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World Football Memories for World Alzheimer's Day

Neil White — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:58:00 -0400

Today, Friday 21st September, is World Alzheimer’s Day and to mark the event Alzheimer Scotland’s Football Memories project is inviting fans to share their stories of past World Cups, international games or trips they have taken to support their teams around the world.

We are asking fans young and old to send in their World Football Memories and stories, of games watched or played in somewhere unusual, trips abroad to follow your team or just take in a local game, or tales of Word Cup glory (or glorious failure, more likely). You can use the Twitter hashtag #worldfootballmemory if you'd like to add a short memory there, or better still, post your story on here.

A new season.....

Alistair Fergusson — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:58:00 -0400

The new football season has kicked off, with its regular diet of new signings, new managers, new strips (times three, in most cases), and this year the added concept of 'newco's to get our head around. And there have been plenty of new developments at Football Memories too.

Football Reminiscence news

Neil White — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:05:00 -0500

The Football Reminiscence project is always working to better organise and recruit its volunteers.

Sir Alex joins Football Memories

Neil White — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:25:00 -0500

Sir Alex Ferguson has become a patron of Alzheimer Scotland's Football Reminiscence Project, the therapy programme behind footballmemories.org.uk

Bill's story

Neil White — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:21:00 -0500

The group of men were sitting waiting for me. A man was coming to talk about football. They gathered round the table and quickly started examining the old photos I had brought. Names of players were enthusiastically shouted out and soon the stories about games, players, goals and incidents were told with great fondness. The recall was impressive, by any standards. All of these men had dementia.

Update on the project

Martin Greig — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 12:05:00 -0500

It is around six weeks since the website launched and we have received a remarkable response. We have had 13,000 hits on the site and hundreds of fan memories. Thanks for your support.

We have also had many enquiries from people interested in either volunteering to take a Football Reminiscence group or attending one themselves. We are in the process of dealing with these requests. Rest assured, every single one will be attended to.

If you haven't heard from us already, you will be hearing from us soon.

Thanks again for your support.

Trend setters

Neil White — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:08:00 -0500

Today on Twitter, hashtag Football Memories is trending.

Daily Mail extract

Martin Greig — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:14:00 -0500

This is coverage of Football Memories in the Scottish Daily Mail.

New signings

Neil White — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:56:00 -0500

Our first week online produced two new volunteers for the Football Reminiscence Project.