Noel Edmonds featured in images captured during a charitable soccer fixture held at Oxford City’s venue, representing one of the standout entries in this historical photograph collection.

The broadcasting personality joined several other well-known figures at the Marsh Lane facility in 1976 for the benefit match.

A squad of BBC radio presenters competed against employees from Radio Oxford to generate donations for the station’s charitable causes.

BBC disc jockeys, among them Radio 1’s Noel Edmonds, faced off against a Radio Oxford staff team at Oxford City’s Ground to collect money for the radio station’s charities, 1976 (Image: Oxford Mail archive)

This represents just one of ten historical photographs displaying charitable football games across Oxfordshire included in this Oxford Mail archive compilation.

Additional discovered images depict young actors from the popular television drama Hollyoaks who appeared on the field at the Kassam stadium opposing Fox FM broadcasters for Children in Need in 2005.

Browse through the collection to witness numerous charitable football matches in progress throughout the years.