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Digital Spy met up with the two team captains prior to the big Soccer Aid 2010 match on Sunday 6th June.  Robbie Williams will captain the England team, and Michael Sheen will be captain of the Rest Of The World.

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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

Michael Sheen and some of his team mates share a cup of tea with the competition prior to the big match on Sunday 6th June. This match will be aired live on ITV1.

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Tonight on ITV1, Dermot O’Leary hosted a short introduction to the people that will be forming the two teams playing at Manchester’s Old Trafford stadium for the Soccer Aid 2010 match England vs The Rest Of The World.

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On ITV1 tonight at 10pm, Dermot O’Leary reveals the amazing line up of stars and footballing legends taking part in Soccer Aid 2010, including Robbie Williams, Mike Myers, Zinedine Zidane and of course Michael Sheen.

As captain of the ‘Rest Of The World’ we figure that he will get at least a mention. It is only on for 10 minutes and I will of course be recording this and adding to the Video Gallery later.

Don’t forget – you will be able to watch the match LIVE on ITV1 on June 6th.

Michael Sheen is to captain the star-studded side which includes Boyzone member Ronan Keating, TV presenter Gethin Jones, former Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann, undefeated boxing champion Joe Calzaghe and actor James Kyson-Lee, who plays Ando in Heroes, cricketing legend Brian Lara and footballing heroes Zinedine Zidane and Henrik Larsson.

Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish will manage the super squad with the help of his old Reds team mate Ian Rush. Together, they will put the Rest of the World team through their paces in the hope that they will lift the Soccer Aid 2010 trophy for the very first time.

Michael Sheen comments;

“I fully anticipate this to be the greatest moment of my life. The Rest of the World is a big place and to be Captain of it is a huge honour and one I take very seriously. I now have a team of specialists monitoring my every movement. And I have a lot of movements for them to monitor believe me. For me to play alongside the likes of Zidane is an extraordinary honour and privilege and one I’m sure he never dreamed would be possible for him when he started off as a footie-mad kid.”

They will be taking on the England team who’s team sheet currently includes Robbie Williams, GMTV presenter Ben Shephard, actor and TV presenter Bradley Walsh, presenter and DJ Jamie Theakston, boxing hero Ricky Hatton, actor Damian Lewis alongside footballing heroes Alan Shearer, David Seaman, Teddy Sheringham and Jamie Redknapp. Comic genius James Corden will be the assistant manager.

Soccer Aid, the brainchild of Robbie Williams and UNICEF UK, will be kicking off on Sunday 6th June at Manchester’s legendary Old Trafford stadium and 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.

Money raised through profits from ticket sales and donations made by viewers during the match will go to UNICEF’s invaluable work helping children around the world.

Tickets now on sale for Soccer Aid 2010 on 6th June, call 0844 576 2010 or visit itv.com/socceraid