As a build up to the main event, Pendle Leisure Trust has joined forces with Burnley Football Club to organise a local Soccer Six competition.
The winners will each receive a replica shirt of the ones to be worn by the celebrities in the Soccer Six Tournament in June.
Adult footballers are being invited to enter a 6-a-side team to take part in a knockout competition at Pendle Leisure Centre Astroturf in Colne, on Sunday, May 22nd.
A number of teams have already taken up the challenge and there is still room for a couple more. But you have just a few days left to sign-up!
Phil Storey, Chief Executive of Pendle Leisure Trust, said: “While we will be raising awareness of the Soccer Six event, our tournament will be a bit of competitive fun and give our own local football stars a chance to shine!
"We are looking for a total of 18 teams to play in this World Cup style competition and we would like to see teams from throughout East Lancashire getting involved.”
Stars from Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road, The Only Way Is Essex and Big Brother are the latest set to lace up their boots for the charity tournament, which comes to Burnley after stints at Liverpool, Everton, Reading, Leeds United, Aston Villa, West Ham and Chelsea football grounds.
With over 150 celebrities taking part, Soccer Six is the biggest 6-a-side celebrity football tournament in the world.
Director of Commercial Affairs at Burnley Football Club, Anthony Fairclough, added: “We have already had some well-known celebrities sign up to the event, which should be a great day out.
“And we are pleased to be working with Pendle Leisure Trust to give local footballers a taste of the forthcoming fixture.”
It will cost each team £10 to enter and the winners and runners-up will each receive a Soccer Six shirt as their prize.
If you would like to enter a team you have just a few days left to do it, contact Joe Cooney on 01282 661225 or e-mail jmailto:joseph.cooney@pendleleisuretrust.co.uk
