Soccer Aid

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2006

Sport

Summary

Soccer Aid is a charity football event that takes place every year at Old Trafford. Two teams of celebrities and ex-legends, England and Rest of the World, take each other on under two professional football managers.

Soccer Aid for Unicef 2025

Summary

England v Soccer Aid World XI (Kick-off 7.30pm). Dermot O'Leary and Alex Scott host the pre-match build-up before presenting live coverage of the charity match from Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United. This year's star-studded line-up includes Tyson Fury, Wayne Rooney, Gary Neville, Vicki McClure, Mo Farah, Harry Redknapp, Tom Grennan, Denise Lewis, Jill Scott, Nadia Nadim and many more famous faces playing in aid of Unicef

Review

Gabriel Tate

While the high watermark of charity football matches remains Diego Maradona taking a penalty against Jamie Theakston (and scoring, of course), Soccer Aid continues to fly the flag with aplomb, mixing recently retired pros and celebrities of varying levels of ability.

Prowling the touchline at Old Trafford this afternoon will be Wayne Rooney and Tyson Fury (for England) and Peter Schmeichel (for the Rest of the World). Mo Farah, Sam Quek and James Nelson-Joyce join Jill Scott, Gary Neville, Steph Houghton and others for the home team, while Richard Gadd, Gorka Marquez and Martin Compston will join Carlos Tevez, Edwin van der Sar and Leonardo Bonucci on a star- studded opposition boasting household names both on and off the pitch. Expect showboating aplenty and no shortage of friendly rivalries to be aired; to misquote Robbie Williams, who founded the event: let them entertain you.