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Trafford football club kick starts new season with sponsorship from AKW Group

Trafford’s largest community football club is chasing its fourth consecutive promotion after receiving sponsorship from a leading logistics company.

Urmston Town FC is being backed in its latest Lancashire and Cheshire Amateur Football League campaign by AKW Group, based on Trafford Park.

The club runs teams across all age groups from Under 6’s to the Division Two Open Age side and has one of the largest player memberships in Trafford and the surrounding areas with more than 400 players registered with the club.

“We are delighted to be able to support Urmston Town – especially as so many local people are involved with the club and we wish them all the best in what could be another promotion bid this season,” said Tony Worthington, chairman and founder of AKW Group.

The firm, which employs more than 300 people from its Trafford Park premises and provides extensive transport, warehouse, contract packaging and international freight, will provide funding towards new training equipment and kits for the 2014-15 season.

Daniel Watling, Traffic Planer at AKW group and striker for Urmston Town, said: “It’s great for the club to have the backing of AKW, which means the players can now concentrate on the season ahead.

“The team has been in training since late May in a push for extra fitness and if we can start like we finished last season there is no reason why we won’t be pushing for promotion and the top spot come the end of the season.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Nick Pagan .