On the concrete terrace of Ashton United Football Club where supporters would usually gather is a trestle table laid out with bread, pasta and boxes of cereal.
Matches are postponed because of coronavirus, but for single mother Emma Rebinska, this historic little ground on the edge of Manchester provides a weekly fixture far more vital than football.
Emma, 40, is the first to turn up at a pop-up pantry – funded by Save the Children - which provides carrier bags of basic essentials to struggling local families for a sum of £3.
There is too much pride here for people to accept hand-outs. Arriving on a wintry morning with her 18-month-old daughter Molly in a pushchair, Emma admits that the pantry is a lifeline they now depend on. To find out
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