DULWICH HAMLET will take on an Assyrian team next week to raise money for refugees in the latest of their community initiatives.
The Ryman Premier side, who are fighting for promotion to the National League South, have arranged to play FC Assyria, a side made up of mostly Assyrian players of Iraqi descent.
The club was created in the late 1960s to represent the Assyrian Society in Ealing, west London and they currently play in the Middlesex County League.
The match, hosted at Dulwich’s Champion Hill ground, is to raise funds for the Southwark Refugee Forum and the British Red Cross Syria appeal with the recent migrant crisis bringing the problems to the national eye.
Fans have also been urged to bring non-perishable food to the game, which was originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 2 before being postponed due to the weather.
Supporters’ trust board member Jack Spearman, also of the Dulwich2Dunkirk campaign, said: “We have been to the camps a number of times since October delivering food, sleeping bags and other supplies. I’ve seen how much difference the donations make, even a bag of rice or a tin of chickpeas helps.”
Dulwich also staged a game against leading gay side Stonewall FC last year to raise awareness of homophobia in football.
