As we fast approach the end of what has been an extremely entertaining Premier League season a number of charity games and testimonials have been scheduled which will be featuring ex Premier League footballers.
One of the biggest charity games of the season has already taken place in aid of the Hillsborough 96 and featured a Liverpool team made up of former British players and a Liverpool team made up of former foreign players who represented the club.
A sellout crowd was treated to a great exhibition match which featured players who have recently retired such as Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen along with legends who retired many years ago such as Jan Molby and Ian Rush.
The majority of the players looked like they had kept themselves in pretty good shape. Fowler had put on a bit of timber and Molby was always big as a player anyway but players like Redknapp, David James and Luis Garcia all looked pretty trim.
The final score was 2-2 and was a superb day out for all involved.
Other games which are coming up in the next couple of months include former Wolverhampton Wanderers legend Jody Craddock's testimonial which will include former Wolves and Sunderland team mates such as Niall Quinn, Gavin McCann, Kevin Kilbane, Kevin Phillips, Gary Breen, Alex Rae and Michael Gray.
Tottenham Hotspur legend Ledley King has also been granted a testimonial match by the club and he will have a Spurs XI made up of players who he played with against the current first team. King's team will include former Premier League stars such as David Ginola, Darren Anderton and Teddy Sheringham.
John Beresford and Rob Lee are a number of ex Premier League footballers who will be playing in a Help for Heroes charity match in May. They are included in a team of recently retired Premier League players who will be playing against a team from the British Defence Medical Services. Other former players signed up to play are Ugo Ehiogu, Lee Carsley, Alan Stubbs, Dion Dublin and Darren Huckerby.
For information and statistics on Ex Premier League Footballers visit our website www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
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April 7th - 12 New additions to the Premier League Heroes website
This week on the Premier League Heroes website we have added three ex Premier League players who are regarded by their fans as legends of their clubs.
First up is former Stoke City, Derby County and Southampton midfielder Rory Delap who although only retiring in 2013 makes the website as he has gone onto other interests after his playing career ended.
Regular readers of the site will know that we only focus on facts and in the course of our research we encounter a lot of supposed facts that may or may not true but cannot be verified either way. One such piece of information about Delap was that Ireland were trying to recruit him as a javelin thrower for their team in the 2012 Olympics. Although Delap did throw javelin for the county in his youth he stopped in his mid teens to concentrate on football therefore highly unlikely to be of Olympic standard. Check out Rory Delap's profile page at www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/rory-delap
We have also added ex Southampton FC defender Francis Benali to the site who has been very busy in retirement. We know that he is currently coaching at Matthew Le Tissier's football academy but apparently he used to be part owner of a Bangledeshi restaurant in Southampton called Kuti's which won a National Curry Award for their cuisine. Take a look at his profile page www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/francis-benali
Former Fulham FC legend Louis Saha is the third ex Premier League footballer we have added to the website this week. Saha retired from the game on his 34th birthday which is quite early in the modern game. The reason cited for this was mainly down to the fact that he spent six months at three clubs in the space of a year and a half and he didn't feel as though he was involved as he wanted to be. Saha has also been busy since retiring from playing with fingers in a lot pies including co-ownership in a company called Slk Sport Ltd (which we can't find any information about), and also one called Starplay Limited. To find out more information about ex footballer Louis Saha and his Premier League statistics go to www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/louis-saha
For information and statistics on Ex Premier League Footballers visit www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk
First up is former Stoke City, Derby County and Southampton midfielder Rory Delap who although only retiring in 2013 makes the website as he has gone onto other interests after his playing career ended.
Regular readers of the site will know that we only focus on facts and in the course of our research we encounter a lot of supposed facts that may or may not true but cannot be verified either way. One such piece of information about Delap was that Ireland were trying to recruit him as a javelin thrower for their team in the 2012 Olympics. Although Delap did throw javelin for the county in his youth he stopped in his mid teens to concentrate on football therefore highly unlikely to be of Olympic standard. Check out Rory Delap's profile page at www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/rory-delap
Former Fulham FC legend Louis Saha is the third ex Premier League footballer we have added to the website this week. Saha retired from the game on his 34th birthday which is quite early in the modern game. The reason cited for this was mainly down to the fact that he spent six months at three clubs in the space of a year and a half and he didn't feel as though he was involved as he wanted to be. Saha has also been busy since retiring from playing with fingers in a lot pies including co-ownership in a company called Slk Sport Ltd (which we can't find any information about), and also one called Starplay Limited. To find out more information about ex footballer Louis Saha and his Premier League statistics go to www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk/louis-saha
For information and statistics on Ex Premier League Footballers visit www.premierleagueheroes.co.uk
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