Getting a kick and cash out of charitable deal

The Sheffield firm has signed a commercial marketing partnership with Sheffield and Hallamshire County FA and Birmingham FA.

The deal will see a proportion of the price of Kickster goals purchased through Quick Play's website, handed to the local associations to support grassroots football.

Kickster goals are portable football goals which come in a small bag and are designed to be set up and taken down in less than two minutes.

Steve Crosby, a Quick Play Sport director, said: "The ethos behind Quick Play and the Kickster goal is to get more kids playing football, and, hopefully, our partnership with the FA will encourage the development of grassroots football in the regions.

"It's an excellent opportunity to work together on a deal which will benefit both parties, but it is also a good opportunity for us to give something back to our local communities.

"The FAs have to find a lot of their own funding and we hope the extra revenue this deal will generate will help them find and develop the UK's best footballers."

James Hope-Gill, chief executive of Sheffield and Hallamshire FA, said: "The Kickster goals really are a modern-day 'jumpers for goalposts' product. The football development team and our network of coaches will be out and about using the goals as they are portable and are simple and quick to put up."