The Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars 2023,charity match is here, check out all the details like match date, venue, kick-off time, live streaming, lineup
The Sidemen are a famous British YouTube group, who are set to host their fifth charity football match against the YouTube AllStars.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars charity match 2023 date, kick-off time, lineup, stadium, teams, tickets price, live stream
Sidemen Charity Match 2023: Sidemen FC VS YouTube Allstars.
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The group have previously sold-out professional football stadiums like St Mary’s and The Valley during such charity matches.
This year again, the group announced another charity match following its most recent success back in 2022. The group are expecting a record attendance for this year’s upcoming event.
The Sidemen
The sidemen are a group of seven YouTubers who started out in 2013. Ever since then, the team have achieved 10 million subscribers on YouTube in 2020, which earned them a diamond plaque. They channel now has over 18 million subscribers and this is excluding their individual channels. So far, none of the members have ever left the group nor have they brough in any new members.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars 2023 match date and venue
The upcoming Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars 2023 match will take place on Saturday 9th September 2023. Premier League club West Ham’s London Stadium will host the match in front of a sell-out crowd of 60,000 fans. Previously, the St Mary’s stadium with a capacity of 32,000 was the largest stadium to host this event.
Expected kick-off time
Although the official kick-off time hasn’t yet been confirmed as of now, fans can expect a similar time as last year’s match, which started at 3:00pm.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars 2023 how to buy tickets and live streaming
As of now, all the tickets to the upcoming game are all sold-out. In fact, the tickets to the charity match got sold-out in just 90 minutes after it went on general sale on the Sidemen FC website. There are rumours of another ticket sale as the date of the match gets closer, but this is highly unlikely.
Fans who wish to watch the game but did not get a hold of the match tickets can still live stream the match. Fans will most probably be able to stream the match for free on YouTube via the Sidemen YouTube channel.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars 2023 confirmed players
Currently, only a few players have been confirmed to take part in the match alongside the Sidemen. Given below are firstly the seven original Sidemen team members:
- KSI – JJ Olatunji
- Miniminter – Simon Minter
- Zerkaa – Joshua Bradly
- Vikkstar123 – Vikram Barn
- W2S – Harry Lewis
- Behzinga – Ethan Payne
- TBJZL – Tobi Brown
Aside from them the other confirmed players are Mr Beast and IShowSpeed. Other stars like ChrisMD, Calfreezy, Callux, WillNE and some of the Beta squad members are expected to make a return. These players have played in almost every charity match since it started back in 2016. Fans will also be hoping to see popular streamer on The United Stand, entertainer, and Manchester United fan Mark Goldbridge make a return as team manager. British rapper Aitch has been confirmed to make a performance in the halftime show.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars previous charity matches
The first match Sidemen charity match took place back in 2016, where Sidemen FC emerged victorious 7-2 over their rivals. The YouTube AllStars then went on to claim their first, and currently only, victory over the Sidemen the following year in 2017, winning 2-0. The Sidemen came back in 2018 to smash the YouTube All Stars 7-1. Following a pause due to Covid, the most recent match took place in 2022 where the Sidemen won 8-7.
Interestingly, the first charity match, which took place at then–Premier League side Southampton’s St Mary’s stadium raised over £100,000 for the Saints Foundation. Following which, League One side Charlton Athletic hosted the 2016, 2017, and 2022 charity matches at The Valley. Both the 2016 and 2017 events raised over £270,000 for the NSPCC, Young Minds and Charlton Athletic Community Trust respectively. Meanwhile, the 2022 match raised a whopping estimated £1 million for Teenage Cancer Trust, CALM, children’s charity Rays of Sunshine, and M7 Education.
All of these previous Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars have brought about great and memorable moments for fans. WillNE’s GoPro became a highlight from the 2022 match, where he recorded the entire match from his perspective. The match also features comedian and YouTuber Steven Tries as the match day commentator for fans viewing on YouTube. His unique style of commentary alone creates entertainment for fans throughout the match.
Moreover, the matches have plenty of goalscoring action as so far the two teams have scored 34 goals between them. There matches have also seen some big tackles as the influencers get into the game spirit. One tackle that went viral among fans was IShowSpeed’s tackle on KSI. The popular American YouTuber brought down the YouTuber/Boxer/Singer within the first 20 seconds of the match.
Sidemen FC vs YouTube AllStars results prediction
As things stand, Sidemen FC are the clear favourites to win the match based on past results. The team have so far won three out four matches and have Miniminter and TBJZL on their team. The two arguably some of the best YouTube footballers around. However, the players for the YouTube AllStars team is still yet to be confirmed, as such, it is difficult to give a solid prediction. If the team manage to rope in players from last year’s match like Theo Baker and Noah Beck, they will possess a chance to win.