Bristol-based sport fans are feeling 'proud' after Parke Knowle Football Club's Mike Alden scooped an award at the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2022 awards. Mike, who set up club in south Bristol a decade ago, won the Unsung Hero Award at the ceremony this evening (Wednesday, December 21).
Mike - who has been involved in community football for the past 25-years - won the award which celebrates volunteers who make an impact in their community by encouraging people to get involved in grassroot sport. The Bristol resident was born with brittle bone disease - but the genetic condition certainly doesn't stop him from reaching for the stars.
Accepting the award, Mike said: "The club, we pride ourselves on our disability side of sport. Everybody should be included in everything. We have 40 players with so many different disabilities and we manage to cater for all of them.
