\n Higham, 45, a hooker who excelled at Saints, Leigh and Warrington, is battling stage 4 melanoma.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event, at Ruskin Sports Village in Dentons Green, will include the rugby league legends game, Christmas markets, and a range of family entertainment.\n<\/p>\n
\n Former Saints team-mates of Higham’s including Chris Joynt, Sean Long, Mike Bennett and James Roby will be among those who will line up at Ruskin for the Steve Prescott Foundation Team.\n<\/p>\n
\n The SPF team will take on Micky Higham\u2019s side, which will feature former rugby league players, including ex-Warrington stars Ben Westwood, Stefan Ratchford, Paul Wood and Kevin Penny.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mickey Higham, in 2005, during his Saints days (Image: Bernard Platt)\n<\/p>\n
\n The Christmas family fun day will take place at Ruskin Sports Village on Sunday, December 7, with the match kicking off at 1.30pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Martin Blondel, general manager of the Steve Prescott Foundation, said: “The rugby league family comes together when one of our own faces a setback.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We were all devastated to hear about Micky\u2019s illness.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He has confronted cancer with the same positive mental attitude that Steve Prescott embodied.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We are grateful for the pioneering work being done by our beneficiaries at The Christie and know that Micky is in the best possible hands.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We anticipate another fantastic day, welcoming some of the greatest past players to support the SPF and Micky\u2019s cause.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Micky said: “I have received phenomenal support from everyone during my fight against melanoma, which has truly inspired me and helped me through difficult times.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I draw strength from Steve Prescott MBE\u2019s journey and his motto: \u2018What the mind believes, the body achieves!\u2019\n<\/p>\n
\n “This gives me the resilience to take on melanoma.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I cannot thank everyone enough for their incredible generosity towards my family; it is genuinely heartwarming.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m really looking forward to the Christmas Markets and Legends Game.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Having participated before, I know it will be a great day, and I want to thank the SPF for supporting my cause.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The event will feature indoor and outdoor market stalls, a Santa\u2019s Grotto, and activities for all ages.\n<\/p>\n
\n Entry to the Christmas markets and entertainment is free.\n<\/p>\n
\n Entry to the legends rugby game costs \u00a35, with kick-off at 2pm on the 3G pitch.\n<\/p>\n
\n Children under 16 can enter the game for free.\n<\/p>\n
\n All funds raised will be shared equally between The Steve Prescott Foundation and the Mickey Higham Fund.\n<\/p>\n
\n The full line-ups for the legends game are:\n<\/p>\n
Mickey Higham\u2019s team<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Micky Higham\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Stefan Ratchford\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Chris Hill\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Kevin Penny\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Mike Cooper\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Bennie Westwood\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Derek Beaumont\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Paul Wood\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Gary Hulse\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Alex Higham\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Harry Higham\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Martin Ridyard\n<\/p>\n
Steve Prescott Foundation team<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Louie McCarthy Scarsbrook\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Chris Joynt\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Sean Long\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Mike Bennett\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Gaz Langley\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 James Roby\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Matty Smith\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Maurie Fa’asavalu\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Paul Clough\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Gregg McNally\n<\/p>\n
\n \u2022 Ade Gardner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Higham, 45, a hooker who excelled at Saints, Leigh and Warrington, is battling stage 4 melanoma. The event,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295958,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-295957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295957"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295957\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}