Canterbury tale is the real community spirit

They're playing the Community Shield at Wembley today but the real community spirit in football will be more in evidence when the born-again Canterbury City FC begin their Kent League season on a village recreation ground that currently has more weeds than grass. Last year we told how the club were the first in the land to be owned by its members - the only thing they have in common with Barcelona - with a constitutional commitment to provide community football.

Remarkably they now field eight teams and have a substantial sponsorship deal with P&O.

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