Charlton boss Dean Holden pukes in bucket after taking part in gross I’m a Celebrity-style eating contest for charity

THERE was no Holden it in…Charlton’s manager puked into a bucket as he made a real pig’s anus of an I’m a Celebrity-style eating contest.

Dean Holden found the charity challenge almost as tough as the January transfer window had been – amid uncertainty over the club’s ownership.

StartraksCharlton chief Dean Holden can’t take any more as Tracey Leaburn, the Head of Men’s First-Team Player Care, looks on not totally sympathetically[/caption]

www.charltonafc.comHolden challenged Tracey but, er, it didn’t go down well for him[/caption]

StartraksTracey keeps her fish eyes on the prize as she stares out Dean Holden[/caption]

The 43-year-old took on the League One club’s Head of Men’s First-Team Player Care, Tracey Leaburn, in a defiant battle of “Anything you can chew, I can chew better”.

But it was Holden, not the watching players, who needed attention – or at least sympathy – afterwards.

A pig’s anus and fish eyes were on the menu in an event raising funds for Charlton‘s PSA testing day at home to Fleetwood Town on February 11.

The health checks measure the amount of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in blood to help diagnose prostate problems, including prostate cancer.

Around 500 men will be tested at The Valley – but it’s costly.

Participants are being asked to pay £10 towards the £25 cost, leaving a shortfall Holden and Leaburn have cut with their charitable chewing.

Ex-Bristol City chief Holden said: “It’s a brilliant campaign. The club have saved so many lives.

“Tracey initially started it after losing her own father and she’s used that to help other people. 

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“A lot of people have benefited from this and it’s credit to the football club for facilitating the annual event.”

Tracey, though, looked on in glee as Holden eventually turned to a bucket for help after hitting rock bottom when tasting the pig’s behind.

The former Stoke caretaker-boss handled a snake challenge much better – smiling as it slithered over his shoulders.

It follows a slippery January for Charlton, with Craig MacGillivray, Eoghan O’Connell, Sam Lavelle, Jake Forster-Caskey and Jayden Stockley departing to save money.

StartraksIt’s not often a snake is the light relief but Holden was more comfortable dealing with this than he was with the food ‘treats’[/caption]

StartraksDean and Tracey took it in good spirits as they raised cash for blood tests at the Valley on February 11[/caption]