In 2014, Corinthian-Casuals officially celebrates its 75th birthday (the merger of the two famous clubs happened in 1939) and what no better way to celebrate a birthday than to receive hundreds of wishes from the people close to the club...the fans!

Further, the club received special wishes from Chairman of the FA, Greg Dyke and Mario Gobbi Filho, President of Corinthians Paulista in Brazil (see picture). Plaudits have also come from former England Cricket Captain and member, Alec Stewart and Sky Sport's Martin Tyler

What's more, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has joined in with the congratulations with him describing the news of Casuals impending tour to Brazil as a "fantastic story". The story of the link between the clubs has also recently featured on FIFA's website which can be seen here. 

Our close friends and the 2 time World Champions, Corinthians Paulista and have for the first time historically partnered with Corinthian-Casuals  - in their support of the project to return Corinthian-Casuals Football Club to Brazil this summer.
Casuals player and professional film maker, Chris Watney, has this month with his production company, Red Barrel Productions, launched a crowd funding campaign on the popular Brazilian website, Catarse. 

Aimed at raising awareness and much needed support. The Campaign offers fans all around the world the chance to get involved with this once in a lifetime opportunity.

And Corinthians Paulista are fully behind the project! Posting on their official website and social media pages, the Corinthians have called their fans to unite and help this historic campaign, Vai Corinthians, The Film!

Corinthian-Casuals has a history with penalties in the beautiful game but on this occasion the football club is very proud to support the new charity campaign, "It's a Penalty", run by British based charity Happy Child International.

At Tuesday's launch in London, Club Secretary Gary Weir together with Chris Watney attended the event where Gary Lineker spoke of the need to get involved and raise awareness before the World Cup about the sexual exploitation of children.

With Gary Lineker, Frank Lampard, Alan Shearer, David Luiz, Oscar and Ramires all involved, we encourage everyone to spread the word. The club will announce "It's a Penalty" as match sponsor for an upcoming fixture soon.

As Corinthian-Casuals has great following in Brazil Club Secretary Gary Weir sees a real opportunity to help spread the message to fans both in England and Brazil. "Corinthian-Casuals is unique not just in Non-league but throughout the football league too. Our online following from Brazilians on Facebook makes us the 25th most followed club in England on this platform", commented Gary. He continues, "We have an unrivalled reach due to our historic link with Corinthians Paulista and immediately identified the need to support Happy Child's "It's a Penalty" campaign to raise awareness".

Chris Watney, current squad player and Co-Founder of Red Barrel Productions, was also present and was influential in bringing the club and charity together. Chris has identified opportunities to raise further awareness of the "It's a penalty" campaign as he continues his work on Vai Corinthians - The Film which will see the club tour São Paulo in May.

To learn more about Happy Child and the "It's a Penalty" campaign see www.happychild.org

For more information on Vai Corinthians - The Film see http://redbarrelproductions.com/#/the-corinthians