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The EFL has announced a new £1.1m project to attract almost 10,000 new participants into disability football. The Every Player Counts initiative will cover a wide range of disabilities, including wheelchair football, football for visual impairment, learning difficulties, amputees and autism, giving many disabled people access to football for the first time.Supporting the EFL Trusts aim to increase sports participation for all, the landmark project includes funding from the Wembley National Stadium Trust, a figure which represents the WNSTs largest single donation to date and its first England-wide grants programme. Twenty five EFL clubs will be involved in running programmes that are tailored to the specific needs of their local community. Individual programmes will differ from club to club, but the emphasis is on increasing participation, improving health and championing the social benefits of taking part in football.In the first year, the project aims to engage 3,000 new participants across the country, creating 31 new teams and up-skilling 130 coaches. Amputees football will benefit from EFLs Every Player Counts project Mike Evans, the EFL Trust director of operations, said: The new partnership with Wembley National Stadium Trust will enable us to widen the reach of our network even further and use the power of football to make a real difference to peoples lives. Penny Mordaunt, the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work, said: This is a fantastic project that recognises the power of sport to improve health and build a persons capacity and confidence.Ive heard first hand about the vital role sport has played in helping disabled people move into employment and the transformation this has made to their lives. Every Player Counts is a great example for sports clubs, educators and businesses everywhere to enable disabled people to reach their full potential. Sky Sports Black Friday sale Upgrade to Sky Sports now and get 12 months half price! Stewart Goshawk, Wembley National Stadium Trust CEO, added: WNST is delighted to be able to support so many clubs up and down the country to increase their disability football delivery. The aim across all of our funding programmes is to get more people playing sport.We know the power that football has to inspire people to get active - getting fit and healthy in the process. 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While the Wild went 8-4-2 in his absence, they were eager to get him back in the lineup -- and he was eager to get back into the flow. "I think theres lots of adrenaline that helps you," Spurgeon said. "At the start I was a little nervous being off for a month, but they threw me right out there for the opening shift and that helped me really calm down and get my feet wet for that first one." Spurgeon got started early, setting up Nino Niederreiter for his fifth goal of the season 9 seconds into a power play in the first period. Early in the third, Spurgeon helped the Wild double their lead when he fed Dany Heatley in the slot for his 11th. Spurgeon ended up playing 21:12, third-most among Minnesota defencemen. "Hes taken really good care of himself while hes been out," Wild coach Mike Yeo said. "To be able to come in and play at the level that he did tonight just shows you how smart of a player he is." The Lightning pulled within a goal with just more than 6 minutes to play when Valtteri Filppula tipped in Martin St. Louis pass at the goalmouth for his 20th of the season. Tampa Bay buzzed around the net the rest of the way, but Kuemper stopped Alex Killorn and St. Louis from in close, and Tyler Johnsons shot hit the post in the final 40 seconds. Lightning coach Jon Cooper was hoping to see a little more fire out of his club at the end of a 1-3 road trip. "I dont know how much courage we had going to the net tonight, until the end," Cooper said. "Hence, its shocking wherre our goal was scored, standing right in front of the net.dddddddddddd" While the Lightning are still clinging to second place in the Atlantic Division, goalie Ben Bishop said theyll welcome a return home for two games before the Olympic break. "I dont know if you want to say were tired, but its been a long road trip," Bishop said. "We dont want to make excuses, but weve got to be better." Bishop, who finished with 24 saves, was tested often throughout the first two periods, stopping Zach Parise on a breakaway with 5 minutes to play in the first period and stoning Mikael Granlund on a point-blank backhand early in the second. Bishop was shaken up midway through the second when Parise fired a slap shot that hit the goalie in the head, but he remained in the game. Meanwhile, Kuemper made a nifty glove save to stop Johnson on a breakaway late in the second and stood tall all night in his 11th straight start, a franchise record for rookie goalies. The Wild are 6-3-2 in that span, but Yeo was impressed with how Kuemper rebounded from his last two starts, a loss at Colorado in which he was pulled and an overtime defeat at Calgary. "How do you come back to the rink the next day and be mentally tough enough to come in and perform at the level that you need to? Thats what was very impressive about him tonight," Yeo said. "I liked his game an awful lot." 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