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Celebs muddy their boots in the fight against meningitis

17.09.10 

Stars from TV, film, music, radio and sport are preparing to go head to head in an All Star charity football match to raise money for Meningitis UK.

The star-studded event is taking place at Leeds United's Elland Road ground on Saturday, October 9 in memory of Eloise Lema Dalton.

It will be the very last appearance for the Emmerdale Allstars who bow out in style by going head to head with the Liverpool Allstars.

Famous faces already confirmed include football legends Phil Neal, Ian Rush, Lee Sharpe and Jan Molby, plus the brilliant Pigeon Detectives.

The action kicks off at 1pm with half time entertainment by Radio Aire DJs JK and Joel.

Autograph signing will take place after the match, where people can meet their favourite sporting heroes, film and soap stars.

Also making an appearance is actor Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter (Matthew Lewis), and Hollyoaks' Gilly Roach (Anthony Quinlan).

Tickets for the event cost £5.00 (kids under 3 free) with all money raised to be donated between Eloise's Meningitis UK Forever Fund and Cash for Kids, which supports children's charities in the area. Tickets are available from www.thedreammatch.co.uk (external link) and follow the link.

The Legends and Celebrity Charity Football Match has been organised to honour the memory of Eloise Lema Dalton, who lost her life in December 2009 aged just 9 months to pneumococcal meningitis and septicaemia.

Her family and friends aim to raise awareness of this disease and to help in the fight to stop meningitis and related illnesses through the development of preventative vaccines.

Emmerdale Allstars: Kelvin Fletcher, Danny Miller, Jim Hooton, Tom Lister, Mark Charnock, Ben Freeman, JK & Joel (Radio Aire), James, Chris Bissen and Adam Thomas.

Liverpool Allstars Team: Phil Neal, Des Walker, Lee Sharpe, Ian Rush, Alan Kennedy, Jan Molby and Dominic Matteo.

Other celebrities playing and attending include: The Pigeon Detectives, England and Nottinghamshire cricketer Ryan Sidebottom and Harry Potter star, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom). Hollyoaks stars include; Nick Pickard (Tony Hutchinson), Ashley Taylor-Dawson (Darren Osborne), Anthony Quinlan (Gilly Roach), Nico Mirallegro (Barry "Newt" Newton) and Jimmy McKenna (Jack Osborne).

The teams will be kept in order by ex-Premiership referee Alan Wiley.

For more information on the event, details of sponsorship opportunities, the raffles or the charities please contact: lamont_glenn@hotmail.com

For Tickets got to www.thedreammatch.co.uk (external link)

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Abby Lema Dalton
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Reply #1 on : Sat September 25, 2010, 23:51:52

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If you are near to Leeds or fancy a trip out please come and support us. You can buy tickets on the day from the ground also.
The day is in memory of my daughter Eloise and we would love to have a good crowd there for what will be a fantastic event XXX

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