MANCHESTER CITY legend and Championship-winning Burnley manager, Vincent Kompany, has become the latest icon of...
The judging panel voted unanimously to induct Kompany in recognition of his exceptional achievements in the sport, as well as noble work outside of football, such as his endeavours to tackle homelessness in Manchester with his Tackle4MCR fundMANCHESTER CITY legend and Championship-winning Burnley manager, Vincent Kompany, has become the latest icon of the game to be honoured by being inducted into the National Football Museum’s prestigious Hall of Fame.
Kompany was inducted in the Hall of Fame on Friday 5 May during a presentation at the Leisure Box in Burnley, a state-of-the-art leisure facility funded by Burnley FC’s ‘Burnley in the Community’ charity and comes in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the game. This is a proud moment for me and to be recognised alongside such legends of the game is a great accolade
CEO of the National Football Museum, Tim Desmond, was on hand to present the esteemed award to Kompany in front of students on Burnley FC in the Communities education programmes, who had the chance to ask the newly crowned Championship Manager of the Season some questions. Upon his induction, Kompany said: “It’s a huge honour to be inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. This is a proud moment for me and to be recognised alongside such legends of the game is a great accolade.”“I’m very humbled with the award. I’m looking at this room: not so long ago, I feel like one of the kids in the background over there, just trying to enjoy the game, to get better every day, and today I’m here on this seat.
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