City sweep Pledgeball League titles!
The 2022/23 Pledgeball league campaign came to a nail-biting finish with Bristol City FC storming past Leeds United, Manchester United, Charlton, Norwich City and Stoke City in the final few weeks of the season.
Leeds United had dominated the top of the table following the Green Football Weekend campaign but they could not hold off Robins Fans who pledged to save a massive 1,009,131kg of CO²e per year! This is the equivalent of taking 225 cars off the road.
Bristol City Women were also victorious! Not only did they top the FA Women's Championship table, securing promotion to the Barclays Women's Super League, but they also topped the Pledgeball League table. Fans pledged to save 209,404kg of CO²e, the equivalent of taking 47 cars off the road.
Gavin Marshall said: “We’re delighted that our fans have won this year’s Pledgeball League. It shows that fans are eager to join us in our sustainability efforts and that they do care. I’d like to thank our fans for all their efforts and energy throughout the season as this would not have been possible without them! This shows the amazing power that sport has, to affect change”
Head of Change and Sustainability, Peter Smith said: “We only launched Project Whitebeam last summer and this is the third national award we’ve won in that time as well as being ranked as the Championship’s most sustainable club in the Sport Positive sustainability league. This shows that we’ve made a good start, but we have a long way to go. The great thing is that we’ve already proven that we can make positive changes which help the club and improve the fan experience, so we’re excited about the future of the project.”
Pledgeball Founder Katie Cross said: "I couldn’t believe it when Sky mentioned to me that Bristol City had topped the table at the last minute – Leeds had dominated since February. I am delighted to also be presenting the trophy to the title-winning Bristol City Women. Huge congratulations to the Robins!"
