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A Jersey YouTuber scored an impressive goal in a charity match this weekend that has helped raise more than £1m for charity.
Chris Dixon – known to his 5.64m YouTube subscrubers as ‘Chris MD’ was playing for the official squad of online comedy troupe ‘Sidemen’ against the ‘YouTube Allstars’ at packed-out Charlton Athletic Stadium, the Valley.
Overseeing the game was world-class referee Mark Clattenburg, whose refereeing history inckudes the 2016 UEFA Champions League Final and the UEFA Euro 2016 Final.
Taking place on Saturday, the match saw an incredible 15 goals in total, with Sidemen winning the day.
Video: Chris's goal in the charity game. (Sidemen/YouTube)
After a closely-fought 70 minutes, It was Chris's goal – a strike from just inside the 18-yard box into the bottom-right corner – that took Sidemen into the lead for the first time.
The final result was 8-7, super-charged by a hattrick from Sidemen's Miniminter.
That event was so clear. Huge amount of money for charity, huge amount of entertainment for all the right and wrong reasons. We live in a simulation ????
— Chris Dixon (@chrismd10) September 24, 2022
Amazing work @Sidemen ????????
The match, whose stream has attracted more than 19 million views, with 2.9m people tuning in at once at its peak.
Throughout, viewers were encouraged to donate, with 100% of proceeds going towards the Campaign Against Living Miserably (40%), Teenage Cancer Trust (40%), Rays of Sunshine (10%), and M7E (10%).
❤️ https://t.co/7Bzp32VNqy pic.twitter.com/I3A14oM68x
— Sidemen (@Sidemen) September 24, 2022
In total, more than £1m was raised.
It wasn't the first time Chris had taken part in the charity game organised by Sidemen – however, he had previously played for the YouTube Allstars, at one point even captaining the squad.
Video: Chris's memorable goal in the 2017 Sidemen game, during which he played on the side of the Youtube Allstars. (ChrisMD/YouTube)
In 2017, he scored what he described as his "dream goal" before a crowd of 30,000.
He was invited to take part after rising to YouTube fame through his football videos, starting with FIFA commentary before extending to his own pursuits on the pitch.
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Chris spoke to Connect Magazine, Express's sister publication, about life as a YouTuber for the 'No Ordinary Day Job' feature, which you can read below...
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