Wednesday afternoon on the sands of Saltburn and the theme of a bracing winter's afternoon was second chances.
The Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation were holding a session of beach football for 20 young adults for whom life hasn't always easy. Some have experienced problems with drink or drugs while others have suffered mental health issues.
Ibrahim, for example, is Syrian and has needed help with integration. Steve, meanwhile, used to think of suicide.
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Weekly football sessions have helped both of them and both are decent players, as it happens.