Children representing CA Osasuna were crowned champions of the inaugural LaLiga x Bloomsbury Football League at Market Road Pitches in North London.
The team of young Londoners London, decked in CA Osasuna kits, triumphed after a four-week tournament against other teams representing Valencia, Tenerife, Eibar, Cartagena and Huesca in eight-a-side fixtures.
The finals, watched by families and friends, plus members of the Bloomsbury Football and LaLiga team, marked the first of many in LaLiga’s partnership with the London-based grassroots football charity.
This partnership provided Bloomsbury Football’s young people a chance to wear official LaLiga kits and join a designated team for the duration of the competition. At the end of the four weeks, Bloomsbury Football’s CA Osasuna took the trophy.
The LaLiga x Bloomsbury League is the start of a multi-year partnership in which LaLiga is supporting Bloomsbury Football’s pioneering work in the London community, changing the game for young people across the capital and giving them access to affordable football.
Founded in 2018, Bloomsbury Football offers an elite football experience to young people aged between 18 months and 18 years old. The organisation’s financial assistance model means that everyone is welcome, regardless of ability to pay or play. The charity’s activities already reach over 5,000 young people in London a week, and this partnership with LaLiga will engage more of the community.
In addition to providing official kit donated by LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank clubs for this LaLiga x Bloomsbury Football League, LaLiga via its UK office is also providing training and expertise for Bloomsbury’s staff, and will host Bloomsbury players at LaLiga watch parties from next season.
