{"id":520014,"date":"2026-03-07T08:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520014\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T08:35:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T08:35:12","slug":"paddy-mcguinness-shares-rare-early-soccer-aid-snaps-ahead-of-record-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/520014\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddy McGuinness shares rare early Soccer Aid snaps ahead of record appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bolton\u2019s Paddy McGuinness has shared a series of throwback snaps from his early Soccer Aid days as he prepares to make history in this year\u2019s match.<\/p>\n<p>The Farnworth-raised comedian took to Instagram to look back at where it all began ahead of his 10th appearance for England, a milestone that will see him become Soccer Aid\u2019s all-time appearance holder in its 20th anniversary year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The post highlights just how long he has been part of the event, with images featuring a host of familiar faces from across sport and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, he has shared the pitch with stars including Stormzy, Tom Hiddleston, Jamie Redknapp, Freddie Flintoff, Mo Farah, Olly Murs and Niall Horan.<\/p>\n<p>In the caption, he wrote: \u201cI\u2019m back to make my record-breaking 10th @socceraid for UNICEF appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMade my first appearance in 2010 and here we are 16 years later!!!<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got another load of pics for you tomorrow! Too many to show on one carousel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year the match will take place at @londonstadium on Sunday, May 31! Let\u2019s go!!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soccer Aid for UNICEF has raised more than \u00a3121 million since it was launched in 2006 by Robbie Williams.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s match will take place at the London Stadium on Sunday, May 31.<\/p>\n<p>Often seen in goal for England, Paddy has become one of the most recognisable faces in the squad over the past 15 years and this latest appearance marks a significant personal milestone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bolton\u2019s Paddy McGuinness has shared a series of throwback snaps from his early Soccer Aid days as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,105201,107875,89046,129639,173117,561,203814,82,123036],"class_list":["post-520014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-freddie-flintoff","tag-jamie-redknapp","tag-mo-farah","tag-olly-murs","tag-paddy-mcguinness","tag-soccer","tag-soccer-aid","tag-sports","tag-tom-hiddleston"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}