Football clubs united in tackling prostate cancer
Fans and players at South Yorkshire’s top football clubs have been giving prostate cancer a kick as they raise money to help highlight the signs and symptoms and save lives.
Prostate United was founded in 2018 at Rotherham United and now involves 60 professional and non-league clubs across the country, raising awareness of the cancer that affects one in eight men in the UK each year and claims around 12,000 lives.
Hundreds of staff and fans of Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Barnsley FC, Doncaster Rovers and Rotherham United join the common cause of supporting Prostate Cancer UK each year by taking on sponsored challenges including distance running, cycling and walking.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds are raised every year by the clubs who feature in a Prostate Cancer UK league table. Doncaster’s Rovers currently head the 2024 table followed closely by the Owls and the Blades, then Barnsley’s Tykes and Rotherham’s Millers.
Sheffield Wednesday coach and Prostate United ambassador Chris Powell said prostate cancer was close to his heart and should be close to every man’s heart. “Prostate cancer is something that affects all men. Sadly, we lose one man every 45 minutes. This challenge is to keep fit but also to challenge yourself, challenge each other and help one another.
“For the fans and people who look at our website and read our match programmes they’ll hopefully see something that might switch a light on…and it could be that they’re suffering from one or two of the symptoms.
