Leisure
Forest Gate also houses West Ham Park, providing a place for sports to be played and to the north Forest Gate borders Wanstead Flats, which has numerous football pitches and areas set aside for bio-diversity and walking. Amongst the many teams playing on the flats is Sunday League football team Senrab FC. Based in Forest Gate Senrab operates fifteen teams for age groups ranging from 5 to 17 years old and has produced a number of players who have gone on to successful professional careers, including: John Terry (who gave an undisclosed sum to keep the club running in April 2011); Sol Campbell; Jermain Defoe; Ledley King; Bobby Zamora; and Paul Konchesky. A number of professional coaches also started out at Senrab, most notably Dario Gradi, Ray Wilkins and Alan Curbishley.
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