This is the
moment lifelong Man United fan Paddy Lawler met his heroes – 45 minutes before
he died from cancer.
Paddy, a
73-year-old granddad from Wythenshawe, Manchester, had told his family he would
love to meet some of his favourite Reds before he passed on.
And so his
granddaughter Kayleigh, 27, posted an impassioned appeal on Facebook in the
hope someone would be able to make his dream come true.
The post was
shared more than 1,000 times and incredibly it was spotted by United winger
Jesse Lingaard’s cousin.
And three days
later some of United’s stars – Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young and
Timothy Fosu-Mensah – came to visit.
Less than an
hour after the players left, Paddy lost his battle with prostate cancer.
Kayleigh paid
tribute to the players, describing them as “incredibly selfless”.
She posted on
Facebook: “Top lads, all four of them. Thanks so much to everyone who helped.
Sure my grandad’s over the moon.”
Her original
post read: “Please can everyone share I’m trying to get a few of Manchester
United players to come and visit my grandad we asked him the other day if he
would like to do anything before his time comes and he said to meet the team
I’ve emailed the Mufc foundation but no reply yet!
“And not sure
how long we have left with him so I want to get this as a surprise he’s a
MASSIVE fan even tried his hardest to keep his eyes open yesterday to watch the
match but sadly he missed it!
“I know he
will be so gutted that he didn’t watch it I’m sure he will be a very happy man
If I can get his last wish
“Thankyou to u
all Xxx” more photos below;
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