South Yorkshire Masters Football
The Selco sponsored South Yorkshire Masters football event is back at the Motorpoint Arena on Sunday 26th June. The popular indoor football event fields many local heroes of old (and not so old!)
The competition is open to ex-professional footballers who are over the age of 35. The winners of the each local group event will take place in the National final at the Manchester arena.
According to wikipedia and the Masters football website the teams are specially selected by the Masters team, and are choosen based on their previous contributions too their respective clubs. Often the players in the series already play in veteran and legends teams for the clubs they once played as professionals. Players need to have maintained a reasonable level of fitness to ensure the event is competitive.
This local event will see current holders and 2 time previous winners Barnsley looking for to win the event to scoring an event hattrick against old local rivals Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield Utd, Huddersfield, Leeds and Doncaster.
This years tournament sees the return of Hull legend Dean Windass play for Sheffield United. He will be keen to repeat the Sheffield first divisions club’s last win of this prestigious indoor event in 2003, the year he joined as a professional from Middlesbrough after loan spells at united’s bitter rivals Sheffield Wednesday.
Visiting football fans wishing to stay in Sheffield hotels in the local area should consider the Don Valley Hotel,, the Sheffield hotel is only minutes away from the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena.