Manchester United, Real Madrid ... Holbeach Town - Boston College gets behind Football Shirt Friday with 'fantastic' range of teams, raising hundreds for charity
From Manchester United and Real Madrid to Skegness Town and Holbeach Bank, a wide range of teams were represented when Boston College gave its support to this year’s Football Shirt Friday, scoring hundreds of pounds for charity in the process.
Football Shirt Friday is an annual event held in support of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
Bobby Moore – the man who captained England to its only World Cup win in 1966 – was just 51 when he died of bowel cancer in 1993.
Shortly after, his widow Stephanie Moore set up a fund to raise money for bowel cancer research and increase public awareness of the disease.
On Friday (April 24), staff and students at Boston College raised more than £300 for the cause by donning club colours.
A spokesman for Boston College said staff and students delivered with a ‘fantastic’ array of shirts, ranging from international giants to local favourites.
“Naturally, the college’s Sport, Fitness, and Wellbeing team led from the front with a captain’s performance, putting on a fun-filled day of fundraising activities that included a sporting quiz, netball and football tournaments, and a raffle which gave participants the chance to win signed football shirts and memorabilia,” they added.