ARGUABLY the most memorable match in the history of football is to be replayed to raise money for Sir Bobby Robson’s cancer charity.

Nineteen years after the original heart-breaking game, the 1990 World Cup semi-final between England and West Germany is to be re-staged at St James’ Park, Newcastle, on Sunday, July 26.

It will be a chance for Sir Bobby to settle an old score dating back to that night in Turin, when England cruelly lost an epic match on penalties and Paul Gascoigne was reduced to tears by a booking which would have ruled him out of the final, Sir Bobby, now fighting a battle against cancer, said: “I’m thrilled at the prospect of reuniting my 1990 England squad in support of my charity.

“It will be a pleasure to see them together again and hopefully this time we’ll get the result we want against Germany.”

Stars from the original game will be joined by other footballing guests, along with a host of celebrities, competing for The Sir Bobby Robson Trophy.

Sir Bobby said: “We had a good group of players that year, very talented, very tough and ambitious. We got better as the tournament progressed, more accomplished, and the fact we lost on penalties and not in open play tells its own story.”

He added: “We had great staying power in the team and our ambition was to stay to the bitter end. We were so near, but so far.”

The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation was launched in March last year and has since raised £1.2m to equip a cancer trials research centre at the Northern Centre for Cancer Care, in Newcastle.

Lester Holcombe, from event organiser Toast, said: “This match gives us all an opportunity to stand up and applaud a true gentleman, a fighter and a genuine legend.

“He has given us all so many thrills and we will never forget that semi-final in 1990.

“Sir Bobby has now got another cause and he is pursuing it with the same passion and vigour with which he has faced all of his challenges.”

Tickets for The Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match are available through Newcastle United’s online box office at nufc.co.uk costing £10 for adults and £5 for children.

To make a donation or for more information on the Foundation, visit sirbobbyrobson foundation.co.uk or send a cheque to Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, PO Box 307, Heaton NE7 7QG.