“About once every two weeks someone posts here saying they’re looking to play a bit of footy and if there’s anyone who needs a player.
“There’s always loads of interest and others say they want to play, too. Now that 5-a-side is going again, I think it’s time we take the plunge and set up our own team lads.”
That’s precisely what Football for Foodbanks founder Matty Cassell posted on an internet forum in 2020, and whilst that never came to fruition, something remarkable did. Football for Foodbanks is an organisation that sets up football games around the country, with the profits they make going to local food banks.
