Prostate Cancer UK is calling on Brighton & Hove Albion fans to sign for a new club this October: Prostate United, the biggest grassroots football fundraiser in the UK.
Since 2018, football club staff and fans have raised over £500,000 for Prostate Cancer UK by running, walking or cycling every day each October, with the magical £1m milestone the target for 2024.
Created by EFL performance staff Stephen Gilpin and Ross Burbeary whilst at Rotherham United, Prostate United has seen over 60 football clubs - both professional and Non-League - get involved, with hundreds of staff and fans hitting the road on foot or on a bike to save men’s lives.
This year, to mark the epic fundraising, those taking part can get their hands on an exclusive money-can’t-buy shirt by raising £500 for the charity.
Modelled by Seagulls stars Solly March, Lewis Dunk and Ferdi Kadioglu, the striking Prostate United shirt comes from the imagination of renowned designer Ed Cowburn from Acid FC. He has previously designed kits for Leeds United in 2023/24 as well as an award-winning offering for Walthamstow FC. Paying homage to the early 90s, the pixel patterned shirt, with a checkerboard effect, features the blue, black and white charity brand colours. The number 45 on the front represents the one man that dies every 45 minutes from prostate cancer in the UK.
Former England international and Prostate Cancer UK supporter Viv Anderson is also backing the challenge.
He said, “This Prostate United shirt is special, and it comes with a serious message which all men of a certain age need to hear and it’s one I’m very proud to share. I’m also aware Black men are at double the risk of prostate cancer as other men, so for me personally this is an important cause to support.”
To join the Seagulls squad and help save men’s lives this October, sign up for Prostate United 2024 at prostateunited.prostatecanceruk.org.