08-03-2025
Live Sidemen vs YouTube Allstars: Lineups and latest updates from Sidemen Charity Match 2025
As Andy Warhol almost said, in the future everyone will be famous for 90 minutes and that future has arrived for two teams of YouTubers playing football in front of a sold-out Wembley this afternoon.
The exhibition charity match between Sidemen FC and YouTube Allstars has been played since 2015 in progressively larger venues, from Southampton's St Mary's Stadium to West Ham's London Stadium.
The 90,000 tickets for today's contest at the national football stadium sold out in three hours, with money being raised for Bright Side, BBC Children in Need and M7 Education. Last year's match raised more than £2.4 million for Teenage Cancer Trust and Calm.
Sidemen FC are the defending champions so to speak, winning the last charity match 8-5. The Sidemen are a group of friends and YouTubers who began by making gaming videos from their bedrooms and grew exponentially into a multi-million pound digital empire. They are: Olajide 'JJ' Olatunji (KSI), Simon Minter (Miniminter), Joshua Bradley (Zerkaa), Tobit 'Tobi' Brown (TBJZL), Ethan Payne (Behzinga), Vikram Singh Barn (Vikkstar123), and Harry Lewis (W2S). They have 22 million subscribers on their main YouTube channel.
The exact teams are not confirmed but these are the squads from what we know so far.
Sidemen: JME. Logan Paul, Zerkaa, Miniminter, George Clarkey, Joe Weller, Callux, XQC, LazarBeam, Randolph, KSI (captain), TBJZL, Mark Rober, Behzinga, Manny, Wroetoshaw, JasonTheWeen, Vikkstar123
Calfreezy (Manager)
YouTube Allstars: Sketch, WillNE, Kai Cenat, Max Fosh, iShowSpeed (captain), ChrisMD, Angryginge, Theo Baker, CarryMinati, Chunkz, Fanum, Lachlan, Danny Aarons, Stable Ronaldo, Jynxzi, Niko Omilana, Deji, MrBeast
TheBurntchip (Manager)
The YouTube Allstars appear to be the underdogs if history is anything to go by, losing four of the last five charity games. The one thing that should be guaranteed is goals, with one such game finishing 8-7. The charity match also earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for the most viewed sports streaming event.
