Alan Shearer and Jermain Defoe have got behind a fundraising campaign for a Jesmond boy battling neuroblastoma.
The pair are urging Newcastle United and Sunderland AFC fans to donate what they can to help little Rocco Troiano, three, receive potentially life-saving treatment abroad.
The courageous tot was initially sent home with laxatives when doctors thought he had constipation before being diagnosed with stage four neuroblastoma on February 14 last year.
