When Newcastle West End Food Bank first started collecting outside of St James' Park on a match day, volunteers had no idea that they would still be there five years on.
Now as the country faces a cost of living crisis, the food bank is bracing itself for a worrying increase in demand as the cost of living crisis bites.
And volunteers say we are heading for a "hard, horrible, disaster".
Volunteer Bill Corcoran, who is involved with the NUFC Fans Food Bank arm of the organisation, expects to see an increase in working people turning to the food bank for help as they are hit hard by rising food prices and soaring energy bills.
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"February 5 will be the fifth anniversary since Newcastle food bank held its first match day collection at St James' Park," he said.
"I don't know what we thought five years ago, but I doubt we thought we would still be here and that the problem is worse and getting worse."
He continued: "We are looking at a scenario where people are having to either keep their children hungry or keep their children cold and that shouldn't be tolerated.
"Thankfully, people can get food down the West End food bank, but there is no real help from anywhere for heating, so we expect the demand to increase quite a lot.
"We are back in the same old situation where in schools you are going to get hungry, cold kids and it's not good for their education or development as citizens.
"It's a horrible, hard, disaster."
Newcastle West End Food Bank which helps people across Newcastle - not just in the city's West End - feeds around 51,000 people every year.
Every month it spends around £6,000 on food in excess of what is donated from supermarkets and contributions from Newcastle United Fans on match days - which is then matched by the Reuben Foundation.
But now it is expecting to see even more people turning to the food bank for support over the next few months.
"I think everybody has seen that since the end of lockdown that prices have gone up," Bill said
"There is clearly less money in people's wallets and purses because wages have not going up.
"If you are earning below-average wages and costs are going up and you need to heat your house, this is where it's going to bite and the food banks may well have to step in and look after people.
"Food banks shouldn't exist in this country in the 21st century and now are the safety net for people who are suffering."
In the 12 months to April 2021 the food bank fed around 56,850 people across its network of centres.
That number is expected to increase during the fall out of the cost of living crisis.
"The people who are using the food bank are not in a position to be making any more economies," Bill said.
"This is a threat to people who are seeing their wages fall a little bit.
"It is a question of whether they can afford to feed people and heat their houses at the same time and keep the car running or afford the bus fares.
"This is for people who aren't using the food bank at the moment but are worried that they might have to in the next three months.
"I would say to them, 'if you have to please come forward. Don't step back from that. If you need it we need to see you and there is no same in it whatsoever, it's not your fault.
"If you are hungry come in and we will feed you.'"
The food bank said it continues to be "humbled and grateful" for the support from fans and people in the city.
To donate visit: https://newcastlewestend.foodbank.org.uk/give-help/donate-money/
