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WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & LOTS MORE COMMUNITY ACTION IN 2011

2010 has been another record breaking year for KitAid and some of the highlights have been

• 33,700 items of kit sent out to 37 countries across the World (at no expense to KitAid)
• 900 footballs and 7,000 Match Attax cards have also been delivered
• We have now sent out more than 140,000 items of kit since KitAid started in 1998
• We visited Nairobi in June with the RAF charity “Taking football to Africa and beyond”
• We appeared on the BBC News during the trip as Mark Robson of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation was interviewed
• We were featured in the Mail on Sunday, Daily Star, The Sun and many regional newspapers during the trip
• The hard court sports arena we funded was officially opened in March 2010 in Sierra Leone
• We sponsored the Ballysillan YFC Football Camp in Belfast
• We have increased the number of Regional Co-ordinators we have but are always looking for more!
• We have received continued support from PUMA UK as well as other manufacturers such as The Great Branding Company, Tempest Sports, DPM Sports and Kitlocker
• We have also received tremendous support from:  Liverpool FC, Watford FC, Tranmere Rovers FC, Partick Thistle FC, Stenhousemuir FC, Bishop’s Stortford FC, Chesham United FC, fc United of Manchester, Witton Albion FC, Loordswood United FC, Sheffield FC, Fleet Town FC and many hundreds of “grass roots” clubs from all across the UK

 We would  like to thank our Patron, Graham Taylor OBE, for his continued support.

UPDATE FROM THE RAF'S TAKING FOOTBALL TO AFRICA & BEYOND

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive.cfm?storyid=217999AB-5056-A318-A83AC0EF7D58D536&rss=true

Thanks to all of our volunteers today who joined us for our final boxing up session of the year.  It was a great way to end a record breaking year for KitAid.

We should start a sweepstake in January but if we had one at the start of this year I don’t think we could have predicted that we would finish 2010 by sending out a record breaking 963 boxes.  This amounts to 33,705 items of kit that we have received, sorted and boxed up.  A fantastic achievement and really good fun as well.  Incredible to think of 33,705 smiles across the world.

Today’s session resulted in kit being delivered to Tanzania, Ghana, Burundi, Mauritius, Ukraine, Gambia and Eritrea.

Special thanks to Sean and Paul who had to unload 4,000 footballs and then load 25 boxes on to the 5speed lorry.  We now have over 6,000 footballs in stock which should keep us going for the next few years.

At the next session we will have some volunteers from the University of Herts, which should help and we may even stretch to two boxing up sessions per month.

Thanks for all your help in 2010 and have a fantastic Christmas 

CHARITIES COLLABORATE TO HELP COMMUNITIES

This week KitAid received a huge donation of footballs from Mando, Aylesbury.  The balls had originally been donated to assist small charity, Greenfields Africa, which seeks to help people living in poverty in poor African townships. They had ample to meet their needs and kindly offered to share the footballs with us.  So we're 3,000 footballs better off and very pleased as we know how much the children love them.

To date Greenfields have built a church and community centre, which contains a permanent eye clinic and several soup kitchens, along with decent housing, communal washrooms etc., in the Greenfields Township of South Africa.

The also support the George Football League, which is open to all young people and is particularly supportive of young people in the Thembalethu Township.

MUFTI DAY MAKES A DIFFERENCE

Many thanks to Berkhamsted School for donating £300 to the work of KitAid from their MUFTI day, the school has been an ongoing donor of uniform over the years.  Their donations are always gratefully received by children and their teachers.

CISCO VOLUNTEERS EN ROUTE TO NAIROBI

We've just teamed up with volunteers from CISCO who are taking out five large boxes of kit to Nairobi.  

A HELPING HAND ON MITZVAH DAY

Collections of kit have been taking place in London, Birmingham and Manchester as part of Mitzvah Day.  Our thanks also to  Immanuel College, Bushey for collecting 14 large bin bags packed full of kit.

GREATLY NEEDED FUNDS DONATED

Many thanks to our Patron, Graham Taylor OBE and Trinity Catholic School, Aspley, Nottingham.  Graham kindly did a talk at the school and they donated a total of £725.10 and a whole lot of kit.

This is fantastic news as due to the volume of kit we now send out, our funds have been gradually going down due to the number of footballs we've had to purchase to stuff in with the boxes.

Our thanks go to Headteacher, Michael McKeever and Assistant Head, Steve Manderson and all staff, children and parents who have helped.

A C HOYLAKE PROUD TO SUPPORT KITAID

Thank you to Janet Neville, our regional co-ordinator for The Wirral/Merseyside, for arranging KitAid sponsorship for her son’s team.  A C Hoylake now proudly wear our logo on their shirts.  

We now have teams all across the country and even in Bulgaria sporting the KitAid logo.  If your team is struggling for shirt sponsorship then why not follow others and help to publicise KitAid at the same time.

RUBY WEDDING WINNER

We are very grateful to Janet Neville’s parents in law who recently celebrated their Ruby wedding and held a party for friends and family. They asked for donations to KitAid rather than presents and collected an amazing £500.

The money raised will be supporting next year's football camp in Ballysillan - a fantastic project organised by Peter Thompson to provide a fun week of football for boys in the area.

Many thanks to May and Harry Neville, and all their friends and family.

HAPPY SHOTS FROM KITEGA, BURUNDI

BURNHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL HANDOVER GIFTS TO CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA

Burnham Grammar School's senior sports tour to South Africa - The group visited Khayelitsha orphanage in Cape Town which they have had close links with since 2008. The school and orphanage were very grateful to receive a generous donation of football and rugby kits from KitAid.

Thanks to all those involved.

MORE BOXES PACKED AND ON THEIR WAY

Thanks very much to all our volunteers for helping this morning at another great boxing up session.


Pleased to see new helpers - Matthew Hunter, who supports Coventry City.
In total we filled 95 boxes, 52 of which left for Africa/Eastern Europe and the remainder are in storage awaiting despatch. So far this year we have now sent out an amazing 845 boxes of kit, which by my reckoning amounts to 29,500 items of kit. If anyone demands a recount please arrange it with Sean! This is a fantastic achievement and it wouldn’t happen if we didn’t have your support.


Look forward to seeing you at the December session.

Derrick

NEWS FROM NEPAL

"Thanks so much for the kit, it went down a storm, to see the excited faces was fantastic. It's a brilliant job that you do and worth every ounce of effort. Football is such an international sport and the joy of receiving such fantastic kit is beyond the dreams of many”

 Zoe Penny

9^th Wimbledon Explorer Scouts

KITAID REACHES THE KIDS ALIVE PROJECT, ETHIOPIA

On 14th August, 9 volunteers, 7 from Northern Ireland and 2 from London, set off for Bekoji in Ethiopia, 9 hours east of Addis Ababa to visit the Kids Alive school in the town.


Many sports were played including rounders, football and ultimate frisbee. A game which was definitely new to Ethiopia was one which came to be known as 'Extreme Ball'. This involved a large exercise ball, very few rules and around 20 children in each team!


On the final day, the children took part in a sports day finale which was a great success. After they had all eaten lunch they were presented with gifts from the Kids Alive team. The gifts were schoolbags full of goodies like pens, pencils, juice, biscuits and even a wind-up torch each! Each child also received a t-shirt or football top donated by KitAid which many of them were incredibly excited about! There were even enough kits to donate a set to the headmaster of the school to use as an official team kit.

Chris handing over kit to the Head Teacher

NEWS JUST IN FROM UGANDA

Lovely photos from Gulu, Uganda sent in from our Regional Coordinator, Ben Van Nes

LORDSWOOD FC GET BEHIND THE KITAID APPEAL

Our thanks to Mike Green and the team at Lordswood FC, Kent for supporting KitAid this weekend when they played in the FA Vase against Three Bridges.  The club donated bags and bags of kit, which was presented during half-time by the Chairman, Ron Constantine.  All the kit will be sorted and packed at our next 'boxing up' session.

Sally Howe (KitAid trustee), with the referee and Mike Green (Commercial Manager, Lordswood Green FC).






Ron Constantine, Club Chairman and the Under 12s presenting the kit to KitAid

789 BOXES OF KIT SENT SO FAR THIS YEAR

Thanks to everyone for your help with boxing up today.

It was good to see Tania Boltonand it is always nice to see our Regional Co-ordinators attending as they mostly have to travel long distances. Good also to see John Maxwell who covers Swindon/Birmingham and Tim who covers Bishops Stortford.

Well the fantastic news is that we have broken all previous records as after today’s session we have now sent out 789 boxes in 2010, compared to last year’s record of 750. This works out to 27,615 items of kit and we still have 3 months of the year to go. Let’s see if we can reach 1,000!

112 boxes were sent out today, destined for Burkina Faso, Burundi, The Gambia, South Africa, Ghana and Eastern Europe. Not bad for 2.5 hours work so well done and thank to everyone.


The KitAid ball keeps rolling!

82 BOXES PACKED BY OUR CHAMPION VOLUNTEERS

Our merry team of volunteers packed 82 boxes full of kit this morning.  In just over two hours the packing exercise was seamless and the store cupboard has some breathing space. I

n total we've now sent out 675 boxes in 2010, approximately 23,500 items of kit, as well as other things such as goal posts, footballs, sports bags and footy cards.  Quite amazing and we will easily beat last year's figure of 25,500.

Thanks to Mike and Jonathan Pocock for joining our team for the first time today.
Well done team

A TOP SCORE FOR KITAID AND CHESHAM UTD

Many thanks to Chesham United FC and the fans for supporting KitAid at their match against Tiverton on 2 September. Fans donating no longer wanted football kit at the match were given a £1 discount on the match day ticket price.

Appropriately with the England versus Bulgaria game that weekend, one of Chesham United's previous KitAid collections was used to support Bulgarian children at FC Gagarin who now turn out each week in Chesham's colours.

KitAid was pleased with the kit collected and no doubt Chesham fans were delighted with the score on the day - 5 - 0!

Well done and all the best in your new league.

A TRIP TO SONISPHERE VIA KITAID HQ

Thanks to Steve Kail, Rovers AC Guernsey, who on his way to Knebworth's recent music festival dropped in to KitAid's Hatfield base with a car load of kit.

The kit was soon sorted and will be off to the Gambia to support Ian Stapleton's coaching charity.

Here's hoping for the next Iron Maiden show down so that we can see Steve again.

KENYA TRIP COVERED IN SHROPSHIRE MAGAZINE

Read: Media article

STEVENAGE FC BACK KITAID

Holly Worland, Stevenage FC tells Martin Keown, former England and Arsenal defender about KitAid while they appeal to their fans to donate kit.
Read Stevenage FC's website

CHERNOBYL LINK VISIT TO VEOLIA WATER EDUCATION CENTRE

Following a donation of England shirts to the Chiltern group of the Chernobyl Link Project, the visiting children were invited along to Veolia Water's Education Centre in Bushey.

The children had a fantastic time enjoying the nature trail and pond dipping and also left with some more football tops donated by PUMA.  

Thanks to Veolia Water for hosting the visit.

BALLYSILLAN YFC, BELFAST

KitAid sponsored a fantastic week-long football camp for the second year running in Ballysillan, North Belfast.  The project is run by Peter Thompson along with 30 volunteer coaches. Petere does a fantastic job bringing children together from different backgrounds.  

Steve Johnson and Derrick Williams from KitAid visited on the final day of the camp and took part in the infamous gauntlet run, where 50 kids fire footballs at the coaches as they run down a narrow channel.  Northern Ireland won the World Cup final on penalties against last year's winners, Togo.  

Well done to Peter and his team for another brilliant week.

PARTICK THISTLE SUPPORTERS ASSOCIATION BECOME KITAID SUPPORTERS

Partick Thistle Supporters Association (The Jags Trust) will be running a “strip amnesty” at their first two home league games. Fans will be able to hand in kit to the Jags Trust booth in the north concourse of the Jackie Husband stand before the matches against Dundee and Stirling Albion on 14 August and 11 September.

Modelling their new strip are Simon Donnelly and Jackie McNamara, two of Thistle’s top players and both former Scotland internationals.

Read: media article

THANKS TO PUMA

Our delivery bay went in to overdrive today with another 30 boxes of kit donated by PUMA.
Thanks for your continued support.

20,000 KITS DONATED THIS YEAR

Many thanks to our amazing Boxing Team for their help this morning. It was hot and tiring, but we still managed to set a new record of 109 boxes leaving the building in Hatfield for South Africa, Burkina Faso, Gambia and Nepal. Not bad for a few hours work!

This brings the total amount sent out in 2010 to exactly 500 boxes, approximately 20,000 items of kit. At this rate we should easily beat last year's final figure of 725 boxes.

Thanks to Sean McGuigan who got in extra early (07.30am) to meet the guy who drops off the boxes.

VEOLIA WATER STAFF RAISE £643 FOR KITAID

A BIG thank you to all the staff at Veolia Water Central who donated £1 as part of the company's Time to Give Friday scheme. A grand total of £321.50 was raised and then matched by Veolia Water with a cheque of £643 handed over to KitAid.

Thanks to all the staff who collected and donated and Veolia Water for match funding.

We're grateful.

ZIMBABWE CHILDREN WITH THEIR NEW KIT

Children at Musami Primary School,  80 kms from Harare pleased with their new kit

LEICESTER PEOPLE SHOP AND DROP

Many thanks to Highcross Shopping Centre, Leicester who've got behind the KitAid campaign as part of their World Cup celebrations.
Pictured are:
Gurvinder Rupra, Highcross's Marketing Manager with Leicester legends, Steve Claridge and Alan Birchinall and our very own Claire Whalley, KitAid Trustee Extraordinaire.

See media article

KITAID MAKES IT TO THE WORLD CUP

Julia Childs, one of our trustees makes it to the World Cup (Rustenberg Stadium) and we're pleased to have made it possible for Joseph to experience such a great event. Joseph from OrangeFarm has helped Julia over the years to deliver hundreds of football kits to children in the townships of South Africa.

NEWLY FORMED SOUTHEND SOCCER CLUB IN THE SUNSHINE

A fitting finish to a very successful week. Squadron Leader Neil Hope, from RAF's 'Taking Football to Africa and Beyond' with players from Southend Soccer Club.  Players come from nearby Kibera and train at the Prison grounds.

On behalf of KitAid, thanks Neil for organising such a fantastic trip.

CARDIFF CITY IN NAIROBI

Loresho Football Club were the second delivery of the day. The team are newly established and are building three adult teams to play in the local leagues. The players all come from Kangemi slum and train at the Nairobi Police camp.

Looking good in their Cardiff City kit.

CHILDREN IN AFRICA'S LARGEST SLUM RECEIVE FOOTBALL KIT

Day 4 - and in the team go to Kibera, Africa's largest slum where nearly a million people live in an area less than three square miles.  Joined by the BBC, the team went to Stara School in the heart of the slum.

Although some of the area now has limited electricity and piped water, there is no sewerage system.  After visiting the children in their corrugated metal classrooms, kits were handed out to the 500 children (371 of whom are orphans and one in 10 children who were HIV+).

Thanks also to eight year old Thomas Charley to handed out pencils and crayons to the children at the school and to his Dad, Warrant Officer Wayne Charley for his driving skills, knowledge of Nairobi and energy in getting us to some very difficult places to reach.

CHILDREN IN NORTH MATHARE WEAR KIT FROM HITCHIN

On the third day of the joint charities mission, the team battled across mud and potholes to reach Mogra Star Academy, North Mathare.  The school has 964 children who all come from a neighbouring slum area called 'Jangwani' or desert (population of 6,000).

Founded in 1999 by Hannah Warimu, the school provides free education and food for the children.  After handing over the kit, the team visited the slum and saw the homes and living conditions of Jangwani.

Particularly inspiring was Monica Makumo who having been abandoned at the age of 4 years was taken into the school from the streets in 2003. Monica is now the Children’s President at the Kenyan Parliament and is determined to become a Human Rights Lawyer.

Photo shows children wearing kit donated by Hitchin Town FC, a long time supporter of KitAid and Mary Exton School, Hitchin.

Greatly needed school equipment including pens, pencils, books, sewing equipment and materials were donated by Chessbrook Education Support Centre in West Watford.

MEETING CHILDREN & STAFF AT SAIDA CHILDREN'S HOME

Football team (KitAid, RAF's Taking Football to Africa and beyond and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation) spent the day at SAIDA Children's Home, Gil Gil, about one and a half hours north of Nairobi, donating football kit and cuddly toys from Ipswich Town FC.

The home is run by Jane Kinuthia and opened in April 2004. It houses 52 children, most of whom are abandoned or abused children. Saida means ‘help’ in Swahili.  There's a small nursery at the home and its also houses primary and secondary children. The home also runs two outreach programmes in Gilgil including a feeding programme for 76 children and a 'Granny Club' which relies on older ladies providing shelter and support for young children. The project looks after around 300 children and is self sufficient relying on charitable donations.

CHARITIES JOIN FORCES TO BRING A TOUCH OF FOOTBALL TO KENYA

Representatives of KitAid (Derrick Williams & Sally Howe) joined RAF Shawbury based 'Taking Football to Africa and Beyond' (Squadron Leader Neil Hope and Senior Aircraftsmen Ben Burton), Mark Robson of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and Dave Queen from Thomas Adams School in Wem to make football shirt deliveries in  Kenya.

The first delivery was at the Kibagare Good News Centre in Nairobi, which sits in a slum township with no running water, sewerage or electricity. The centre houses St Martins Nursery and Primary school and also a girls Secondary School. The centre is run by Sister Leah Wambui Kimani who works tirelessly to support children mainly from Kibagare slums. The children are taught and fed, twice a day, at the school at a cost of  500 Kenyan schillings per term, which is effectively £4 each.  The 500 primary and 185 secondary children also have access to medical help as the centre houses a small chemist dispensary and lab.

Many of the kits donated on the day were Newcastle shirts left by fans at St James Park in memory of Sir Bobby Robson.

"It was a fantastic sight to see so many children wearing the black and white stripes and enjoying their football," said Mark.

KITAID SUPPORTS FOOTBALL GAMBIA

We were pleased to hear that Ian's trip to Gambia was a great success. After running two football coaching sessions for youth and national league coaches, he also met all the members of the Gambian Football Association.

'Football Gambia' is set up as a charity in the Gambia now and Ian has five people co-ordinating everything in the Gambia. Ian was interviewed by West Coast Radio 2 and KitAid hit the airwaves across the country.

A MESSAGE FROM GRAHAM TAYLOR, OUR PATRON, AS HE HEADS OFF TO THE WORLD CUP

KitAid – South Africa – World Cup. Three into one makes for a fantastic opportunity to see the top footballers in the world, playing in a country hosting the tournament for the first time, whilst not forgetting there is a poverty level that needs support and encouragement. 

KitAid does that by a regular supply of football kit donated from all over Britain. To see the smiles on the faces of so many youngsters is like winning the equivalent of the World Cup!

Graham Taylor

BEST WISHES TO JULIA WHO'S OFF TO SOUTH AFRICA

Julia, one of KitAid's trustees, is heading off to the World Cup next week as a volunteer throughout the tournament.

We've donated a football ticket to Joseph, a South African who lives in one of the poor townships in Jo burg (called OrangeFarm) to join her at the England v USA match. Joseph has helped Julia distribute kit to Orange Farm schools. Joe , like eveyone else in the townships has no money for extras in life. So this will be fab for him. He is aged about 45 has never ever been to a match but knows everything about football and plays himself. He works hard supporting his wife, 3 kids and grandchild in his small ghetto home.

Enjoy the football Joseph and thanks for your help over the years.

ANY SPARE MATCH ATTAX?

We're collecting Match Attax cards to batch up and take with us to Kenya. The children love them, so if you've got a few spares and want to to see the put to good use, send them to KitAid, c/o Veolia Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield, Herts.

Be quick - we're leaving on the 6 June.

BIRTHDAY BASH BRINGS FUNDS IN TO KITAID

Many thanks from Suzanne Williams from Matlock who recently reached her milestone birthday and celebrated in style with an 80s themed party in aid of KitAid. A large amount of kit (mainly Derby County shirts!) and £250 was donated on the night. So a big thank you to Suzanne or is it Maggie?

TEAM GETS READY TO GO TO KENYA

Members of KitAid (Derrick Williams and Sally Howe) joined Squadron Leader, Neil Hope; Aircraftsman, Ben Burton and Mark Robson, from the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation prior to their trip to Kenya.  The team will be distributing shirts from the 12 boxes of kits already delivered to Warrant Officer Wayne Charley at the British High Commission in Nairobi. Another six boxes are currently making their way to the Kenyan capital.

Travelling with the group is local teacher Dave Queen, from Thomas Adams school in Wem. Dave looks after a school link with Miriu school in Kenya.   Also present at the Shawbury visit was the Headmaster of Thomas Adams School, Neil Hemmings and members of staff and students from Miriu School in Kenya. The quartet, teachers, Joseph Odhong and Kenedy Ochola and students, Edwin Otieno Juma and Millicent achieng Odera are currently in England from Miriu school visiting the Wem school, who provide much needed aid and sponsorship to the Kenyan youngsters.

Children in Nepal receive new kits

Just heard from Jolana Whyte, who is currently working on a project in Nepal.  KitAid donated kits which have been donated to the Youth Club of Aandhimul village and Bandipur.

Jolana writes: "The political situation this month has been very difficult and the country has been on stand still, no transport, no shops all shut for 6 days and there are further strikes expected. As the streets got quieter they got filled with children playing football, cricket and badminton, lifting the heavy mood of the country".

NEW REGIONAL COORDINATOR JOINS FOR NORTH HERTS/ESSEX AREA

Welcome to Tim Lamb, Chairman of the Bishops Stortford Supporters Club, who has just volunteered to become KitAid's Regional Coordinator for the Herts/Essex border area.

KITAID JOINS FORCES WITH THE FORCES

KitAid joins forces with RAF Shawbury and the 'Taking Football to Africa and beyond' to send football kits to Kenya.

The appeal, which is run by the Station Community Relations Officer, Squadron Leader Neil Hope, collects football shirts and school uniforms from donors across the country and re-distributes them to the needy worldwide.

Neil will be joined by on his trip to Kenya by Sally Howe and Derrick Williams, Trustee and Founder of  KitAid and Mark Robson from the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation; Dave Queen from Thomas Adams School in Wem, who looks after the school link with Miriu school in Kenya and Senior Aircraftsmen Ben Burton, who assists Neil with the appeal.

Many of the football shirts already in Kenya were from the donation through the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation of Newcastle United shirts left at St James Park to commemorate the life of Sir Bobby Robson, Mark's father. To date the appeal has now delivered 24,500 items, including 12,089 shirts to 27 countries worldwide. Donations are continuing to arrive at RAF Shawbury.

OUR VOLUNTEER PACKERS BREAK A RECORD

Once a month on a Saturday KitAid volunteers give up their warm beds to sort and box up hundreds of donated kits.  Each session we get faster, pack more boxes and today we found a home for 64 boxes of kit which will all soon be on their way to Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Iraq, Zanzibar and South Africa. Quite amazing when you think we did all of that in less than 3 hours and we will make 2,500 people very happy!
Well done packers!

ENGLAND SHIRTS ARRIVE IN KENYA

Some great photos sent in by our Regional Coordinator in Sussex, Ben van Nes. Lots and lots of lovely England shirts arrived in Kenya and are now being worn by lots and lots of lovely Kenyan children.

KITAID VISITS BISHOPS STORTFORD FC

Derrick visits Bishops Stortford FC, they have 800 kids affiliated to the club and are the biggest Community Club in Hertfordshire. We've been promised their kit when they change it for the new season.

SCHOOL IN SIERRA LEONE GETS A NEW SPORTS AREA AND KIT TO GO WITH IT!

These photos arrived today from Sierra Leone and are very special to us. KitAid funded the construction of a new hard court sports area. Last year we raised £5k at an auction of items including a signed England football shirt (donated by the FA). We donated £2.5k towards the new facility and the girls also received England kits to go with it! Thanks to ENWAGS for working in partnership with us to achieve this.

HERE COME THE GIRLS (WITH THEIR NEW KITS) ....

CONGRATULATIONS ROBERT AND READ INTERNATIONAL

We're really pleased that Robert Wilson, who set up READ International, one of our charity partners, won  the ‘Enterprising Young Brit Award’ for his work in setting up and managing the charity. His award was presented  by Peter Mandelson. Here's the list of all the 2010 winners http://www.enterpriseuk.org/enterprising_young_brits_2010/thewinners

HOT OFF THE PRESS ... THE 2009/10 SEASON ANNUAL REVIEW IS NOW OUT

Make sure you get your copy!

More kit from the FA

Thanks for the Football Association for donating 5,000 brand new shirts.  We've got a boxing up session coming up and they'll soon be on the way to be worn by teams across the globe.

KitAid in Middlesborough

http://comeonboro.com/footballleague/800019.php

We hit the headlines in The Gambia

http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/bobby-robson-tribute-shirts-arrive-in-gambia

WE'RE ON THE NEWCASTLE UTD WEBSITE

http://www.nufc.co.uk/articles/20100305/sir-bobby-tribute-shirts-arrive-in-africa_2240137_1985098