A CHARITY football match featuring a host of famous ex-players is set to be staged in Crook.

Crook Town will be taking on a celebrity team at its Millfield ground on Saturday, July 3, in a match raising money for Cancer Research UK.

The event has been organised by Crook captain Les Langley and is dedicated to the memory of his wife, Alison, who died in January, aged 34, after being diagnosed with liver cancer.

The celebrity team will include Darlington boss David Hodgson, former Quakers and Liverpool star David Speedie, ex-Sunderland player Steve Agnew and others.

The match kicks off at 3pm. Admission is £3, concessions £1.

There will also be an auction of various items, including Crook shirts signed by England legends Paul Gascoigne and Peter Beardsley, and a programme signed by Newcastle's Alan Shearer.