Nearly 2,000 footballers got here down on an Oxfordshire neighborhood this weekend break for its yearly soccer celebration.
Didcot Town Festival of Football was a further barking success this 12 months as an general of 241 teams from all through the nation took half within the event.
The celebration has really been going stable for almost 20 years contemplating that changing its precursor, Didcot Town Boys, and this 12 months’s was no exemption.
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Boys and girls aged 6 to 17 obtained related to the competitors, in what was outlined by organisers as a “monumental effort from the club”.
The substantial event was gone to by just about 2,000 soccer avid gamers (Image: Daz King)
Volunteer for the soccer membership Daz King claimed: “We work arduous to actively encourage kids to play soccer while being out within the contemporary air, match and wholesome and having fun with the attractive recreation.
“We count greatly on our board, supervisors, trains and moms and dads to make sure the competition can run efficiently over the weekend break.”
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This 12 months, grownup matches had been performed on Friday night for the primary time, as each women and men loved an in-house match.
Although the massive occasion places some pressure on parking round Edmonds Park in Didcot over the weekend – with about 1,000 vehicles parking within the space – organisers stated they had been grateful to the neighborhood for being understanding ” as they perceive we simply do that competitors on one weekend break of the 12 months.
Mr King included: “It’s been another fantastic tournament in 2025, and we will soon be planning for next year’s tournament over the same weekend in June, but for now it is time for a well-earned rest.”
