YOUNG footballers have donated a huge quantity of toys to families in need this Christmas. Winsford Diamonds Football Club challenged every team to complete 570km, the distance from Winsford to Wembley and back to beat lockdown blues. The youngsters smashed their target and raised more than £2,000 through a JustGiving page. The teams donated £1,000 to Winsford Community Grocery and bought a colossal amount of toys with the rest of the money and gave them to the Salvation Army.
Matilda Mitchell, five, who plays for Winsford Diamonds Wildcats and brother Charlie, 10, who belongs to Winsford Diamonds Athletics under 11s Kelly Mitchell, from Winsford Diamonds, said: Jean Craven from the Salvation Army was moved to tears when she saw how many toys we had, she was so pleased.