Coronation Street and Emmerdale stars join forces for charity football match
ok.co.ukSome of Emmerdale and Coronation Street ’s biggest soap stars have joined forces this week as they took on a team of former professional football players in a charity match at Chorley FC’s Victoria Park training ground.
Stars such as Corrie’s Andy Whyment and Alan Halsall, who play Kurt and Tyrone in the popular soap, teamed up with colleagues from Emmerdale including Sam Dingle actor James Hooton to try and raise money for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation and the Len Johnrose Trust. "For us as actors, we just kind of know that fear the crowd will turn up to see us type thing," said Alan. "I don't think I'll last 90 minutes!" The Tyrone Dobbs actor then added: "I've kind of just come down just to show me support now because I'm not a great player.
I've just turned 41. So I think my playing days might be might be over and I'm just going down just to show support for the lads." Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
Taking on the soap stars were a slew of opponents from professional teams such as Blackburn Rovers stars Colin Hendry and Kevin Gallacher, Preston North End ex first team players Lee Cartwright and Graeme Atkinson, Burnley FC old boys Dean West and Stephen Jones and Brett Ormerod, who played for Accrington Stanley and Blackpool FC.
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