before he undertakes more chemotherapy.

Massive credit to former MSR employee Gary Boon who put the Nat West side together in what proved to be a cracking afternoon. For the record MSR with a squad of 18 had the better of the football and Carlton Head Coach Tommy Brookbanks himself a former MSR player was the star of the show with a fine hatrick.

For the first time ever MSR Manager Mick Garton played a 4-3-3 formation with John Hickling and Simon Wilkinson starting either side of Brookbanks. Dave Fryer, Lee Hanstock, Pete Knowles and Dayne Lowe proved to be rather rotund fullbacks and in Dave’s case as enthusiastic as ever as he powered in for big challenge after big challenge.

Nat West Boys James Hallam and Gary Boon also looked slightly bigger these days but their hearts were in the right place as they turned up to raise money for Fret. Muppet Dave as he was known in his MSR Days and his brother Steve were also on the Nat West team sheet and Steve was to score their only goal in the 2nd half and a corker it was.

Aside from Brookbanks’ hatrick, Dean Gent a former MSR worker who is still allowed the odd run out in an MSR 5 aside shirt scored 2, Sam Hilton got one as did Scott Greswell and Simon Wilkinson in MSR’s 8-1 win. Greg last, MSR’s 1st ever captain now 44 turned up and put in a polished display in goal and MSR’s Andy Bordognia captained the side, he and Fret had worked closely together when Andy first joined MSR. The Wilkinson family turned out in force which was much appreciated as did the May family and many of MSR’S staff along with Fret’s family. Christine Williams ran the raffle and Shannon Garton and Lewis Brookbanks ran a cake and card stall to raise money for Fret.

Carlton Chairman and MSR Managing Director Mick Garton had said on Friday he was hoping to raise £500 for Fret, the fact the fund made £731 gave him and the team at MSR, Carlton Town and Nat West massive satisfaction and Frets daughter Lucy on behalf of the family sent in a moving thank you card to Mick, Shannon and all at Carlton Town and Nat West Group for what they had done.

It was a truly moving day for a guy who after 10 years service at MSR has been going through hell. It was fitting that the long serving and highly respected Tom Bartles came up to present Fret with the proceeds, it was a day for the good guys and Fret undoubtedly is one of them, he MSR and the club thank everyone for their kind support, it was brilliant.

The MSR Newsgroup store in Louth, Lincolnshire has once again produced another huge lottery win.

A syndicate from Louth won half a million pounds of which each member’s share was £90,000 and the shop has received mass media coverage.

The media coverage was not only to highlight the win, but due to the fact that the shop has a tremendous track record of producing big lottery winners.

In May 2005, Steve Appleby won £3.1 million after buying his ticket from the Spencer’s store while the Spencer’s staff themselves won £70,000 also in May 2005 which produced them £5,500 each.

A local Louth company won £36,000 in June 2005 while office workers and bin men at Mamby near Louth walked away with £65,000 in 2006 and already this year as well as the £500,000 win a customer won £1,800 in the Saturday 8th March draw.

There have also been some big winners on instants with a £100,000 prize being won at the newsagents and more recently a £5,000 winner came forward in the presence of MSR’s Managing Director Mick Garton who happened to be at the shop at the time.

He commented “There is no doubt this is a lucky shop, the number of wins and the amount of which people have won over the last two or three years has been staggering and while we have had some good winners at our other stores, nothing comes close to what has been achieved at the Louth store.

“I have been buying my tickets from our Radcliffe Road store in Nottingham but I think I need to rethink that and start buying them from Louth when I make my visits there.