Ryan Giggs and the England national team have joined forces to boost the Professional Footballers' Association ‘One Goal, One Million' Appeal.
They have offered unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that they hope will raise thousands of pounds for charity –through a special partnership with Ebay.
New England manager Fabio Capello is offering two fans the opportunity to 'buy' a behind the scenes tour of a special training session.
He will invite two winners to attend a forthcoming training session where the lucky bidders will be able to get up close and personal with his England stars. They will watch training before both being presented with a signed England shirt.
Giggs has donated a pair of his match day boots which will be auctioned off to raise funds for sick children, along with a signed Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester United shirt.
Giggs is an Ambassador to the PFA's 'One Goal, One Million' trust fund – a charity specifically established to celebrate the Association's 100th birthday.
The Appeal was launched just over a year ago with the aim of raising £1 million to build a specialist Rehabilitation Unit at the new Manchester Children's Hospital.
Now, auction specialists Ebay have now teamed up with the PFA to help boost the Appeal by setting up a special site for football fans to try and own a piece of sporting history.
Giggs, one of the most decorated players of all time, handed over a pair of signed boots, to accompany a signed Cristiano Ronaldo shirt and an incredible gift from the new England manager Fabio Capello – the chance to watch his players train.
Giggs said: "It is an honour to be able to help the PFA as the 'One Goal, One Million' Appeal is such a fantastic cause. It is great that football can give something back to the community.
"The money raised will go towards helping young children across the North West with the very best facilities as they try to recover from injuries, illness and accidents. The hospital is very close to my heart as my mother has worked there for a long time and I know how badly they need the new facilities.
"Hopefully my boots and the other items donated will make a lot of money for the appeal."
The PFA has been given a number of items from the world of football and music to auction off to try and raise funds for the appeal.
They include:-
* New England manager Fabio Cappello has donated a stunning prize - offering two people the opportunity to come and watch his star players train, as well as collecting autographs and photographs of their heroes.
* Injuries and selections allowing, this is your chance to come and rub shoulders with the likes of David Beckham, Wayne Rooney, John Terry, Frank Lampard and the new look England squad.
* Manchester United star Christiano Ronaldo has personally signed a United shirt to celebrate his double winning success of being crowned PFA Player of the Year and PFA Young Player of the Year.
* This amazing shirt is framed and presented with a special plaque to mark his incredible achievement.
* Arsenal, Manchester City and Glasgow Rangers have all donated signed shirts along with a number of other stunning football prizes.
* Singing superstar ROBBIE WILLIAMS has donated a extremely rare gold disc, which comes framed and complete with a signed photo.
* Acclaimed artist HAROLD RILEY has donated an incredible sketchbook capturing the key moments as Manchester United completed their incredible Treble winning success of 1999, the Premiership, FA Cup and European Cup.
The items will go live this weekend giving bidders ten days to try and secure their dream prize. They should log onto the PFA website, www.givemefootball.com
This is the final event of the PFA Centenary Year which culminated with an England Legends versus the Rest of the World Legends clash on December 2nd, 2007 at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Sven Goran Eriksson guided his Rest of the World team, captained by Gianfranco Zola, to a stunning victory over Terry Venables England squad, skippered by Alan Shearer.
Stars from both teams have personally signed the special match day shirts and they too will be auctioned on the Ebay site.
The link to the site, available from Sunday will be:
www.givemefootball.com
PFA Chief Executive Gordon Taylor added: "This is a unique opportunity to own a piece of sporting history, we hope it will raise lots of money for our charity appeal."
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