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EastEnders reunion as Max Bowden meets up with Jake Wood and Matt Lapinskas at celebrity football match
EastEnders stars Max Bowden, Jake Wood and Matt Lapinskas reunited at a celebrity football match on Sunday.
The actors, as well as a range of other famous faces, played against Northampton Town for the Sellebrity Soccer match at Sixfields Stadium in Northampton.
GoffEastEnders star Max Bowden reunited with former co-stars at a charity football event yesterday[/caption]
GoffJake Wood showed off his best skills on the pitch yesterday[/caption]
GoffMatt Lapinskas shows off his hard rock abs after the intense match[/caption]
The event was to mark the football club’s 125th birthday.
All of the money raised has gone towards Sands United and the Northampton Town Community Trust.
The match kicked off at 3pm and the soap stars certainly got into the spirit of things.
Max, 27, who plays Ben Mitchell in the BBC show, showed off his best footwork on the pitch.
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The actor, who is due to become a dad his with his ex-girlfriend Roisin Buckle, looked the part in a special Sellebrity Soccer bright green kit.
The dad-to-be has played the mechanic on EastEnders since 2019, after taking over the role from Harry Reid.
Meanwhile Matt, 33, rocked a navy blue kit as he kicked a ball around on the pitch.
The star played Antony Moon in the show between 2011 and 2012.
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It was recently revealed that he’s returned to soap land after joining Channel 4’s Hollyoaks as a major new villain.
Jake Wood, 49, was also there.
The actor is best known for playing Max Branning in EastEnders.
He starred in EastEnders for 1,365 episodes between the years of 2006 and 2021.
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The trio were also joined by former colleagues including Lee Carter actor Danny Hatchard, 30, and Bleu Landau, 17, who played Dennis Rickman from 2015 to 2020.
The likes of Love Island’s Naz Majeed, Lee Latchford Evans and Dan Osborne also took part in the charity event.
BBC/Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesMax has played Ben Mitchell in EastEnders since 2019[/caption]
PA:Press AssociationMatt played Anthony Moon between 2011 and 2012[/caption]
BBC/Kieron McCarron/Jack BarnesJake left EastEnders after playing Max Branning for 15 years[/caption]
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