A group of West Ham fans will walk the entire Jubilee line route to raise money for spinal research in memory of a friend.
The fundraiser is in memory of their childhood friend, Sam Puttick, who was badly injured in a car crash as a baby and later died in 2009 after contracting meningitis.
Sam was confined to a wheelchair from six months old and received support from Spinal Research.
His friend, Rhi Greatwood, who attended Westbury Leigh C of E School in Wiltshire with him, said she wanted to do something to mark what would have been his 21st birthday.
Rhi, 21, said: "Sam was my best friend and we had known each other all our lives because his mum and mine were best friends, so I was devastated when he died.
"He was in a wheelchair from when he was six months old after the car accident and Spinal Research helped pay to adapt the family’s house and car to make them wheelchair accessible.
"I really wanted to do something to remember him in the year he would have turned 21 like me and it was while we were on the way to the London Stadium that we had the idea of walking the Jubilee line."
A JustGiving page has been set up to help raise money in memory of Sam, and donations can be made at justgiving.com/page/rhiannon-greatwood-5.
Rhi and her five friends, four of whom are fellow West Ham fans, will set off from Stanmore on June 9 and call at each of the remaining 26 stations along the Jubilee line until they reach Stratford.
They estimate the 22.6 mile trek will take them 12 hours.
They will all be wearing West Ham shirts and are hoping for some encouragement from passers-by along the way.
Rhi added: "I’ve never forgotten Sam and I have a tattoo of a tractor as a little memorial because he absolutely loved them.
"Spinal Research is a great charity and we wanted to help them, so this is a way of celebrating Sam’s birthday and the journey we take to watch our favourite team."
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