Coach will share skills with poor of Ghana

A FOOTBALL coach will travel to Ghana next month to teach local children how to play and organise a league for them.

John Gregory, from Kettering, leaves on Thursday, October 18, for a 17-day trip, of which six days will be spent travelling.

Sealed Air, the Kettering packaging producers, where Mr Gregory works, is paying for the entire trip.

Mr Gregory said: “This area of Africa is very poverty stricken.

“The children, who I have been told love their football, have never been lucky enough to receive football coaching from any qualified coaches before.

“I enjoy coaching so much and this opportunity arose and I thought, ‘I can’t miss an opportunity like this to do good in the world’.”