EVENT HISTORY & BACKGROUND

Thursday the 2nd April 2009 saw the beginning of an exciting new chapter in Football Aid history, with our first ever Wales International match taking place at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. This was just our 2nd ever International event, following on from our highly successful Scotland matches at Hampden and it provided Welsh football fans with the unrivalled opportunity to represent their country at their national stadium. The event format involved a Wales International Home Team taking on a Rest of the World Away team, with the Home side led by Clayton Blackmore and the Away team featuring Pat Nevin and Trevor Steven.

POSITION AVAILABILITY

All positions in our game at The Millennium stadium on Thu 12th April have now been secured, however there is always the possibility that a position could become available again due to a cancellation. Therefore we'd advise you to keep an eye on this page for updates, or alternatively Contact Us with details of your name, e-mail address and telephone number if you'd like to be placed on a reserve list.

PLAYING LEGENDS & MANAGERS

We're delighted to announce our legends for the Wales match will be the current Management team of Llanelli - Andy Legg and Steve Jenkins. Andy started his career at Swansea City and went on to play for Notts County, Birmingham City, Ipswich Town, Reading, Peterborough United, Cardiff City and Llanelli, winning 6 Caps for his Country between 1996-2001. He was also known for having the longest throw-in in football and once held the world record! Steve also started his career at Swansea City and went on to make over 450 Football League appearances at Huddersfield Town, Birmingham City, Cardiff City, Notts County, Peterborough United and Swindon Town and also earned 16 caps for Wales between 1995 - 2001. Steve will be the playing legend for the Home team with Andy down to play for the Away team.