The charity match on Sunday is being held to raise money for Whitby Lifeboat with all proceeds going to the life-saving charity.

Seven actors from the hit ITV soap will be taking to the pitch.

They are Danny Miller who plays bad boy Aaron Livesy, James Hooton who plays lovable fool Sam Dingle, Lyndon Ogbourne who stars as heartthrob Nathan Wylde, Adam Thomas who appears as teen tearaway Adam Buxton, new kid James Sutton who plays the character Ryan Lamb and Kelvin Fletcher who stars as farmer Andy Sugden

Veteran actor, 61-year-old Chris Chittell who appears in the soap as unscrupulous aspiring capitalist Eric Pollard, will also be doing a 20-minute turn on the pitch.

The star who has been a firm fixture of the show since 1986, has agreed to auction off prizes after the match including a signed Middlesbrough football and a signed Arsenal penant.

Other prizes have been donated by local businesses including a £50 Co-op hamper and vouchers for Doodlepots and Victorian Image plus a framed 200 anniversary print of Whitby Lifeboat by David Bigland which will be signed by the Emmerdale cast. The Emmerdale team who are calling themselves The All Stars – will be swelled by members of their production crew.

The match has been organised by a number of the crew who play football together on a Monday night.

They came up with the idea for the money-spinner and contacted the Emmerdale stars who have wholeheartedly shown their support and confirmed they will play.

The crew will be wearing their new football strip for the match which has been sponsored by RWB Parkin and Son and Whitby's The Board Inn. One of the organisers Craig Horrocks said: "We went up to the set recently to meet the crew and they all said they are really excited about playing. Everyone is really looking forward to it."

Gates open at 1pm and kick off is at 2pm. An entrance fee will be charged on the gate, £3 adults (16s and over), concessions £1.50, under five's free and a family ticket admitting two adults and two children is £8.