Strictly Come Dancing contestants Robbie Savage
and Russell Grant will be teaming up again at the NEC in Birmingham later this
month, all in the name of grass roots football.
The two Strictly Come Dancing stars, who have
become good friends following their chance meeting on the popular BBC primetime
show, will be appearing at The Grass Roots Football Show between the 25thand
27th May.
Grant,
who’s first ever job was an unpaid archivist and statistician for the Middlesex
FA, will be appearing at the show as part of his role as ambassador for the Non
League Association and will join former Premier League star and now media
pundit, Savage, in a football seminar in the main arena on the Saturday.
Savage, an
ambassador for The Grass Roots Football Show, said; “Not many people know that
Russell has such a passion for grass roots football.
“We became
really good mates during Strictly Come Dancing and see each other quite a bit
now that the show is finished. When I mentioned The Grass Roots Football
Show to him he was very keen to get involved and I am delighted he is going to
be joining us for the three days at the NEC.
“We might
not seeing any dancing at the NEC but I will try and get his twinkle toes in a
pair of football boots over the weekend and see what his skills are like.”
Russell,
who helped design the club badge for his beloved Brentford FC, said; “I have
heard so much about the show from Robbie and I can’t wait to meet the grass
roots football family at the NEC.
“We might have to swap our sequins for football kits throughout the weekend but I am really looking forward to three days of nonstop football.”
The Grass Roots Football Show 2012 is the
biggest football event of its kind in Europe and takes place at the NEC in
Birmingham between 25th and 27th May.
Tickets are priced at £12 for adults and £6 for
under 16’s. Buy your tickets today at http://www.grassrootsfootball.co.uk/tickets/
For more information about The Grass Roots
Football Show go to www.grassrootsfootball.co.uk
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