Sentence examples for testimonial against from inspiring English sources

United have other matches coming up including Rio Ferdinand's testimonial against Seville on Friday and the Community Shield against Wigan at Wembley on Sunday.

Liverpool's new £3.5m signing Paul Konchesky is to make his debut in Jamie Carragher's testimonial against an Everton XI at Anfield on Saturday.

He did the same with money from his pension and the £200,000 earned from his own testimonial against Manchester United in 2005.

Rooney's testimonial against his former club was devoid of intensity but succeeded in the main objective of raising substantial funds for the United and England captain's foundation.

Wayne Rooney's testimonial against Everton at Old Trafford follows on 3 August before the Community Shield match against Leicester City at Wembley four days later.

In view of Ballack's services to the national team, Löw and the German FA wanted to organise an unofficial testimonial against Brazil (August 2011) but the pride of the "Capitano" was too hurt for him to agree.

He scored 93 in an eight-wicket victory over South Australia, and then amassed 106 for Arthur Morris's XI in a testimonial match against Lindsay Hassett's XI, his first century against Australian opposition.

Phil Jones was nine when Giggs had his testimonial match against Celtic in 2001 and not even born when he made his debut.

Gary Neville's hopes of a lucrative testimonial match against Rangers have been dashed because of police fears about violence and damage to the city, mirroring the scenes in Manchester at the Uefa Cup final two years ago.

Brendan Rodgers insisted that he wanted to keep his transfer-seeking Uruguay striker, who was given a standing ovation by the Anfield crowd when he appeared as a second-half substitute in Steven Gerrard's testimonial match against Olympiakos.

Darren Fletcher made an appearance for Manchester United in Tuesday's 2-1 testimonial defeat against Aberdeen.