It's bigger than just what happens on the pitch, and that means being part of a club, being part of a team.
Playing for a team that has such a huge history.
I can't imagine my life without playing football.
I've played like ever since I was six years old with my twin brother.
It's always been like more of a hobby, but I love it for that.
I thought I would be mainly focusing on my studies,
and to be quite honest with you, I was a bit afraid that I would have
to leave my competitive football aspirations behind.
But turns out that's not the case.
We have, I think, three to four sessions per week with a match on Wednesdays.
And, you know, in terms of competitiveness, this is as good as it can get.
Just being able to, play against different universities, representing our university.
Just go and tour around the country.
You know, in the mini-bus, playing our music, have a little bit of fun.
So we had a trip to Miami, we met some alumnis there and it was amazing.
It was a trip that I wouldn't have gotten a chance to go to had I not been part of the club.
It's always easy to find people who want to come and play,
and it's just like to have this kind of big field right
next to our accommodation is such as such a lucky thing.
And Homerton are great at providing us with goals
and they draw on the lines, on the grass.
And yeah, so they really kind of make it something that is easy for us to do.
The groundsmen take really good care of the grass.
For example, it was raining heavily like three days ago,
but you're still able to play a match on Wednesday
because, you know, they take care of the pitches.
*Get in*
When I came to trials, I hadn't been playing solid football for a while now.
I've been doing football on and off for a couple of years and coming here
and seeing the number of boys who were at the trial was kind of daunting.
There were about three different trials
and then after the trials, there's a training session.
But even though it was intense and you could see that
there was a high standard, the team was really welcoming.
So the transition from just starting university
and coming into a new team was really good for me.
So I started playing football in Germany as a
as a young boy, then moved to Nigeria, where I played for my secondary school.
And after leaving Nigeria, we returned to Germany, where I started
playing for a team called SC Paderborn,
which is a semi-professional/professional team.
The trials is open to everyone, and if you feel like
you could be part of the team, then you can definitely try it out.
If it doesn't work out, then there's always college football.
There's lots of levels of football at Cambridge.
We've got a 1st, 2nd and 4th team.
The 4th team is really great fun.
We even have a manager, Sasha, and he's very kind of dedicated
to it and actually, funnily enough, gets the biggest turnouts.
Loads of people come down to play for the 4ths
and it's always really funny and kind of, yeah, really good fun.
You're trying too many tricks for the camera!
Yeah and what?
It is quite useful to sort of get away from from the library,
get away from your desks and just sort of try and free your mind.
It's kinda counter-intuitive because you expect having a massive
commitment to affect your studies, but it's sort of kind of forces you to...
...be disciplined and get my work done when it needs to get done
so that I'm able to go to training and attend matches without,
you know, the stresses of, Oh, I haven't done this or I need to do that.
Basically find time whenever we can, normally for about 45 minutes.
It's a great way to kind of relax, hang out with your friends
and kind of, yeah, do exercise and sometimes great.
WHY!
I just hope that I can play as long as I can.
Play with people from from different countries, from different cities.
Doesn't even have to be competitively.
As long as I'm playing just friendlies or just doing something active,
I don't think that football's anything I would stop after university.
Let's go!
Hi, Kosi, I'm Kosi, I'm the men's co-president this year.
If you want to see both teams in action, then come down next month.
On Sunday, the 13th of March, where both men's and women's Varsity
matches will be happening at the Abbey Stadium, Cambridge.
Bring your friends, bring your family and I'll see you there!