A top four finish in division three for the Albion could see children's cancer charity, The Chestnut Tree House Appeal benefit by £2,700.

Ladbrokes bookmakers' area manager Jeff Fenwick kindly gave Argus columnist Ian Hart a free £50 football bet for charity. Hart then twisted a few arms of local businessmen with Albion 'sympathies' and ended up with £400 stake money.

The Albion syndicate is made up of Mick Halford, Halford Jarvis Ltd., Tony Cohen, Lilley Cohen & Partners, Ashley Jacobs, Jacobs Steel & Co., Doug Clarke, Grate Fireplaces, Duncan Earl, Wooden Flooring Centre and Jim Lelliott from the Longacre Rest Home.

Albion boss Mickey Adams placed the bet with Ladbrokes' shop manager, Justin Lambourne at St Barnabas Hospice, Worthing last week. The actual wager is £200 each way on the Albion to win division three at odds of 10-1.

The Chestnut Tree Appeal hopes to raise enough money to build a children's hospice on a site at Arundel, kindly donated to them by the family of the late Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk.