A benefit match for terminally ill ex-footballer Peter Overton takes place this weekend.

Overton, whose former clubs include Tonbridge and Maidstone, was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour in May - aged just 42.

He flew home early from holiday in Portugal after feeling unwell, with doctors confirming the worst soon after.

Ovey's XI will face Hessy's All-Stars at Maidstone's Gallagher Stadium on Sunday. Kick-off is 2pm with entry £5 adults and £2 under-16s.

Former Stones favourites Richard Sinden, Nathan Paul, Aaron Lacy and Jimmy Strouts are among those turning out for Ovey's team.

Andy Hessenthaler, meanwhile, has rounded up the likes of Peter Taylor, Junior Lewis, Rod Wallace, Adrian Pennock and Tommy Johnson.

Lloyd Hume and Alan Walker managed Overton at Fisher, Tonbridge and Maidstone and will be in the dugout for their former player.

Hume has called on fans to show their support as organisers look to help the former midfielder and his family.

He said: "We’re at a stage where there’s probably about a hundred players that want to play in this game.

“We’ve got to try and get as many people through the turnstiles as we can.

"That’s the only way we’re going to get some sort of money for him.

"He’s 42 years of age and it’s horrific.

“I was playing golf with him the week before and he was absolutely fine, laughing and joking and carrying his bag round full of beer.

"He’s having all the treatment he can to try and slow things down.

"He’s in a situation where he’s got a mortgage, a family where his kids live at home and he’s the bread-winner, so we want to do anything we can to help.”

Overton was a big favourite of Hume and Walker, who won back-to-back Kent League and Ryman South titles at Maidstone, and one of the great characters in Kent football.

Hume added: "He was loved in the changing room by all the boys but he was a hell of a player as well.

“In our first couple of seasons at Maidstone he wasn’t just instrumental on the pitch, he was instrumental to get other players in because he was one of those characters that people liked being around.

“He was such a vibrant guy and so full of life.

“He was always important and that’s why we took him wherever we went, including Maidstone.

"He’s a real character and someone who always made the players laugh.

"On the coach to away games, he was always good fun and I don’t know anyone who’s ever said a bad word about him.

“That’s why lots of people are rallying round to do lots of stuff for him.

“He had a couple of good years at Maidstone and even before that, he played with Walks in the County League.

“Obviously a lot of supporters have changed now but he was an integral part of us getting promoted out of the Kent League and into the Ryman League and had that not happened, Maidstone might not be where they are now."

Raffle tickets are being sold at tonight's Kent Senior Cup second-round tie between Tonbridge and Maidstone at Longmead.

A bank account has also been set up for donations. The account number is 03399443 and sort code 20-54-25. Mark donations 'Overton Fund'.