A former footballer has spent the last 24 HOURS completing a cricket batting session to support a second friend who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Phill Bell played alongside Mark Taylor when Whitley Bay FC brought the FA Vase back to Tyneside in 2009. Just months later, Mark was given the devastating news that he had the terminal condition.
The 39-year-old, who lives in Callerton, Newcastle, was devastated to learn last year that his business partner Paul Smith, 47, had also been diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
