An 11-year-old Manchester United fan has raised sufficient cash to pay greater than 115,000 meals by strolling from Larne in Northern Eire to Outdated Trafford.
Ben Dickinson was congratulated by Sir Alex Ferguson, who welcomed him into his personal suite forward of the Premier League match towards Tottenham.
The ultimate complete will profit FareShare, the charity backed by Marcus Rashford, who appeared final yr on a Sky Sports activities Information Zoom name to shock Ben after elevating £7,200 by strolling a mile a day for 26 days throughout lockdown.
Ben Dickinson and his household met Sir Alex Ferguson earlier than the Tottenham match
Earlier than the ultimate problem, the teen, who stayed on the Soccer Resort earlier than the match, obtained a examine from Gary Neville. The previous United defender and Sky Sports activities analyst instructed him he was doing a ‘improbable job’.
Ben has obtained letters of assist from Raphael Varane, Wayne Rooney and Paul Scholes. Offered with signed Ferguson jerseys and present first workforce squad.
He instructed Ben Scholes that folks typically instructed him they seemed like them and would later meet United’s all-time main scorer, repeatedly telling the laughing Derby supervisor “I can not imagine I’ve met Wayne Rooney”.
The Manchester United and Richard Arnold Basis have been vastly supportive of their marketing campaign and Ben’s efforts will profit hungry households, elevating consciousness of the difficulties many households face right here.
“One in 10 individuals within the UK is struggling to get sufficient to eat,” stated FareShare spokesperson Ali Gourley.
“It is an enormous, huge drawback so we’re grateful to Marcus and Ben.”
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Marcus Rashford has pledged to proceed his marketing campaign to assist at-risk kids after receiving an MBE for his marketing campaign to supply kids with free college meal vouchers in the course of the lockdown.
Ben is joined on the final leg of his stroll by Jane Gregg, daughter of United legend Harry. Everton invited him to Goodison Park and was welcomed by Sale Sharks the place he met Manu Tuilagi.
Gamers from his hometown membership Larne walked the primary mile with him after a push from proprietor Kenny Bruce and former NI striker Ian Dawe.
Ben Dickinson visited Sale Sharks and met Manu Tuilagi
Ben additionally handed a pair of private leg pads to Rashford as a thanks for his “ideally suited” earlier than watching Cristiano Ronaldo rating a hat-trick to defeat Spurs.
He was proven in entrance of the Outdated Trafford followers quarter-hour earlier than kick-off along with his father Andrew, mom Claire and little brother Zach, the place he was greeted by followers of each golf equipment.
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