Lunch with Linvoy

His first team debut at Charlton was televised and he won the “Man of the Match” award; 6 games later he was dropped. It was a tough introduction to football at the top level, over 500 young footballers a year are let go. Linvoy described how he worked on, driven in large part by anger and desire to prove the Charlton manager wrong!!

Linvoy Primus, the Premiership footballer, who played for Charlton, Barnet, Reading and Portsmouth, gave a riveting talk at the Woking Business matters lunch. He related how his Christian faith helped him to let go of that anger and start to play for God. A turning point was the arrival of Harry Redknap. During their first conversation Harry told him he was going to sell Linvoy; not a great start. But the Chaplain told Linvoy not to worry, if God wants you here, you’ll be staying, just play for God. And so it was, Linvoy was still in the first team when Harry left.

After he retired, Linvoy teamed up with Darren Moore and Mick Mellows to form Faith in Football - as Christians they wanted to serve their local communities by helping young people and their families, be positive role models and help make a real difference!

From that simple beginning, Faith & Football has grown so that it now provides a range of community, educational and overseas programmes using football as a platform for relationship building. They mobilise the Church to meet and serve people where they are on life’s journey and to make Jesus’ message of hope known to all. We wish Linvoy all the best with this great work.  http://www.linvoyprimus.com/

Lunch with Linvoy!! - Tuesday 25th March

I would like to invite you to our next Woking Business Matters lunch; our speaker will be Linvoy Primus

 Linvoy Primus was a professional footballer for over 20 years. He began his career at Charlton Athletic and after a period with Barnet and three successful seasons with Reading, he transferred to Portsmouth. During his time there, Linvoy worked under three different managers: Harry Redknapp, Velimir Zajec and Alain Perrin. The Milton End stand at Fratton Park was renamed the 'Linvoy Primus Community Stand' because of his outstanding services to the club.

“Linvoy Primus, a man with a big smile, big personality and an exciting testimony who communicates very well”

This promises to be an excellent event and a great opportunity for meeting other people working in Woking, so why not treat yourself and come along.

The event will be on Tuesday 25^th March; 12.40 for 1.00pm till 1.50pm at Charlie Choy's Restaurant and Bar, Units 12 -14, The Centrium, Victoria Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 7PB. We do not charge, but we invite a contribution of £10/head to cover costs; a pan Asian buffet lunch will be provided.

To help us get the catering right, please would you book by emailing me or calling me on 07795 973814.

I would also be grateful if you passed the invite onto anyone else you think might be interested in the topic

Woking Business Matters are a group of Christians, from a wide range of churches, who work in and around Woking and we hope these events will help build up relationships between people who work in the town. You can find out more through the Woking Business Matters groups on  and

I look forward to meeting up again on Tuesday 25^th March