A POWERCHAIR footballer from Hexham has made Powerchair Footballing history.
Ed Common, 28, is on the England Powerchair Football squad and is the captain of Northern Thunder Powerchair Football Club.
He suffers from the degenerating condition Muscular Dystrophy, and has immunosuppression, due to the steroids he relies on for his general health and wellbeing.
Powerchair Football is a unique sport that provides opportunities for people with a high level of impairment to access the game of football.
It is the only active team participation sport for people who use electric wheelchairs.
Electric wheelchair users include persons with quadriplegia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy, head trauma, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabilities.
Ed made history at the PTC Therapeutics Premiership, becoming the second player in the Wheelchair Football Association's (WFA) history to surpass 300 National League Goals on Sunday, March 19.
The Wheelchair Football Association is the governing body for the sport of Powerchair Football in England.
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The Football Association works in partnership with The Wheelchair Football Association and County Football Associations to develop the sport of powerchair football in England. The Wheelchair Football Association was formed in 2005.
Lorna, his mother, said: "He's only the second person in the history of powerchair football to have scored more than 300 goals. The only other person that's got more than 300 goals is the England captain of the powerchair football team. He's played powerchair football since he was 12-years-old.
"It's a massive achievement, I'm very proud of him. He's proud of himself, he's a quiet lad but he's very chuffed with himself.
"The next teams further down the league are still in their hundreds and pushing to 200, but Ed's the second person to do it.
"His goal is to score some more this season, we've got another 14 games to play so hopefully he'll get a few more."
Lorna added Ed is going to St George's Park National Football Centre in Staffordshire on Wednesday, March 29 for three days of training, as the team are getting ready for the World Cup in October in Australia.
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