Club supports Jeff's March For Men

This evening, Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling completed his epic March For Men challenge in aid of Prostate Cancer UK at our new stadium.

Over the past four days, Stelling has walked a marathon a day through Glasgow, Belfast, Cardiff and London visiting 16 football grounds along the way.

Today, over 200 football fans from Premier League, English Football League and Non-League clubs in London and the South East put their rivalries aside and joined Jeff as he completed his final marathon. Starting at the London Stadium, the home of West Ham United, the walkers then passed Charlton Athletic, Millwall FC and Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium before crossing the finishing line at Tottenham Hotspur.

Former Spurs player Ray Clemence, who has been affected by prostate cancer, and Club Ambassador Ledley King were there to congratulate Jeff and the rest of the walkers and welcome them to the stadium.

The long-serving broadcaster has already completed 25 walking marathons for the leading men’s health charity, and to date has raised over £1 million for Prostate Cancer UK.

Jeff’s March for Men is part of Prostate Cancer UK’s wider walking programme, Football March for Men – an annual fundraising event which consists of four separate marathon walks past 15 football stadiums in London culminating at Wembley Stadium. This year, for the first time, walks also took place in Bristol, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham, Belfast, Birmingham and Cardiff.

The disease kills a man every 45 minutes, making it the most common cancer in men. Recently, the number of men dying from prostate cancer has overtaken the number of women dying from breast cancer, making it the third biggest cancer killer in the UK.

Jeff said: “It’s been an incredible journey, one I wouldn’t have managed without the fantastic support of the public, football clubs, football fans from across the four nations and everyone at Prostate Cancer UK. My legs aren’t thanking me now but knowing that the extraordinary amount of money we’ve raised will fund life-saving research so that in years to come, prostate cancer will be a disease that men and their families need not fear, certainly eases the pain.”

Ledley King said: “It’s shocking to think that one man dies every 45 minutes from prostate cancer – that’s two deaths in the time it takes to play a game of football. I would like to congratulate Jeff on his phenomenal efforts – he has raised a huge amount of money which will help improve the lives of men suffering with the disease.”

For more information about Prostate Cancer UK’s work in football go to www.prostatecanceruk.org/football