Playing Football for St Josephs Boys Home Calangute Finals –Penalty Shootout
Sunday 15 August 2021 England was known as Freedom Day as all the uncertainty of Covid19 restrictions were lifted enabling freedom for all of us locked in for over a year and half to get back to normal life as near as possible especially to meet, greet and socialise. Dylan Pereira and his friend Andrew Fernandes, now in their mid-twenties, organised within a short time a full house family friendly five a side Football Tournament with the aim to help needy children in Goa who cannot afford a decent pair of trainers or football shoes to play the beautiful game. Dylan remembered his annual holidays to Calangute, Goa during his younger school days where he played football with the orphans and boarders of St.Josephs Home/School at their playing grounds, most of them who played bare foot on the very hot and hard grounds peppered with small stones while he turned up in his full football kit. Despite this, the young boys played with much passion and skills which left a lasting impression on him and filled him with admiration. Hence it was decided that the proceeds from the tournament should be donated towards the purchase of football shoes for the needy boys at St. Josephs Home and School. Click below Penalty Shootout video credit ; Tony Pereira https://www.facebook.com/watch?ref=search&v=608378380193615&external_log_id=ff9f54c4-91d6-436e-aa62-0e9976845626&q=Goan%20Super%20League https://www.facebook.com/watch?ref=search&v=608378380193615&external_log_id=ff9f54c4-91d6-436e-aa62-0e9976845626&q=Goan%20Super%20League For more pictures on the event goto Facebook search Goan Super Cup Enjoy Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath Surrey 18 August 202
