Teams of Wiltshire coppers got their boots on for the annual fundraising match in memory of Westbury PC Mike Johnson.
A team from Wiltshire Police’s E Division, drawing from the county outside Swindon, took on the Armed Response Group (ARG) at Westbury United’s ground.
PC Johnson died of a heart attack aged 46, after collapsing while jogging to work in August 2009.
He was a keen footballer and had played for both teams.
The annual event raised £340, which will be split between the British Heart Foundation and creating a Mike Johnson memorial garden at Dilton Marsh Primary School.
The match was won by the ARG, and PC Johnson’s children, Alex and Alice, were there to present the trophy to PC Mark Field from the Armed Response Group after the challenge match.
PCSO Neil Turnbull, a colleague and friend of PC Johnson at Westbury Police Station, said: “I used to work with Mike at the station and he was a gent, always smiling.
“People always say, ‘He was a nice guy’, but Mike was genuinely a nice guy, a real family man who loved his children with all his heart and put them first.
“He was a big fan of Bristol City and he played football for both the teams which take part in the memorial match.
“It is basically an excuse for people who knew him to get together for a social event and swap a few memories, while raising a bit of money.”
PC Johnson, who was the beat manager for Westbury rural, was well respected by those who knew him and hundreds of mourners attended his funeral service at West Wiltshire Crematorium in Semington.
He was posthumously awarded the police long service and good conduct medal, which was presented to his children.
PCSO Turnbull added: “It was a fun match. Family and friends were there and some officers popped along in their breaks.
“The ARG won again. They get a bit more practice than the rest.
“It is nice that all the players on both teams still knew Mike from his time in Westbury and with the ARG.”
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