SKY Sports presenter and Hartlepool United fan Jeff Stelling is set to walk ten marathons in ten days from Victoria Park to Wembley Stadium to help beat prostate cancer.
Stelling will be joined by, among others, Russ Green, the Chief Executive of Hartlepool United.
The challenge takes place from March 21 to 30, with Stelling raising money to beat a disease killing one man every hour.
Day One takes Jeff from Hartlepool via Middlesborough FC to Marske, Day Two is from York City to Leeds United, Day Three from Doncaster Rovers to Scunthorpe United, Day Four from Rotherham Utd to Chesterfield and Day Five from Derby County via Burton Albion to Notts County and Nottingham Forest.
Day Six starts at Wolves and goes via Walsall, Birmingham City to Aston Villa, Day Seven goes from Coventry City to Leicester City, while Day Eight goes from Northampton Town to MK Dons.
Day Nine sees Stelling at Luton Town via St Albans FC to Watford FC and finally Day 10 starts at AFC Wimbledon and visits Brentford, Fulham, QPR and Chelsea and on to Wembley.
"What I am about to say might shock you.Ten thousand men die of prostate cancer every year - fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, friends, people you know," he said. "That's why I am doing my Men United March, walking ten marathons in ten days from my beloved Hartlepool to Wembley Stadium.
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