Mark Wright on Soccer Aid 2022 has angry ITV viewers blasting 'weapon' for 'stealing' penalty

Soccer Aid returned for 2022 tonight as celebrities including Tom Grennan and Liam Payne donned England shirts and squared off against footballing legends like Cafu and Petr Cech to raise money for a good cause.

England played a World XI with both teams full of names, but it was TV presenter and former lower league player Mark Wright who stole the spotlight for all the wrong reasons as ITV viewers laid into him during and after his performance.

Things came to a head in the first half when YouTuber Chunkz was brought down and won a penalty. But after appeals to England XI manager Harry Redknapp, it wasn't the YouTube star but in fact, Mark Wright who ended up taking the spot kick.

Viewers were outraged as they felt that Mark Wright 'robbed' Chunkz during the charity friendly, which is raising money for UNICEF.

Many felt that Mark Wright, who briefly played for Crawley Town in League Two, was taking proceedings far too seriously - and even David Beckham weighed in.

@MattWellock said: "Does Mark Wright actually know this is a charity match and not life or death. Guy’s embarrassing, man."

@lauren95andrews said: "I like Mark Wright, but this isn’t the World Cup lol"

@fpl_pie said: "Mark Wright man of the match. Should be Tom Grennan but Mark will take it off him"

@lauren78x said: "Mark Wright is one big massive ick"

@DanHarvey74 said: "Mark Wright getting pelters from this co commentator!"

@MillieSansoye said: "Mark Wright really wishes he was a professional footballer. He’s taking this far too seriously."

@saf_99_1 said: "Mark Wright needs to relax it’s a charity game. I don’t want hear about him being competitor either, he was on the bench for Crawley Town"

@bad_leeds said: "Honestly man get rid of Mark Wright in these