Poole, Sport | Posted on September 30th, 2024 | return to news
Poole walking football team signs striker from Thailand
Dexter Sports Walking Football Club, in Poole, allowed a player visiting from Thailand to join in their weekly sessions.
You can expect big-name summer signings from overseas to happen in the Premier League, but one Dorset football club got its own taste of the big time recently.
Dexter Sports Walking Football Club, in Poole, was recently approached to see if a player from Thailand could join in with weekly Friday sessions while he was in the UK visiting family who lived in the Poole area.
Anuchit, from Thailand, was in the UK to meet his newly born granddaughter and to see parts of the country, including visits to Oxford, Windsor, Salisbury and the Cotswolds.
“We signed Anuchit up to the club to enable him to take part and he quickly demonstrated some of the skills he had as a striker for his team back home, scoring in his first session,” a club spokesperson said.
The Thai super striker said the players made him feel welcome and he thoroughly enjoyed playing with the team.
“We would have liked to have signed him up for the 2024/25 season, but sadly his visit came to an end,” the spokesperson added. “At his last session, we presented him with a Dexter Sport shirt to take home.”
The shirt bore the number 9, which is the traditional striker shirt in football, but is also a lucky number in Thailand.
Upon returning to his home country, Anuchit told his ‘Black Tiger’ teammates all about his trip to England and the welcome he received at Dexter Sports. The ‘Tigers’ sent a team photo along with greetings and an invite to come and play in Thailand.
Walking football is a rapidly growing sport for the over 50s, and Dexters have teams playing in the Dorset FA Over-50s, 60s and 65s Leagues and are holders of the Over-60s League Cup. For more information about Dexter Sports, visit www.walkingfootball.dextersportsyfc.org.uk.
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