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Event schedule

22 May 2006 – Start of the television coverage, presented by Ant and Dec. Rest of the World defeats England in a penalty shoot-out
23 May 2006 – Practice match: England 1–0 England Legends (Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....

, London)
24 May 2006 – Practice match: Rest of the World 3–7 Scotland Legends (Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is the name of a football stadium in the Hammersmith and Fulham area that has been the home ground of the association football team Fulham F.C. since 1896....

, London)
25 May 2006 – Rest of the World defeats England in a Football Quiz
26 May 2006 – Coaches name starting line-ups for the match
27 May 2006 – Soccer Aid Match: England 2–1 Rest of the World (Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...

, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

), attendance 71,960

The practice matches were over 60 minutes, with the Soccer Aid match over 90 minutes.

There are currently no plans for the tournament to become an annual event; however there has been a recent increase in the number of charity/legends games, and a more formalised system of fixture, similar to that of the Masters indoor soccer, may be introduced.

The competition was organised on behalf of UNICEF UK, with profits from the matches along with donations and sponsorship donated to UNICEF programs in Africa, Asia and the Americas.

England beat the Rest Of The World 2–1 with the goals coming from Les Ferdinand

Les Ferdinand

Leslie "Les" Ferdinand MBE is a former English footballer. His playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers, Besiktas J.K., Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers F.C., during which period he earned a number of appearances for England...

and Jonathan Wilkes

Jonathan Wilkes

Jonathan Wilkes is an English television presenter, actor and musician. Jonny Wilkes is currently performing as Billy Flynn in Chicago at The Cambridge Theatre, London. He is also the best friend of singer Robbie Williams...

which put England into a two goal lead but a handball inside the area from David Gray

David Gray (musician)

David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later...

resulted in a penalty converted by Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona is a retired Argentine football player and widely regarded as one of the greatest football players of all time. Over the course of his professional club career Maradona played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, Sevilla and Newell's Old Boys, setting...

. Wilkes won the Man of the Match award.

England squad

The England squad was managed by former England national football team

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

manager Terry Venables

Terry Venables

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, assisted by David Geddis

David Geddis

David Geddis, , is a football coach and scout, a former professional football player and England youth international.-Playing career:...

and Ted Buxton. The original squad comprised 16 players, with Bryan Robson added later. A handful of the players, notably Angus Deayton

Angus Deayton

Gordon Angus Deayton is an English actor, writer, musician, comedian and broadcaster. He is best known for his role as Victor Meldrew's long-suffering neighbour Patrick Trench in the comedy series One Foot in the Grave...

, had previous celebrity international experience from the previous month's England v Germany: The Legends match in Reading

Reading, Berkshire

Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....

, which Germany won 4–2. The England squad went into the match with no major injury worries. Their victory over a squad of ex-England internationals from the 1960s to 1990s on Tuesday morning was tempered with defeats to the Rest of the World in a penalty shootout and football quiz.

Celebrities

Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
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(captain)
David Gray
David Gray (musician)
David Gray is an English singer-songwriter. He released his first studio album in 1993 and received worldwide attention after the release of White Ladder six years later...
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
Bradley Walsh
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes is an English television presenter, actor and musician. Jonny Wilkes is currently performing as Billy Flynn in Chicago at The Cambridge Theatre, London. He is also the best friend of singer Robbie Williams...
Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard
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Ronnie O'Sullivan
Ronnie O'Sullivan
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Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis
Lewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Charlotte Mary and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His paternal grandparents were Welsh. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of...
Angus Deayton
Angus Deayton
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Dean Lennox Kelly
Dean Lennox Kelly
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Legends

David Seaman
David Seaman
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Tony Adams
Tony Adams (footballer)
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Paul Gascoigne
Paul Gascoigne
Paul John Gascoigne , commonly referred to as Gazza, is a retired English professional footballer.Playing in the position of midfield, Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Gansu Tianma, where he scored at least a goal...
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Redknapp
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Les Ferdinand
Les Ferdinand
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John Barnes
John Barnes (footballer)
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Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
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Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...

Rest of the World squad

The Rest of the World squad was managed by Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

OON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...

, with Gus Poyet as his assistant. Captain Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

injured his leg in the early training sessions and was considered doubtful for the match. The original squad of 16 players, which later saw 2 changes, was supplemented by the addition of Diego Maradona during the build up to the competition. Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Herbert Matthäus , is a German football manager and former player.In 1990, he was named European Footballer of the Year and World Soccer Player of the Year after captaining West Germany to victory in the 1990 World Cup...

had appeared in the England v Germany: The Legends match the previous month.
The Rest of the World squad was wracked by injuries and withdrawals, and suffered from a lack of players. Desailly, Matthäus, Schmeichel and Ginola all arrived with only 2 or 3 days to spare before the match; Ginola arrived during half-time of their warm-up defeat to the Scotland Legends on Wednesday afternoon, and Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona

only joined the squad on the day before the match. Also, Craig Doyle

Craig Doyle

Craig Doyle is an Irish television and radio presenter. To British viewers he is recognisable as working for the BBC and ITV...

and Brian McFadden

Brian McFadden

Brian Nicholas McFadden , is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the Irish boyband Westlife...

went into the match carrying knocks, which led to management members Ruud Gullit

Ruud Gullit

and Gus Poyet coming on as substitutes on Wednesday and in the match itself.

Celebrities Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

(captain) David Campese

David Campese

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Patrick Kielty

Patrick Kielty is an Irish comedian and television personality from Dundrum, Northern Ireland.-Background:He was affected by The Troubles in Northern Ireland. On 25 January 1988 his father, businessman Jack Kielty, was shot dead by the Ulster Defence Association /"Ulster Freedom Fighters" , a...

Eddie Irvine

Edmund "Eddie" Irvine, Jr. is a former racing driver from Northern Ireland. He grew up in Conlig, County Down, and was influenced by his parents, who were also involved in motor racing...

(withdrew and was replaced by Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas (rugby player)

Gareth Thomas , known as Alfie, is a retired Welsh professional rugby footballer who played rugby league for the Crusaders RL in the Super League. He also previously played rugby union for the Cardiff Blues and as a fullback, wing or centre.On 26 May 2007, Thomas surpassed Gareth Llewellyn as the...

) Gareth Thomas

Gareth Thomas (rugby player)

(replacement for Eddie Irvine

Eddie Irvine

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) Ben Johnson

Ben Johnson (athlete)

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Sergei Fedorov

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Brian McFadden

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Alastair Campbell

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Craig Doyle

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Alessandro Nivola

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Michael Greco

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Legends Gianfranco Zola

Gianfranco Zola

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Marcel Desailly

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David Ginola

David Karl Ginola is a French former international football player who has also worked as an actor and model.Ginola was born in Gassin, Var...

Dunga

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri , commonly known as Dunga , is a former Brazilian football defensive midfielder and a World Champion for Brazil in the 1994 World Cup...

Lothar Matthäus

Peter Schmeichel

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Diego Maradona

Ruud Gullit

(Player/Manager) Gus Poyet (Player/Assistant Manager)

Other notable participants

The match was refereed by Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina is a former Italian football referee. He is still involved in football as non-paid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association , and is a member of the UEFA Referees Committee...

, the Italian referee considered by many fans as the best referee of all time.

The match

Starting Lineups

England

Seaman (Theakston 45)
Gray
Williams (Barnes 85)
Adams
Shephard
Lewis
Wilkes
Gascoigne (Le Saux 55)
Walsh (Redknapp 55)
Ferdinand (Deayton 52)
Kelly (Robson 64)

Rest of the World

Schmeichel (Kielty 45)
Doyle (Johnson 45)
Desailly
Matthäus (Dunga 45 (Poyet 73))
Greco
McFadden (Thomas 8)
Campbell (Ginola 45 (Gullit 55))
Nivola
Fedorov
Ramsay (Zola 11)
Maradona

Timeline

First Half

0 min: England get the match under way

3 min: Following a defensive mistake by Greco, Ferdinand hits the side-netting when it seems easier for him to score

5 min: Ferdinand draws a great save from Schmeichel following a cross by Wilkes

7 min: Set up by Gascoigne, Kelly sends a curling shot just over the bar

8 min: Substitution (ROW): Thomas for McFadden, who has struggled from the outset with a thigh injury

9 min: A right-wing free kick from Gascoigne causes some panic in the ROW penalty area, but three defenders, under pressure from Adams, manage to scramble the ball away

12 min: The ROW's first real foray into the England box ends as Williams tackles Nivola

13 min: Schmeichel makes a great save from Walsh's powerful drive from 10 yards

14 min: England 1–0 Rest of the World: On a quick break following an ineffective ROW corner, Gascoigne delivers a great cross from the right wing into the six yard box, where the arriving FERDINAND heads past Schmeichel, giving the goalkeeper no chance

20 min: England 2–0 Rest of the World: Maradona plays in Nivola down the right wing; his cross is met by the head of Ramsay, but Seaman saves easily. England go right down the other end, and a jinking run from WILKES sees him beat a couple of defenders and then calmly chip the ball past Schmeichel

24 min: Matthäus's free kick is comfortably claimed by Seaman

25 min: Nivola goes past Williams, but his attempt to beat Seaman at his near post causes the England custodian no problems

28 min: The impressive Wilkes wins a corner off Thomas

29 min: Kelly's long-range shot is turned round the post by Schmeichel

30 min: Thomas barges into Kelly, a foul that would earn a professional a yellow card. All it gets is an England free kick

32 min: Walsh blocks a long-range drive with an arm. He tries to convince Collina it was his forehead; the ref is having none of it

33 min: From the ensuing free-kick, Matthäus sends a cross/shot across the face of goal from a tight angle

36 min: Desailly goes down heavily following a challenge from Lewis. The free kick is given, but a cynic might suggest the tackle predated the fall by a number of seconds

37 min: Maradona plays in Ramsay down the left. Ramsay is fouled by Gray just outside the box. Ramsay screams at Collina for a penalty, but the Italian is unmoved. The free-kick is then wasted

40 min: The attendance for the match is announced as 71,962

42 min: Gascoigne dives in on Nivola, but again the free kick comes to nothing as Ramsay is caught offside

43 min: Fedorov goes on a powerful run, beating three defenders before Adams puts in a tackle

45 min: Schmeichel flaps at a Gascgoine free kick, but the ROW defence manages to clear. Schmeichel appears to have dislocated a finger on his left hand in the incident. He is fit to continue

45 min +1: Pierluigi Collina brings the first half to an end, with England well on top. However, with the rules of the contest dictating that both goalkeepers will be substituted by celebrities at half time, the game is far from over

Second Half

46 min: Substitution (ENG): Theakston for Seaman

46 min: Substitutions (ROW): Kielty for Schmeichel; Dunga for Matthäus; Ginola for Campbell; Johnson for Doyle; Zola for Ramsay. The rules are changed on the fly to allow each team five ex-pros on the pitch at once. Maradona takes the captain's armband

51 min: Theakston's throw out goes straight to Ginola, who hooks a shot far over the bar

52 min: Substitution (ENG): Deayton for Ferdinand

54 min: Ginola is left limping by a strong challenge by Gray

55 min: Substitutions (ENG): Le Saux for Gascoigne; Redknapp for Walsh

55 min: Substitution (ROW): Gullit for Ginola

62 min: Wilkes plays in the overlapping Le Saux down the left flank, but his cross eludes everyone in the area. The ball finds its way to Zola inside the centre circle in his own half, but his attempt to lob Theakston drifts just wide

64 min: Substitution (ENG): Robson for Kelly

66 min: Wilkes fires a drive from the left corner of the box over the bar

69 min: Shephard makes a run into the box, but is penalised for a push

71 min: Zola beats five England defenders and hits a drive low to Theakston's left, but Theakston gets down well to save

73 min: Substitution (ROW): Poyet for Dunga, who has been struggling with an injury for the last few minutes

75 min: England 2–1 Rest of the World: Gray handballs in the box; Collina waits a long time before awarding the penalty, which MARADONA converts with ease

77 min: Wilkes shoots from 25 yards, but with little power and all along the ground, causing Kielty no trouble

82 min: Great footwork from Deayton is followed up by a through ball to Lewis, but he gets no power behind his shot and Kielty saves comfortably

84 min: Gullit shoots from the left corner of the box, but the ball clips off the outside of his boot and goes for a throw in

85 min: Substitution (ENG): Barnes for Williams. The England captain gets a standing ovation as he departs

87 min: Theakston commits himself to a challenge on Gullit outside the box; he is left stranded but Zola shoots far over from 15 yards

90 min: Wilkes makes another run into the box similar to his goal, but this time he is tackled

90 min +1: Collina blows the final whistle, and England have beaten the Rest of the World by two goals to one

Event schedule

England v Rest of the World, at 19:30 just before kick-off Jonathan Ansell

Jonathan Ansell

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sang the footballing anthem Nessun Dorma

Nessun dorma

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whilst the players were introduced to Sir Geoff Hurst.

England squad

The England squad was coached by Harry Redknapp

Harry Redknapp

Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....

, with Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson OBE is an English football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United, where he was the longest serving captain in club history. He was the manager of Sheffield United, being relieved of his first team duties at the club in February 2008...

as his assistant manager.

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Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard
Benjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
Kyran Bracken
Kyran Bracken
Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE is a former English rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo R.F.C....
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes
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Gareth Gates
Gareth Gates
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Tom Felton
Tom Felton
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Danny Jones
Danny Jones
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Craig David
Craig David
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Chris Fountain
Chris Fountain
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Angus Deayton
Angus Deayton
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Hugo Speer
Hugo Speer
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Legends

Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Redknapp
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Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
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David Seaman
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...
Des Walker
Des Walker
Desmond Sinclair "Des" Walker is a former England international footballer who is best remembered for his spells with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday...

Rest of the World squad

The Rest Of The World squad was coached by Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...

, with Ian Rush

Ian Rush

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as player-assistant manager.

Celebrities Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

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Brian Lara

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Nicky Byrne

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Kenny Logan

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Patrick Kielty

Alastair Campbell

Gethin Jones

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Rodrigo Santoro

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Santiago Cabrera

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Gilles Marini

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Brian McFadden

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Legends Franco Baresi

Franco Baresi

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Jaap Stam

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Paolo Di Canio

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Romário

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Luís Figo

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Cláudio Taffarel

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(replacement for Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

) Ian Rush

Ian Rush

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

(withdrew and was replaced by Cláudio Taffarel

Cláudio Taffarel

Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is of German and Italian descent....

)

Other notable participants

The referee at the start of the match was Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina

, who also refereed the previous match in 2006 and is regarded as the best referee of all time. However, after Collina was injured in the first half he was replaced by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

referee Hugh Dallas

Hugh Dallas

Hugh Dallas MBE is a Scottish former football referee. He officiated at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1998 and 2002; he was appointed fourth official for the 2002 FIFA World Cup Final...

The match

Starting Lineups

England

Seaman (Theakston 45)
Deayton (Bracken 43)
Walker (Le Saux 15)
Shephard
Fountain (Gates 45 (Felton 81))
Jones
Wilkes
Redknapp
David (Speer 45 (David 74))
Shearer
Sheringham

Rest of the World

Taffarel (Kielty 45)
Jones
Stam
Ramsay (Lara 9)
Cabrera
Di Canio
Figo (Baresi 45 (Campbell 81))
Logan (McFadden 65)
Byrne
Marini (Santoro 60)
Romario (Rush 81)

Timeline

England 4–3 Rest of World

England Scorers: Sheringham, Shearer (2), Wilkes

Rest Of World Scorers: Di Canio (2), Marini

Man of the Match: Craig David

Order:

England 1–0 Rest of the World: Sheringham
England 1–1 Rest of the World: Di Canio
England 1–2 Rest of the World: Marini
England 2–2 Rest of the World: Shearer (Pen)
England 2–3 Rest of the World: Di Canio
England 3–3 Rest of the World: Shearer
England 4–3 Rest of the World: Wilkes

2010: Series 3

Soccer Aid 2010 was played on 6 June 2010. It was broadcast in the United Kingdom on ITV1

ITV1

ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...

and ITV1 HD. It was presented by Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary

Dermot O'Leary is an English television and radio presenter. He established himself as a presenter of Big Brother's Little Brother on Channel 4 before moving on to The X Factor on ITV. O'Leary has also presented on the BBC and has his own radio show on BBC Radio 2...

England squad

Celebrities

Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...

(captain)
Paddy McGuinness
Patrick McGuinness
Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McGuinness is an English stand-up comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter. Born in Farnworth, Bolton, he is best known for his performances alongside comedian Peter Kay, and as the host of dating programme Take Me Out.-Early life:He attended Mount St....
Bradley Walsh
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston
Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
Ricky Hatton
Ricky Hatton
Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....
Damian Lewis
Damian Lewis
Lewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Charlotte Mary and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His paternal grandparents were Welsh. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of...
Olly Murs
Olly Murs
Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs is an English singer-songwriter and TV presenter. Murs rose to fame after being the runner-up on the sixth series of The X Factor...
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes
Jonathan Wilkes is an English television presenter, actor and musician. Jonny Wilkes is currently performing as Billy Flynn in Chicago at The Cambridge Theatre, London. He is also the best friend of singer Robbie Williams...
Dominic Cooper
Dominic Cooper
Dominic Edward Cooper is an English actor. He has worked in TV, film, theatre and radio, in productions including Mamma Mia!, The Duchess, The History Boys, and The Devil's Double.- Early life :...
Ralf Little
Ralf Little
Ralf Alistair J. B. Little is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life and work...
Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert Penry-Jones
Rupert William Penry-Jones is an English actor, best known for his role as Adam Carter in the British television series Spooks, also broadcast under the title MI-5.-Family life:Penry-Jones was born in London on September 22, 1970...

(injured)
Ben Shephard
Ben Shephard
Benjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...

Legends

David Seaman
David Seaman
David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Frank Redknapp is a retired English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is now a football pundit with Sky Sports, and an editorial columnist with the Daily Mail....
Martin Keown
Martin Keown
Martin Raymond Keown is a former English footballer. Widely regarded as one of the best man-markers of his generation, Keown played for six different football clubs during his career but it was with Arsenal that he will be best remembered. Keown made over three hundred appearances for Arsenal...
Nicky Butt
Nicky Butt
Nicholas "Nicky" Butt is an English footballer. He began his career with Manchester United and spent 12 years in their first-team before moving to Newcastle United in 2004. He spent one season on loan to Birmingham City in 2005–06...

Manager: Harry Redknapp
Harry Redknapp
Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....
Assistant manager: James Corden
James Corden
James Kimberley Corden is an English actor, television writer, producer and presenter. He is co-creator and star of BBC comedy shows Gavin & Stacey and Horne & Corden, and acted in the 2009 film Lesbian Vampire Killers....
Coach: Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE is an English football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United, where he was the longest serving captain in club history. He was the manager of Sheffield United, being relieved of his first team duties at the club in February 2008...

Rest of World squad

Celebrities Michael Sheen

Michael Sheen

Michael Christopher Sheen, OBE , is a Welsh stage and screen actor. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, England and made his professional debut opposite Vanessa Redgrave in When She Danced at the Globe Theatre in 1991...

(captain) James Kyson Lee Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...

Patrick Kielty

Nicky Byrne

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne, Jr is a singer-songwriter, radio presenter and former footballer. From 1998 until 2012 he was the oldest member of Irish pop band, Westlife....

Shane Filan

Shane Steven Filan was one of the lead singers in the Irish pop band Westlife. Filan is one of the five original Westlife members, along with other current members Kian Egan, Mark Feehily and Nicky Byrne and former member Brian McFadden....

Mike Myers

Mike Myers (actor)

Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

Gethin Jones

Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....

Woody Harrelson

Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...

Simon Baker

Simon Baker is an Australian actor. Since 2008, he has starred in the CBS television series The Mentalist.-Early life:...

Legends Jens Lehmann

Jens Lehmann

Jens Gerhard Lehmann is a German former football goalkeeper. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for the 1996–97 and 2005–06 seasons, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. He was a member of Arsenal's Invincibles, playing every match of their famous unbeaten title winning...

Henrik Larsson

Henrik Edward Larsson MBE is a retired Swedish footballer and current manager of Landskrona BoIS.Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. He moved to Helsingborg, where he was one of the key players when they qualified to Allsvenskan 1993. Larsson then moved to Feyenoord for four years before...

Zinedine Zidane

Zinedine Yazid Zidane is a retired French footballer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Zidane was a leading figure of a generation of French players that won the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship...

Ryan Giggs

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...

Luís Figo

Sami Hyypiä

Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a retired European Cup winning Finnish footballer who played in the centre back position. He last played for German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was the captain of the Finland national football team. He joined Leverkusen in summer 2009, ending a ten year spell at...

(replacement for Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini

Paolo Cesare Maldini is an Italian former footballer who played as a left or central defender. He spent all 25 seasons of his career at Serie A club Milan, before retiring at the age of 41 in 2009, becoming a symbol and a legend of the club...

) Paolo Maldini

Paolo Maldini

(withdrew and was replaced by Sami Hyypiä

Sami Hyypiä

)

Manager: Kenny Dalglish
Kenny Dalglish
Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...
Coaches: Ian Rush
Ian Rush
Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...

& Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison (football)
Eric Harrison is an English former football player and coach. He is probably best known for being the man behind the Manchester United youth setup that produced the group of players known as "Fergie's Fledglings", including David Beckham, Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes.Harrison began...

Referee: Pierluigi Collina
Pierluigi Collina
Pierluigi Collina is a former Italian football referee. He is still involved in football as non-paid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association , and is a member of the UEFA Referees Committee...

(replaced at half time by Mark Clattenburg
Mark Clattenburg
Mark Clattenburg is an English professional football referee, who officiates primarily in the Premier League, and for FIFA. He is based in Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne...

)

The Match


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ENGLAND:
GK	1	David Seaman David Seaman David Andrew Seaman MBE is a former English football goalkeeper who played for several clubs, most notably Arsenal. He retired from the game on 13 January 2004, following a recurring shoulder injury...
RB	2	Ben Shephard Ben Shephard Benjamin Peter "Ben" Shephard, also known as "Sheps" is an English television presenter who currently works for Sky Sports, as well as ITV.-Personal life:...
CB	5	Martin Keown Martin Keown Martin Raymond Keown is a former English footballer. Widely regarded as one of the best man-markers of his generation, Keown played for six different football clubs during his career but it was with Arsenal that he will be best remembered. Keown made over three hundred appearances for Arsenal...
CB	4	Jonathan Wilkes Jonathan Wilkes Jonathan Wilkes is an English television presenter, actor and musician. Jonny Wilkes is currently performing as Billy Flynn in Chicago at The Cambridge Theatre, London. He is also the best friend of singer Robbie Williams...
LB	3	Robbie Williams Robbie Williams Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams... (c)
RM	11	Olly Murs Olly Murs Oliver Stanley "Olly" Murs is an English singer-songwriter and TV presenter. Murs rose to fame after being the runner-up on the sixth series of The X Factor...
CM	6	Jamie Redknapp Jamie Redknapp Jamie Frank Redknapp is a retired English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is now a football pundit with Sky Sports, and an editorial columnist with the Daily Mail....
CM	8	Damian Lewis Damian Lewis Lewis was born in St John's Wood, London, the son of Charlotte Mary and J. Watcyn Lewis, a City broker. His paternal grandparents were Welsh. His maternal grandfather was Lord Mayor of London Ian Frank Bowater and his maternal grandmother's ancestors include Bertrand Dawson, 1st Viscount Dawson of...
LM	14	Ralf Little Ralf Little Ralf Alistair J. B. Little is an English actor, writer and semi-professional footballer, working mainly in television comedy. He is best known for playing Antony Royle in The Royle Family and Jonny Keogh in the first six series of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps.-Early life and work...
CF	9	Alan Shearer Alan Shearer Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
CF	10	Teddy Sheringham Teddy Sheringham Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
Substitutes:
GK	13	Jamie Theakston Jamie Theakston Jamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
DF	12	Patrick McGuinness Patrick McGuinness Patrick Joseph "Paddy" McGuinness is an English stand-up comedian, comedy actor, television personality and presenter. Born in Farnworth, Bolton, he is best known for his performances alongside comedian Peter Kay, and as the host of dating programme Take Me Out.-Early life:He attended Mount St....
MF	7	Nicky Butt Nicky Butt Nicholas "Nicky" Butt is an English footballer. He began his career with Manchester United and spent 12 years in their first-team before moving to Newcastle United in 2004. He spent one season on loan to Birmingham City in 2005–06...
MF	16	Dominic Cooper Dominic Cooper Dominic Edward Cooper is an English actor. He has worked in TV, film, theatre and radio, in productions including Mamma Mia!, The Duchess, The History Boys, and The Devil's Double.- Early life :...
FW	17	Ricky Hatton Ricky Hatton Richard John Hatton MBE, more commonly known as Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton, , is a former British professional boxer, and currently a promoter....
FW	50	Bradley Walsh
Manager:
Harry Redknapp Harry Redknapp Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> REST OF THE WORLD: | GK 1

Jens Lehmann

RB 2

Gethin Jones

Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....

CB 9

Henrik Larsson

CB 4

Sami Hyypiä

LB 3

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon James Ramsay, OBE is a Scottish chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded 13 Michelin stars....

RM 16

Nicky Byrne

Nicholas Bernard James Adam Byrne, Jr is a singer-songwriter, radio presenter and former footballer. From 1998 until 2012 he was the oldest member of Irish pop band, Westlife....

CM 10

Michael Sheen

Ryan Giggs

LM 6

Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, CBE, MBE is a Welsh former professional boxer. He is the former WBO, WBA, WBC, IBF, The Ring & British super middleweight champion and The Ring light heavyweight champion....

SS 5

Zinedine Zidane

CF 8

Mike Myers

Mike Myers (actor)

Michael John "Mike" Myers is a Canadian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer of British parentage...

Substitutes: GK 20

Patrick Kielty

DF 17

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...

DF 18

Woody Harrelson

Woodrow Tracy "Woody" Harrelson is an American actor.Harrelson's breakthrough role came in the television sitcom Cheers as bartender Woody Boyd...

MF 7

Luís Figo

MF 12

Shane Filan

MF 14

Simon Baker

Simon Baker is an Australian actor. Since 2008, he has starred in the CBS television series The Mentalist.-Early life:...

MF 15

James Kyson Lee Manager:

Kenny Dalglish

2012: Series 4

The celebrities for this series are to be announced. It has confirmed that Ben Shepard will not take part in the fourth Soccer Aid after Sky Sports

Sky Sports

Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...

banned him from taking part in Soccer Aid for over a period of five games.

External links

Soccer Aid at UNICEF.org.uk
Aid on TV3

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