“I enjoy it because you see a lot of people who you’ve played against and people who have done fantastically well in football,” Robbo added. “There are some right characters, which is great. The main thing is that it’s great charities that benefit from these games. The United lads know how important it is for our Foundation and, of course, the Celtic Foundation.
“It goes to great causes in the community. It’s really worthwhile and the lads know how lucky they are to have been able to play football at a high level and represent clubs like Celtic and Man United.
“I’ve only played in a couple of friendly games at Celtic Park, we never drew Celtic when I played for West Brom or Man United, so never in a competitive game.
“When I played for England against Scotland up at Hampden, it was always a great atmosphere. Celtic, even in friendly games, is always a great atmosphere as well.
They are very different challenges. I wish I could still play! But it’s nice to be involved, even as a coach or manager of these games, it’s great to work with the lads. It’s great that the lads get do it for the Foundation.
“It never goes away, that feeling when you’re a professional footballer and you’re playing games, friendlies or not, you want to win the game and that’s how the lads go about it. It should be a competitive game, that’s the way that the players always play, whether it’s a friendly or a testimonial, that’s the way I expect them to approach it.
“I think the lads would like to even it up by winning the game, but it was a great game last year and two spectacular goals both teams scored. They will want to turn it around this time.”