Actors, musicians, footballers and a host of A-listers will come together this weekend to take part in a charity football match to raise funds for survivors of the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
The Game4Grenfell will feature current and ex-pros such as Peter Crouch, Jamie Redknapp and Ally McCoist, plus sport, TV, film and music heavyweights including Mo Farah, Marcus Mumford, Damian Lewis, Jarvis Cocker, Jamie Dornan, Richard Ashcroft and Serge Pizzorno, among many others. The two teams will be managed by Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer, who will also dust off their old boots for the occasion.
The game will be held just one mile away from the North Kensington tower block at QPR’s Loftus Road stadium on Saturday, September 2 (3pm kick off).
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Over 2,000 complimentary tickets will be issued to those directly affected by the tragedy, including families, the emergency services, volunteers, local residents and those who played their part in the recovery efforts.
The response at the beginning from government and council was shambolic and didn’t do nearly what it needed to do
Marcus Mumford, lead singer of Mumford & Sons who lives close to Grenfell Tower, spent time with survivors in the aftermath of the the June 14 disaster that claimed at least 80 lives. He also launched a free summer football programme for the young children of Grenfell.