Aberdeen FC player and Aberdeen FC Community Trust Ambassador (AFCCT), Angus MacDonald, visited pupils at Northfield Academy to deliver refurbished football boots. This visit was a part of a CIF initiative called Re-Kicks that aims to provide ‘free kicks’ to budding young players in Aberdeen helping them to feel pitch ready. A call for old football boots was shared at the end of last season with a range of sizes being generously donated to the cause which were then sent to CIF to repair. The boots are cleaned and regenerated into match-ready pairs and sent back to organisations that are included in the initiative. Thanks to CIF, AFCCT received 50 pairs of boots to send out to partner schools.

Angus MacDonald delivered the packages of newly brought-to-life football boots to Northfield Academy on Thursday and got a chance to see the project in full swing with the pupils playing a football match. Following on from the football match, the pupils then had an opportunity to ask the centre-back about his footballing career. The questions ranged from childhood stories to experiencing the atmosphere at Aberdeen FC’s home, Pittodrie Stadium.

Councillor Martin Greig, the Convener of Education and Children’s Services Committee commented on the project: “Research has shown that young people feel more confident when they are wearing the right kit, the refurbished football boots will enable more young people at Northfield Academy to enjoy football. Who knows, it might even lead a pupil going on to become a future international footballer, like former Northfield Academy pupils Martin Boyle and Rachael Boyle (nee Small).”

AFCCT are grateful for the opportunity from CIF to give the gift of football to partner schools with this Re-Kicks project.

A huge thank you to CIF for their continued support on this initiative.

To find out more information, contact us here: info@afcct.org