Saturday
27th March 2004
The Windsor Warriors footie challenge |
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FC captain Adie Williams with Windsor Warriors captain Peter
Killingworth. |
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To
have Reading FC captain Adie Williams cheering you on when you're
playing football is surely any local fan's dream.
Well
the dream came true for the Windsor Warriors after Radio Berkshire
organised a football match against them on Friday March 26.
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To
have Reading FC captain Adie Williams cheering you on when you're
playing football is surely any local fan's dream.
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Windsor Warriors |
Well the
dream came true for the Windsor Warriors after Radio Berkshire organised
a football match against them on Friday March 26.
The Warriors,
who are students at East Berkshire College with disabilities and learning
difficulties, lost against the BBC staff side 3-2.
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| BBC
Radio Berkshire's Tim Dellor with Sue 'Marleeeene' Holderness
and Warriors supporter Michael Godfrey. |
Footie
hero Adie was cheering the Warriors at the sidelines with none other
than 'Marleeeeeeene' Boyce from Only Fools and Horses, played by Sue
Holderness and who supports the team.
The game,
at Radio Berkshire's headqarters in Caversham Park, Reading, was set
up after the Warriors were struggling to find other teams to play
against.
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| Adie
Williams speaking live on BBC Radio Berkshire. |
BBC staff,
including presenter Tim Dellor and reporter Sarah Burbedge, stepped
in play the Warriors and the match was broadcast on a show hosted
by TV and radio presenter Maggie Philbin.
East Berkshire
College's autistic spectrum coordinator Jenny Illic said it was hard
to organise matches because players from the Warriors had problems
such as autism.
She said:
"I'm really grateful to the BBC for organising the game.
"Lots
of the students are really keen on sport but were often left out of
games when they were at school.
"That's
a real shame because sport helps them build up their social skills."
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| BBC
Staff v Windsor Warriors team photo |
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