Sidemen FC match raises £4m for charities including BBC Children in Need

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Sidemen FC match raises £4m for charities including BBC Children in Need

The sell-out Sidemen FC charity match at Wembley Stadium on Saturday raised £4,733,004 for charities including BBC Children in Need.

The

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Allstars beat Sidemen FC in a “tense” penalty shootout, following a 9-9 draw at full-time.

The Sidemen – a seven-strong group that includes content creators, musicians and boxer KSI – have more than 146 million

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subscribers between them.

Over 8 million people tuned in from around the world

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, according to a statement from the organisers.

All 90,000 tickets for the game sold out in three hours, the statement added.

The Sidemen said that they raised almost double the amount raised in their previous charity match, at West Ham’s London Stadium, which raised £2m in 2023.

Other charities that will benefit, are Bright Side and M7 Education.

Captaining the two sides, were The Sidemen’s Miniminter for Sidemen FC, and IShowSpeed for

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Allstars.

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also featured for the All Stars.

At half-time, both teams were drawing 4-4, and surprise half time performances came from

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and The Sidemen’s own

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who performed his track Thick Of It.

After a high-scoring 9-9 draw, the

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All Stars sealed the win on penalties.

The seven members of The Sidemen went from making gaming content in their bedrooms

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Its members are: Olajide ‘JJ’ Olatunji (KSI), Simon Minter (Miniminter), Joshua Bradley (Zerkaa), Tobit ‘Tobi’ Brown (TBJZL), Ethan Payne (Behzinga), Vikram Singh Barn (Vikkstar123), and Harry Lewis (W2S).

Their

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channels have over 6 billion views globally, representatives said.

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