Soccer Aid, co-founded by pop star Robbie Williams in 2006, raises money for humanitarian aid organisation Unicef to help children in need around the world. O’Leary said he is “over the moon” that Scott is captaining this year and feels it is “incredibly progressive” that there is a greater mix of genders on the squads, something he revealed they had been working towards for years. They will face competition from Bolt, former striker Robbie Keane as coach, comedian Lee Mack, Dragons’ Den star Steven Bartlett and Love Island winner and presenter Kem Cetinay. Scott’s squad will include TV presenter Paddy McGuinness, who returns as England’s designated celebrity goalkeeper, and former professional footballers Karen Carney, Jermain Defoe, Gary Cahill, David James and Jack Wilshere.Įmma Hayes and Vicky McClure will co-manage the team as DJ Joel Corry, rapper Bugzy Malone, singer Tom Grennan, Olympian Sir Mo Farah, comedian Alex Brooker, former footballer and pundit Gary Neville, coach Paul Scholes, commentator Eni Aluko and YouTuber Chunkz also join the England line-up. Please click here to do so.įormer England footballer and Euros winner Jill Scott will be captaining the England team this year while Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt is back to lead the World XI FC. To view this content, you'll need to update your privacy settings. O’Leary admitted he would “love” to get on the pitch one year but thinks it would be a “horror show” as the standard of the players is so high. “And Olly got really hacked off for like half a second because he was in the heat of the moment but then he cracked that lovely Olly smile and then the whole stadium went ‘Oh yeah it’s Soccer Aid, it’s a bit different’.” “The whole stadium was stopped still for a second going ‘What? That’s not in the rules for a manager to come and pick someone off’,” he recalled. He added that seeing Mourinho, who was coaching the Rest of the World squad in 2016, intervene in the match by tackling Murs was an “incredible breaking-the-fourth wall moment” for him. “The great thing about Soccer Aid, as soon as you go live, you can’t control what’s going on on the pitch.” “Whenever anyone says ‘anything can happen at live’ it normally means they don’t want anything to happen. “But then you get these crazy moments on the pitch that you can never have and that’s the great thing about live TV. O’Leary told the PA news agency: “The great thing about Soccer Aid is that you have these incredible moments that are punctuated by these wonderfully informative and heartfelt films that give you the backdrop as to why we’re doing it.
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