In order to see two football games and donate money for three charity, five football fanatics will walk for four days.
An Easter walk of 113 miles from east to west is being planned by Stockport County supporters Dave Thompson, Jamie Reding, Steve Cunningham, Eddie Owen, and David Wardle.
They want to go to Stockport in time to see their team play Huddersfield Town on Easter Monday after seeing League One County play at Peterborough United on Good Friday.
Between Stockport’s Edgeley Park and Peterborough’s Weston Homes stadium, each walker anticipates completing 250,000 steps.
The five men intend to trek via Derbyshire’s Buxton and Nottingham.
Through their efforts, they hope to raise thousands of pounds for three charities in the north-west of England: Kits By County, a Stockport County initiative that aims to give free PE kits to children; Pure Insight, which supports individuals who have been in care; and Mentell, a mental health charity for men.
On Easter Monday, the men hope that supporters and members of the public will accompany them as they head towards Stockport.
Mr Thompson’s son, George, took his own life in 2021, when 18, after struggling with mental health issues.
In 2023, Mr Thompson organised a 24-hour boxing marathon to raise funds for Mentell, which he said had helped him through “the darkest of times”.
But he said the Easter fundraising effort was not just “about George”.
“I want to give something back to the Stockport County community because the club and its supporters have helped me, and our family, just by being around us,” Mr Thompson, a 48-year-old photographer, told the BBC.
“As a community, they have just been incredible.”
Mr Thompson grew up in Alsager, Cheshire, and moved to Stockport more than 20 years ago.
He said he had been a Stoke City fan for many years, but his son, George, was a fan of County, who have hopes of promotion from League One to the Championship.
