Charlie Slocombe ❤️

A dear friend and former coach of ours sadly passed away on the 23rd July 2019 after collapsing on the pitch playing the game he loved. Charlie was just 25 years old.

Following this heart- breaking news, along with the growing awareness of sudden cardiac arrest amongst footballers, we approached Charlie’s family to ask if we could honour his memory and raise the funds needed to have our own defibrillators at every game, soccer school and event we hold. From this, #THECHARLIESLOCOMBECUP❤️
was born.

Charlie’s family presented us with our very first defibrillator to start us on our fundraising journey.

Thanks to all the support and love from our first charity weekend back in 2021, we raised over £4000 which was then matched by a local medical company who saw our plight in the news, meaning we are now the VERY proud owners of 7 defibrillators ❤️

All funds raised from today’s match and raffle go towards the upkeep and yearly maintenance of our defibs.

And of course, we take great pride in honouring Charlie at our match tonight, where we will hold a 1 minute applause.

This one’s for you Charlie ❤️

#THECHARLIESLOCOMBECUP❤️
#DEFIBAPPEAL2023
#SCA
#EMCCOACHES
#MEANMACHINEDADS
#EMCFAMILY

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