Members of Fulham Football Club joined 100 volunteers to help clean up a riverbank by the Thames on Saturday.

The workers joined members of charity Thames 21, which is working to clean up London’s rivers, tributaries and canals.

Volunteers - from the local Neighbourhood Watch Scheme Coordinators, Bishops Park Coordinating Group, local residents, police officers and Fulham FC staff and supporters - tackled a section of the river bank adjacent to Bishops Park and Craven Cottage.

Signed Fulham merchandise was offered to volunteers who found the most interesting items, with the winner, Rory Andrew, receiving the first prize of a signed Fulham shirt for finding a Victorian Jug.

Two runners-up, Oscar Bridge and Andy Moore, each received a signed Fulham football for finding a sea lamprey, a rare type of fish which lives in freshwater and seldom found in a river, and a set of false teeth respectively.

PC Nick Ferris, of the Palace Riverside Safer Neighbourhood Team, said: “Saturday’s clean up was a great success. All the team thoroughly enjoyed taking a few hours break from day to day policing responsibilities to get stuck in to such a worthwhile project. It was a real pleasure to work alongside so many of our local residents, friends at Fulham FC, Thames21 and everyone else who joined in the fun.”

Thames 21’s rivers programmes manager, Chris Coode, said: “It’s great to see so many local volunteers from this area take part and help improve their local environment. The River Thames is a magnificent resource for all manner of recreational activity and the volunteers today have helped make it a better, cleaner place for humans and wildlife.”

Fulham Football Club works regularly with its local community and volunteers’ network and is involved with a river clean-up event each year.

Sarah Brookes, head of communications and marketing at the club, said: “The Craven Cottage Stadium is a unique and wonderful place to watch football and shares its location with many local businesses and residents. I am therefore particularly delighted that so many local people have dedicated their spare time for a worthy cause and share the Club’s desire to sustain a safe and clean environment.”