The Thames Valley Premier League has been nominated for a Berkshire Football Award in the Man V Fat Best Community Campaign or Content category.
It was difficult to know where to pop this nomination but the organising team felt that what the TVPL did was a boost to the local football community last summer and therefore deserved to be in the Community Campaign category.
The nomination we received said: “While the TVPL isn’t necessarily a ‘campaign’, last summer the league made a decision to carry on and finish the 2020\/21 season however long it took. Lots of other leagues simply curtailed what they were doing but the TVPL carried on through the summer and finished its competition. Why is this important as a ‘campaign’? Post-lockdown, this decision was a HUGE thing for lovers of grassroots football. It allowed interested people to get out and watch games live. It was almost like a collective sigh of relief. The impact on the league – which was firmly in the limelight and had it all to itself – and the people involved playing and watching was huge. And there were some massive crowds at games where previously it might only have been a handful of supporters – I’m personally aware of people coming from as far away as Cornwall to catch games. It was wonderful to see and everyone involved with the league and its clubs deserve full credit for pressing on when I am sure there were people looking at them and wondering what was going on.”
Do you think TVPL is a worthy winner, or have you got other campaigns to tell us about? Scroll down to fill out the nomination form for the Man V Fat Best Community Campaign or Content award.
