{"id":876,"date":"2017-01-06T12:11:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T12:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christchurchsportnews.wordpress.com\/?p=876"},"modified":"2017-03-28T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T08:47:12","slug":"playsport-football-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.canterbury.ac.uk\/christchurchsport\/playsport-football-league\/","title":{"rendered":"PlaySport Football League"},"content":{"rendered":"

The PlaySport Football League\u00a0has had an excellent first season so far at its new home at Chaucer School which has already seen everything you\u2019d expect to see in any University football fixture. Grit, determination, the odd nutmeg and plenty of goals. However, this season has also brought something a little different in the form of Gillingham Brundle.<\/p>\n

Gillingham Brundle FC are a newly formed team who all have a very interesting shared inspiration. The obvious assumption would be that they are all fans of Kent\u2019s biggest football team Gillingham Football Club. You\u2019d be wrong to make that assumption. One may also think that perhaps the players are all from sunny Gillingham. This is also not the common inspiration .<\/p>\n

The players are all actually studying Primary Education and their shared inspiration\u00a0is senior lecturer and course director for Primary Ed \u2013 Mrs Gill Brundle.<\/p>\n

Brundolian Ali Qasim said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know many of the lads on my course that well during first year but now in second year we\u2019ve decided to enter the league! We decided to name ourselves Gilllingham Brundle FC after our course director \u2013 Gill Brundle! All the boys thought it was an excellent idea and were hoping to get a positive reaction from her; which we did! As all the boys are part of Primary Education, we thought it would be great to invite our tutors to our games and a few have attended and supported the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gill Brundle who is apparently a real football fan had this to say regarding having a team named after her, \u201cClearly, taking someone\u2019s name is a little forward<\/em> but I have a hart<\/em>, and don\u2019t get defensive<\/em> about these things. I\u00a0think the name is a good match<\/em> and certainly a keeper. <\/em>I\u2019m passionate about languages and sport so I enjoyed the word play involved in the naming of the Primary Ed football team and I wish them every success.\u201d<\/p>\n

With spaces available to join the league again for January this isn\u2019t likely to be the last team named affectionately after their lecturer. Rumours around campus suggest that Sports Science are preparing to launch MJ Southampton FC after Sports Psychology lecturer Martin (MJ) Southam.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interesting in joining one of the teams in the Football, Futsal or Netball leagues or fancy setting up your own, please email playsport@canterbury.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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