'Fan' in non-league club's viral video 'delighted'

Adam "Shuffle T" Woollard wrote and stars in the video which has been viewed thousands of times

One of the people behind a football team's viral video promoting fundraising for a new scoreboard said he was "delighted" by the response.

The tongue-in-cheek effort from Brackley Town, currently in the National League North, has been viewed more than 220,000 times on X, formerly known as Twitter.

In the video, Adam "Shuffle T" Woollard said the Northamptonshire club did not need a scoreboard as the home fans keep score themselves, often leading to "10-0" wins.

Although the 33-year-old rapper, comedian and writer said: "I don’t even know much about football."

The video for Brackley Town suggests where at their ground the scoreboard could go

The video, which was the idea of Will Grashoff from the club, is made by filmmaker Theo Marlow, and was posted on X earlier this month.

In it, Mr Woollard, captioned as Brackley fan "Adam", said a scoreboard was "expensive" and currently the referee would ask the fans the score, adding: "Why would we lie, we just want a good game."

He said that led to 10-0 home wins for Brackley, or 25-0 against local rivals Banbury United.

But when the club go away "we don't win as frequently, which we can't figure out why".

The video ends with an appeal from team manager Gavin Cowan: "Brackley Town Football Club, let's show we are serious, that we have the most dedicated and passionate supporters in the world, and we can make this happen."

In the video fans use different methods to keep score, including an abacas and calculator

Mr Wollard wrote the sketch with Mr Grashoff, who runs a recruitment firm.

He said had not checked how many views it had "but I’m delighted with [the reaction]".

"Everyone at my office in Brackley is a supporter and I know how important the club is to them so I wanted to do it for them. It’s a nice thing to be involved with," he said.

Social media users have described it as "very funny", "incredible work" and "genius".

So far the club have raised more than £4,000 of their £22,000 target.

It said it did genuinely need the electronic screen as part of ground improvements.