All money from the match will go to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation a charity set up by the Former Newcastle United manager to raise funds for a cancer research project focusing on the "early detection and treatment of cancer and the clinical trials of new drugs."

Sir Bobby who has won 4 battles with cancer over the past 15 years and is currently fighting a 5^th had hoped for a sell-out crowd for the match.

When the game was announced he said;

"I'm thrilled at the prospect of reuniting my 1990 England squad in support of my charity.

It will be a pleasure to see them together again, hopefully this time we'll get the result we want against Germany.

We had a good group of players that year, very talented, very tough and ambitious. We got better as the tournament progressed, more accomplished, and the fact we lost on penalties and not in open play tells its story.

I found out in World Cup football that some teams, over a long spell, are happy to get knocked out and go home but we weren't like that.

We were determined to stay in the competition as long as possible and had great will to win.

Some players get homesick but we had great staying power in the team and our ambition was to stay to the bitter end. We were so near but so far.

I am very grateful to my former players who are coming up to Newcastle to help raise money for my charity. I am also very appreciative of the efforts of the German players who have so much further to travel.

During the World Cup we all had the same aim and that was to win the tournament - but we were on opposing sides. It's very special for me now, all these years later, to know we're all pulling together with the same aim, as the same team, fighting cancer.

The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is extremely important to me and I'll keep going for as long as I can to help raise money for the experts trying to find a cure for this terrible disease. I understand 1 in 3 of us will be diagnosed with cancer and the effects can be devastating."

You can donate to the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation by clicking the link below. So far over a million pounds has been raised since its launch in March last year and you can contribute either via the Just Giving webpage, personal cheque or in person via a fund raising event. If donating online you will receive the option to add "gift aid". By ticking the "gift aid" box you will be enabling the charity to claim back the taxable amount from the government which raises the donation.

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