Local side, Lincoln Soccer Academy, receives helping hand from McDonald’s.
City of Lincoln Member of Parliament, Karl McCartney MP, recently collected a set of new footballs and equipment from McDonald’s Director of Football, Sir Geoff Hurst, at the House of Commons. Karl will be donating the set of footballs, cones, passing arches and discs to local side Lincoln Soccer Academy.
The Lincoln Soccer Academy provides football lessons for children from 4 years old to 13 years, with a big emphasis on fun. All the Academy’s coaches are FA qualified but are influenced by coaching techniques from around the world, including England, South America and Holland.
The equipment was donated to Karl McCartney MP by 1966 World Cup hero Sir Geoff Hurst at the launch of the McDonald’s Ten Years of Teamwork report – commissioned in association with the Institute of Youth Sport. The report reviews what has been achieved over the last 10 years in the grassroots game and marks the tenth anniversary of McDonald’s partnership with the four UK Football Associations.
Karl McCartney MP, Lincoln’s Member of Parliament, said, “I was delighted to be on hand this week to discuss and pledge my support to grassroots football alongside a host of legends of the game, including The FA’s Director Of Football Development, Sir Trevor Brooking, McDonald’s Head Coach and former Manchester United Youth Coach, Eric Harrison and McDonald’s Head of Football in Northern Ireland, Pat Jennings. I was also delighted to collect a set of new footballs and equipment from Sir Geoff for Lincoln Soccer Academy whose budding young players, I hope, will follow in his very successful footsteps.”
Sir Geoff Hurst, McDonald’s Director of Football says, “Over the past decade I’ve seen grassroots football take on a whole new guise and take a huge leap forward in terms of progress and quality. It’s fantastic to see so many people show their support for the future of the game. Kit and equipment is just one of many of the small ways that we can continue to support football at this level and I hope Lincoln Soccer Academy enjoy using this fantastic new football gear.”
For more information on the report or to request a copy, please contact:
[email protected] or telephone 020 7025 6565
For further information, please contact Karl McCartney MP at [email protected] / 020 7219 7221
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McDonald’s proudly supports football in Britain’s communities, providing more opportunities for anyone to volunteer and qualify as community coaches plus increasing access to free qualified coaching for youngsters everywhere.
McDonald’s partnership with The FA helps coaches play an even greater role in their local communities through the FA Charter Standard League programme to ultimately improve standards at grassroots level.
Since McDonald’s became The FA’s Community Partner in 2002, McDonald’s has helped to recruit and train over 25,000 qualified football coaches and has offered over 2 million hours of free, quality football to young players across the UK.
The partnership will also support 400,000 volunteers, 6,000 grassroots clubs and create a total of 30,000 qualified coaches by 2014. For more information, visit McDonald’s.co.uk/football
Our coaching programme is led by:
· Sir Geoff Hurst MBE (McDonald’s Director of Football)
· Kenny Dalglish (McDonald’s Head of Scottish Football)
· Ian Rush (McDonald’s Head of Welsh Football)
· Pat Jennings (McDonald’s Head of Football in Northern Ireland)
· Eric Harrison (McDonald’s Head Coach and former Manchester United Youth Coach who influenced the careers of David Beckham, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes)