Old Trafford, Attendance: 67,346
ENGLAND 3
Sheringham 69, Wilkes 72,
Phillips 89
REST OF THE WORLD 1
Pizzorno 22
Click to see pics, all from ITV.com
27/05/2012 22:00, Report by Gemma Thompson
England regained the Soccer Aid crown with a deserved 3-1 win over the Rest of the World at Old Trafford on Sunday evening.
Goals from former United striker Teddy Sheringham, actor Jonathan Wilkes and ex-Sunderland star Kevin Phillips secured a third Soccer Aid win for the Three Lions who had earlier gone behind to a sublime strike from Kasabian guitarist Sergio Pizzorno.
Just over 67,000 fans - together with some famous faces including Wayne Rooney - were packed inside the Reds' stadium for Soccer Aid 2012, which once again raised millions of pounds for global children’s charity UNICEF. The crowd and peak-time television audience alike were treated to a highly entertaining evening involving a host of football legends and some of the world’s biggest celebrities from the world of TV, film and music.
The Rest of the World, who went into the game as defending champions, may have had the advantage when it came to the number of former United players on their side – Edwin van der Sar lined up in goal with Roy Keane and Jaap Stam starting together at the heart of the defence - but it was England who made the early running.
The Three Lions had good pace on both wings with the young legs of X Factor star Olly Murs, on the right, and JLS’s Aston Merrygold down the left. And both had a couple of early sighters. A neat passing move ended with Merrygold striking an effort straight at Van der Sar, before the Dutch stopper saved well with his feet after an excellent run and shot from United fan Murs, coming off the right wing.
Phillips blasted both a shot and a free-kick over the bar soon after, before the Rest of the World
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