Last updated 07:50, Friday, 14 November 2008

THE West Cumbrian footballing community is in mourning following the death of a great servant, Keith Power, of Cleator Moor.

Power, the current West Cumbria Youth League chairman, died earlier this month aged just 53.

The hard-working family man was passionate about football and an avid Manchester Utd fan.

He gave up a lot of his time over the past 20 years helping coach the youth sides at Cleator Moor Celtic where he was known as The Chief.

He first got involved in coaching when his son Steven took an interest in football and was chairman of the Egremont & District Youth League.

When the Egremont league amalgamated with its Allerdale counterpart to form the West Cumbria Youth Football League, Power became chairman of the new body.