Our Story:

In an 18 month period between 2022 and 2023, a devastating 3 of our players were diagnosed with cancer at different times. As a club this hit us very hard, but thankfully all 3 individuals have beaten cancer and gone on to represent the club in remission.

Prior to this, we were already proud supporters of the Movember charity because of it's advocacy for men's health. This is something that we believe is very important in the football community but also in our society as a whole.

Following these diagnoses we made it our mission to dedicate even more time and resources to help change the perceptions around men's health. The players have been amazing advocates sharing their stories, whilst as a club we have continued to dedicate the month of November to Movember and promote the charity and the important work it does. One of our home games that month we make our Movember day where we invite our Movember ambassador to join us to spread the word on men's health, raise important funds for the charity and engage people in discussions.

Thanks to this effort, we were unbelievably proud to be nominated for the 'Changing the face of men's health' award at the Movember awards earlier this year. To have recognition is fantastic but that is not why we do what we do. We represent this cause every year because we care about men's health and we want to stand up and make people think about men's health, talk about men's health and do something about men's health!

Football is a place for unity and togetherness! It goes beyond just a result on the pitch, it's a community, it's a place you can be yourself, it's people you can talk to and so much more. Which got us thinking, how can we go even bigger and better in an effort to promote the importance of men's health using our platform.

Here it is, our biggest challenge yet.....

On Saturday 5th July our Vice Chairman Craig Pooley, First Team Manager Paul Wise, Assistant Manager Ben Dartnall, Club Captain Matt Simpson and Cancer Survivor Ollie Lee will tackle the 85km from Selsey to Seaford in 24hours!

They will be joined by Mike McCaffrey from SNLF and along the way they will be stopping at other clubs in the Southern Combination Football League to help spread the word on men's health and grab some rest where they can!

This incredible challenge will be in support of Movember as we continue to raise awareness of men's health and raise funds to support this brilliant charity!