Professional footballers in both the men’s and women’s game are, rightfully, commended for creating time around training, matches and family lives to support others in their clubs’ communities.
They are praised for using the power of sport for good and for acting as role models to those who follow them.
Players from Crystal Palace Women, however, have recently taken this selfless use of time to another level, calling 615 players from women and girl’s football clubs across the country as thousands of amateur footballers have to contend without sport.