Former Liverpool FC goalkeeper Chris Kirkland has called on football fans to throw their support behind their local foodbanks - and offered budding goalies free coaching sessions in exchange for donations.
The former Champions League star, who is now the head goalkeeping coach for Colne, was inspired by Fans Supporting Foodbanks, a partnership between Liverpool and Everton supporters which sees both sides unite under the shared goal of providing food and other necessities to those in need.
He told Vauxhall Motors FC: "When we put a goalkeeper session on at the academy (Chris Kirkland Goalkeeper Academy), we could only pick 16 keepers, so I got players, coaches, everyone sending videos why that keeper, he or her deserved the chance to train at the academy. Then after that I was getting messages from people saying we missed out, is there anything you can do?
