FA staff at Wembley Stadium and St George’s Park donned their favourite jerseys as part of Football Shirt Friday, in support of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.
Taking place during bowel cancer awareness month, Football Shirt Friday has returned for the fifth year, with backing from well-known faces such as Sir Geoff Hurst and Sir AP McCoy, to help fund life-saving research into bowel cancer.
The fundraising initiative, which asks people to wear their football shirt and donate £2 to the Bobby Moore Fund, draws inspiration from one of the most famous images of Bobby taken at the 1970 World Cup, where he swapped football shirts with Brazil legend Pelé. Seen as a sign of respect between the opposing players, it is a gesture that has been recreated by footballers worldwide ever since.
Bobby’s widow, Stephanie Moore MBE, set up the fund in partnership with Cancer Research UK to raise money for research into the disease. To date, over £23m has been raised to fund groundbreaking bowel cancer research.
She said: “We want to see the whole nation get behind Football Shirt Friday, wearing their team’s colours with pride and believing that together we can and will beat bowel cancer.
“We have made enormous progress in the last 50 years but sadly bowel cancer still kills 44 people in the UK every day. By joining forces, raising funds and channelling that unbreakable spirit of a football fan to support the Bobby Moore Fund, we can all help bring forward the day when bowel cancer is cured.”
Visit www.footballshirtfriday.org to find out more.
To donate £2 to the Bobby Moore Fund, text GOAL002 to 70070. Texts cost £2 plus 1 standard rate text. Cancer Research UK receives £2. Click here for terms and conditions.
Join the conversation on Twitter using #FootballShirtFriday or on the OfficialBobbyMooreFund Facebook page.
