THE players of Lancashire and Cheshire AFL outfit Flixton Juniors First have contributed to the coronavirus outbreak by raising £280 for the NHS.

The open age team have responded admirably to the cancellation of the amateur football season by insisting that rather than returning money that is paid to the club for matchday and training costs, the fees are redirected to this worthy cause.

Once it became apparent that the season’s fixtures would not be fulfilled, Flixton’s players displayed their compassion and care for their health service by generously giving their subs to the NHS.

Jordan Casey is the Assistant Manager of Flixton, said: “We pay a £35 a month standing order which all of the players pay.

"That covers all our training, all matchdays, referee costs, and everything that comes in that.

"The lads get training gear, tracksuit tops. Everybody is happy to pay this each month.

“Obviously when coronavirus hit, the league was cancelled about halfway through March, so we thought as a gesture of goodwill to our lads, we’d offer about £20 back, to say we’ve had £15 of training and matches so far, so we thought it’d be a nice bit of goodwill to give them all £20 back.

“One of the lads actually came back straight away and said could we donate his £20 to charity, which we thought was a great idea.

"So we put a message out to the other lads, and the others said the same, we’ll give it to charity.

"We agreed on the NHS and it ended up as a £280 donation.”

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