SANFL clubs to wear blue socks to raise awareness for fight against MND

Norwood to become the Bluelegs on Monday as four SANFL clubs throw their support behind the fight against Motor Neurone Disease.

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The SANFL has joined football’s growing fight against Motor Neurone Disease with the four clubs involved in the Queen’s Birthday holiday action on Monday wearing blue socks to raise awareness of the insidious condition.

Norwood will become the Bluelegs for the clash against South Adelaide at Noarlunga Oval, while the Panthers will swap their navy and white socks to support the cause.

Trading the red socks for blue will have special significance for dual Magarey Medallist Mitch Grigg, a FightMND campaign ambassador along with his father Chris, who was diagnosed with the ailment in April last year.

And Glenelg and North Adelaide have backed the charity, donning the blue socks which have become associated with the battle against MND for their game at the Bay.

North Adelaide's Alex Spina, South Adelaide's Tyson Brown, Glenelg's Luke Reynolds and Norwood's Mitch Grigg wearing blue socks to help raise awareness for MND. Picture: Morgan Sette

The decision by the four clubs to change the colour of their socks coincides with the FightMND’s Big Freeze before the clash between Collingwood and Melbourne at the MCG.

“The awareness and funds raised through this new partnership enables us to continue to invest funds into best practice MND medical research as well as supporting the great work of organisations like MNDSA, who provide wonderful care for South Australians living with the disease,” FightMND chief executive Jamie Howden said.

“FightMND is delighted to have had so much support for SockIt2MND from numerous sporting clubs and leagues in SA, especially the SANFL”

The official SockIt2MND Round is on June 15-16 and suburban and country clubs will wear the blue socks to raise money for research into the disease, which has no effective treatment or cure.

More than 1000 pairs of the socks have been sold to grassroots football clubs and sporting organisations in SA this year, raising more than $15,000 for the charity.

Each day, two Australians are diagnosed with the disease and two lose their battle against the condition.

For more information, the FightMND website is fightmdn.org.au