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Ex Premier League stars team up for Joe Thompson 'Goals for Cure' charity game

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Published 17:22 9 May 2024 GMT+1

Ex Premier League stars team up for Joe Thompson 'Goals for Cure' charity game

A slew of household names will take to the pitch at the Crown Oil Arena and raise funds for cancer treatment.

Josh Lawless

Josh Lawless

A number of former Premier League stars are returning to the pitch for a special charity match this weekend.

The 'Goals for Cure' game takes place at Rochdale's Crown Oil Arena and will raise funds for the GoFundMe page of former Dale player Joe Thompson, who has been cancer for the third time.

Thompson, a Manchester United academy product, has beaten cancer twice before and scored the goal that kept Dale up in the 2017/18 season.

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Last month, the 35-year-old revealed he had been diagnosed with stage four lymphoma and that the cancer had spread to his lungs.

He is hoping to raise £250,000 for ongoing treatment and to pioneer a groundbreaking test that could prevent the recurrence of his cancer - and potentially save the lives of many others in the future.

£90,000 has been raised so far after a flurry of donations and the charity match, in its second year, will go a long way to adding to the total.

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Ex stars like Stephen Ireland, Papiss Cisse, Oumar Niasse, Phil Bardsley, Alex Bruce, Jermaine Beckford, Chris Eagles and Adrian Mariappa have all signed up, while influencers/presenters Mark Wright, Specs Gonzalez and Billythegoat are also involved.

A Thompson XI will take on a Celebrity All Stars side on Saturday 11 May for a 4pm kick-off.

Tickets are £7 for adults, £5 for over 65's and £3 for under 16s and can be purchased from the Goals for Cure website, with all the proceeds going towards the fight against cancer.

Featured Image Credit: Goals for Cure & SPORTbible

Topics: Premier League, Manchester United

Josh Lawless
Josh Lawless

Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and WWE. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News. He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has covered two WrestleMania events for SPORTbible.

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