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Soccer Aid 2014: The Countdown
ITV, STV, UTV Fri 6th June 9pm - 10pm
Repeat: ITV +1, STV +1 Friday 10pm

A look ahead to Sunday's charity football match between England and the Rest of the World at Old Trafford. Cat Deeley is at the players' hotel, where she reveals the celebrities and former professionals representing each team, chats to some of the stars taking part and presents highlights of the past week's training sessions. Back in 2012, England captain Robbie Williams led his team to victory over Michael Sheen's Rest of the World squad, so the Welsh actor will be out for revenge. Does he have any secret weapons this time round? All will be revealed tonight.
www.radiotimes.com

Soccer Aid: Meet the teams
Robbie Williams returns to captain Sam Allardyce's England squad as they take on the Rest of the World, led by Welsh actor Michael Sheen


Tickets cost £20 for adults and £5 for under-16s, and can be bought online at manutd.com/socceraid or via 0845 456 2014.
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Soccer Aid 2014
ITV, STV, UTV: 6pm - 10pm
Repeat: ITV +1, STV +1 Sunday 7pm

Dermot O'Leary presents the pre-match build-up and the big game in aid of Unicef, which sees footballing heroes team up with celebrities for an England v Rest of the World match live from Old Trafford (Kick-off 8.00pm). Robbie Williams captains the England team, managed by Sam Allardyce and featuring former professionals such as David Seaman, Teddy Sheringham and Jamie Redknapp, plus stars including Jack Whitehall, Mark Owen, Olly Murs, Paddy McGuinness and John Bishop. Jose Mourinho manages the opposing side, which calls upon the talents of Alessandro Del Piero, Andriy Shevchenko and other pros, lining up with captain Michael Sheen and a squad featuring Gordon Ramsay, James McAvoy, Patrick Kielty, Jeremy Renner, Kevin Bridges and Sam Worthington. Kirsty Gallacher is pitchside with the players.
www.radiotimes.com

VIDEO: Robbie Williams injured ahead of Soccer Aid match
ROBBIE Williams has pulled out of the charity football match Soccer Aid for "insurance purposes".
By Sophie Alexander www.dailystar.co.uk

Young girl wins Old Trafford ban battle after being refused entry into Soccer Aid
A FIVE-year-old girl was refused entry into today’s Soccer Aid charity football match because she has Down’s Syndrome.
By Sian Hewitt www.dailystar.co.uk

VIDEO: James McAvoy: we're prepared to die for our Soccer Aid boss Jose Mourinho
CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho has experienced pretty much everything in football – until now.
By Cyrus Engineer www.dailystar.co.uk

avoiding this like the plague

like i will most of the world cup, though i'm sure like the olympics, i'll end up knowing everything by the end of it (can't seem to escape sporting events on tv, they are everywhere!)