Players wanted for staff v students charity football match

12 Dec 2017

As part of University Mental Health Day on Thursday, 1 March 2018 two charity football matches will take place setting the University’s Athletic Union (AU) teams against a squad of University staff

The event is supported by the University’s Men’s and Women’s Football Clubs who have kindly agreed to allow the use of the new 3G pitch at the Armitage for this charity event.

The theme of University Mental Health Day in 2018 is CommUNIty and we’d like as many staff as possible to play and spectate so that we can bring together the various communities across the institution and raise some money for the charity Student Minds. 

The schedule is as follows, with both games taking place at the Armitage Centre where there is plenty of space for spectators too:

• 5:30-6:30 PM – Female staff v student game
• 6:45-7:45 PM – Male staff v student game

If you would be interested in playing in this game, please email Paul Gratrick from the Careers Service and in the New Year there will be a follow up message with further details. 

The student teams will be made up from across their four teams and the game will be socially competitive.

Our vision is to really make this an event for the whole University community and to try and get support and representation from across the institution.  Even if you don’t want to play then your support for the Staff XI would be much appreciated!

If you have any questions about this event then please contact Paul, and for general University football queries please contact Football Development Officer Martin Cropper.