England Legends v Germany Legends

A curtain raiser to World Cup 2006, The Legends was played at The Madejski Stadium, Reading in 2006 in front of 27,000 fans. Broadcast on Channel 5, the match exceeded 2.8 Million in the UK (2.1M Live / 700k 1hr special doc) and was sold into 14 other territories.

The match also featured the famous tackle by Boris Johnson which became the sixth most watched clip on Youtube in 2006.

The match finished 4-2 to Germany. The teams included: Merson, Le Tissier, Gascoigne, Ferdinand, Barnes, Woods, Wilkins, Le Saux, Bonetti, Sharpe, Parker, Waddle. Damon Hill, Nigel Benn, Ben Cohen, Matt Dawson, Boris Johnson, Alec Stewart, Herbert Gronemeyer, Michael Stich, Danny Dyer, Darren Campbell, Rupert Graves, David Morrissey, Richard Ashcroft, Kyren Bracken, Angus Deayton.