Homeless World Cup team selected for 2008
World Cup in Melbourne Australia.
Squad:- Thomas Cullen, Gary Cunnian, Stephen Coleman, Brian Coleman, Jimmy Bell, Ross Crosbie, Karl Robinson, Paul Farrell.
Management Team:- Sean Kavanagh Founder and Chairman of Street Leagues, Dan Carey Team Manager, Vernon McAllurum Assistant Coach.Anthony Hill and John Dowling social coaches.
After a comprehensive selection process the players selected were drawn from Irelands Issues Street Leagues which are run in several venues in Dublin and expanded this year to Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Athlone, Galway and Longford.
“The players are training hard and playing friendlies on a weekly basis in preparation for Melbourne. Our participation in the European Indoor Soccer Championships in Poland in September, where we finished in 5th place, was a great indicator of what we have to do.
The lads, with the management team, have responded positively to the challenge. We expect to face a high level of competition at the World Cup and we're preparing accordingly. The players certainly have the skill, commitment, pride and desire to meet any challenge thrown at them. Our mood is good and our expectations high”.
Dan Carey Team Manager
The Homeless World Cup is a world-class international football tournament that has triggered and supports grass roots football programmes in over 60 nations engaging 30,000 players.
At the 6th Homeless World Cup in Melbourne 1-7 December 2008, 56 nations will participart.
The inaugural Homeless World Cup kicked off in Graz, Austria uniting 18 nations. Since then it has gained great momentum in Gothenburg, Sweden (2004), Edinburgh, Scotland (2005), Cape Town, South Africa (2006) and Copenhagen, Denmark (2007). It will visit Milan in 2009.
The Homeless World Cup is supported by UEFA, Nike, The Vodafone Foundation, Global Ambassador Eric Cantona and international footballers Didier Drogba and Rio Ferdinand
www.homelessworldcup.org
Partners: FAI (Main), Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council, Wheatfield Prison
Sponsors: Start Mortgages (Main), Lifestyle Sports
Contact Sean Kavanagh 087 2238108
Byzantium@iolfree.ie
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