The 2024 Elliot James Bransby Memorial Shield raised £8,500 for The Let’s Eat Foodbank Project at The Chapeltown Youth Development Centre and The Leeds Children’s Charity.
An impressive show of star names and guests turned out at this year’s Elliot James Bransby Memorial Shield organised by Elliot’s dad, David. Team Revie faced off against Team Bremner in a charity football tournament to raise money for the Let’s Eat Foodbank Project at The Chapeltown Youth Development Centre and The Leeds Children’s Charity at Lineham Farm.
Hemsworth Miners Welfare Football Club once again hosed the match, with Team Revie managed by Josh Warrington and Glynn Snodin taking on Team Bremner managed by Paul Hart and actor David Threlfall.
Guests included Frank Bruno MBE; Leslie Silver’s daughter, Hilary Curwen; Billy Bremner’s daughter, Amanda Bremner; Paul Reaney; and Linda and Eddie Gray.
Ex-pro footballers on show included Dean Windass, Colin Cooper, Andy Couzens and David Stockdale, while Coronation Street actor Luca Toolan, Rapper Graft, Calendar News Sports Presenter Chris Dawkes, Emmerdale actors Jay Kontzle and Joe-Warren Plant added some glitz alongside Britian’s Got Talent Finalist Maxwell Thorpe.
Several Jewish community players took part, including Jamie Sacks and Jonny Franks who was awarded with the Kevin Speight & Christopher Loftus Player of the Match award.
The annual fundraising initiative that was created to honour Elliot Bransby, the son of Donna and David. Elliot passed away very unexpectedly in November 2019, and the football event now referred to as ‘Yorkshire’s Soccer Aid’ is staged to raise funds for local charities. This year’s event raised just over £8,500.
Next year’s event will support The Homeless Street Angels and will be played at The John Charles Centre for Sport on 13th July. With former Leeds United legend Gordon Strachan OBE as the event Ambassador, the annual project to honour Elliot has now been elevated to a whole new level.
