England Victorious At Soccer Aid
Last night saw the fourth Soccer Aid take place, at Manchester’s Old Trafford, and it was another huge success, both on and off the pitch. By the time the final whistle had blown, England had their hands firmly on the cup with a 3-1 victory and the total figure pledged by viewers alone had already reached £2 million, and with the UK government matching donations pound for pound, it immediately shot up to £4 million. Stay tuned for the final figure!
With almost 70,000 fans turning out to cheer on their heroes, it was an exciting night of football. Kasabian’s Sergio Pizzorno, who was later awarded Man Of The Match, knocked in a wonderful first half goal, but the England team hit home no less than three in the second half, with goals from Teddy Sheringham, Jonathan Wilkes and Kevin Phillips, to clinch a well deserved victory.
Robbie had said in his Mexico City diary that he wanted to add some “66 style passion to the pitch”, this was certainly the case when the boys smashed in three goals!
Soccer Aid might be over but you can continue to help UNICEF to save children’s lives; your support provides food, vaccines and other life-saving supplies to children around the world who desperately need it, all To find out more about how the money raised by yesterday’s event will be used and why Soccer Aid is so important follow Unicef UK on Facebook and Twitter.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to Soccer Aid 2012 and for making it such a huge success!
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Great night and stayed behind for autographs afterwards. Kids loved it, got loads of pics on my Facebook profile (stuartgiblin) of the night
We were there, it was brilliant!!! Me & my friend Julie travelled from Leeds and had a great time. Thanks for a great show and we were so glad you won this year. Looking good in your shorts Rob, as expected xxx
European Cup is coming soon. Let's see how England's doing this time.... ;) 4:1 ....^^ Idgie xx
Was I really there? Well the camera can lie;) What a day, what a day....wish Robbie could have scored for us;) Congratulations on spawning such an amazing fund raiser ...and for breathing flesh into the avatars - the arena of dreams where virtual Friendlies became real friends. Ty for the thumbs up btw;)
Returned from Manchester! . This year it was our second attendance after 2008 at Wembley. And again, what a great experience at Old Trafford! . Excellent mood, the chanting crowd and a win for England will stay in my memory. . A special thank to Rob for organizing it with all your fellows in both of the teams. Unbelievable to see you all united in this celebrity friendly match. We have lots of fun and we were glad to contribute with our tickets a small part to the big donation. . Beyond it, we combined it with the weekend trip to Manchester (yes, we also visted the Etihad ;-) and with a day trip to Liverpool the home of THE BEATLES. . We took with us home a big bunch of wonderful memories which made the days unforgetable for us. :-))) . Looking forward to meeting you and the crowd again in Soccer Aid 2014! . P. S.: Rob, don´t be jealous, as Mike Myers left a special impression to me. ;-) "GROOVY BABY, YEAAAAAAAAH" as Austin Powers would say. *loooooooooooooooooooooooooooool* . Cheers also to Manchester for its hospitality! . And now you can concentrate on your wife and your baby again! . Greetings from Bavaria, Lilly with family . *•.¸(*•.¸♡¸.•*´.)¸.•*´ «´¨•° Thank you, thank you, thank you! •¨`» ¸.•*(¸.•*´♡`*•.¸)`*•.¸ .
Congratulations Rob that'; a lot of money and will be more . xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
congratulations on your victory, you were fantastic!! Mark as a nurse was a gem. For the first time I saw you play, what a thrill and I have only seen on TV, although I would have preferred to be there.
Hi Rob, congratulations on winning! I couldn't make it to Manchester but watched it with my son & we cheered like mad when England scored! My fave bit was when you & Jonny lifted the cup-brilliant! Socceraid definitely seems to get bigger every time-I hope to be at the match next time! Looking forward to seeing you at the Jubilee concert-what are you gonna sing? Hope Ayda's doing OK, September will soon be here! Blog soon Rob. Much love Seffie x
rob, we did it!! we got the trophy back and raised a lot of money doing it, too. feels great eh? had a great weekend in manchester, we drove from portsmouth on the saturday and it was worth it. the atmosphere,footie and company were just brilliant! such a great game. thank you, sooo very proud of you. loadsalove to you my babes.
Hi Mike Andrew - great to meet you at the friendlie get together! Really really pleased Rob spotted you. Though I didn't see 'the outfit' for real, looks hilarious from what I saw on Youtube! Also, Mike, have you checked out gettyimages.co.uk? Photographer in front of us was from there and loads of photos on their site - including you & Rob! Check it out .... Love Amy No1 x ***************** p.s. Don't forget you promised me you'd share some of those millions with me ha ha!! **************** p.p.s. And ROB - As @bobrie 1974 says - we really hope you will blog soon - pleeeease xx
Just sitting thinkin about soccer aid (which I have done pretty much everyday since) & how when we all met for the first time how natural it felt and how none of us hesitated in going in for huge (((hugs))) it makes me sooooo happy & proud to be a part of our lovely community that you created Rob...you did this, started the ball rolling and off we went... ... I have this feeling that your gonna blog soon, I hope so, weare all keen to hear your side of what was a glorius day in more ways than one, helping those poor kids, meeting friendlies and getting the cup back...heres hoping! ;) bob! xoxox
Now Soccer Aid is out the way i reckon another Rudebox Radio is in order Mr Williams...it seems like it's been ages!!
Hey Mike,so pleased you got to meet Rob,video of it looked amusing Mr 55 mill.I'm sure Rob will soon be back on poker to take some of you lol.I did see you Sunday but couldn't get through crowd to speak to you,such a shame but thought you looked great as your avi,lmao.Xx
Hi Roberto! Just back to Rome! What a fabulous week-end in Manchester! Hope you liked my "DADDY WILL74 SCORE A GOAL FOR YOUR FRIENDLIES" near the benches. Thank you for being as you are : always smiling and kind! I was reading your mexican diary: once again you have shown how sensitive you are! Love you so so much !!! Your friendly Flà
Hey man..was nice to finally meet you at soccer aid....i dont normally talk like a divvy but my moustache was causing me no end of grief falling off so couldnt make proper shapes to speak lmao
CONGRATS ROBBIE&CO.!! AND THANK YOU!!!
Rob, if you're reading this - Kate says thank you, especially for the chat in the tunnel. She went to Manchester a little bit in love with Olly, and came home a little bit in love with you :) xxx
Some people (behind the mirror image) do things not for the applaude - but because it's the right thing to do.
Bless you, Rob ................... . Thanks for rallying so much support around a cause that helps the world. Together, we can all make it a better place. Glad you had so much fun in the process, too. . You said we could have a great year. I certainly am, and it's WONDERFUL to watch YOUR great year play out too!! . Paul (USA 4 Rob!)
What a day, what a day, what a day... ** What more is there to say...? EXCEPT... Being at Old Trafford to see you and all your friends was wonderful. The atmosphere was electric, the noise was awesome, you looked so happy. And the icing on the cake for me was meeting so many of the friendlies from off here, from RW Funpoker, and from our little "Friendlies Group" – it was just incredible. I didn't make the big pub pre-match meet, which I'm gutted about, but I did manage to meet up with such fantastic people on the day and the day after the match. It made the trip to Manchester for me complete. I flew over from Belfast, and am so glad I did. (And thanks to my wee brother for accompanying me - I think he enjoyed it too, and meeting some of the gorgeous friendlies made his day!!) "It's coming home" blasting around Old Trafford made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end when the trophy was being paraded round the stadium by the England team, just fantastic!!! ** So all that's left for me to say right now is well done Rob and Jonny, well done Jools68 for making the arrangements for the pre-match meet - looked like a mighty time was had by all, thanks to Amanda, Jenny, Regine, Sara, Julie and Julie. Meeting you all was wonderful and I can't wait to meet you and more the next time. ** Rob, could you please give us some notice for the Friendlie gig, so that we can get the wheels in motion for our next big get together? ** Thank you again each and every one. ** With much love from the Belfast friendlie xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Awesome! Both for money raisin n the win...c'mon Rob Blog when you're winning!
Hi Rob! Congratulations to the big succes with soccer aid and reaching such a big amount for Unicef for the poor children and congratulations once more for winning the game 3:1!! Many thanks, Robbie!! in Love Alexandra
Feeling SOOOO out-of-it all the way here in Los Angeles...holding down the fort till you return! * Don't know much about Soccer (except that David Beckham plays here) but I was totally jealous that I was not there with all my other friendlies to see you and "England" take back the trophy. OMG...You look like a little kid, Rob.....never seen you so happy! * Enormously proud of you and Jonny for starting Soccer Aid and raising millions for the neediest in the world. Bless you! XXXXXXX
Yayyyyyy!
Well done Rob for putting on such a fantastic event,the atmosphere was amazing and 4 mill raised,wow what a result and a win for England awesome.You looked gorgeous,really hope your back is starting to feel abit better. Sending you love and hugs from Julie.XXX ********************** Hey Friendlies really sorry i didn't make it to the friendlie meeting but so pleased it all went so well.Also so exited Amy managed to give Rob a friendlies united badge,that makes me so proud.Will definately be at the next meeting cos i so much want to meet you all. Friendlie hugs from Julie.Xx
Congratulations England!!!!! I'm glad you were winners. From what I saw and read it was a great game. How I wish I had been there... maybe next time. It's brilliant all the work you do for UNICEF. That's brilliant Robbie! You're such a lovely and generous boy. Keep up the good work. :) I'm happy that there are still people like this and I'm glad you are one of them. Lot's of love Maria xxxxx :)
Congratulations on a good result because, a good captain. :* :)
Great win for england waited over 7 hours to meet you all and you went straight in the tunnel :( Was so dissapointed hope you got the teddy I sent you for babba? Bring on the next soccer aid luv you so much rob x x
Well Done Robbie, it was a good match, The pics are brilliant x
Well Done Robbie, it was a good match, The pics are brilliant x