Soccer Aid is back! The epic sporting event kicks off on Sunday 6^th June at Manchester’s legendary Old Trafford stadium and will be broadcast live on ITV1.

Two star-studded squads of footballing legends and celebrities from England and the Rest of the World will take on one another in an electrifying football match all in aid of UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation.

The brainchild of Robbie Williams and UNICEF UK, this year’s event will be hosted by Dermot O’Leary.

England Team
Harry Redknapp ( Manager ) – Tottenham Hotspur manager
James Corden (Assistant Manager) – BAFTA winning actor and writer
Bryan Robson  (Coach) – former England captain
Robbie Williams (Captain) – singer, songwriter, UNICEF ambassador
Jamie Theakston – radio & tv presenter
Jonathan Wilkes – tv presenter
Ben Shephard – tv presenter
Bradley Walsh – actor & comedian
Rupert Penry-Jones – actor
Damian Lewis – actor
Ricky Hatton -  boxer
Danny Cipriani – rugby player
Paddy McGuiness – actor and comedian
David Seaman – former England goal keeper
Martin Keown – former footballer now TV pundit
Alan Shearer – former England & Newcastle United player
Jamie Redknapp – former football player now TV pundit
Teddy Sheringham – former England & Manchester United player
Nicky Butt – former England & Newcastle United player

REST OF THE WORLD
Kenny Dalglish (Manager) – former Celtic & Scotland player
Ian Rush (Assistant Manager) – former Welsh captain & Liverpool player
Eric Harrison (Coach) – former footballer and coach
Michael Sheen (Captain) – actor
Patrick Kielty – TV presenter & comedian
Nicky Byrne – former footballer & singer from Westlife
Joe Calzaghe – Boxer
Gordon Ramsay – Michelin star chef
Ronan Keating – singer/songwriter from Boyzone
Shane Filan – singer with Westlife
James Kyson Lee – actor
Brian Lara – former West Indian cricketer
Gethin Jones – TV presenter
Mike Myers – actor, screenwriter, and comedian
Simon Baker – actor
Zinedine Zidane – former French footballer
Jens Lehmann – Former Arsenal & Germany goal keeper
Ryan Giggs – former Wales captain and Manchester United player
Henrik Larsson – former Celtic player
Luis Figo – former player for FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, Sporting Lisbon and Inter Milan

World famous referee Pierluigi Collina will oversee the Soccer Aid match.

Broadcasting live from Old Trafford, the ITV show will feature a host of studio guests including UNICEF Ambassadors Orlando Bloom and Robbie Williams, plus Gary Barlow, and Kelly Brook

England captain and UNICEF Ambassador Robbie Williams recently returned from a visit to Haiti with UNICEF, where he witnessed first hand the devastation caused by the recent earthquake and learnt how some of the money raised from this year’s Soccer Aid will help the children of Haiti to rebuild their lives after the quake.

Tickets now on sale for Soccer Aid 2010, call 0844 576 2010 or visit itv.com/socceraid

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