Below is an article from 'Mail Online' about the event .
It was supposed to be a celebrity football tournament to raise money for charity. But instead it descended into something of a melee when political heavyweight Alastair Campbell saw red over a crunching tackle.
The former Director of Communications for Tony Blair between 1997 and 2003 pushed and shoved Tom Parker from The Wanted before berating him over his foul play.
When Parker reacted angrily and stood his ground, Campbell's team mates surrounded the singer sparking something of a scuffle.
Parker was later stretchered off the pitch with a suspected broken leg.
Other team mates ran over after Alastair Campbell went to remonstrate with Tom Parker over a dirty tackle
Clearly angry, Alastair Campbell strides towards Tom Parker to remonstrate with him
Parker struggles with Campbell as he tries to get the ball
Parker's fellow band members, including lead singer Max George, stepped before the situation got out of hand. They were playing during a six-a-side tournament at Turf Moor, home to Burnley FC, 54-year-old Campbell's favourite football team.
He wore the Burnley strip and was playing along side Coronation Street actor Sam Aston who plays Chesney Battersby-Brown in the soap.
One onlooker said: It was supposed to be a match raising money for charity so we couldn't believe it when it all kicked off like that.
The referee steps in to control the situation as other players get involved
Things quickly get incredibly heated with several players getting involved in the melee
'Tom looked like a bit of a live wire when it came to playing football and when someone from the Burnley team got passed him he just brought him down. Campbell saw what happened and went up to Tom pushing and shoving him.
'Tom gave it back to him as he good as got but was then turned on by one of the other Burnley players and there was quite a scuffle with firsts flying and words exchanged.
'Some of the other lads including Max George stepped in but they looked pretty embarrassed at what was happening. No-one was sent off but you could cut the tension with a knife. Campbell was not happy at all.'
Parker, from Bolton, went to Manchester Metropolitan University and studied Geography, but soon dropped out in pursuit of a professional singing career.
He joined tribute band Take That II and toured Northern England, before eventually joining The Wanted in 2010.
Parker came a cropper later in the game suffering from a suspected broken leg
Looks like a tom tantrum to me!! But don't worry guys, his leg is not broken, it's just a twisted knee! He was sent to hospital to get a proper look at it by a physio! #GetWellSoonParker!!
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Bless Tom :L, I think anybody would get angry like that though, we do and were only girls :}
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