The match will raise money in memory of three people killed in the Nottingham attacks.
Match organiser Adam Richardson said he got the idea for the match after seeing Ian Coates' sons wearing Forest shirts in memory of their dadRival football fans will come together to play a fundraising football match in memory of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks.in the early hours of 13 June.
Mr Coates was a school caretaker and avid Nottingham Forest fan, while Ms O'Malley Kumar and Mr Webber were both University of Nottingham students and keen sportspeople who played for a number of teams. "It was just an idea to bring both the cities together, to show solidarity [and] to show we were united," he said.Money raised by the match will go the the victims' families or charities they nominate.
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