HUNDREDS of people attended the inaugural football tournament held in memory of tragic teenager Jack Gudge.

Described as a fitting memorial for the football mad teenager - the six-a-side tournament at Kinson Manor Playing Fields yesterday also attracted local football legend Harry Redknapp.

Redknapp awarded the Jack Gudge Memorial Trophy to the Black Sheep - who faced some gruelling competition to be named the tournament’s first winners.

Speaking to the Echo he said: “I was asked to come along and was happy to do so to support the family. It’s a real tragedy what’s happened to their boy.”

Organised by Jack’s family friends Terry and Crystal Foote, the tournament was a way for the whole community to pay tribute to the former Oak Academy schoolboy.

Speaking to the Echo Terry, 36, said: “There are a lot of people in the Kinson community who wanted to do something in memory of Jack and support his family.

“We just thought this would be a great way of bringing the community together to remember him by playing a sport he absolutely loved.

“This is only the first one but we plan on holding the tournament every year.

“Crystal and I are close with Jack’s parents and we just wanted to do something for them.

“So many people showed up, it’s been fantastic.”

Speaking at the trophy ceremony Jack’s dad Chris Gudge thanked all those who helped to organise the event and for the continued support that he, and Jack’s mum Jolene, have received.

As reported in the Daily Echo, Jack, from Kinson, was found unconscious following reports of a fight near the Tesco Express on Wimborne Road in the early hours of Saturday, July 16.

He was taken to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital but he was pronounced dead.

At the time three men aged 27, 24, and 23 and a 15-year-old boy, all from Bournemouth, were arrested on suspicion of murder but were later released on police bail.

Police later said no further action will be taken against three of them. The 24-year-old remains on police bail until October.