PRIME MINISTER David Cameron pledged to encourage the Premier League to keep their promises of putting more money into grassroots football during a visit to Warrington Town FC – his fourth visit to the town in the last 12 months.
Mr Cameron, an Aston Villa fan, was in high spirits about his team’s FA Cup victory over Liverpool, as he was presented with a Warrington Town shirt commemorating the club’s own historic FA Cup journey earlier this season, by Club Chairman Toby Macormac – before getting on his “soap box” to address the part faithful.
Mr Cameron was visiting the ground as a guest of Warrington South MP David Mowat, a director at the club since before being elected as an MP.
During his visit Mr Cameron said: “As a government we will encourage the Premier League to keep their promises to transfer money into grassroots football. They are getting phenomenal amounts of money and it is the least they can do and I hope they will do more.
“When you see the Premier League making so much money you want to see it reinvested where it can make a difference.”
“As a government we can also keep using the National Lottery and Sport England money to help grassroots sports and small football clubs to encourage more kids in get involved in the game.”
Mr Cameron said that during the next parliament, if re-elected the government would also guarantee £150m a year to all primary schools to ensure they could have a PE and sports teacher for at least two-and-a-half days a week.
He then went on to make a “soapbox” speech to the party faithful urging them to help Mr Mowat win the key Warrington South marginal.
He said: “You have got a fantastic MP in David Mowat. People tell us as politicians we should build bridges – well this man has got the government to build two bridges!”
After outlining the positives of a growing economy including two million more people being in work he went on to warn of the dangers of a Labour government being influenced by the SNP.
