In conjunction with the FA Women’s Super League and the London FA we had a very special visitor at a foggy training session on Saturday morning at Bexleyheath Academy. Chelsea and England defender Claire Rafferty dropped in to spend a couple of hours with the Girls section where she joined in with training and then took time to pose for pictures and sign autographs with the girls.
Katie Phillipson from the FA commented “Within two years, the club has set-up and grown their girls’ section which now boasts five teams and is continuing to grow. The hard work that Clive and the rest of the club have put into establishing girls’ football at Junior Reds is great to see, and we were delighted to show recognition for all of their efforts. Thank you to Claire for taking the time to come down to the club and meet the players”.
Club Chairman, Clive Chivers, said “We were delighted Junior Reds FC were chosen to receive a WSL Player visit and for the recognition of our promotion of Girls football in the local area. The Girls were very excited by the appearance of Claire and this was a great way to go into the Christmas break”.
Thank you to everyone involved in making Claire’s visit possible.
Visit the London FA website for more information on the visit : http://www.londonfa.com/news/2016/dec/junior-reds-fc
