MacDonald to watch Charity match?

By Matthew Jones
July 27 2002

Newcastle United, England and Century FM Legend, Macdonald has been invited along with 2 other Century FM Legends to watch Uncovered FC (Darlington FC Fans) play against rivals ITN FC (Hartlepool United FC Fans).

The same fixture was held last year with the game being played at Hartlepool. That game was played to raise money for former Hartlepool youth goalkeeper John Robert Collingwood. He was paralysed after an accident. The game raised hundreds of pounds and was a great success. Unfortunately we lost the game on penalties.

Now I could complain about the referee and how he played 10 minutes of injury whilst we were leading 3-1. Or the fact that he ordered one of our players off claiming we had 12 on the pitch when infact we had 11. But the purpose of the game meant the result was kind of irrelevent.

Century FM's Three Legends have given there backing to the game. The trio of stars promoted the game on their Century Radio phone-in show, The Three Legends.

Just a few minutes into Wednesday evening’s show, former Newcastle United and England hero Macdonald read out details of the game. And upon hearing about the clash, sidekick Slaven – who spent a season-and-a-half at Darlington – exclaimed: "That’ll be some classic!".

"I think we want to see Darlington supporters against Darlington directors!", quipped the one-time Republic of Ireland international, referring to the calls that his popular show has received from Quakers fans in the past about chairman George Reynolds.

The club have invited all three of the Three Legends to Sunday's game, and while none of them gave a clear indication as to whether they would be there, Macdonald said: "We’re cordially invited to go along too – and I’m sure plenty of Century listeners will".

The referee for the game will be Glen Hart - the son of former Premiership official Robbie Hart after Italian super-ref Pierluigi Collina was surprisingly overlooked.

The game will be played at the Eastbourne Sports Complex off Hundens Lane, in Darlington. Kick off is 2pm on Sunday and everybody is welcome to come and watch.