With his League Two game against Crawley Town postponed due to a frozen pitch, Portsmouth defender Christian Burgess suddenly found himself at a loose end on Saturday afternoon.
Indeed, the 25-year-old centre-half put a plea out on Twitter in a desperate attempt to find something to do…
Don’t know what to do with myself.. Anyone need a player? Prefer the number 10 role… alternatively might join the Women’s march in London!
— Christian Burgess (@Burgey44) January 21, 2017
Asking more in hope than expectation, a plucky youth team coach by the name of Will Chitty answered Burgess’ tweet with an offer to help him oversee an Under-12’s training session down on the local park…
@Burgey44 u12s training at Bransbury Pk at 11 sharp. You can help me coach 😉
— Will Chitty (@w_chitty) January 21, 2017
Amazingly enough, the answer was ‘yes’…
@w_chitty be there in 5
— Christian Burgess (@Burgey44) January 21, 2017
Lo and behold…
After his VIP guest turned up out of the blue to make an appearance at the session, Chitty shared his immense gratitude – thanking Burgess for dropping by and making his young team’s day…
Massive thanks to @Burgey44 for helping out at training today. Kids and coach made up! #Pompey 👏 👏 pic.twitter.com/NFE3cmkTRh
— Will Chitty (@w_chitty) January 21, 2017
Ain’t that just smashing?
Nice to see a professional footballer mucking in at grass roots level without having to be mandated by his club, too.