Jourdan Blair hopes to deter young people away from gangs, which may lead to prison or even death.
By Sonia Kataria & Jeremy BallA youth worker whose brother was stabbed to death has set up a football project to help tackle gang culture and potentially save lives.
He organised for a squad of 20 people to play their first Under-21 match on Thursday in the West Midlands. Nottingham's Football is Life team won the game 9-0 against Birmingham's Ambitious Sports."I want to get players from different postcodes together and give them a platform using the tool football," he said.
"You see people with money, flash cars and it leads younger people to think 'I want to be like them'," he said.
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