On Friday 14 October 2011, Wallsend Boys welcomed Alan Shearer back to the club, the club have recently built a new football centre that was funded with the help of a £850,000 grant from the Football Foundation.
Wallsend Boys has produced more than 65 professional footballers, including Alan Shearer, Peter Beardsley, Michael Carrick, Steve Bruce, Steven Taylor, Lee Clark, Robbie Elliott and Steve Watson.
Speaking about Wallsend Boys Club’s new football centre, Alan Shearer, said: “I think it is great. The Football Foundation is giving opportunities to kids by improving facilities all the time. They have done a fantastic job. Without grassroots football there is no football. It’s where it starts; it’s what it is all about.”
Sid Sharp, Vice President of Wallsend Boys Club, said: “We used to cover an awful lot of miles around Wallsend going to different grounds, to watch different games, at different times of the day, so it’s meant a lot to be able to say we have our own ground now. Without the help of the Football Foundation this fantastic facility would not be in existence.”
Watch the video of Alan Shearer visiting Wallsend Boys to see their new football centre
