4:02pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008
By Robert Fisk
A MINUTE of clapping took place to celebrate murdered teenager Rob Knox's life before footballers played a match in his memory.
The RK team managed to hold off Greenwich Borough Football Club (GBFC) for most of the game last Sunday (July 20).
But eventually the Kent League Premier team struck a late equaliser at GBFC's ground in Eltham Green Road, Eltham, to make it 2-2.
Rob's friends all wore light blue t-shirts featuring the slogan: "RK: What have you done today . . . to make you feel proud?"
Proceeds from the sale of these t-shirts and the entry fee for spectators will go towards creating facilities for youngsters.
Speaking at the event, his mother Sally said: "Robert's memorial fund is all about us putting money towards something for the young people of this area to do because there isn't anywhere for the children to go.
"His brother and friends just wanted to do something and all they want to do is spend their time trying to do things for Robert.
"I think for the young people that were his friends, it's something for them to do that they can keep working towards and making them feel better about what happened to him."
Actor Rob was stabbed in an incident outside the Metro Bar, Station Road, Sidcup, on May 23.
Rob, who had been acting since the age of 11, had just finished filming a role in the latest Harry Potter movie - Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince - in which he plays the character Marcus Belby.
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