Sidemen star Tobi Brown scored a sumptuous free-kick in a flash of quality in their charity match at Wembley.
Brown, a founding member of the social media collective, equalised for 1-1 against the YouTube Allstars with a stunning trivela free-kick.
Around 1.6million fans were tuning in to the YouTube live stream, with 90,000 attendees in north London for the annual clash.
Brown goes by the tag of TBJZL and has amassed a whopping 5.1 million YouTube subscribers, as well as almost four million on Instagram.
The trivela technique – bending the ball with the outside of the boot – is best associated with former Portugal star Ricardo Quaresma and is now practiced by Barcelona’s Lamine Yamal.
His free-kick was just one of the wild moments in a high-octane first half which ended 4-4.
Sidemen star Tobi Brown scored a wonderful trivela free-kick in their annual chairty match
By half-time, the charity match had already raised almost £4.7million for Brightside and M7 Education.
There was also an extended half-time show featuring a performance from rapper Tinie Tempah.
The event sold out within two-and-a-half hours of tickets going on sale and offers fans the chance to see some of their favourite YouTubers in action.
The likes of KSI, Angry Ginge, Miniminter, and Max Fosh started for the YouTube Allstars.
Meanwhile, the Sidemen outfit boasted names such as ChrisMD, Niko Omilana, AJ Shabeel, Vikkstar, and Wroetoshaw.
While some readers may be understandably unfamiliar with these names, they are increasingly popular figures online with millions of followers each.
Angry Ginge is one of those who has best penetrated the national consciousness.
The live streamer, whose real name is Morgan Burtwistle, made his name online with football and video-game related content.
Brown, whose online tag is TBJZL, has amassed millions of followers on Youtube
But he captured hearts across the nation on the 2025 edition of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and won the show.
The YouTube clan are also making inroads into the mainstream football world.
KSI – real name Olajide Olayinka Williams Olatunji – bought a stake in sixth-tier football club Dagenham & Redbridge in March.
His aim is to take the National League South side to the Premier League and he set about quickly making his stamp on the club.
He sacked manager Lee Bradbury within two weeks and replaced him with former England striker Andy Carroll.
He also attends matches and streams himself reacting from the stands.
Luke Littler was apparently keen on playing in this year’s Sidemen charity match – but KSI says he turned down the darts sensation.
‘I have not responded and he’s not in,’ KSI told Capital FM.
‘It sounds so bad, but we only have content creators on the Sidemen Charity Match.
‘So we haven’t ever had a celebrity come on to play. That’s more for like Soccer Aid. You never know, maybe one day we’ll have Soccer Aid versus Sidemen.’
