Jamie Carragher hits charity milestone figure with Wayne Rooney help as Liverpool greats give back
A host of Liverpool greats helped a Merseyside foundation break through the £1m barrier for funds raised during a busy weekend of charity across the North West.
Football For Change - an organisation fronted up by Reds vice captain Trent Alexander-Arnold, the legendary Jamie Carragher and Leicester's Conor Coady - held its third annual gala on Saturday night with the aim of raising enough to take FFC past the £1m mark for funds raised in total for disadvantaged young people in the UK.
Carragher was joined by his former Liverpool team-mate Peter Crouch on stage at the Old Trafford Cricket Ground for a special Q&A alongside their ex-England colleague and current Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney. The trio gave an unrivalled insight into their respective careers during a fascinating conversation.
In typical good humour, Crouch shed light on how he was given the confidence to end his infamous goal Liverpool drought of 2005 by getting to know locals through a karaoke performance of Hey Jude in a Scotland Road pub, while a relaxed Rooney revealed his initial unease by his sudden rise to fame when he found himself rubbing shoulders with A-list celebrities at a David Beckham-hosted party while still in his teens.
Rooney also told of one particularly brutal exchange with Carragher during a match for Manchester United at Liverpool that left him wincing and bloodied but refusing to let the Anfield faithful know the defender's tackle had hurt.
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The charity, which provides life-changing opportunities in education, employment and sport for school leavers
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