Home Game by Mel Young and Peter Barr sampler
An inspirational account of the story behind the Homeless World Cup since its birth in 2003. This new edition is being published to tie in with the release of the Netflix film – inspired by the Homeless World Cup – The Beautiful Game, starring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, and directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You), streaming later this year. Home Game follows the global phenomenon, telling the stories of the players and some of the tournament’s biggest supporters. It provides an invaluable insight into one of the world’s most urgent problems whilst showing how a non-profit organisation uses the power of football to tackle it.
An inspirational account of the story behind the Homeless World Cup since its birth in 2003.
This new edition is being published to tie in with the release of the Netflix film – inspired by the Homeless World Cup – The Beautiful Game, starring Bill Nighy and Micheal Ward, and directed by Thea Sharrock (Me Before You), streaming later this year.
Home Game follows the global phenomenon, telling the stories of the players and some of the tournament’s biggest supporters. It provides an invaluable insight into one of the world’s most urgent problems whilst showing how a non-profit organisation uses the power of football to tackle it.
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Team India has had financial problems, however, <strong>and</strong> will not<br />
be going to Mexico City. Maybe next year in Pol<strong>and</strong>? Maybe<br />
Biswajit <strong>and</strong> Surajit will be stars of the team?<br />
For Patrick Gasser of uefa at a conference in Sarajevo,<br />
there is only a short time to go till he flies out to Mexico City,<br />
returning to the country where he studied Spanish 30 years ago.<br />
The meeting in the capital of Bosnia has focused on ‘football<br />
<strong>and</strong> social responsibility’, <strong>and</strong> the lessons uefa has learned from<br />
supporting the <strong>Home</strong>less World Cup has been one of the topics<br />
discussed. Now Patrick wants to go <strong>and</strong> see the power of soccer<br />
in action.<br />
Sitting in her office in Amsterdam, Maria Bobenrieth wishes<br />
that she could be with us. Now Executive Director of Women<br />
Win (an organisation which promotes the cause of sport to<br />
empower young women), Maria used to be the Global Director<br />
of Community Investments at Nike, <strong>and</strong> is still a big fan of the<br />
<strong>Home</strong>less World Cup. Nike has been a key sponsor since the first<br />
event in Graz in 2003, not just providing funds but also practical<br />
help, including volunteers <strong>and</strong> merch<strong>and</strong>ise. For the Nike people<br />
who become part of the team for the week, it is more than<br />
just another major sporting event where the company’s logo is<br />
seen <strong>by</strong> the crowds – it has become an opportunity for something<br />
much more personal. And for Maria, it is one of her great<br />
passions in life.<br />
Meanwhile, in Mexico City, Daniel Copto is busy preparing<br />
his Mexico players, including women’s captain Mayra Vazquez<br />
<strong>and</strong> her team- mate Ana Aguirre. Daniel also has a dream – to<br />
build a rehabilitation centre in Mexico City for the addicts who<br />
live on the streets of the city, sniffing solvents until they get high<br />
<strong>and</strong> have damaged their brains. Many current treatment centres<br />
use outdated <strong>and</strong> sometimes very cruel methods, <strong>and</strong> Daniel<br />
would like to create a safe place where the addicts are treated as<br />
real human beings, <strong>and</strong> take part in his soccer- based activities. The
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