The 49-year-old trekked a mammoth 125 miles across less than three days, from Wolverhampton to West London, in aid of Dementia UK and successfully arrived at Stamford Bridge in time for kick-off on Saturday afternoon.
Kang covered his incredible challenge on social media, which the Wolves family responded to, raising vital funds for Dementia UK, for whom he is a regional volunteer ambassador.
After arriving at Chelsea around 2pm on Saturday, Kang was greeted by Wolves duo Nathan Collins and Ruben Neves pitchside, where he celebrated his achievement and spoke to wolves.co.uk.
He said: “It feels epic. I’m over the moon with the way the fans responded and bought into the challenge. When I came up with the idea, it was sort of off the cuff, I didn’t really think how hard it would be, and it just took off.
“People bought into it, and I realised I had to do it. I challenged myself to do it in 50 hours and I think I did about 42 hours of walking. I’ve done it in two-and-a-half days and if I can do it, anyone can.”
Having set off from Molineux in the early hours of Thursday morning, Kang travelled along the canal into Birmingham, and eventually settled for the night in Banbury to rest and refuel.
Day two brought difficulties, as Kang was stuck on a dual carriageway, but not for the first time during his challenge, fellow Wolves supporters stepped up when it mattered.
“I just Googled the route, and it took me the wrong way – I ended up on a motorway and I had to go back on myself. Then I got rescued by a Wolves fan near Banbury, who took me back, otherwise it would have put more time on me. It was an A road, but it was 70 miles per hour with no paths, so I didn’t know where to go.
“Being completely on my own was the toughest part. There were lots of times when I thought ‘get an Uber’, but you just plod on with the encouragement. You stop and refuel, and my family were at the hotel the second night, so that thought drove me on.
“On Saturday morning I set off at 4am, it took nine hours to get there. My ankles were gone, totally swollen, but they’ll recover. Near £20,000 for this challenge alone, the fans, I bow down to them for the way they’ve responded.”
After resting up on Friday night, Saturday proved another early start for Kang, who arrived at Stamford Bridge before 2pm to a warm welcome of both home and away supporters, and he piled praise on supporters for their incredible generosity towards a worthy cause.
“I’ve been fundraising for them for four years because a million people are affected, and football and dimension have links too with ex-players suffering. I think it needs more awareness and we need to hear about it more. I don’t do it because I’m personally affected, we shouldn’t have to wait, we all need to play our part, and everyone has.
“The football family gets a lot of negative press, but when it comes to fundraising, our club’s special. I’m not the only one, we’ve got several fundraisers who do epic, amazing things. If you total everything together, it goes into the millions. They responded, and they always do.”
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