Absolutely blown away by
@BrentfordFC
Neal Maupay's 21 sign for us Penguins when he scored tonight. 21 is significant as our players with Down's syndrome have a 3rd copy of chromosome 21. Thanks so much!
Huge thank you to the amazing
@nealmaupay_
for taking the time out of his recovery to come and visit us at training this morning. This was so special and the kids will never forget it.
A message from Allan Cockram, ex-Brentford FC player & Founder of the Brentford Penguins FC for players with Down's syndrome. We are honoured to have the infamous Woody in our team, as we are with all our players. They are all shining beacons for the Down's community 🐧⚽️
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for letting us do this. The kids had such a fantastic day and you made them feel incredibly special. We are so lucky to have you supporting us.
to be acknowledged as an unsung hero is a reminder that small actions can have a big impact, and that ordinary people can do extraordinary things. A special thank you to Vanessa, Charlie’s mum for putting Allan forward for the award.
We are sooooo excited!! Our players have got tickets to the Brentford v Liverpool game tomorrow! Keep an eye out for us and say hello! The kids can't wait. 🐧⚽️🐧
💙💚 Today, we were honoured to be invited to Number 10 Downing Street for a very special reception for World Down Syndrome Day, where Allan was awarded the Prime Minister’s Points of Light award.
Check out the link below:
#pointsoflightaward
Yesterday the kids got their full Brentford Penguins footy kit!! This wouldn't have been possible without the kind donation from the
@BrentfordFC
first team and Peter Gilham's Brentford Lifeline Society. The kids and parents were overwhelmed by their generosity. Huge thanks!⚽️🐧
Well deserved! ✨
This week’s
#OneBigThankYou
goes to community football coaches Vickie and Allan at
@BrentfordPFC
, nominated by all of their players 👏
More reaction on
#TheOneShow
👉
🥳TODAY marks our 5th Penguin Birthday!! 🎂 What an amazing achievement!! Huge thanks to all our players, their families and our volunteer coaches who make this club so special. We had such a fun morning we look forward to many more years ahead! ⚽️🐧⚽️
Brentford Penguins are a unique football team for players with Down's Syndrome.
The inspiring team and community spirit has caught the attention of football legend David Beckham and is now being celebrated in a documentary!
@BrentfordPFC
A few of our Penguins were lucky enough to attend today's game. 🤩 They had a great time despite the score 😦 They're keeping their fingers crossed for the next game! ⚽️🐧⚽️
This lovely message popped into our DM's today & we had to share! It's so heartwarming to hear stories about our Penguins when they're just going about their day to day lives. Thank you for sharing your story & Thank you Woody and Louis for just being your amazing selves.
🤩Excitement Post🤩
Dear Chef
@GordonRamsay
We are absolutely thrilled to be invited to your restaurant for a meal to celebrate our team, the Brentford Penguins Football Club and Allan, our Unsung Hero!
We couldn't be more excited.
Thank you so much for the generous offer.
Congratulations to our very own
@CockramAllan
who has won a
#CoronationChampionsAwards
it's all about celebrating the work of extraordinary volunteers across the UK.
@RoyalVolService
Congratulations Allan you're certainly our Champion! Thank you for everything 🐧
Allan has been short listed for Volunteer of the Year Award in association with Sport England.
The award show will be taking place in the prestigious Guildhall tomorrow on 21 March 2024
We're with you all the way Allan! Good Luck!
Match Day Tomorrow!
Brentford Penguins FC are playing away tomorrow morning against Limitless Clarets, Burnley FC's SEN team. Good Luck Penguins! Wishing you all the best and we're sure you'll have a brilliant time!
This morning our Allan was invited to the wonderful unveiling of a new
@BrentfordFC
plaque acknowledging the site where the Club was first founded in 1889. One of our Emperors,
@Jonathan77777
gave an amazing speech on the Club's history. Fascinating stuff 👏
Thank you so much to
@GordonRamsay
and his team for such an AMAZING lunch! We all had an absolute blast! And to top it off we were also surprised with a DJ and Magician.
@michaeljfitch
click the link below to see our video
"You can't do what we're doing if you have no feeling towards these children."
Former footballer
@CockramAllan
tells
#BBCWATO
about setting up the
#BrentfordPenguins
club for children with Down's Syndrome, and then having the heart-warming story turned into a film.
🏆And the Winner is…🏆
This recognition means more than words can express, when Allan and Vickie embarked on this journey 6 years ago they never sought recognition or accolades. Their motivation has always been the kids and a sincere desire to make a difference.
We are so excited about our UK Premiere of Mighty Penguins tonight in Brentford! It's SOLD OUT! Make sure you bring tissues with you as its a weepy... 😂 🌎🐧⚽️
Thanks
@anthonyjoshua
for the shout out for our film! Glad you loved it and saw what it means to be a team for
@BrentfordPFC
Excited to share the film with you all soon!
Our Woody is helping us fundraise for our wonderful club! 'Buy Our Kit To Support Our Kids'. Please visit our shop @ as all profits from orders go directly to the kids! Club pin badges can also be purchased here from
@StoreTw8
⚽️🐧
Today is World Down Syndrome Day, Throughout the day we'll be posting a few snaps of our favorite moments @ Brentford Penguins 🐧 Don't forget to visit our website to buy BPFC merch or donate to our amazing team!
#BrentfordPenguinsFC
#Worlddownsyndromeday
A MASSIVE achievement last night for our Emperors - playing our first tournament at Watford training centre. We more than held our own against Watford, Wycombe and Arsenal. Not bad for an 18 week club! A massive thank you to everyone involved - you made us feel really welcomed.
The Penguins are taking over New York!! We have our incredible World Premiere of our film this evening
@Tribeca
. We are so excited to finally be able to see it!
Huge thank you to
@BurnleyFC_Com
for hosting us today for our game against the Limitless Clarets, the amazing climbing walls and the tickets to the
@BurnleyOfficial
@BrentfordFC
game. Such a shame about the result but the kids still have smiles on their faces 😊
Woody is not the biggest fan of sleep, he considers it a waste of time. With the help of some lovely kind people we have made him a place where he can dream happy dreams of
@BrentfordFC
Huge thanks 2
@DormeoUK
for generously giving W a bed and amazing bedding, sweet dreams.
If you hadn't figured it out already, after lots of hard work we are finally recognised as a registered charity! The Brentford Penguins, The Brentford Emperors & The Brentford Empresses will all fall under the umbrella of PLANET PENGUIN FOOTBALL FOUNDATION!
#PlanetPenguin
We just wanted to give a HUGE shout out to Pension Bee for such an incredible weekend! And for sponsoring our entire overnight trip to Burnley, we're truly grateful.
Everyone had a fantastic time. And the kids made lots of new friends.
Thank You🐝
Our players are soooo excited about being the Guard of Honour today. Unfortunately though we've had to pull our pop up shop but we will definitely be arranging it for another time. ⚽️🐧⚽️🥳
Woody & his
@BrentfordPFC
team mates are doing the guard of honour for the Bees, 2day. Anything could happen so brace yourselves! There is also a pop up shop near the superstore. This is all to celebrate ahead of Down Syndrome Awareness day on Tuesday.
⚽Stadium Tour⚽
Happy Sunday Penguin fans! 🐧Today we're very excited to have a stadium tour around San Mamés, the home of Athletic Club that holds a whopping 53,289 football fans! The club colours are red and white stripes and black shorts...hmm that sounds familiar 👕
Yesterday we were invited to 10 Downing Street where Allan received the points of light award!
We then went on to the Guild Hall for the London Sport Awards where Allan was nominated for the Volunteer of the year award.
Surely we couldn’t win two awards in one day….Right?
We were so excited to welcome Cllr. Hitesh Tailor, Mayor of Ealing, to The Penguins’ training madness on Sunday 🐧⚽️! He impressed us with his goal-keeping skills in his gold Mayor’s chain. Allan and the kids sang ‘Gold’ as a tribute! 🥇Thanks
@hitesh_t
for visiting!🥰
WELCOME to the launch of our new team...
The Brentford Emperor Penguins!
It is a walking football team aimed at over 55s to help with fitness, health and friendship.
If you are interested in joining us please email us at brentfordpenguinsfc
@gmail
.com
❄❄Brrrr it was a freezing one yesterday but our brave Penguins aren't afraid of a bit cold! Some might call us mad but we just love football too much! ⚽️🐧⚽️❄❄
⚽️🐧HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US🐧⚽️
Don’t miss us, on the BBC London News tonight at 6:30,
@AmeliaHarperTV
from the BBC came along to our 6th birthday party yesterday to meet the team & talk to us about our recent incredible trip to Bilbao!
#BBCnews
#birthday
#celebrate
HISTORIC PICTURE!
This was the very first time our 3 teams met as Planet Penguin and what a place to do it on the hallowed turf of the
@BrentfordFC
GTech!
A massive thanks to Jon Burr and
@salstephens
for making dreams come true... ⚽️🐧🌎
What a great start to 2022! Huge congratulations to Woody's Mum Natalie for this absolutely wonderful acknowledgement - it is so well deserved. Happy New Year everyone!
Guess who’s got an MBE in the New Year’s Honours list? Read ‘From rock bottom to MBE: a year in the life of Park Lane Stables’ Natalie O’Rourke’. Huge congrats from the rest of the team.
⭐ Roll out the red carpet ⭐
🎬The U.K premier of Mighty Penguins is on tonight in the Watermans Art Centre!! 🍿
Unfortunately not everyone could make it, here is a message from super Thomas Frank as he is busy with the bees in the USA! 🐝
Don't forget, these socks are ONLY available at the Brentford FC shop and once they're gone they're gone. Not only will you get a brand new pair of lucky socks for just £9.95 EVERY PENNY will go to the Planet Penguin Football Foundation.
Thank You🐧
#PlanetPenguin
@brentfordfc
🐶 We visited Brentford Penguin, the Greyhound, and had a great time despite the rain! Thanks to Mark Burridge for organizing and Terry Dartnall for hosting us at their home. 🐶
Good Luck at the Races Brentford Penguin! 🏆
Huge congratulations to our Woody's Mum, the amazing Natalie and her team
@ParkLaneStables
. You absolutely deserved this recognition and the Penguins are all very proud of you! 🐧⚽️🐧🐎
So proud to accept this award as winners of Best Health Charity in
@TheSun
’s
#WhoCaresWins
. We’d like to pay tribute to our
@RDAnational
family, our team and every volunteer that gives a moment of their time & of course our horses!
We had a wonderful training session last night with our players, celebrating
#WorldDownSyndromeDay2019
. We even had Sarah, one of the Mothers, bake us a scrummy cake in celebration!!
We were so lucky to have Woody and his family find us after their long and disappointing journey. We couldn't be more proud of him and everything he has achieved in the last few years with us.
@BrentfordFC
@premierleague
@SkyFootball
Thanks to all my colleagues from across the House for the warmth of the support for the
#DownSyndromeBill
. In this House we hold the power to empower, and that is what this Bill does for those with
#DownSyndrome
. I urge them to use their voices and know that all are behind them.
The moment you've all been waiting for! Tickets for this fabulous evening of fun & laughter are now available to buy. Click the link below & don't miss out.
ALL proceeds from this event goes to the Brentford Penguins FC.
What a truly amazing night for our Penguins - who wouldn't love a
#CarnivalofPenguins
decending upon on the
@RoyalAlbertHall
for a bit of music fun. Thank you so much
@BrentfordFC
Thomas Frank for surprising us ❤️
About last night! Wow! A carnival of inclusion & musical magic
@RoyalAlbertHall
with
@MusicManProject
If any1 had any doubt who the kindest manager in
@premierleague
is, our Thomas spent his night off enjoying the event with
@BrentfordPFC
🎵Thank you 2 every1 involved.
The Planet Penguin Football Foundation were lucky enough to spend some time at Brentford FC Gtech stadium! Here is a sneaky peek of what we got up to... More pics of this special day coming soon so keep your eyes peeled 👀
#Team
#Football
#BrentfordFC
#Sunshine
@BrentfordFC