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FOOTBALL TEAMS’ TRIBUTE TO THE NHS

  • 02/10/20
  • By SJFL Management Committee
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A children’s football team in Oswestry has kitted out its players in a strip with the message ‘thank you NHS’ rather than a commercial sponsor thanks to the generosity of parents.

Oswestry Boys & Girls Club’s (OBGC) U9-nine Tigers team will play their next season with the message of gratitude for health workers emblazoned on their shirts.

People all over the country have found their own ways to thank the NHS for their work during the coronavirus crisis. Macron Wrexham and the OBGC gave us the opportunity to purchase a new kit that shows ‘thank you NHS’ instead of a sponsor.

Read the more at the Shropshire Star https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/oswestry/2020/08/28/oswestry-boys-football-team-eschews-sponsor-for-thank-you-nhs-shirt-message/

Find out more about Oswestry Boys & Girls Club and its range of teams visit: https://www.facebook.com/OswestryBoysandGirlsClub/