Soccer Aid Betting
Soccer Aid is a celebrity soccer tournament in aid of UNICEF, the global children"s charity. The brainchild of pop star Robbie Williams, who is the current UK ambassador for UNICEF, Soccer Aid promises to do with soccer what fellow singer Bob Geldof did with music in Live Aid.
In Soccer Aid, a mixed squad of celebrities and football legends from England take on the rest of the World in a series of live football matches. ITV viewers can watch the squads train and compete for selection in the final squads. Three matches will be also be screened, including the Grand Final, where the final selections will battle it out to see who wins the tournament. Tickets are available for each event and all proceeds go to charity.
Soccer Aid Betting for 2006
Soccer Aid starts at the end of May and will run from 22-27 May on ITV1 and ITV2. The Teams
The line up for the teams is as follows:
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England |
Rest of the World |
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Robbie Williams (c) |
Gordon Ramsay (c) |
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Jonathan Wilkes |
David Campese |
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Ben Shephard |
Patrick Kielty |
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Jamie Theakston |
Eddie Irvine |
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Ronnie O"Sullivan |
Ben Johnson |
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David Gray |
Sergei Fedorov |
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Bradley Walsh |
Brian McFadden |
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Damian Lewis |
Alistair Campbell |
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Angus Deayton |
Craig Doyle |
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Dean Lennox Kelly |
Alessandro Nivola |
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David Seaman |
Gianfranco Zola |
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Paul Gascoine |
Marcel Desailly |
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Tony Adams |
David Ginola |
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Jamie Redknapp |
Dunga |
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Les Ferdinand |
Lothar Matthaus |
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John Barnes |
Peter Schmeichel |
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Manager: Terry Venables |
Manager: Ruud Gullit |
Betting on Soccer Aid
Some of the bigger names in Online Betting, such as Paddy Power are offering a number of markets for Soccer Aid 2006, including win markets, correct score, half time/full time score, first and last goalscorer, and player to score a hat-trick. Remember to donate some of those winnings to charity!
You may be interested to visit the offical UNICEF site here :