Michael Carrick Testimonial
After being awarded a testimonial from Manchester United for having played 11 years with the club, Michael went ahead with the match on the 4th June which attracted over 70,000 fans and 1.8 million viewers on ITV. All in all it was a huge success with proceeds going to the Michael Carrick Foundation.
The charities to which the testimonial proceeds will be distributed by the foundation are based in Manchester and Newcastle initially, focusing on young people and their development. The vision of the Michael Carrick Foundation is to create opportunities for children to feel safe, valued and inspired to achieve.
Also benefitting will be projects of the Manchester United Foundation which works across some of the most deprived areas of Greater Manchester, using the passion for Manchester United to help and inspire youngsters.
The teams consisted of the Manchester United 2008's team and the 'Michael Carrick All-Stars XI'; the list of players included Van der Sar, Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Michael Owen to name a few. As managers, Sir Alex and Harry Redknapp also took part to show their respects to Michael.
They all made their way to Old Trafford on the 4th June to honour Michael and help raise money for what is a brilliant cause. A fantastic day all round!
“I couldn’t expect anything like this, thank you all for turning up it’s amazing and looks fantastic. I’d like to thank Manchester United in general, the board of directors, the owners for giving me this opportunity to put the game on.”