A FORMER fans’ favourite returned to Northwich Victoria last week receive a donation from supporters.

Steve Walters, a director of the Offside Trust, was a guest of the club for their FA Vase encounter with Cammell Laird at Wincham Park.

He was presented with a cheque for £900 by Kenny Jones, captain when Vics won the FA Trophy and a veteran of more than 900 appearances for the club – money collected after a series of fundraising initiatives including a sponsored walk up Snowdon earlier this year.

The Offside Trust describes itself as an organisation committed to supporting survivors of child abuse while working to make sport safer for young children.

Walters, an ex-Crewe Alexandra midfielder, was among the first to speak out about former coach Barry Bennell – a serial paedophile who was jailed in February for abusing boys – and is one of the trust’s founders.

The 46-year-old’s name is familiar to football followers in the town following a five-year spell with Vics, who he joined in 1995.

The club have backed the Offside Trust since establishing a partnership before the start of last season, and their first-team players are among those to wear shirts with a green and white logo.