Football Marathon 2010 was – once again – the biggest and best yet.

On Saturday 7th August 2010, 400 players gathered at 7am on Clapham Common to play in the 9th Annual Football Marathon.   13 hours and 689 games of 6aside football later, the grand final saw Los Halcones triumph over My Face II on penalties to become Football Marathon Champions for 2010.   You can download the Final Standings here to see how everyone got on.

Of course the real winners were our beneficiaries in Africa, with over £100,000 raised so far to support our work in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, South Africa and Ghana.   A phenomenal amount of money to raise in one day, this achievement is testament to the dedication of TackleAfrica’s volunteers, players and fundraisers and is enough to fund TackleAfrica’s work for almost a whole calendar year, training 500 coaches and reaching 25,000 young people. 

Huge congratulations to Bear’s Flairs for winning the important ‘Best fundraising team’ accolade, becoming only the second ever team to raise over £6,000, another incredible achievement.    You can see the fundraising league table and overall running total here

Some stats:

Total games played:  690*

Total goals scored:  1,389

Pitches:  20*

Teams: 50*

Players: 400*

Total raised (so far):  £105,213

Number of teams exceeding fundraising target (so far):  23

Top scorers:  Brahzel (59)

Top points per game:  Brahzel (2.55)

Most conceded:  Matisse (73)

Accumulative money raised from Football Marathons 2002-2010:  £389,000

*New Football Marathon record.

You can view the ongoing Football Marathon Hall of Fame here

Special thanks to:

Football Marathon Organising Committee (FOC):  Charlie ‘Goalposts’ Gamble, Richard ‘Fixtures’ Silverton, Stephen ‘Flair’ Findlay, Tim ‘Spreadsheet’ Dawes, Gavin ‘Data Caravan’ Atkins, Neil ‘That’s Why You’re Secretary’ Peters

Volunteer Pitch Managers and General Organisers:  Kate Gamble, Beth Davidson, Mint Orr, Kate ‘Wag’ Weller, Tatyana Dimitrova, Lucy Pennycook, Kate Raleigh, Mark Shale, Robert Gamble, Laura Smith, Joe Payne,  Adrian Moorhead, Will Bancroft, Dave Allen, Jens Dueing, John Miller, Catherine Kellet, Claire Le Feuvre, Fiona Harding and Victor, Hector and Jeff from Lambeth Council.

Data Caravan Nerve Centre Team:  Damian ‘Data Entry’ Lobb, Paul ‘Referee to pitch 20′ Fitzsimmons, Stephanie ‘Superstar DJ’ Kelsey

Medics:  George Michaelides, Owen Harris, Niki ‘the Wheal of Fortune’ Wheal, Hannah ‘Handstand’ Richardson, Estelle ‘Laugho’ Laughton, the British Red Cross

Special Guests:  Rosemary Chileshe, Edgar Musonda, Science in Sports

Thanks to everyone involved in this incredible event, and we look forward to seeing you for Football Marathon 2011 – the ten year testimonial – when we hope to break the £500k accumulated total barrier.  If you want to give feedback, find out more or apply for a place on the Organising Committee for FM2011, please contact Tom at tom@tackleafrica.org

Photos to follow

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