On the ball!

Singer Louis Tomlinson and comedian Paddy McGuinness on playing in Soccer Aid...

- HANNAH DAVIES, NATASHA HOLT

Q This year, you'll be on the pitch at Old Trafford with the likes of Sir Mo Farah, Jill Scott, Martin Compston and Gorka Márquez. What makes Soccer Aid so special?

Louis: It’s the only real opportunity you get to play in a football game of that magnitude if you're not a professional footballer. So it’s very exciting for a football fan, and coupled with all the good that the charity has done over the past two decades, it’s remarkable, really.