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Women in Football has become an official partner of Planet League – a unique football tournament promoting eco-friendly lifestyle habits.

The Planet League Cup brings together 77 professional football clubs, 12 county FAs, and hundreds of grassroots football clubs and schools to engage fans on climate action.

The tournament kicks off on 10 October 2022 and runs for five weeks. Fans score 'goals' for their club by completing green activities like having a meat-free meal, using the car less and filling up reusable bottles with tap water.

Each week focuses on a particular theme, such as energy, food or travel, and the club whose fans take the most action will win the Planet League Cup. As well as taking the glory, the fan who scores the most goals will win a holiday.

The partnership means Women in Football's 6,000+ members will be encouraged to take part in the tournament on behalf of their own clubs. A number of Premier League clubs are among those competing for the Planet League title, which is currently held by Cambridge United.

Women in Football CEO Yvonne Harrison said: "There are so many ways we can join the fight against climate change, and football can make a huge contribution. We're proud to become an official partner of Planet League, encouraging our 6,000+ members to try some of those activities and score for the environment. Come on you greens!"

 

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Football fans taking part in the Planet League Cup will have dozens of environmentally friendly actions to choose from to score goals. They include unplugging your appliances when they aren't in use, making the best of your food before it's too late with an ‘eat-me-first’ box, taking cooler and shorter showers and using public transport.

The LayerUp challenge is a new activity for this season with a timely, serious message of putting on more layers of clothing instead of putting the heating on; to save energy and to save money. The challenge sees football players putting on as many layers of clothing as possible in 30 seconds. West Bromwich Albion FC Women, Wycombe Wanderers FC and Burton Albion FC players have completed the challenge.

Tom Gribbin, CEO of Planet League, said: "Planet League uses the power of football to mobilise fans to take climate action in their daily lives. We work with professional clubs, local and grassroots clubs and schools across the country to make climate action fun and competitive. We’re delighted to welcome Women in Football and their members to Planet League and look forward to seeing them drive climate action across the game."

Planet League's other official partners are RSPB and Her Game Too – the organisation representing female fans across the UK.

To find out more and take part, visit the Planet League website and sign up – the tournament is kicking off right now!

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