Footballers taking on the Ice Bucket Challenge! Part one

United midfielder takes on the dreaded Ice Bucket!

United midfielder Darren Fletcher takes on the dreaded Ice Bucket!

The ALS Ice Bucket challenge has received a lot of footage in recent weeks with a number of popular individuals taking time out of their busy schedules to lend their support for this noble cause.  Notable participants include Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jennifer Lopez, Steven Spielberg and Tim Cook.

For those of you who are still unaware, the Ice Bucket Challenge is the ALS foundation’s attempt to spread awareness for the disease which is commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease in the U.S. Individuals are generally nominated  by other participants to take the challenege and in return, they have two options. They will either have to shoot a video of themselves getting drenched with a bucket full of ice cold water or they will have to make a donation to the ALS charity.

The football world, as you can already imagine, has not been left isolated from this global phenomenon that has spread all over the Internet like a tsunami albeit an icy cold one! Here’s a pick of some of the best Ice Bucket Challenges taken by footballers. Enjoy!

Crisitano Ronaldo

Darren Fletcher

John Terry

Raheem Sterling

Luis Suarez

Harry Redknapp

Lastly, here’s a clip of English manager Harry Redknapp taking the Ice Bucket Challenge before it even started!

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