{"id":31423,"date":"2021-02-11T12:39:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=31423"},"modified":"2021-02-11T12:39:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T12:39:02","slug":"sheffield-students-to-help-zimbabwean-football-team-get-back-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/02\/11\/sheffield-students-to-help-zimbabwean-football-team-get-back-on-the-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield students to help Zimbabwean football team get back on the road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After losing their team bus in a near-fatal crash, two University of Sheffield students are helping a Zimbabwean football club raise money for a new one.<\/p>\n<p>Journalism students Adam Dickinson, 19, and Harry Robinson, 20, were unveiled as Brand Ambassadors by the Bulawayo Chiefs earlier this month, and aim to raise \u00a320,000 so that the team can travel to their fixtures in the Zimbabwean Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dickinson said: \u201cWe spoke with the club a bit over Twitter, mostly larking around. Then I bought a club shirt, which I wear with pride.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31432\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/IMG-20210210-WA0012-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bulawayo Chiefs finished 13th in the ZPSL last season. The 2020\/21 season is yet to start due to COVID.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cFootball is universal, and it feels like I can connect with the Chiefs despite them being thousands of miles away. The response from the Zimbabwean supporters has been incredible, they\u2019re the most passionate supporters I\u2019ve ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey immediately made me feel a part of this club, and Harry and I have been talking about going to Zimbabwe someday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Bulawayo Chiefs\u2019 last team bus was involved in a serious road accident in 2016, with the vehicle rolling twice as it turned a corner at speed on the way to a game. Three people were left severely injured and the rest of the team had minor injuries. Since then, the \u2018Ninjas\u2019 have been hiring their travel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31427\" style=\"width: 218px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31427\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/02\/IMG-20210210-WA0003-e1613046366717-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-31427\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The club&#8217;s last bus was written off in a horror crash in May 2016.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thulani \u2018Javas\u2019 Sibanda, 39, head of media at the club, said: \u201cThat accident delayed our promotion in 2016; half of the squad was affected for the rest of the season. They recovered and went on an unbeaten run in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur current Kombi bus no longer fits the grade. To have our own bus will go a long way in keeping us in the direction of sports professionalism that we desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reaction to the announcement of the new Brand Ambassadors on the club\u2019s social media was overwhelmingly positive. Mr Sibanda added: \u201cHarry and Adam have shown the kind of spirit that we look for from day one. There is no better way than to reach out to the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The go-fund-me page can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/get-bulawayo-chiefs-a-team-bus?utm_source=messenger&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1\">here<\/a> to donate to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two students at the University of Sheffield are brand ambassadors at Bulawayo Chiefs, a Zimbabwean football club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":147,"featured_media":31436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sheffield students to help Zimbabwean football team get back on the road - 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