Campaigners are planning a new push for a statue of former Norwich City player Justin Fashanu after a mural was unveiled at a city pub.
The statue campaign, which aims to create a city centre tribute to Britain's first openly gay men's professional footballer, was launched by a group of fans including Proud Canaries and backed by this newspaper last year.
It quickly gathered pace raising almost £10,000 in a few months and attracting high-profile support from the likes of Gary Lineker and Stephen Fry.
But recently donations have dried up and campaigners are hoping that a new mural painted on the Fat Cat and Canary in Thorpe Road will reignite interest in the statue with a relaunch planned to coincide with the new season.
Campaign organiser, Andy Reynolds said: "I've seen the mural, there's no involvement from us there but it is wonderful.
"The campaign has proved to be very tough so far, but we're going to rekick it as we start the new season.
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"One incentive is that I’m going to give away my home season ticket seat, right by the directors' box, as part of the campaign.
"Each week until Christmas I will draw one name from the previous week’s donor list and provide them with a great seat for a Norwich game."
The group is hoping to raise £150,000 to build a tribute showing the former city number nine celebrating his 1980 goal of the season against Liverpool designed by sculpture artist Taslim Martin, with an accompanying memorial garden in the city's Riverside area.
They have also applied for a grant from the National Lottery to help reach the target.
Norwich City Council has even said it would be open to helping to accommodate the statue should enough cash be raised.
Those wishing to donate to the campaign can find its page on gofundme.com.
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