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Football fans walk 60 miles after TikTok forfeit

Two friends are walking between two Premier League football grounds to raise money for charity after one of them pledged a forfeit on TikTok.

Ben Phillips promised to walk from Bournemouth's Vitality Stadium to St Mary's in Southampton, and back, if AFC Bournemouth failed to reach the FA Cup semi-finals.

He is raising money for Alzheimer's research in memory of his grandfather, a former AFC Bournemouth player, who died from the disease in 2024.

At the start of his two-day challenge on Tuesday, he received phone calls from Cherries players Lewis Cook, Adam Smith and Ryan Christie.