The incredible improvement in football displayed by GAFFER's youth over the last 12 months deserved showcasing in the big city! The most talented players were kitted out like Real Madrid and played at the historic Mombasa Sports Club on a sunny Sunday in Kenya's coastal metropolis...

Their opponents were one of the best performing teams around and everyone knew this would be one epic game of football. Real Madrid had kindly donated youth team strips through Javier Gonzalez who came to watch the game with a bunch of football loving Spaniards. After a morning warm up at the sea side, which most of GAFFER's team had never even seen, the game kicked off! GAFFER's lads were playing on grass and in boots for the first time and fielded players as young as 10 years old!

The game was epic. Although GAFFER were beaten, the importance of such exposure was not lost on GAFFER's top men on the ground; Mr Mo and Titus. It was also a great experience for the Mombasa players to play their comrades from the rural side of Kenya.

After six months of great football, the best of GAFFER's youth did battle to lift the Andrew Murch Memorial Shield! In a hard fought game, Makina Village reigned supreme!

This competition has been brilliantly contested by every village and has seen the standard of youth football improve exponentially. Coaches have been assigned by GAFFER to coach the young players and the enthusiasm of the guys has been commendable.

The Andrew Murch Memorial Trophy is played in remembrance of a young Brit who tragically passed away in 2007. His family have kindly supported GAFFER with footballs that will allow young men in Kenya to enjoy the sport that Andrew lived for.

James has been hard at work for GAFFER visitng the schools and villages we work with. The welcome has been amazing and the kids are all still very active and playing lots of football after school! The men's teams are now hard at work also training for the new league. Fixtures lists are going out today and we have lots of exciting times ahead!

Keep checking back here soon for details of how the league and the youth training is continueing. We are also soon to be putting video content on the site featuring matches from the league!