While millions of British football fans merely sat watching World Cup matches on television during the summer, a team of amateur players with mental health problems from Birmingham and Solihull actually played in Germany. They took part in a mini-football tournament in Frankfurt, At which they were pitted against a german mental health team. banners were exchanged in a symbolic bid to break down barriers. the event was sponsored by shift, the government campaign created to fight stigma and discrimination, and was organised by consultant nurse Cheryl Kipping