Footballers of all creeds and colours united to make a tournament in Keighley a striking success.

A total of 21 teams from West Yorkshire and the North of England took part in the day-long competition at Marley, co-ordinated by Keighley's Bangladeshi Community Association.

Organiser Abdul Motin said that, following on from the riots in Bradford, the tournament proved to be the perfect way of achieving the goal of unity.

And it was a team from the troubled area of Manningham which hoisted aloft the winner's trophy.

Abdul said: "Bearing in mind what's happened in Bradford it was a very successful day and we all took something positive out of it.

"We had white and Asian teams playing together who were just enjoying their football, and it was an absolutely brilliant day for everyone.

"Anything could have happened on the day after what had happened in Bradford, and we were wondering whether or not to go ahead with it, but we needed to show we could do this.

"A simple tournament like this can be really powerful because it can bring out that community involvement, where everyone has a bit to do."

Teams from Keighley and Bradford were joined by others from Chester, York, Liverpool and Leeds for the seven-a-side tournament.

The competition, now in its fifth year, came to a nail-biting climax with the final between Manningham's BYO and Inter Bengal, from Rochdale, going the distance.

After the teams were tied 1-1 in normal time it was the side from Bradford which triumphed in a sudden death penalty shoot out.

Mr Motin added: "We would like to thank PC Glyn Butterworth, PC Dean Taylor and Sgt Allan Gee for the fantastic job they did right from the beginning to the end.

"The match referees, Andy Bentham, Graham Franz and Gary Miller, were also superb and we'd like to say a big thankyou to them."

The event was supported by Keighley Area Panel, which provided a grant of £400, and HSBC bank, in Keighley, which donated footballs.

Mr Motin also expressed his gratitude to helpers Maqbool Ali, Raj Ali and Shamsul Islam.