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My Tribute match a huge success at Vitality Stadium

Calum Best's My Tribute charity match at Vitality Stadium proved to be a big success on Sunday. 

A number of high-profile names and former Cherries players turned out at Vitality Stadium for a brilliant game of football, raising money for the Cherries Community Fund and Nacoa (The National Association for Children of Alcoholics).

Jimmy Glass, Tommy Elphick, Simon Francis, Shaun MacDonald and Steve Fletcher were the former Cherries players to take to the pitch, with former professionals Jamie O'Hara, Ashley Cain and Liam MacDevitt also involved. 

The celebrities included the likes of Ant Middleton, Jeremy Lynch, James Arthur and Dwain Chambers, as a whole host of familiar faces took part. Harry Redknapp took charge of the home team while Ian Holloway took charge of the away team. 


Lynch, a football freestyler who boasts over seven million YouTube subscribers, opened the scoring for Redknapp's Rovers, finishing off a one-on-one.

O'Hara highlighted his pedigree with two sensational strikes from distance before Pitman pulled a goal back for Holloway's Heroes. 

The Cherries fans in attendance relished watching Pitman in action and he got his second goal of the game just before half-time, bringing the scores to 3-2. 


Former Love Island star Billy Brown scored to restore the two-goal advantage for Redknapp's Rovers in the second half and O'Hara completed his hat-trick, following a great pass by Eastenders' Dean Gaffney.

Elphick pulled down Fletcher in the final stages of the match and Sam Bailey, winner of The X Factor, slotted home from the penalty spot to ensure the game finished 5-3. 

We'd like to extend our gratitude to the event's sponsors: Dafabet, Vitality, MSP Capital, Guildhall Restaurants, Snap-it, Armstrong Projects, Wow Hydrate, MA Hart, Breeze Volkswagen and Cedar.