A kids' football coach admits he might have lost his young players' respect after suffering a spectacular defeat at the hands of their dads - but says it was all worth it to raise much-needed cash for a good cause.
On Sunday, parents of players at Westgate Juniors FC donned black and white kit to take on a team of the club's coaches. With play costing £10 a head and cakes, raffle tickets and ice cream sold to spectators, the match raised £970 to support the children's cancer unit at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary.
The match was organised after under-14s coach Michael Richardson was visiting the hospital and stopped to help a woman struggling to get a large number of bags inside. Asking her where she was taking them, he discovered they were full of Easter eggs, bound for the young people spending the holiday on the cancer ward.
