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David James backs affordable football kit charities
Key takeaways
- The former Liverpool, Portsmouth and Watford player was in Peterborough to promote two organisations which try to make football kit more affordable.
- He co-founded Football Rebooted, which rehomes second-hand donated boots, and is an ambassador of Goal2Grow, which sells donated football kits for £10 each.
- "There are people who want to play football for fun, social, mental and physical benefits who can't access football because of the prohibitive cost," said James.
Jenny Kirk,in Peterboroughand Katy Prickett Jenny Kirk/BBCEx-England goalie David James does not want the cost of football kit to prevent anyone playing the beautiful game"Football is a very expensive game now and times are tough for a lot of people," said former England goalkeeper David James.
The former Liverpool, Portsmouth and Watford player was in Peterborough to promote two organisations which try to make football kit more affordable.
He co-founded Football Rebooted, which rehomes second-hand donated boots, and is an ambassador of Goal2Grow, which sells donated football kits for £10 each.
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