Wolves fan set to complete month-long TikTok challenge of dribbling a football to every Premier League stadium in the country
A Wolves fan with a passion for fundraising is poised to complete his latest challenge of visiting every Premier League ground and Wembley on Thursday.
Jake Butler is no stranger to a football-related challenge, having already run the Barcelona Marathon with a ball at his feet in 2021, and dribbled up a mountain in Andorra prior to his latest quest.
The 29-year-old from Essington has travelled from Newcastle United's St. James' Park to Crystal Palace's Selhurst Park with a ball at his feet, and plans to complete the rest of the Premier League's London-based clubs on Thursday, September 11 before finishing at Wembley Stadium.
By the end of his journey the TikTok influencer will have visited all 20 top flight grounds, as well as the home of the England national team, and Sheffield FC, the oldest football club in the world and a team Jake spent time on trial with before the Covid-19 pandemic.
After starting on August 18, Jake is raising money for club's community trusts, and has already made videos with representatives from Wolves, Aston Villa, Sunderland and Burnley.
"Since April I've been making content, but it's mainly been with a friend from Paris, so I wanted to do something big to launch my own channel and I thought this was a good place to start," he explained. "I've done marathons before and I want to raise money for good causes, so I've been reaching out to the clubs to see how I can help them raise money and awareness on the projects they've been doing.
"Wolves and Villa have both been great, and at Burnley I managed to get an interview with their chairman which was good.
"At Wolves we did 'Head 4 Health' which is a focus on mental health support, and at Villa we talked about their 'Catering Club' which is where they use the club's facilities when they're not in use to help qualify local people and get them into employment."
And with over 10,000 likes on his TikTok page, Jake is hoping to continue to use his growing voice to make a positive impact on his community.
"I didn't know what to expect because I've never really done anything this big," he said. "I definitely want to keep doing things like this in the future.
"I want to grow my following, because on my way I've noticed so much rubbish that's been left on the roads, and I saw a YouTube video of Mr Beast cleaning streets and rivers using his platform, so I did have something like that in mind. A Great British clean up, and see how much we can do."
