Soccer Aid

[DJ_Rial]

Hey all,

So I just watched this pretty awesome soccer/football (depending on your preference) game online on YouTube. It's called Soccer Aid (founded by Robbie Williams in 2006). What it is basically is a British charity match between two teams composed of celebrities and World Cup legends. One team is all England players and the other is The Rest of the World. It happens every two years and the previous matches have all happened in Old Trafford (the Manchester stadium).

Anyway I was just bringing this charity to attention because I thought it was a great idea. There are YouTube videos of the 2010 match (I believe in 8 parts).

For those of you who have heard of Soccer Aid before tell me which year was your favorite? Why?
Who is your favorite team? England or ROW?
Who is/are your favorite player(s) (current and past)?
Also if you were to make a dream team who would it be composed of? ROW and England or one or the other.

Don't really have to answer all those questions...or any of them for that matter (though it would make for easier answering and conversation foundations) but I'd like to find out people's opinions on Soccer Aid.  

[DJ_Rial]

Players for Series 1 (2006):

England Squad -
Celebrities
Robbie Williams (captain)
David Gray
Jamie Theakston
Bradley Walsh
Jonathan Wilkes
Ben Shephard
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Damian Lewis
Angus Deayton
Dean Lennox Kelly

Legends
David Seaman
Tony Adams
Paul Gascoigne
Jamie Redknapp
Les Ferdinand
John Barnes
Bryan Robson
Graeme Le Saux

Rest of the World -

Celebrities
Gordon Ramsay (captain)
David Campese
Patrick Kielty
Eddie Irvine (withdrew and was replaced by Gareth Thomas)
Gareth Thomas (replacement for Eddie Irvine)
Ben Johnson
Sergei Fedorov
Brian McFadden
Alastair Campbell
Craig Doyle
Alessandro Nivola
Michael Greco

Legends
Gianfranco Zola
Marcel Desailly
David Ginola
Dunga
Lothar Matthäus
Peter Schmeichel
Diego Maradona
Ruud Gullit (Player/Manager)
Gus Poyet (Player/Assistant Manager)

Players for Series 2 (200 cool :

England Squad -
Celebrities
Ben Shephard
Jamie Theakston
Kyran Bracken
Jonathan Wilkes
Gareth Gates
Tom Felton
Danny Jones
Craig David
Chris Fountain
Angus Deayton
Hugo Speer

Legends
Alan Shearer
Jamie Redknapp
Teddy Sheringham
David Seaman
Graeme Le Saux
Des Walker

Rest of the World squad -
Celebrities
Gordon Ramsay
Brian Lara
Nicky Byrne
Kenny Logan
Patrick Kielty
Alastair Campbell
Gethin Jones
Rodrigo Santoro
Santiago Cabrera
Gilles Marini
Brian McFadden

Legends
Franco Baresi
Jaap Stam
Paolo Di Canio
Romário
Luís Figo
Cláudio Taffarel (replacement for Peter Schmeichel)
Ian Rush
Peter Schmeichel (withdrew and was replaced by Cláudio Taffarel)

Players for Series 3 (2010)-

England squad -

Celebrities
Robbie Williams (captain)
Paddy McGuinness
Bradley Walsh
Jamie Theakston
Ricky Hatton
Damian Lewis
Olly Murs
Jonathan Wilkes
Dominic Cooper
Ralf Little
Rupert Penry-Jones (injured)
Ben Shephard

Legends
David Seaman
Alan Shearer
Teddy Sheringham
Jamie Redknapp
Martin Keown
Nicky Butt

Rest of World squad-

Celebrities
Michael Sheen (captain)
James Kyson Lee
Gordon Ramsay
Brian Lara
Patrick Kielty
Nicky Byrne
Shane Filan
Mike Myers
Joe Calzaghe
Gethin Jones
Woody Harrelson
Simon Baker

Legends
Jens Lehmann
Henrik Larsson
Zinedine Zidane
Ryan Giggs
Luís Figo
Sami Hyypiä (replacement for Paolo Maldini)
Paolo Maldini (withdrew and was replaced by Sami Hyypiä)