Despite playing at home, a Non League club from Bucks decided to don their away colours for one of their festive fixtures recently.
Marlow FC, who ground share their home matches at the Alfred Davis Memorial Ground with Marlow United, took on Chalfont St Peter in an Isthmian League South Central Division match on December 27.
The Blues came out as 2-0 winners, but, the main talking point of the match was that the home side wore their change strip of old gold in the Bucks derby to support the homelessness charity, Shelter.
The orange away shirts that we will be playing in to support the nationwide Shelter #NoHomeKit campaign are ready and waiting for the boys! ⚽️🧡#WeAreMarlow #TheBlues #MarlowFc #NoHomeKit pic.twitter.com/CWaKpaYl8q
— Marlow Football Club (@MarlowFC) December 27, 2021
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This was part of the inaugural #NoHomeKit campaign which saw teams up and down the land across many divisions take part.
Osama Bhutta, Director of Campaigns at Shelter, said: “It has been truly inspiring to see the positive power of football in action.
“The football community from the grassroots to the Premier League have gone above and beyond to take a stand against homelessness this Christmas – and we want to say a huge thank you to everybody who’s taken part in #NoHomeKit.
With Wycombe’s Boxing Day game being called off, and with it being borderline impossible in getting tickets to yesterday’s Arsenal match, I’m at @MarlowFC as they take on @csp_afc. Getting my festive football fix 🎄 @NonLeagueCrowd pic.twitter.com/ErIVToXJF6
— James Richings (@James_BFP) December 27, 2021
“The small act of ditching your home kit, and donating what you can to Shelter, can change the lives of those without a home.
“With football’s help we can keep answering helpline calls, we can give expert support to everyone who needs it, and one day we can end homelessness for good.”
According to the Shelter website, in the space of every 90 minute game, 25 households will become homeless in England.
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Thank you to everyone that came down to watch the boys as they took part in the #NoHomeKit campaign. We managed to raise £100 for the charity which is amazing! See you all in 2022! Stay safe and thank you for all the support you have shown so far this season! ⚽️💙 #MarlowFc pic.twitter.com/xkh6ghkp3m
— Marlow Football Club (@MarlowFC) December 27, 2021
And following the match between Marlow and Chalfont St Peter on December 27, the club confirmed that they had raised £100 for the charity through on-the-day donations.
To donate to the cause, go to www.england.shelter.org.uk/donate.
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