Football fan Alison Nuttall loves the beautiful game so much she is walking 50 miles to see a match.

She is joining her brothers, Andrew and David, on a tour of ten London clubs in memory of their mother Margaret, who died from cancer ten years ago.

The trio will walk to the home grounds of Arsenal, Brentford, Charlton, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Millwall, QPR, Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham.

They aim to arrive in time for Chelsea's home match against Bolton on Saturday, as the club has given the family tickets for the game.

Alison, 36, from Brighton, said: "We wanted to do something special to mark the anniversary. Andrew is a big Chelsea fan and David plays football in the States, so we agreed to use a football theme."

David, 34, is flying over specially from the US for the 50-mile sponsored walk.

Alison, who works for South Downs Health, said: "David works as a cartographer in the States so he has been busy mapping out the route for us so we get the timing right."

The trio will set off from the Crystal Palace ground on Friday at 7am and will take in various stadiums on the way, before ending up near Highbury by the evening.

They will leave Arsenal's ground early on Saturday morning and will visit the rest of the clubs before finishing off at Chelsea in the afternoon, where they hope to see soccer stars Frank Lampard and Hernan Crespo in action.

For the last ten miles to Stamford Bridge, they will be joined by Alison's ten-year-old daughter, Evelyn, and the trio's father, Derek.

Alison said: "The clubs have been great. We wrote to them all about what we were doing and all the ones who responded said we could come into the ground and take a photo before moving on again.

"It is a nice way of paying tribute to our mother and hopefully other people will benefit from the money we raise."

All proceeds will be go to MacMillan Cancer Relief.

Anyone interested in sponsoring the trio can call Alison on 01273 328145.