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Yorkie

Sussex born and bred
Jul 5, 2003
32,367
dahn sarf
Barrel of Fun said:
How does one play for them? What is the 'minimum' disability one would need?
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I've copied and pasted this from a post the person who runs it, made.

The teams in the league can have a lot of different disabilities, from missing limbs, deafness, and the various behaviour and learning deficentcies, our team is made up of players with no physical disabilities but have their own problems which in the past has made it impossible to play mainstream football,even when techically they would be good enough. I can speak from my sons point of view where before football he was at special school and the future looked poor,his behaviour was disruptive and his learning well behind . Getting involved with the Albion disability football team has given him a new convidence. Before his involvement I didn't feel he would be able to hold down a job when he left school, to his credit he now very sucessfuly works at a sports centre and through the albion has been very sucessful along with several others in the team he last season played for England and has also been playing for a local sunday league side. But it not all about our first team which is very sucesful,
the specials reach out and give boys and girls a chance to not only enjoy football but to increase their own self convidence.
 








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andybaha

Active member
Jan 3, 2007
737
Piddinghoe
Yorkie said:
I've copied and pasted this from a post the person who runs it, made.

The teams in the league can have a lot of different disabilities, from missing limbs, deafness, and the various behaviour and learning deficentcies, our team is made up of players with no physical disabilities but have their own problems which in the past has made it impossible to play mainstream football,even when techically they would be good enough. I can speak from my sons point of view where before football he was at special school and the future looked poor,his behaviour was disruptive and his learning well behind . Getting involved with the Albion disability football team has given him a new convidence. Before his involvement I didn't feel he would be able to hold down a job when he left school, to his credit he now very sucessfuly works at a sports centre and through the albion has been very sucessful along with several others in the team he last season played for England and has also been playing for a local sunday league side. But it not all about our first team which is very sucesful,
the specials reach out and give boys and girls a chance to not only enjoy football but to increase their own self convidence.
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Thanks Yorkie for the info I needed.

The Albion don't shout loud enough about the Seagulls Specials. It would seem that a lot of people on NSC haven't a clue they even exist. They are another very important reason why we need a stadium at Falmer to safeguard the fantastic work that the club do in the community.
 


The Large One

The Large One

Who's Next?
Jul 7, 2003
52,343
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They did get a lap of honour the past couple of seasons at Withdean. They'd won something like 52 trophies in about five years. Well done them.

It's one of the things that's highly indicative of the Albion's community programme - one that Lewes District Council are happy to dimiss as an irrelevance.
 


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