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Rio leads Legends in Mooro farewell game

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Rio1_1691566aRio Ferdinand will lead his nation for the last time when England Legends take on Germany at the Boleyn Ground!

Rio has agreed to captain  a host of Three Lions stars of days gone by in a unique Farewell Boleyn fixture on Monday 2 May at 4pm.

Tickets for a game which will include such as  Joe Cole, Teddy Sheringham, Dean Ashton, Trevor Sinclair and David James are now on sale to West Ham United Season Ticket Holders and Members.

The fixture will see some of the biggest names in the game feature on the famous old ground where the 1966 heroes Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters became household names.

Others who will represent the legends are  David Platt,  Sol Campbell, Paul Scholes – who appeared in two FIFA World Cups, Euro 96 semi-finalists Steve McManaman, Jamie Redknapp and Robbie Fowler.

The professionals will be supported by a cast of stars from film, music, sport and television, including lifelong Hammer and assistant manager Ray Winstone.

Winstone and his star-studded England squad will not have it all their own way, however, as the Germany Legends also possess a fearsome line-up of international heroes of years gone by.

Die Mannschaft will be captained by former Chelsea and Bayern Munich midfielder Michael Ballack, who will be able to call upon 1990 FIFA World Cup-winning captain Lothar Matthaus and defender Guido Buchwald, Euro 96 winners Fredi Bobic and Mario Basler and 2002 World Cup centre-half Jens Nowotny.

Seats are on sale to West Ham United Season Ticket Holders and Members, with any remaining seats going on General Sale from 9am on Monday 21 March. Click here to buy!

Season Ticket Holders’ Standard Tickets are priced at £20 for Adults, £10 for Over-65s and Under-21s and £5 for Under-16s.

Non-Season Ticket Holders’ Standard Tickets are priced at £25 for Adults, £15 for Over-65s and Under-21s and £10 for Under-16s.

Alternatively,  VIP packages available are from £99 plus VAT. For more information or to buy now, please call 0871 091 1811 (calls cost 10p/min plus network extras).

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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