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Gareth Fullerton

Belfast football clubs team up to support boy with rare condition

Two youth football clubs have teamed up to raise money for a young boy who has a rare muscle-wasting disease.

Niall McCahey was diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in 2016 and since then his family have been campaigning for treatment and a cure.

The eight-year-old is football mad and involved with Andersonstown Community FC who have joined up with Linfield Academy to organise a night of fundraising friendlies in aid of Niall.

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