Please get well Mr & Mrs Vinnie Jones

I was going to talk of other matters regarding football but I’m very sad to hear that both Vinnie Jones and his wife Tanya have cancer.

I wasn’t a fan of Mr Jones as during his time as a professional footballer, as he appeared in a DVD titled Hard Men of Soccer. In this, I felt he was glorifying violence in and outside the football pitch.

But I was saddened when I heard this, as I remember Mr Jones as being part of the ‘crazy gang’ that made Wimbledon FC of the 1990s exciting – a team of men from various working-class backgrounds who wouldn’t have been in top flight football if it wasn’t for this club.

I still remember the picture of Mr Jones squeezing the male private parts of a then Newcastle FC player, called Paul Gascoigne.

To know he is fighting skin cancer makes me say to all footballers, whether you’re having a kick about in your local park, or playing against Manchester United – PLEASE WEAR A SUN BLOCK LOTION!

It must be a double blow to find out that his beautiful wife has also got the dreaded C.

In the case of Mrs Jones, it’s thought that her condition could be a side effect of the drugs she has been taking following a heart transplant 26 years ago.

My heart-felt wishes go to both of them in wishing them both a speedy recovery.

I can honestly say, from my own experience of having Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that it’s hard to find a reason why you have been affected.

Thanks to MS, I’ve lost my home, car and savings.

But as a guy at the Belfast benefit centre said to me: “you’ve just got to deal with the cards life has sent you.”

I genuinely relay those words of wisdom to both Vinnie and Tanya Jones and I truly hope that all goes well for them, their children and families.

Light and Peace

Andria

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