Rehman 'humbled' by community award

Published: 15 Mar 2010 - 13:12:00

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The 26-year-old Pakistan international, who has represented England at under-18, under-19 and under-20 level, received the award at a gala dinner at Grosvenor House, Park Lane in recognition of his work in the Asian community of Bradford. Rehman said: "I'm very honoured to have won this award, I feel very humbled. But had I not won, I would have continued to work in the community because I believe in it strongly. "Hopefully other clubs can start to look at Bradford and use them as a template and mirror what we do in their club. "For me, football is the way of integrating the mainstream of society and if I want to try and help the next generation whether they're Asian, English or African to get involved in football - football is the perfect vehicle to make a difference, it's followed by everyone and is an ideal way to get kids to do something with themselves." Football League awards judge and former Bradford winger Peter Beagrie said: "Zesh is a great communicator, leader and role model. He's a national ambassador, comfortable being charged with the job of uniting a multi-racial community."