Seven pictures from a star-studded night to remember at Rainton Meadows

Sir Bobby Charlton was among many legendary names there

Were you there among the one thousand people for a night of the stars on Wearside: including Sir Bobby Charlton.

It was in 2008 when the Rainton Arena was filled with well-known names for the Night Of All Knights in aid of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation.

Sir Bobby Robson was full of smiles for the evening

Sir Alex Ferguson, Mick Hucknall, Bryan Robson, Marco Gabbiadini, Tony Jeffries and more were also there and huge sums of money were raised.

Here's 9 Echo reminders of that huge charity event.

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