Keith Scott is best known for his exploits on a football pitch, but in June the former Wycombe Wanderers striker will be hopping onto his bike as bids to cycle from London to Amsterdam to raise money for a cause close to his heart.

Scott is Wanderers’ ambassador in the ‘Ride to Amsterdam’ initiative in which representatives from all 72 Football League clubs cycle to Holland in order to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.

The former Blues striker will begin the ride on June 12 in London and finish the 146-mile journey in Amsterdam a day later.

At the time of going to print Scott, who began his training this week, was nearly half way towards reaching his £1,000 target with manager Gareth Ainsworth and former Wanderer Mark Rogers among those who had sponsored him.

He said: “The response from people in Wycombe and the supporters of Wycombe Wanderers has been absolutely fantastic so I’m really pleased with that.

“Fusion gym has very kindly given me a membership to train there until I go on the actual cycle ride so I’m going to start going.”

Scott needed no incentive to undertake the charity cycle after losing a loved one to cancer in 2013.

“It’s a vicious, vicious disease and it never really dawned on me how vicious it was until this happened to my dad,” he said.

“I’m a great believer that you should do charity work if you can and from that day forward I’ve been leaning towards any charity work that’s cancer related.”

The 47-year-old says he has received a lot of support from the football club he served for four years in the 90’s, and he will be at Adams Park on April 11 for Blues game against Cheltenham – the date he hopes to have reached his fundraising target by.

Scott said: “Before Christmas it was floating around in my head that I would like to do it because I’d heard a lot about it on TalkSport initially. I spoke to John Taylor who, along with Alan Hutchinson, runs the Wycombe Wanderers Ex-Players Association (WWEPA).

“We had a chat about it and he said ‘is this something you fancy doing?’ I said ‘yeah, I do’. I think it’s a great cause and also a great challenge.

“The WWEPA very kindly put up the registration fee for me and that’s how it came about. They’ve been really good and obviously the club have been really good in supporting me.”

The ride is open to anyone who wishes to participate meaning you can join Scott in undertaking the challenge by registering on the Prostate Cancer UK website.

Alternatively you can help Scott reach his fundraising target by donating on his Just Giving page here.