On Wednesday night, the Crystal Palace Under-9s, 10s and 11s collected at Selhurst Park to meet renowned 'Jamie Johnson' author Dan Freedman as part of their wider education through the academy.
Aiming to broaden the young players' experiences and horizons, the club hosted the event with Dan to engagingly show the boys the wider benefits of football and about other career paths that exist within and because of the game.
Dan discussed his own impressive journey to becoming a best-selling children's author and wowed the academy with his stories about meeting Ronaldo and Steven Gerrard and creating the hit character Jamie Johnson with experiences from his own life growing up as a football fanatic.