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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

On The Breadline: On the pitch, they forget their fears … for 90 minutes

Mind on the game: players for the Bloomsbury Football under-18 side

(Picture: ES Composite)

For the 90 minutes that children use the pitch at a Bloomsbury Football session, they leave their worries behind.

The group has helped 13-year-old goalkeeper Shola since their father Damian Jones had to give up work in security in the wake of Shola and a sibling moving in with him, rendering paid-for after-school activities unaffordable.

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