By Chris Charles

Doherty and McAvennie - a winning combination

Anything Didier Drogba can do, Pete Doherty can do better.

While the Chelsea striker pounced four minutes from time to secure an FA Cup win over Manchester United, Doherty left it even later to clinch an unexpected win for his side in the Celebrity Soccer Six event.

He also picked up the player of the tournament award - confounding the doubters who assumed he would have two left feet.

The Babyshambles team entered the event as rank outsiders but secured a place in celebrity football folklore thanks to Doherty's late intervention.

The singer slid in to convert a Frank McAvennie cross with seconds left on the clock to clinch a 1-0 win over DJ Spoony's team in the final.

He then did a lap of honour around West Ham's Upton Park ground, before declaring: "I'm delighted we've won - and I'm really pleased about the money everybody has raised for The Samaritans."

Doherty's outfit, watched by girlfriend Kate Moss and a crowd of 5,000, narrowly lost to a Razorlight team headed by old rival Johnny Borrell, but triumphed over sides including former Westlife singer Brian McFadden, ex-Wigan rugby league star Martin Offiah and Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan.

The Babyshambles side were managed by Queens Park Rangers legend Stan Bowles and Doherty, who used to sell his own fanzines as a teenager outside the west London club's ground, was disappointed his side did not play in QPR colours.

"I like the Barcelona strip, but I thought we'd be playing in the blue and white hoops," he told BBC Sport. "Unfortunately that was not the case."

Up for the cup - Doherty celebrates

Doherty's team included former West Ham striker McAvennie and Babyshambles manager Andy Boyd, who admitted: "You could not have written a better fairytale ending."

Boyd, the tournament's top scorer with six goals, said: "You really could not have scripted it better. For Pete to score the winning goal like that....I'm going to wake up tomorrow and think I've dreamt it."