Former Lioness captain Steph Houghton is calling for more funding for research into motor neurone disease following her husband’s, Stephen Darby, diagnosis.
Last year she retired from professional football to spend more time with her husband Stephen Darby, who is living with motor neurone disease (MND).
He too was a football star, playing for Liverpool, Bradford City and Bolton Wanderers and when they met it really was a football fairytale.
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