My story – from England International to England Coach James Buckley In 2011 I played for England in the Homeless World Cup in Paris. Since then I have done many things with the support of the Homeless FA, as well as from two of their Community members, Liverpool Homeless FC and Crewe Foyer @ 189. [...]
Forget about the football – that’s not what matters Lindsey Horsfield, Homeless FA Chair That was how almost every England player replied when asked on the final day of the 2012 Homeless World Cup tournament in Mexico City what they would say to the players in 2013. This is a big ask for a group [...]
Paul Thompson and Jayde Tew (Captains) Paul Hello my name is Paul Thompson and this is going to be my last blog for the Homeless FA at the Homeless World Cup. I got up this morning at bang on 7.30 and had my breakfast. I got ready for the final game of the tournament against Scotland. [...]
Marco Ramos and Mauva Hunte-Bowlby (Captains) Marco First of all I would like to thank the coaches for trusting me enough and give me the chance to be captain for the day. I must say it was an incredible experience and I felt very honoured to have that role. As part of the privilege I [...]
Mark Wilks and Sophie Surridge (Captains) Mark At the team meeting the manager announced me as the captain for the day, I felt so proud of the opportunity. Leading out the team against Poland was amazing. I wanted to win the game even more than normal as I felt the weight of the country on [...]
Aaron Ranieri and Louise Jones (Captains) Aaron I woke up very excited as I knew that we were playing Mexico today. Everyone knew how important this game was to me, and I was made captain for this special game. Incredible. On the bus to the pitches I thought about the last Believe session, and tried [...]
Anthony Williams-White and Jess Lomax (Captains) Anthony I was told to write this in bullet points, so here goes… Bullet point 1 Bullet point 2 Bullet po… Today I woke up because of Billy’s alarm clock as always. I wouldn’t make it to football otherwise. I was told I was captain today, and I had [...]
Shaunray Thomas and Jayde Tew (Captains) Shaunray My day started with getting Wilks up for breakfast (me and Billy laughed because he woke up like a 70 year old man). Defo not a morning person. As captain I got to go to the Football Office and found out about all the work that´s done inside. [...]
Emmanuel Bockarie and Rosie Martin (Captains) Emmanuel Found out that Aaron doesn’t sleep, he is up at 4am in the morning, ready and waiting for me to wake up! When I finally woke up I showered and discovered that my hair had grown by 0.2inches. After breakfast we met up in our top facility secret [...]
Paul Thompson and Becca Mushrow (Captains) Paul Woke up at 6am and got myself ready. Went down for breakfast at 7.30 am, then had a team meeting at 8.15am. At the team meeting I found out that I was going to be captain for the two games of the day. I just couldn’t believe it [...]
