Everton keeper Jordan Pickford buys North East Sunday League team full kit and tracksuits
Pickford became one of the most expensive goalkeepers in history when he joined Everton but he has not forgotten his roots with his kind gesture
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EVERTON keeper Jordan Pickford showed he’s a class act on and off the pitch by paying for a Sunday League side’s kit out of his own pocket.
Pickford who moved to Goodison Park from Sunderland for £30million in the summer and has not forgotten where he came from and was keen to give a bit back.
The 23-year-old who has impressed on Merseyside was on hand to pay for a home kit and tracksuits for North East Sunday League outfit Washington Arms FC.
They took to social media to thank the England Under-21 star for his kind gesture.
The club said on twitter: "Thank you to @JPickford1 who bought our home strip & tracksuits.
“We are extremely grateful. We wish him every success at Everton & England."
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Pickford is no stranger to lower league football with loan spells with Darlington and Alfreton Town in the Football Conference as a teenager.
And the keeper says those early opportunities in non league were a big help in his development.
He told Evertonfc.com: “It was just the chance to play men’s football.
"I learned quite a lot getting battered by fully-grown blokes!
“You would come for crosses and catch an elbow in the face, but that's what you want.
"When you are that young, you want that experience. You see lads literally playing for their livelihoods or paying for their mortgages and stuff.
“It was great to go and learn your trade in that environment."
Toffees boss Ronald Koeman takes his side to Premier League new boys Brighton on Sunday desperate to get back to winning ways after losing at home to Burnley before the international break.
