Homeless teenagers in Camberwell are to play in a football tournament known to be admired by Pep Guardiola.
The Man City coach is a huge supporter of The Salvation Army’s annual football tournament and sent video messages to winning team members in 2022.
The three-time Champions League-winning manager even participated in the 2019 competition through his family’s Guardiola Sala Foundation.
Now, young people living at the Southwark Young People’s Service, a hostel in Camberwell, will play for The Partnership Trophy 2024 in Manchester.
Harry, a hostel resident for fifteen months, said: “I have liked football all my life and when I learnt that there was this competition I wanted to be involved and to bring the trophy home.”
The nineteen-year-old, who shares the hostel with other young people aged sixteen to twenty-one, will play alongside other staff members and residents.
The tournament, now in its thirteenth year, promotes positive and independent living for service users.
This year’s competition will be personally attended by John Hartson, the former Arsenal and Celtic striker.
30 teams from across the country, and all from The Salvation Army’s homelessness services, will take to the pitch on Thursday, September 19.
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Lieutenant Rachel Baker, Trainee Service Manager at Southwark Young People’s Service said: “Our annual Partnership Trophy celebrates everyone within our homelessness services, acknowledging the journey they are on to be the best version of themselves while recognising the challenges that many have had to overcome.”
