How Layla overcame major surgery to re-learn football
“She’s been on crutches, she’s been in wheelchairs, and she’s still come out of it smiling,” mum Rebecca said about her daughter, Layla. Layla was named as the BHAFC Foundation Award winner at the annual Players’ Awards ceremony, earning praise for her resilience and attitude on the football pitch. Layla, 12, first joined in at
“Amazing” Albion Memories bringing fans together
Last week people across the country took part in Race Against Dementia Day, raising funds and awareness to help beat dementia. In 2023, the BHAFC Foundation started running a group to support Albion fans with mild to moderate dementia. Albion Memories invites fans and former players to come together once a month to reminisce, have
Harry and Bobby – finding a voice and living the dream
For two young brothers from Eastbourne, football is absolutely everything. Harry, 7, and his 12-year-old brother Bobby are part of the Foundation’s pan-disability football group in Eastbourne. “Football has been massively important to both of them throughout their lives,” says mum Katie. She’s seen her sons grow and develop in ways she never expected when
Deian and the Foundation
For the last ten years, disability football has been one of the biggest parts of Deian’s life. Deian, 17, was born with spina bifida – when a baby’s spine and spinal cord does not develop properly in the womb, causing a gap in the spine. When he was younger Deian played football at mainstream football
Future stars: from the Foundation’s pathway to the brink of the Premier League
Over the years there have been dozens of young Foundation players who have progressed into the Albion academy. Three of those players – Matt, Aiden, and Will – talk about their journeys so far. MATT HAYDEN “I started football at about five or six years old. I joined my local team, Plumpton, because a couple