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Sidemen Football Club YouTube Allstars | |
Sport | Association football |
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Type | Friendly match |
Location | England |
First meeting | Sidemen FC 7–2 YT Allstars (3 June 2016 ) |
Latest meeting | Sidemen FC 8–5 YT Allstars (9 September 2023 ) |
Next meeting | 8 March 2025 |
Broadcasters | YouTube |
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Statistics | |
Meetings total | 5 |
Most wins | Sidemen FC (4) |
Top scorer | ![]() |
All-time record |
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Largest victory | Sidemen FC 7–1 YT Allstars (2 June 2018) |
Smallest victory | Sidemen FC 0–2 YT Allstars (21 May 2017) |
Largest goal scoring | 15 goals (24 September 2022) |
Longest win streak | Sidemen FC, 3 (2018–present) |
Current win streak | Sidemen FC, 3 (2018–present) |
Locations of all the stadiums that have hosted or will be hosting Sidemen Charity Matches |
The Sidemen Charity Match is a recurring association football-based charity event, organised by British YouTube group the Sidemen.
The event has been held on five occasions since 2016: one at St Mary's Stadium, three at the Valley, and one at London Stadium. All matches have been livestreamed via YouTube, promoting various charitable causes. In each edition, the seven members of the Sidemen—KSI, W2S, Miniminter, Zerkaa, Vikkstar123, TBJZL and Behzinga—and various affiliated YouTubers compete as the Sidemen Football Club, [note 1] whilst various other influencers compete as the YouTube Allstars.
The fourth charity match, held in 2022, is recognised by Guinness World Records for the highest live viewership on a YouTube charity sports match, peaking at over 2.5 million viewers.
Prior to the first Sidemen Charity Match, five members of the group (all except KSI and Vikkstar123) participated in the first EE Wembley Cup on 8 August 2015 as part of Sidemen United, a team that was established for the match. Sidemen United lost against Spencer FC 5–2. The Wembley Cup would be held annually for three more years without Sidemen United (which effectively dissolved after their only match), although Sidemen members Wroetoshaw, TBJZL and KSI would participate in the 2017 Wembley Cup as part of Tekkers Town, who lost against Hashtag United 6–1.[ citation needed ]
The first Sidemen Charity Match was held at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, on 3 June 2016, raising over £110,000 for the Saints Foundation. [1] [2] Over 600,000 people watched the livestream on YouTube—the most ever for YouTube Gaming at the time—and 15,000 people attended the match; [2] the stadium only permitted the Sidemen to fill the seats to half-capacity.
Three subsequent matches were held at The Valley, London. The second and third matches, in 2017 and 2018, respectively raised £210,000 for the NSPCC and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust, [3] [4] and £65,747 for the Young Minds Trust and the Charlton Athletic Community Trust. [5] After a four-year hiatus, the fourth match in 2022 raised over £1,000,000 for CALM, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rays of Sunshine and M7 Education. [6] [7] [8] The livestreamed match later secured a Guinness World Record for "most viewers for a charity sports match live stream on YouTube" with 2,558,501. [9]
A fifth match was held on 9 September 2023 at London Stadium, [10] the home stadium of Behzinga's supported team West Ham United. Sidemen FC won 8–5 and retained the championship against the YouTube Allstars. [11] Rapper Aitch performed for the match's halftime show. [12] The match raised over £2.4 million for CALM, Teenage Cancer Trust, Rays of Sunshine and M7Education. [11]
On 3 November 2024, the Sidemen's official X (formerly known as Twitter) account posted that the charity match would be returning for a sixth match, with ticket information to be revealed on 10 November. [13] It was later revealed on that date that the next match would be held on 8 March 2025 at Wembley Stadium, the UK's largest stadium. [14] The charities supported for this match will be the BBC's charity Children in Need and the Sidemen's own charity, Bright Side. [14]
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Sidemen | 7–1 | YouTube Allstars |
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Sidemen | 8–5 | YouTube Allstars |
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Year | Money raised | Charity(s) |
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2016 | £110,000 [1] | Saints Foundation |
2017 | £210,000 [4] | NSPCC Charlton Athletic Community Trust |
2018 | £65,747 [5] | Young Minds Charlton Athletic Community Trust |
2019 | Not held | |
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2022 | £1,000,000 [6] | CALM Teenage Cancer Trust Rays of Sunshine M7 Education |
2023 | £2,400,000 [11] | |
2024 | Not held | |
2025 | To be determined | BBC Children in Need Bright Side |
Pos. | Player | Appearances | Goals |
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1 | ![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 10 |
2 | ![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 6 |
3 | ![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 2 (2022–2023) | 3 |
6 | ![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 2 |
![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 2 | |
![]() | 2 (2017, 2022) | 2 | |
![]() | 2 (2022–2023) | 2 | |
10 | ![]() | 2 (2016–2017) | 1 |
![]() | 1 (2016) | 1 | |
![]() ![]() | 2 (2022–2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 2 (2022–2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 4 (2017–2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 1 (2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 5 (2016–2023) | 1 | |
![]() | 1 (2023) | 1 | |
Publication | Year | World record | Record holder | R. Status | Ref. |
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Guinness World Records | 2023 | Most viewers for a sports event live stream on social media | Sidemen | Record | [9] |
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