The City of Cork and the Irish fan bases of Celtic and Man United will come together this afternoon in a celebration of a bygone era of football, and an event that will raise money for the Marymount Hospice and Liam Miller’s family.
The field will be graced by many of the players that Miller played with through his career from Roy Keane, Dennis Irwin and Ryan Giggs at Man United to Richard Dunne, Stilyan Petrov and Damien Duff on the Celtic and Ireland team they will face.
Sir Alex Ferguson, who brought Miller from one club to the other is not well enough to make the journey but has written in the match programme of how much of an impact Miller made.
The action gets underway from lunchtime and there will be a celebration of Gaelic Games at halftime, a little touch needed to get around the GAA rule which at one point threatened to derail the staging of the game in Cork’s biggest stadium.
Part of the overall sums of money raised will go towards a GAA benevolent fund for injured players.
President Michael D Higgins will be there, as well as a host of celebrities, politicians, sports stars and fans.
There will be a gala dinner in the city this evening and there is an online auction with memorabilia, travel packages and all sorts on offer.
Roy Keane manages the Man United team while his Republic of Ireland boss Martin O’Neill will lead the Celtic and Ireland team.
The game will be televised live on Virgin Media One with Kick off at 3 PM.
It will be a day of celebration of a man of Cork, who played all sports and was taken away far too soon by illness.
The CEO of the Man United Foundation which delivers projects aimed at helping disadvantaged young people will be our guest at the Sport for Business Sport for Social Good event taking place in Dublin on Thursday morning.
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