CCFPA’s Kev Gets a Result at the Palace

Long standing CCFPA Associate Member Kev Monks became one of a very select few of footballing ‘GrassRoots Heroes’ when he was presented with a Football Association commemorative medal by the F.A. President HRH the Duke of Cambridge at Buckingham Palace yesterday (7th October 2013).  The FA150 Awards and the presentations in London are part of the 150th Anniversary celebrations of the founding of the F.A. 

Kev, who is well known in the Midlands for his work in fostering football at the grass roots in the local area being closely associated not just with the Association but the Coventry City Diamond Club, Coventry City Academy, Coventry Sphinx,the Coventry Charity Cup and Coventry City Ladies (amongst others).  Kev also helps the Sky Blue family stay in touch through taking a key part in the CovSupport News Service reporting on all things Sky Blue, taking a particular interest in the footballing development of the Club’s youth teams.

A past national ‘Fan of the Year’ (left), Kev rarely misses a Sky Blues fixture and is a deserved recipient of the award and has always been a good friend of the Association. Uniquely, along with the other Coventry based winner, Derrick May (Sec.of the Coventry Minor League and member of the Birmingham County FA Disciplinary Panel) Kev watched a special game on the Palace lawns between two of the country’s oldest clubs.   Polytechnic FC beat the Civil Service 2-1 in an enthralling Southern Amateur Football League Senior Division One game.