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Lowery Legends beat Bradley's Blues 7-3 in charity match at Everton's Goodison Park

Olly Murs during the Bradley Lowery charity match at Goodison Park, Liverpool.
Image: Olly Murs was one of a number of stars turning out in the charity game

A celebrity charity match in aid of the Bradley Lowery Foundation and Everton in the Community finished with a fitting 7-3 scoreline on Sunday.

Sunderland fan Bradley died in July aged six after a brave battle - which captured hearts across the sporting world - against the rare childhood cancer neuroblastoma.

The Lowery Legends defeated Bradley's Blues 7-3 in Sunday's charity game in front of almost 13,000 fans at Goodison Park.

"I think it's a fitting scoreline 7-3, because (1973) is the year the Mackems won the FA Cup, so that was fitting for Bradley," said fellow Sunderland fan Chris Hughes, who was a contestant on television show Love Island.

Jamie O'Hara opened the scoring for The Lowery Legends, speeding forward and trading passes with football freestyler Jez Lynch before slipping the ball into the net.

O'Hara blasted in his team's next goal, too, when he took aim from the edge of the box and sent the ball flying into the Gwladys Street goal.

Peter Reid's 16th-minute entrance for Bradley's Blues brought the house down but former 911 band member Jimmy Constable was soon putting The Lowery Legends three goals in front.

Murs had his moment after ex-Sunderland hardman Alex Rae couldn't resist chopping down Soccer AM's Fenners in the box.

But a Bradley's Blues defence containing Everton stalwarts Alan Stubbs and Tony Hibbert then watched on as Summerbell jinked his way round the 'keeper and scored the day's most popular goal on the stroke of half-time.

Hibbert also showed his penalty-area habits haven't changed at all. Urged to shoot as he surged into the box, the popular full-back preferred to chop back onto his right foot and pass to a team-mate. He let Murs pull rank when it came to spot-kick duties, too.

O'Hara then completed his hat-trick with a shot from a similar distance - before being replaced by former X Factor contestant Che Chesterton.

Michael Gray and Peter Reid (right) battle for the ball during the Bradley Lowery charity match at Goodison Park, Liverpool.
Image: Michael Gray and Peter Reid (right) battle for the ball during the game

Coronation Street actor Shayne Ward rolled in a penalty for Bradley's Blues to make the score 5-2. And when another man of Soccer AM, Tubes, struck - with a fine finish, it should be noted - it was game back on.

But Lynch abandoned his freestyling for the more conventional pursuit of thrashing the ball high in the net to restore The Lowery Legends' three-goal advantage.

Love Island's Hughes, already thrilled to be playing in the colours of his beloved Sunderland, gleefully scored his team's seventh goal.

Stubbs, who played for both Everton and Sunderland during his career, said: "A big round of applause must go to everybody who turned up today to support a fantastic cause. He was such an inspirational boy.

"Unfortunately I don't think there were any inspirational performances on the pitch, but it wasn't about that today."

Billericay Town and former Tottenham midfielder O'Hara, who scored a hat-trick for the Lowery Legends, added: "It was nice to get a few goals and the win but the real winners today is everyone that's come out and supported Bradley.

"This is amazing, incredible support and you should all be proud of yourselves."

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