skem men aces:Football for adults with a learning disability

CAN'T YOU SEE THE SMILES ON OUR FACES

TEAM TACTICS

The Skem Men-Aces is the fastest and most successful football club in the UK for adults with a disability.

Mim's Minders

BIG CHIEF

Please get in touch today if you feel you have the skill and commitment to succeed with the Aces. Carl Eaton. Team Manager.

Our Home Ground

Formed in June 2009, we now boast a squad of 60 + members and the phone continues to ring.
Please get in touch today if you would like more information about becoming a team member with the Aces or you simply just want to help

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?

REAL CHAMPIONS

The Skem Menaces are an Olympic Winning Football team and a very warm welcome is always guaranteed.

OUR BRIEF STORY BUT WHAT A STORY.

The Skem Men-Aces is a football team solely for adults with varying degrees of disabilities based in Skelmersdale. We have been in existence since July 2009 and whilst the club grows at 60+members the phone continues to ring and its popularity goes from strength to strength .We have had tremendous success over our few short years and have been featured on TV, local radio stations including BBC RADIO MERSEYSIDE and the local papers on a weekly basis .We have also been featured in the famous Readers Digest and winning the national award for volunteer of the year through the Sunday Telegraph where we received our award from General Lord Dannatt. We also won a magnificent Silver medal at the Special Olympics National Games held in Bath 2013. 2015 I won BBC North West Unsung hero award where the club was featured on North West Tonight. Earlier this year the club received the Points of Light Award from the Prime Minister David Cameron. Our biggest and proudest moment for our club was only recently when we were awarded the Queens Award for Volunteer Services which is the biggest honour in this Country and it is classified as the MBE for volunteer groups and we as recipients were invited to attend the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace. Our club is not only unique to Skelmersdale but also the North West, which means that we travel all over the country to compete in competitions and now have a very full and proud trophy cabinet.We have now become one of the most famous and recognised football clubs in Skelmersdale,where the local community have really taken this remarkable club to their hearts.For many of our Athletes this club is the only thing they have in their lives and when you see the smiles on their faces it simply is job done. It is also very important to our club that we are mindful of the fantastic support we have had and therefor it is vital that we also give back to other charities and we constantly organise regular sponsored events to do just that.An awful lot of our athletes come from a very deprived background and therefor find life a daily struggle and unfortunately this means that some are challenged to have the necessities in life. With this in mind we have a hardship fund where if any of our lads are in need of boots,trainers,shin pads ect they can approach us and we will provide.
Back in 2017 we were awarded the FREEDOM OF THE BOROUGH OF WEST LANCASHIRE, which was a truly incredible honor and one we will never forget.

“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity? Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficult, and every difficulty has an opportunity.”