Source: FOOTYMAD
Carra's testimonial set
Jamie Carragher's testimonial will be against Everton at Anfield on September 4th. Past and present Reds, including Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Didi Hamann, Jamie Redknapp and Judas Owen, will face an Everton XI in Carra's testimonial with all money raised going towards the 23 Foundation, the charity set up by the Liverpool defender. "It has been in the pipeline for four or five months and I've had to keep things quiet but I'm delighted now that I can start to talk about it properly. Hopefully it should be a great occasion, one that the Merseyside public get behind," said the vice-captain. "Every single penny that gets raised will be going to charity and it would nice to see the stadium full of families because that is what the day is going to be about. It's a huge honour to play for Liverpool and I just want to try and give something back. "Everton and David Moyes have been brilliant from the very start. When I thought about the testimonial, I started looking at a few different teams and when it would be best to play it but Everton were always my first idea."If we had gone for a foreign team, they would have incurred appearance fees and travel costs which would have needed paying for but that is not what this game is going to be about; the money we raise is for the city of Liverpool and Merseyside in general."Obviously Everton have only got to cross over the park but they never had any interest in expense. Everyone knows I was an Evertonian when I was a kid and I just thought it would be appropriate for the two teams in my life to have a game of football."
