Dear Friends,

After the inaugural Joe's Buddy Line Football Match at Selhurst Park in 2022 saw a 5-4 win for Team Kemp, we're back to do it all again on Friday 19th May 2023 at Vicarage Road Stadium, home of EFL Championship side Watford.

Joe was a talented radio producer, who at the time of his passing was a senior producer on the Capital FM Breakfast Show, working with his very close friend Roman Kemp. His passing came as an unbearable shock to all his friends and family.

Joe's Buddy Line was created as an uplifting and positive next chapter - a charity set up by Joes family to provide mental health workshops in schools, run by certified mental health professionals, and the provision of a range of mental health initiatives.

They're doing brilliant work and your donations are going to make a real difference. You can see more info here: https://joesbuddyline.org

If you've found yourself on this page it is because we'd love you to be involved in our football match remembering Joe, whether that be playing or as a friend / family member coming down on the day to watch and join our post match event.

Our itinerary will look like this:

5.15pm: Arrival For Players

5.30pm: Warm Up

6.00pm: Football Match Starts

7.45pm: Football Match Ends

8.15pm: Post Match Event (with food for the players) including a presentation from Joe's sister Lou to give us the latest on Joe's Buddy Line.

All costs for the event have been covered and we are hoping we can raise a significant total for the charity. Every penny donated or fundraised is going straight to the charity and whilst our suggested donation is a minimum of £200, if that's a figure beyond what you can contribute, we of course understand.

To all playing, you're welcome to bring down friends and family on the day and we'd welcome that those joining make a suggested donation of £10pp.

Everyone is encouraged to join for some post match food and drink and to hear more about the work Joes Buddy Line from Joe's sister Lou.

For players taking part the event we'll have a memorable day:

An 11 a side match at Vicarage Road.

- Full Match Kit to keep

- Video of the game

- Match photographer for professional imagery

- Post Match Food

- Physiotherapist on hand

We look forward to seeing you on May 19th and we are hugely grateful for your support of what we hope will continue for many years to come.