Hundreds of local footballers turned out for the third annual Adam Peacock Memorial Trophy in South Shields.
Adam died of Motor Neurone Disease in November 2012 aged just 33.
Before his death he helped set up the fundraiser.
The seven aside football tournament raises money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.
This year is the first year that Adam has not been there to take part in the event.
He was a keen sportsman who worked as a football coach in Greece in 2007 and was once asked to join Sunderland AFC.
He was struck down by the disease after mistaking the symptoms for a football injury.
He began to feel unwell but at first he assumed the symptoms were from a sporting injury.
But after medical tests Adam, who was just 31 at the time, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone disease.
It is a progressive neuro-degenerative condition that leads to weakness and wasting of muscles.
Adam, from South Shields in South Tyneside, fought his condition and battled to maintain his independence.
But he began to suffer breathing difficulties while on a family holiday in Cyprus in October.
The 33-year-old was taken to hospital, where he died with his family by his?bedside on November 1 2012.
The Adam Peacock Memorial Trophy is raising money for the Motor Neurone Disease Association: http://www.mndassociation.org/
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