United inspires fans to try a healthy veggie option as it launches bid to win Green Football Cup as part of Green Football Weekend.
- Today sees the launch of football’s biggest climate campaign and the countdown to Green Football Weekend itself (2-5th February).
- Clubs across the country will be encouraging millions of fans to choose a veggie option and try their hand at other climate friendly activities to protect the planet.
- Fans can go to greenfootballweekend.com to download the free Green Football Weekend Veggie Cookbook, packed with recipes from players, club nutritionists and chefs.
Carlisle United are delighted to announce the return of Green Football Weekend, the world’s biggest football campaign to tackle climate change. United will be joining more than 80 professional UK clubs in the battle to protect our beautiful game.
Today scoring opens for the Green Football Cup, where it’s not the players but fans that will decide the winner by taking climate-friendly action. This year we are encouraging our fans to download the free online Green Football Weekend Veggie Cookbook and try a veggie option to score a green goal for them in the Green Football Cup.
Club fans can choose from over 70 delicious veggie dishes provided by players, famous fans, club nutritionists and chefs. They’ll also get the chance to win incredible prizes, including behind-the scenes experiences at Sky Sports and tickets for The Making of Harry Potter Studio Tour. Fans can also share their delicious veggie dishes on social media, tagging #TransferToVeg.
Eating more veg is not only good for health and performance on the pitch, but can also save you money. It’s also critical to protecting our world - if the UK’s football fans had one veggie meal a day, we could save the equivalent of removing 5.5M cars from the road each year.
Fans will also be able to get the Blues up the Green Football Cup table with other goal-scoring activities, including saving cash by choosing discounted ‘yellow-sticker’ food at the supermarket, having fun with the Green Football Weekend AI-recipe generator to decide your next veggie meal, switching to a green energy provider; walking, biking or taking public transport rather than driving; and recruiting friends and family to get involved.
The future of football is at risk due to the effects of climate change, with 150,000 games already cancelled per year due to pitch flooding. By 2050, a quarter of UK football grounds will be flooded, with one in four teams expecting partial or total stadium flooding each year.