{"id":119919,"date":"2025-05-21T13:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119919\/"},"modified":"2025-05-21T13:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:43:08","slug":"when-is-north-england-vs-south-england-new-date-confirmed-players-ticket-information-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/119919\/","title":{"rendered":"When is North England vs South England? New date, confirmed players, ticket information and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North England FC will take on their South England counterparts in a match between former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/premier-league\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> players in September.<\/p>\n<p>The original date of Sunday, June 1, 2025 had to be postponed due to \u201cexisting engagements or injuries\u201d for some of the stars booked.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/robbie-fowler-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robbie Fowler<\/a> will be a player-manager for the North, while former Tottenham and West Ham boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/harry-redknapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Redknapp<\/a> will be in the dugout for the South. <\/p>\n<p>John Terry will serve as captain for the South, with   Steve McManaman wearing the armband for the North.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers have said the North team will bring together \u201clocal heroes and international stars who share northern roots or have become adopted icons at northern clubs\u201d, with the South side containing a similar mix of \u201chomegrown talent and global stars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date, kick-off time and venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for Sunday, September 7, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Valley, Charlton Athletic\u2019s stadium, will host.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where to watch North England vs South England<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A broadcaster for the match has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n<p>It has been confirmed that each squad will consist of 16 players \u201cfrom the top-flight\u2019s recent past\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The players involved will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler will be both a player and a manager on the day, with the former Liverpool striker relishing the chance to return to the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is obviously an element of fun to the game but I guarantee this will be competitive and serious because it will be great to beat them,\u201d Fowler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been an idea in the making for a number of years. It\u2019s a great concept that I hope everyone gets behind. The battle between North and South will always be there, the rivalry will always be there and there can only be one winner, hopefully it will be us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>How to buy tickets for North England vs South England<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets bought for the original June date will be will refunded. General admission tickets for adults were priced at \u00a315, with over 65s able to attend for \u00a310 and tickets for children under the age of 18 costing \u00a35. Those prices are not expected to change following the postponement.<\/p>\n<p>An allocation of tickets will be given to a charity partner, as well as the Charlton Athletic Community Trust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North England FC will take on their South England counterparts in a match between former Premier League players&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":119920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,12513,37434,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-119919","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-harry-redknapp","12":"tag-robbie-fowler","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114546121575316133","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}