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Help For Heroes Cup, ITV 4, 7pm.

A few names from the past here, as well as a mix of other sports stars and 'celebrities' and a few servicemen.

England line-up

Dave Beasant – Chelsea & England goalkeeper
Chris Woods – England shotstopper, now goalkeeping coach with Everton
Mark Wright – Liverpool defender with 45 England caps
Ralf Little, right – stalwart of celebrity matches best known for The Royle Family
Neil Webb – former Elm Park favourite with more than 70 appearances for Man United
Des Walker – defender, part of the infamous Italia 90 squad
Chris Fountain – former Hollyoaks heartthrob and Huddersfield Town fan
Steve Hodge – 24 England caps, played under Sir Bobby Robson in Italia 90
John Salako – key Reading player from 2001-04, regularly on Sky summarising games
Rob Lee – Newcastle United favourite alongside Kevin Keegan
Rupert Graves – successful actor on the boards and on TV
Danny Dyer – ‘hard man’ actor, starred with fellow Hammers fan Ray Winstone in TV drama All In The Game
Kyran Bracken – ex-England rugby scrum half swapping the round ball for an egg shaped one
Alec Stewart – ardent Chelsea fan and England wicketkeeper for many years
Paul Gascoigne – a true legend, they’re all looking forward to playing with or against him
Mark Ramprakash – light on his feet as his Strictly Come Dancing win and time between the wickets shows
Simon Webbe – boy band singer with Blue another regular in celebrity games
Andy Cole – one of the most feared strikers in the Premiership during his time at Man United and Newcastle
Darren Gough – like fellow cricketer Ramprakash, another dancing champ, England’s all-time highest wicket taker
Kerry Dixon – Chelsea superstar before there were superstars, he joined the club from Reading
Tim Lovejoy – Soccer Am presenter enjoys cult status, likes nothing better than pulling on his boots
Stephen NIcholas – he should be able to kick a ball around having starred in Sky TV drama Dream Team
Tamer Hassan – actor who had a promising boxing career until injury ruled him out
Steve Johnson – football development officer for the Navy
Angus Deayton – Have I Got News For You host, a veteran of pro-celebrity matches
Sgt James Lavelle – member of the Army physical training corps
Joe Roach – at 53 is the senior member of the Armed Forces representatives
Cpl Shaun Foster – most capped player of the Royal Marines in the modern era
Cpl Alex Woodhouse – physical training instructor, represents the RAF Senoir Mens Team
Flt Lt Allan Pluckrose – physical education officer, recently returned from Afghanistan

Rest of the World line-up

Paul Jones – goalkeeper for Wales and Southampton
Lothar Matthaus – German football legend and World Cup winner
Johnny Nelson – WBO Cruiserweight boxing champion 1999
Nico Mirallegro – Hollyoaks star, plays Barry ‘Newt’ Newton
Kenny Cunningham – left back for Wimbledon, Birmingham, Sunderland and Republic of Ireland
Joe Calzaghe – former undisputed world super middleweight boxing champion who never lost a fight. BBC Sports Personality of the Year and Strictly Come Dancing star
Justin Marshall – Saracens rugby star and All Black
Gus Poyet – new Brighton manager who played for Chelsea
Steffen Freund – Tottenham favourite and in German team that won Euro 96
Stefan Schwarz – Swedish international who played for Arsenal and Sunderland
Tugay – Turkish star who played for Blackburn Rovers
Iain Dowie – Northern Ireland striker who managed Crystal Palace and QPR
Donal MacIntyre – presenter and undercover journalist
Iwan Thomas – Olympic medal-winning 400m runner
Toto Schillaci – Italian football legend
Michael Gilkes, right – speedy Royals legend who played for Barbados
Anders Limpar – Arsenal and Everton star who played for Sweden
Ally McCoist – Scotland legend, now assistant manager at Rangers
Sgt Glen Davidson – member of the Royal Military Police and captain of the Army Senior Football Team and Combined Services. Served in Kosovo, Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Yemen, Beruit, Iraq and Afghanistan
Steve O’Neil – made over 130 appearances for the Royal Navy football team. Just returned from Basra
Sac Neil Thomas – captain of the RAF football team. Has completed two tours of Afghanistan and Iraq
Sqn Ldr Craig Gill – has captained RAF Senior Representative Team
Fg Off Kevin Thom – general manager of the RAF Team

How the teams are expected to start –

England: 1. Woods 2. Deayton 3. Mark Wright 4. Des Walker 5. Stewart
6. Dyer 7. Gascoigne 8. Webb 9. Cole
10. Webbe 11. Gough

Rest of World: 1. Paul Jones 2. Steffen Freund 3. Tamer Hassan 4. Kenny Cunningham 5. Justin Marshall 6. Stefan Schwarz 7. Tugay 8. Lothar Matthaus 9. Salvatore Schillaci 10. Joe Calzaghe
11. Gus Poyet