Airdrie Working Males's Membership was the most popular ticket on the town because it hosted appearances by well-known faces together with Wellerman songwriter Nathan Evans, Karen Dunbar and stars of Nonetheless Sport and River Metropolis .
The celebrities had been on the venue to kick on promotion of this Sunday's All Stars v Legends pro-celebrity charity soccer match at Airdrieonians' Excelsior Stadium.
Evans, Dunbar, Nonetheless Sport actors Sanjeev Kohli, Gavin Mitchell, Jane McCarry, Matt Costello, Paul Younger and Lynne McCallum Corridor, Gayle Telfer Stevens and Cameron Fulton of River Metropolis , and Dee Hepburn, aka Dorothy from Gregory’s Woman, bought tickets for the soccer fundraiser - in support of North Lanarkshire Suicide Prevention - and posed for selfies and autographs with thrilled guests.
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The open day was hosted by All Stars v Legends co-organiser Ross Owen, with the radio presenter "delighted" with the way it went.
Ross instructed Lanarkshire Stay : "We had a completely wonderful response to our open day on the membership.
"The celebrities who gave up their time to come back and promote tickets for the charity match on to followers had been in nice kind and spent a variety of time chatting with individuals.
"Everybody had an incredible snicker and we managed to promote a large number of tickets for the sport.
"An enormous thanks goes to Gerry Orr, Jim Clark and Gordon Hunter at Airdrie Working Males's Membership for his or her beneficiant hospitality."
As Lanarkshire Stay reported final month, celebrities will go head-to-head with footballing legends at Sunday's extravaganza.
The fundraiser has been organised by Ross, Airdrieonians FC and the Airdrie Group Belief with musician Evans being joined on the pitch by River Metropolis’s Stephen Purdon and Cameron Fulton, Outlander star Scott Kyle, Sanjeev Kohli of Nonetheless Sport fame, Robin Laing from Band of Brothers and soccer pundit Peter Martin, in addition to footballing legends together with Airdrieonians’ personal Owen Coyle, Bryan Prunty, Sandy Stewart, Andy Smith and Willie McGuire, together with Outdated Agency favourites Gordon Smith, Simon Donnelly and Marvin Andrews.
Final week, Lanarkshire Stay instructed how sea-shanty sensation Evans mentioned it can be “a privilege” to participate within the charity soccer match being held in his house city, whereas British comedy icon Ricky Gervais gave his backing to the thrilling event.
Gervais mentioned: “I’m sorry I can’t be there in individual to look at the charity match on July 31, however good luck to everybody who's collaborating at Airdrieonians Soccer Membership.
“North Lanarkshire Suicide Prevention do an incredible job and it’s such a worthy trigger.”
And Evans added: "It’s a privilege to play on the Excelsior Stadium. Once I was wee I lived throughout the street from the bottom, on Howletnest Street.
“I keep in mind hitting the massive pink doorways on the surface with a ball once I was youthful, wishing I might play on the within. Getting to come back and do that is unbelievable.
“I used to play with a workforce once I was actually younger known as Strathclyde Colts, on Saturday mornings, and a number of different groups.
“I can not wait to play with Marvin Andrews; he simply walks about with a giant smile on his face and is at all times joyful.
“I'm actually excited in regards to the recreation and hope we are able to increase as a lot cash for, and consciousness of, suicide prevention.”
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There are nonetheless tickets for the All Stars v Legends recreation, priced £8 for adults and £4 for youths, with free entry for under-fives , accessible right here.
Pre-match leisure, which features a bouncy citadel, a pirate ship, face portray, reside music and some surprises, begins at 11am with the match kicking off at 1pm.
- See subsequent week's Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser for pictures and full protection of the extravaganza.
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