Football Shirt Friday

Join the squad

Get ready to wear, share, and donate!

Wear your favourite football shirt at home, to work or school, or just out and about to show your support.

Every penny you raise supports life-saving bowel cancer research through the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.

How to take part

Step: 1

Sign up to wear

Sign up to get your free fundraising pack and giving page. Wear your football shirt and show support.

Step: 2

Share

Share a selfie wearing your favourite football shirt with friends, colleagues or going solo. Help spread the word by using #FootballShirtFriday!

Step: 3

Donate

Donate to help raise money for vital bowel cancer research, and help save lives.

The difference you make

There are around 44,000 new bowel cancer cases in the UK every year.

Only through research will we find better ways to prevent, detect, diagnose and treat bowel cancer. Your support makes a difference to people like Ian.

Meet Ian

It’s thanks to the work that bodies like the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK do that means more people than ever are still alive and kicking after their diagnosis and treatment.

- Ian

Ian was a keen footballer, follows Partick Thistle home and away and is a proud grandfather of two. He was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2017 and underwent surgery to remove a tumour in his colon.

Your money supports our life-saving work

£50

Could buy the nutrients that cells need to grow in the lab, allowing scientists to find out more about cancer than ever before.

£100

Could buy chemicals called restriction enzymes, which act like molecular scissors to cut long strands of DNA, allowing our scientists to find out more about the genes that can cause cancer.

£500

Could buy a gel electrophoresis machine, which can be used to measure the length of pieces of DNA, so scientists can find out more about our genome.

About the Bobby Moore Fund

The Bobby Moore Fund raises vital funds for bowel cancer research and increases awareness of the disease.

Bobby Moore OBE was a footballer who captained West Ham and led the England men’s senior team to their first and only World Cup victory in 1966. He was 51 when he died of bowel cancer in 1993. Shortly after, his widow Stephanie Moore OBE set up a fund to raise money for bowel cancer research and increase public awareness of the disease – The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK.

Find out more about the Bobby Moore Fund

Find a pre-loved football shirt

Football shirts for charity

Have a browse of the vintage shirts our partner, Football Shirts for Charity, has to offer. 

FAQs

What if I can’t wear my football shirt on Friday 25 April?

No problem! If you can’t wear your football shirt on the day, you can pick any other day that suits you during April, which is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

How do I donate my money?

When you sign up to Football Shirt Friday, an online Giving Page will be set up automatically for you. You will receive a link to it in an email from Cancer Research UK. 

If you don't have an online Giving Page, you can Donate here.

If you’d like to donate by cheque, please make it payable to:

Football Shirt Friday


The Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK


PO Box 1561


Oxford


OX4 9GZ

Last year we raised £169,000 for life saving bowel cancer research. This year, we want to score even bigger.

Get in touch

If you have any questions about Football Shirt Friday, please email us. 

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