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CFU CORNER ———— Ben Phillips ———— Today marks the end of the season, and safe. To this end, a social space for and it’s being one full of challenges female fans to chat openly with each and excitement along the way. Let’s other has being created. We hope we can hope everyone who is associated encourage other ladies and girls to find with Cambridge United is celebrating out what makes the mighty U’s so special promotion to League 1 this evening, in and increase the number of Amber Belles. what would be a remarkable achievement The group is open to anyone, regardless for the football club, in their 50th of Gender who supports the group’s Anniversary season of being elected into aims. You can find out more details on the Football League. how to get involved in the social group by It was great to see everyone in English searching Amber Belles on Facebook. football, sporting organisations and people Cambridge Fans United have their next across the world showing planned committee solidarity with the social meeting on 17th May media boycott last week. and will communicate There is still a lot more to more details to CAMBRIDGE UNITED HAVE current members be done and we must now call on popular social media COME THIRD IN THE LATEST shortly. We continue platforms like Facebook & FOOTBALL ENGAGEMENT to work hard at Twitter to use their power being a voice for our INDEX OUT OF ALL 92 to affect change and fellow fan and also ENGLISH LEAGUE CLUBS ensure there are real life creating links for the consequences for online football club within hate. the local community. The internet and social media is a powerful Cambridge Fans United now has over platform for sporting organisations to 400 members and is growing all the time. engage with their fan base and community, You can still sign up as a member to the so it was fantastic to learn that Cambridge supporters trust for as little as five pound United have come third in the latest for the year and give your input into the Football Engagement index out of all club by visiting Cambridgefansunited.org 92 English League Clubs. Due to the (link). pandemic, the Club has had to work We should finish by sparing a thought harder than ever to communicate and today to our friends at Grimsby Town, engage with its fan base, so it is a credit who have been relegated out of the to everyone at Cambridge United for this Football League, alongside Southend high ranking. United. We know too well how Grimsby CFU committee members Emma Smith will be feeling like a wounded tiger, as and Gina Parkin have recently set up a we experienced a similar fate away at group recently for female fans called Rushden and Diamonds in 2005 after 35 Amber Belles. The Group is for female fans years in the Football Club. Grimsby is a of Cambridge United around the world to proud club with a great set of fans and unite together. Cambridge Fans United people behind them, and we hope to see are on a mission with the Football Club them bounce back very soon. to work at making the Abbey Stadium a “Be Kind, Be Courteous, Be United” ■ United in Endeavour place where everybody feels welcome www.cambridge-united.co.uk