Once again the tournament took place at 5 Alive, our hosts for many years. Fourteen teams fought hard to be crowned the winners, but after a highly competitive afternoon the team from One In A Million took home the trophy.

The One In A Million team took a home team advantage, with James Hanson, ex-Bradford City player on the squad. During his time at Bradford, he made 334 appearances and scored 91 goals in his 8 years at the club. A huge thank you goes out to James for taking the time to come along, and lending his support to the event!

The tournament started with a group stage. Teams were split across three groups with each team playing 4 games. This resulted in a final 8 teams making it through to the knock-out stages. Four quarter-finals saw victories from Ison Harrison, UGP, One In A Million, and Total Recruit Ltd. 

Alongside the team competition, there was a battle for top goalscorer.  It was closely fought all the way to the final, and finished in a tie for top spot with Kyle Trenerry of One In A Million and Alfie Ashley of UGP bagging 9 goals each (pictured below).

The cup final saw UGP (United Gas Power) play against One In A Million in a tightly contested match with OIAM narrowly winning the game! Well done boys.

Congratulations to the runners up, UGP, (pictured below), who played some magnificent football throughout the tournament. 

Third place went to Jan Vayisoglu and his team at Total Recruit Ltd who won their play-off match. Well done!

A special thank you to our event sponsors BEF Business Enterprise Fund and Blacks for their continued support. Their contribution to the event means that One In A Million can continue to provide pathways for children and young people through sports, the arts and enterprise across Bradford & District. 

BEF Business Enterprise Fund: “It was a brilliant day playing in the annual OIAM Charity 5 A Side tournament. It’s fantastic for BEF to be supporting such a great cause in the Bradford area. Despite a heroic effort from our team we exited at the group stage. We’re already looking forward to next year’s event where we hope to go one further“.

Blacks Solictors said, “It was a pleasure for Blacks to co-sponsor this event and take part in this year’s tournament. The One In A Million team do a great job organising and running the event seamlessly year-on-year. This year was no exception. Although we couldn’t bring the trophy home, we are proud to sponsor and support the great work that OIAM do on and off the pitch! Congratulations to the worthy winners and we look forward to next year!”.