STEVE Tilson will soon be going the extra mile to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK in memory of his dad Brian.

Tilson’s father Brian passed away in September 2015.

And the former Blues boss will be joining Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling for a 26 mile walk next month which takes in five London clubs.

“My dad died of prostate cancer and I wanted to do something in his memory to raise money for the charity,” explained Tilson.

“I’m going to be doing the walk that Jeff Stelling does, even though I don’t really like walking if I’m honest!

“I haven’t really done much training for it but I’ll 100 per cent get to the end and it takes in quite a few football grounds too.

“We start at West Ham, then go to Charlton, Millwall, Arsenal and Tottenham so I’m pleased to be doing something which incorporates football.”

And Tilson is also keen to raise awareness of the disease.

“The statistics for prostate cancer are alarming so it’s important to be able to raise awareness and hopefully this walk can do that,” said Tilson.

“This disease is now one of the biggest killers in the world, if not the biggest one and it kills one man every 45 minutes in the UK.”

Tilson will be walking alongside keen Southend United fan Sarah Franklin.

But he originally misheard how far the walk was.

“I thought Sarah said it was six miles when she first asked and I said yes straight away,” laughed Tilson.

“It was only a little bit later that I actually realised it was 26 miles and I had already committed to it at that point.

“It will be good to be part of something like this though and I really do hope we can raise a good amount of money in memory of my dad.”

Tilson will be doing the walk on Sunday, September 8 and has already raised close to £500.

He can be sponsored online here