School groups representing Sunderland AFC, Derby County FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC, and West Ham United FC will face each other in the Final of this year’s Premier League Enterprise Challenge.
The six finalists each won a regional Play-Off event to book their place at the final of the Challenge, which uses the backdrop of professional football clubs' business models to deliver enterprise education to inspire young people and increase their aspirations and skills.
Shotton Hall Academy will be representing Sunderland AFC at this year’s Premier League Enterprise Challenge Final having beaten competition at their Play-Off event at Stoke City’s bet365 Stadium. Compered by BBC Kickabout presenter, Ben Shires, the Enterprise Challenge Final will see the six school teams go head-to-head as they look to explain their business ideas aimed at engaging international fans. A task which was set by Premier League Executive Chairman, Richard Scudamore.
The Premier League Enterprise Challenge, which is run in partnership with Sport Relief has engaged more than 11,000, thirteen-to-fifteen-year-olds in educational sessions run by Premier League and English Football League clubs since it began in 2009. 100 schools and 600 young people have taken part in this year’s Challenge.
Judges for this year’s Premier League Enterprise Challenge Final, who have the unenviable task of deciding which school team should be crowned the winners of the competition are Football Analyst and former Premier League and England Defender Graeme Le Saux, Comic and Sport Relief Ambassador Theo Paphitis and Premier League Executive Office Director Peta Bistany.
This will be the third time that Sport Relief Ambassador Theo Paphitis will be on the judging panel, the businessman having said previously that: "The Premier League Enterprise Challenge is an incredible competition, I encourage anybody who is fortunate enough to be able to enter, to do so, engage with their clubs and be part of making a change to our future."
