Football Ace Helps Net £11000 For Charity

University Centre Doncaster Student and ex-professional footballer Daryl Clare played in a football match recently to raise funds for charity.

Playing alongside famous comedians John Bishop and Jason Manford, Daryl helped raised £11000 pounds for a foundation Trust set up in memory of Cieran Geddes, a seven year old boy who died of a heart attack while playing football with his friends.

The money raised will go towards buying defibrillators for schools and the British Heart Foundation.

The match was played at the Exacta stadium, the home of Chester City and a club that Daryl once played for. Daryl has been a prolific goalscorer, netting over 160 goals, in a career spanning 16 years, and encompassing many different league and non-league clubs and picking up many honours along the way, including twice winning the conference golden boot award and a number of Republic of Ireland under-21 and ‘B’ international caps.

Daryl, 33, has just finished his first year of study on the foundation degree, Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences programme Year 1 at the University Centre Doncaster, High Melton campus and eventually wants to become a physical education teacher.

Daryl said, “It was an honour to play in the charity game and raise money for such a good cause.  It was a great turn out and the whole day was positive and successful.”