All-star line-up for Sodje brothers charity match
Bury star Efe Sodje and his famous sporting brothers will join a raft of high-profile personalities to play in an all-star charity football match at Gigg Lane this Sunday (April 29).
Kicking off at 2pm, the game between the Sodje Sport Foundation (SSF) and Forever Bury FC, a team made of the club’s loyal supporters, will be raising money for Bury Hospice and the Bury Fusiliers, and to support the SSF’s educational projects running throughout England and Nigeria.
Blackburn Rovers striker Yakubu, Blackpool’s Lomana LuaLua, former Germany and Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamman, ex-Huddersfield Town manager Lee Clark, and Bury legends Dean Kiely and Chris Lucketti will all be featuring for the SSF, as will leading boxing figures Scott Quigg, Johnny Nelson and Dennis Hobson.
The game will be one of a number of events held at the end of April by the SSF, and is being run in conjunction with Kick It Out, Be’U Interiors design, Surridge, Loofes, Boots 4 Africa, Arik Air and Kato Enterprise.
Tickets can be bought in advance from Bury FC for £5 for adults and £3 for under-16s, and family tickets (two adults and two under-16s) are available at just £10. You can also buy tickets online, by clicking here.
Doors open at 11.30am, with several other activities and initiatives running on the day.
To find out more about the Sodje Sport Foundation (SSF), please click here.