HENRIK LARSSON, PIERRE van Hoijdonk, Dimitar Berbatov and Stiliyan Petrov himself all got on the scoresheet as 60,000 people turned out to pay tribute to the Bulgarian midfielder in a charity match at Celtic Park today.
The ‘number 19 Legends Charity Match’ was organised to raise money for a foundation set up by Petrov to support families hit by leukaemia.
Petrov was forced to retire from football last year after battling the illness. He is now in remission.
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The Stiliyan XI emerged as 5 – 3 winners over a Celtic XI thanks to a Berbatov hat-trick (the pick of which was the typically languid mazy dribble below), Petrov’s goal and a late effort from Westlife’s Nicky Byrne.
YouTube credit: Johhn Teery
The Celtic XI responded through Larsson, van Hoijdonk and Scott Brown.
Here’s a full list of players involved – plenty of blasts from the past glories of the SPL.
CELTIC XI: Louis Tomlinson, Tom Boyd, Tosh McKinlay, Jackie McNamara, Joos Valgaeren, Bobo Balde, Henrik Larsson, Morten Wieghorst, Chris Sutton, Pierre Van Hooijdonk, Jorge Cadete, Tommy Johnson, Brian McClair, Bobby Petta, Martin Compston, Didier Agathe, Neil Lennon, Stiliyan Petrov, Rab Douglas, Stevie Graham, Warren Brown, Jordan Sailsman, Lubo Moravcik, Johan Mjallby
STILIYAN XI: Shay Given, Radostin Kishishev, Freddie Bouma, Marian Hristov, Chris Kamara, Nicky Byrne, Robert Pires, Dimitar Berbatov, Jamie Redknapp, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Hristo Yovov, Paul Lambert, James Allan, Martin Petrov, Gareth Barry, Stiliyan Petrov, John Bishop, Habib Beye, Carlos Cuellar, Spencer Matthews, John Terry
60,000 pack Celtic Park to pay tribute to Stiliyan Petrov
HENRIK LARSSON, PIERRE van Hoijdonk, Dimitar Berbatov and Stiliyan Petrov himself all got on the scoresheet as 60,000 people turned out to pay tribute to the Bulgarian midfielder in a charity match at Celtic Park today.
The ‘number 19 Legends Charity Match’ was organised to raise money for a foundation set up by Petrov to support families hit by leukaemia.
Petrov was forced to retire from football last year after battling the illness. He is now in remission.
Chris Clark/PA Wire/Press Association Images
The Stiliyan XI emerged as 5 – 3 winners over a Celtic XI thanks to a Berbatov hat-trick (the pick of which was the typically languid mazy dribble below), Petrov’s goal and a late effort from Westlife’s Nicky Byrne.
YouTube credit: Johhn Teery
The Celtic XI responded through Larsson, van Hoijdonk and Scott Brown.
Here’s a full list of players involved – plenty of blasts from the past glories of the SPL.
Chris Clark/PA Wire/Press Association Images
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