ONE of our coaches, Dave José Hughes aka "The Guvner", was inspired by the fundraising efforts made by others (Captain Tom – legend!) and the amazing work from the NHS, and suggested we do our bit to help.

This also got us outside and away from our Playstations for a few minutes (some longer than others), during this lockdown period.

Obviously we couldn’t get together as a team so a virtual video was the answer.

Amongst his seemingly many contacts, Jose Hughes asked Rob Stoyle from Helmores to use his amazing editing skills to produce a well polished video.

The idea was that each player did keepy ups before kicking it out of shot and finding the next team mate.

The clips were filmed in players’ gardens and sent to Rob to edit into a seamless production.

If only we could string this many passes together for real; three minutes without the opposition touching the ball and not conceding a goal – perhaps Rob could film our matches in future?!

The video features efforts (in order of appearance) from:

Betsy – Sam Betts, DIY Dave – Dave Hartshorne, Coach, Gazza – Andrew Reynolds, Prousy - Jamie (the-ball-hits-the-floor!) Roche, Rambo – Seb Roche, T – Talitha Roche, Crumpers – Kieren Crump, Gabe – Gabe James, Mrs Ronaldo – Siobhan Luxmore, Kilvo – James Kilvington, Comedian, Gossy – Sean Goss, Shrewsbury Town FC, Spiderman – Joe Webber, Wardy – Lewis Ward, Exeter City FC, Luxy – Pete Luxmore, Bunny – Andy Warren, Knoxy – James Knox, 50 Shades of Graham – Graham Lancelles, Hughesy – Joe Hughes, (President) Donald Crump – Darren Crump, Coach, Finners – Finn Warren, Pastie – Matt Hartshorne, Chipmunk – Charlie Lancelles, LLoreeece – Reece Burnison, Little Landers – Tyler Lander and José The Guvner – Dave Hughes, Coach and inspiration!

Great touch guys!

Special thanks to the celebs for taking part in our video: Sean Goss, pro Shrewsbury Town, Lewis Ward, pro Exeter City, James Kilvington, Comedian and Steve Perryman MBE, ex pro, Spurs Legend.

Massive thanks to Dave and Rob for your hard work in making this happen and putting the video together.

Thanks to U14 teammates – we’re all proud to have done our little bit to help.

All proceeds are going to NHS RD and E charity. The Guvner will stump up the cash for the greenhouse repairs from his own pocket – good touch José!

On a serious note, Dave José Hughes set the target of raising £1,000.

Please watch our video, like and share, and if you possibly can, please donate a few quid to help us reach our target and support the NHS (RD and E) frontline heroes. They are doing an amazing job for us in these strange and difficult times.

Thank you for your support and keep safe everybody.

FW