Score green goals this weekend and you’ll be rewarded with a reusable Port Vale Foundation bottle, while also having the opportunity to win a Club Shop voucher and signed shirt.
- This weekend is the ‘Green Football Weekend’, on which football clubs will unleash the power of football on climate change
- Port Vale supporters who bring plastic bottles to be recycled to the Staffordshire University Fan Zone on Saturday will be rewarded with one reusable Port Vale Foundation bottle in return
- Port Vale men’s first team player Funso Ojo spoke to Sky Sports News about his involvement in the Planet League Green Football Cup, in which he is the top scoring professional player: “
This weekend, Port Vale supporters can win fantastic prizes by supporting the Green Football Weekend!
Green Football Weekend brings together the UK’s professional football clubs, fans, families and communities to unleash the power of football on climate change.
Organised by the team behind the Planet League, Green Football Weekend takes place this weekend and is inviting clubs and supporters to come together to ‘Go Green’.
This weekend, PVFC Foundation staff will be on hand at the Staffordshire University FanZone ahead of Saturday’s match against Wycombe Wanderers to give you more information on ‘Green Living’ and are also giving fans the opportunity to exchange a single use plastic bottle for a free reusable Port Vale Foundation refillable water bottle.
What’s more? Fans who exchange their bottles will also be entered into a prize draw where you could win a voucher for the Port Vale FC Club Shop.
We will also be looking for Vale Supporters to take part in the Planet League ‘Layer Up’ group activity where 30 seconds will be placed on a clock and you have to put on as many shirts as possible!
The winner of the Layer Up challenge will be awarded a Green PVFC Training Shirt signed by the men’s first team players and staff.
Through the help of school children, PVFC staff and men’s first team player Funso Ojo scoring green goals, the Vale sit in 5th Position in the Planet League’s Green Football Cup out of the 80 professional teams that are involved, and are currently the highest placed EFL side in the competition!
Funso, is the second highest scorer of ‘Green Goals’ across the Planet League with a whopping 809 goals scored (and counting!) and the club are inviting supporters to try and beat his goals tally, with a signed shirt on the line as a giveaway prize!
🌳 Going Green with Funso Ojo
— Port Vale FC (@OfficialPVFC) January 20, 2023
If you missed our number 14 talking about #GreenFootballWeekend here's the interview with @SkySportsDavid in full!
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Staff from the Foundation have been visiting local schools and delivering workshops to give local school children more information about the Planet League and what they can do to improve and protect the planet.
Sandon Primary School have recently completed a six-week programme, learning more about going green and they have been nominated for a for a sustainability award at the 2023 Sport & Recreation awards for their commitment to protecting the planet.
St Nathaniel’s Academy also enjoyed a visit from Vale defender Will Forrester who was on hand to talk about what he does day to day to help and improve the environment.
Talking about the visit, Forrester said: “We don’t just want people to see us playing 90 minutes on a Saturday, we want to be seen in the community doing what we can and helping as much as we can.
“As long as everyone does a little bit more to tackle climate change, then it all adds up to the bigger picture and I think we all have a responsibility to do what we can and help the environment as much as possible.”
For more information about The Planet League and to sign up to score ‘Green Goals’ for the Port Vale Foundation, head to planetleague.co.uk